Key features of human rights in Lithuania
Lithuania: Key features of human rights was 0.913 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Key features of human rights in Lithuania, 1795–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for key features of human rights in Lithuania is 0.913, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, key features of human rights in Lithuania peaked at 0.952 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.014, in 1940.
That places Lithuania 25th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Key features of human rights in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1795 | 0.127 | — |
| 1796 | 0.127 | +0.0% |
| 1797 | 0.127 | +0.0% |
| 1798 | 0.161 | +26.8% |
| 1799 | 0.161 | +0.0% |
| 1800 | 0.161 | +0.0% |
| 1801 | 0.162 | +0.6% |
| 1802 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1803 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1804 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1805 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1806 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1807 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1808 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1809 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1810 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1811 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1812 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1813 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1814 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1815 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1816 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1817 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1818 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1819 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1820 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1821 | 0.162 | +0.0% |
| 1822 | 0.131 | -19.1% |
| 1823 | 0.131 | +0.0% |
| 1824 | 0.131 | +0.0% |
| 1825 | 0.131 | +0.0% |
| 1826 | 0.154 | +17.6% |
| 1827 | 0.154 | +0.0% |
| 1828 | 0.154 | +0.0% |
| 1829 | 0.154 | +0.0% |
| 1830 | 0.122 | -20.8% |
| 1831 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1832 | 0.154 | +26.2% |
| 1833 | 0.154 | +0.0% |
| 1834 | 0.123 | -20.1% |
| 1835 | 0.154 | +25.2% |
| 1836 | 0.154 | +0.0% |
| 1837 | 0.122 | -20.8% |
| 1838 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1840 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1841 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1842 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1843 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1844 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1845 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1846 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1847 | 0.122 | +0.0% |
| 1848 | 0.159 | +30.3% |
| 1849 | 0.159 | +0.0% |
| 1850 | 0.159 | +0.0% |
| 1851 | 0.159 | +0.0% |
| 1852 | 0.159 | +0.0% |
| 1853 | 0.159 | +0.0% |
| 1854 | 0.159 | +0.0% |
| 1855 | 0.178 | +11.9% |
| 1856 | 0.186 | +4.5% |
| 1857 | 0.186 | +0.0% |
| 1858 | 0.186 | +0.0% |
| 1859 | 0.186 | +0.0% |
| 1860 | 0.184 | -1.1% |
| 1861 | 0.234 | +27.2% |
| 1862 | 0.234 | +0.0% |
| 1863 | 0.269 | +15.0% |
| 1864 | 0.269 | +0.0% |
| 1865 | 0.29 | +7.8% |
| 1866 | 0.254 | -12.4% |
| 1867 | 0.293 | +15.4% |
| 1868 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1869 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1870 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1871 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1872 | 0.293 | +0.0% |
| 1873 | 0.283 | -3.4% |
| 1874 | 0.283 | +0.0% |
| 1875 | 0.283 | +0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.283 | +0.0% |
| 1877 | 0.283 | +0.0% |
| 1878 | 0.283 | +0.0% |
| 1879 | 0.283 | +0.0% |
| 1880 | 0.283 | +0.0% |
| 1881 | 0.242 | -14.5% |
| 1882 | 0.248 | +2.5% |
| 1883 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1884 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1885 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1886 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1887 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1888 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1889 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1891 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1892 | 0.248 | +0.0% |
| 1893 | 0.259 | +4.4% |
| 1894 | 0.301 | +16.2% |
| 1895 | 0.301 | +0.0% |
| 1896 | 0.301 | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.266 | -11.6% |
| 1898 | 0.255 | -4.1% |
| 1899 | 0.269 | +5.5% |
| 1900 | 0.281 | +4.5% |
| 1901 | 0.28 | -0.4% |
| 1902 | 0.276 | -1.4% |
| 1903 | 0.281 | +1.8% |
| 1904 | 0.279 | -0.7% |
| 1905 | 0.295 | +5.7% |
| 1906 | 0.313 | +6.1% |
| 1907 | 0.321 | +2.6% |
| 1908 | 0.317 | -1.2% |
| 1909 | 0.326 | +2.8% |
| 1910 | 0.336 | +3.1% |
| 1911 | 0.34 | +1.2% |
| 1912 | 0.34 | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 0.34 | +0.0% |
| 1914 | 0.324 | -4.7% |
| 1915 | 0.314 | -3.1% |
| 1916 | 0.297 | -5.4% |
| 1917 | 0.304 | +2.4% |
| 1918 | 0.59 | +94.1% |
| 1919 | 0.684 | +15.9% |
| 1920 | 0.703 | +2.8% |
| 1921 | 0.731 | +4.0% |
| 1922 | 0.736 | +0.7% |
| 1923 | 0.75 | +1.9% |
| 1924 | 0.748 | -0.3% |
| 1925 | 0.744 | -0.5% |
| 1926 | 0.744 | +0.0% |
| 1927 | 0.531 | -28.6% |
| 1928 | 0.527 | -0.8% |
| 1929 | 0.535 | +1.5% |
| 1930 | 0.561 | +4.9% |
| 1931 | 0.563 | +0.4% |
| 1932 | 0.563 | +0.0% |
| 1933 | 0.563 | +0.0% |
| 1934 | 0.563 | +0.0% |
| 1935 | 0.554 | -1.6% |
| 1936 | 0.513 | -7.4% |
| 1937 | 0.522 | +1.8% |
| 1938 | 0.527 | +1.0% |
| 1939 | 0.531 | +0.8% |
| 1940 | 0.014 | -97.4% |
| 1941 | 0.017 | +21.4% |
| 1942 | 0.017 | +0.0% |
| 1943 | 0.017 | +0.0% |
| 1944 | 0.017 | +0.0% |
| 1945 | 0.019 | +11.8% |
| 1946 | 0.02 | +5.3% |
| 1947 | 0.017 | -15.0% |
| 1948 | 0.016 | -5.9% |
| 1949 | 0.015 | -6.3% |
| 1950 | 0.014 | -6.7% |
| 1951 | 0.014 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.014 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.017 | +21.4% |
| 1954 | 0.124 | +629.4% |
| 1955 | 0.125 | +0.8% |
| 1956 | 0.132 | +5.6% |
| 1957 | 0.148 | +12.1% |
| 1958 | 0.148 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.15 | +1.4% |
| 1960 | 0.147 | -2.0% |
| 1961 | 0.146 | -0.7% |
| 1962 | 0.148 | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 0.146 | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 0.146 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.148 | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 0.148 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.147 | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 0.147 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.145 | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 0.149 | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 0.149 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.146 | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 0.146 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.149 | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 0.15 | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.148 | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 0.148 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.148 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.147 | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.149 | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.148 | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.149 | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.147 | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.147 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.172 | +17.0% |
| 1986 | 0.246 | +43.0% |
| 1987 | 0.284 | +15.4% |
| 1988 | 0.289 | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 0.314 | +8.7% |
| 1990 | 0.906 | +188.5% |
| 1991 | 0.895 | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.917 | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 0.911 | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 0.916 | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 0.916 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.919 | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.923 | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.923 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.924 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.926 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.925 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.925 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.925 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.932 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.932 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.936 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.94 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.945 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.947 | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.952 | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.951 | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.951 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.939 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.935 | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.938 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.943 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.929 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.935 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.935 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.924 | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.907 | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 0.915 | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 0.91 | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.918 | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 0.913 | -0.5% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 0.913 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 0.913 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8795, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Key features of human rights in Lithuania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | +629.4% | 0.017 | 0.124 |
| 1990 | +188.5% | 0.314 | 0.906 |
| 1940 | -97.4% | 0.531 | 0.014 |
| 1918 | +94.1% | 0.304 | 0.59 |
| 1986 | +43.0% | 0.172 | 0.246 |
| 1848 | +30.3% | 0.122 | 0.159 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1790s | 0.1406 | 0.127 | 0.161 | 5 |
| 1800s | 0.1619 | 0.161 | 0.162 | 10 |
| 1810s | 0.162 | 0.162 | 0.162 | 10 |
| 1820s | 0.1464 | 0.131 | 0.162 | 10 |
| 1830s | 0.1349 | 0.122 | 0.154 | 10 |
| 1840s | 0.1294 | 0.122 | 0.159 | 10 |
| 1850s | 0.1717 | 0.159 | 0.186 | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.2613 | 0.184 | 0.293 | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.286 | 0.283 | 0.293 | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.2509 | 0.242 | 0.283 | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.2696 | 0.248 | 0.301 | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.2969 | 0.276 | 0.326 | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.3869 | 0.297 | 0.684 | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.6749 | 0.527 | 0.75 | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.546 | 0.513 | 0.563 | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.0169 | 0.014 | 0.02 | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.0886 | 0.014 | 0.15 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1468 | 0.145 | 0.148 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.148 | 0.146 | 0.15 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2045 | 0.147 | 0.314 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.915 | 0.895 | 0.924 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9333 | 0.925 | 0.947 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9408 | 0.929 | 0.952 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9145 | 0.907 | 0.924 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
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- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is key features of human rights in Lithuania?
- Key features of human rights in Lithuania was 0.913 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest key features of human rights recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.952 in 2010.
- What is the lowest key features of human rights recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.014 in 1940.
- How does Lithuania rank for key features of human rights?
- Lithuania ranks 25th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
- Is key features of human rights rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Key features of human rights. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.