What is key features of human rights in Slovakia?

Key features of human rights in Slovakia was 0.857 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest key features of human rights recorded in Slovakia?

The highest recorded value was 0.957 in 1990.

What is the lowest key features of human rights recorded in Slovakia?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1 in 1949.

How does Slovakia rank for key features of human rights?

Slovakia ranks 54th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is key features of human rights rising or falling in Slovakia?

Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Slovakia 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.

Key features of human rights in Slovakia

Name: Key features of human rights in Slovakia
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Slovakia: Key features of human rights was 0.857 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.857

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

54th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.957

in 1990

All-time low

0.1

in 1949

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Key features of human rights in Slovakia, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, key features of human rights in Slovakia stood at 0.857.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, key features of human rights in Slovakia peaked at 0.957 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.1, in 1949.

Slovakia ranks 54th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Key features of human rights in Slovakia, year by year

Annual values for Key features of human rights in Slovakia, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.409	—
1790	0.409	+0.0%
1791	0.409	+0.0%
1792	0.409	+0.0%
1793	0.409	+0.0%
1794	0.409	+0.0%
1795	0.402	-1.7%
1796	0.406	+1.0%
1797	0.406	+0.0%
1798	0.406	+0.0%
1799	0.406	+0.0%
1800	0.406	+0.0%
1801	0.406	+0.0%
1802	0.406	+0.0%
1803	0.406	+0.0%
1804	0.406	+0.0%
1805	0.406	+0.0%
1806	0.406	+0.0%
1807	0.406	+0.0%
1808	0.406	+0.0%
1809	0.406	+0.0%
1810	0.406	+0.0%
1811	0.406	+0.0%
1812	0.406	+0.0%
1813	0.406	+0.0%
1814	0.406	+0.0%
1815	0.406	+0.0%
1816	0.406	+0.0%
1817	0.406	+0.0%
1818	0.406	+0.0%
1819	0.406	+0.0%
1820	0.406	+0.0%
1821	0.406	+0.0%
1822	0.407	+0.2%
1823	0.407	+0.0%
1824	0.407	+0.0%
1825	0.407	+0.0%
1826	0.407	+0.0%
1827	0.407	+0.0%
1828	0.407	+0.0%
1829	0.407	+0.0%
1830	0.407	+0.0%
1831	0.407	+0.0%
1832	0.407	+0.0%
1833	0.407	+0.0%
1834	0.407	+0.0%
1835	0.407	+0.0%
1836	0.407	+0.0%
1837	0.407	+0.0%
1838	0.407	+0.0%
1839	0.407	+0.0%
1840	0.441	+8.4%
1841	0.446	+1.1%
1842	0.446	+0.0%
1843	0.446	+0.0%
1844	0.445	-0.2%
1845	0.445	+0.0%
1846	0.445	+0.0%
1847	0.445	+0.0%
1848	0.708	+59.1%
1849	0.559	-21.0%
1850	0.321	-42.6%
1851	0.321	+0.0%
1852	0.321	+0.0%
1853	0.321	+0.0%
1854	0.321	+0.0%
1855	0.376	+17.1%
1856	0.376	+0.0%
1857	0.376	+0.0%
1858	0.38	+1.1%
1859	0.38	+0.0%
1860	0.406	+6.8%
1861	0.433	+6.7%
1862	0.433	+0.0%
1863	0.433	+0.0%
1864	0.433	+0.0%
1865	0.45	+3.9%
1866	0.456	+1.3%
1867	0.57	+25.0%
1868	0.591	+3.7%
1869	0.591	+0.0%
1870	0.591	+0.0%
1871	0.559	-5.4%
1872	0.559	+0.0%
1873	0.559	+0.0%
1874	0.559	+0.0%
1875	0.559	+0.0%
1876	0.559	+0.0%
1877	0.559	+0.0%
1878	0.559	+0.0%
1879	0.559	+0.0%
1880	0.559	+0.0%
1881	0.559	+0.0%
1882	0.559	+0.0%
1883	0.559	+0.0%
1884	0.559	+0.0%
1885	0.559	+0.0%
1886	0.559	+0.0%
1887	0.559	+0.0%
1888	0.559	+0.0%
1889	0.559	+0.0%
1890	0.559	+0.0%
1891	0.559	+0.0%
1892	0.559	+0.0%
1893	0.559	+0.0%
1894	0.57	+2.0%
1895	0.563	-1.2%
1896	0.563	+0.0%
1897	0.563	+0.0%
1898	0.563	+0.0%
1899	0.563	+0.0%
1900	0.563	+0.0%
1901	0.563	+0.0%
1902	0.563	+0.0%
1903	0.563	+0.0%
1904	0.563	+0.0%
1905	0.563	+0.0%
1906	0.563	+0.0%
1907	0.563	+0.0%
1908	0.563	+0.0%
1909	0.563	+0.0%
1910	0.563	+0.0%
1911	0.563	+0.0%
1912	0.563	+0.0%
1913	0.563	+0.0%
1914	0.538	-4.4%
1915	0.538	+0.0%
1916	0.538	+0.0%
1917	0.538	+0.0%
1918	0.542	+0.7%
1919	0.886	+63.5%
1920	0.886	+0.0%
1921	0.886	+0.0%
1922	0.888	+0.2%
1923	0.888	+0.0%
1924	0.888	+0.0%
1925	0.888	+0.0%
1926	0.888	+0.0%
1927	0.888	+0.0%
1928	0.883	-0.6%
1929	0.883	+0.0%
1930	0.876	-0.8%
1931	0.874	-0.2%
1932	0.871	-0.3%
1933	0.863	-0.9%
1934	0.863	+0.0%
1935	0.86	-0.3%
1936	0.863	+0.3%
1937	0.863	+0.0%
1938	0.813	-5.8%
1939	0.192	-76.4%
1940	0.175	-8.9%
1941	0.173	-1.1%
1942	0.173	+0.0%
1943	0.173	+0.0%
1944	0.158	-8.7%
1945	0.358	+126.6%
1946	0.516	+44.1%
1947	0.525	+1.7%
1948	0.152	-71.0%
1949	0.1	-34.2%
1950	0.1	+0.0%
1951	0.1	+0.0%
1952	0.1	+0.0%
1953	0.1	+0.0%
1954	0.132	+32.0%
1955	0.134	+1.5%
1956	0.161	+20.1%
1957	0.161	+0.0%
1958	0.161	+0.0%
1959	0.161	+0.0%
1960	0.185	+14.9%
1961	0.22	+18.9%
1962	0.222	+0.9%
1963	0.231	+4.1%
1964	0.234	+1.3%
1965	0.234	+0.0%
1966	0.234	+0.0%
1967	0.252	+7.7%
1968	0.322	+27.8%
1969	0.261	-18.9%
1970	0.241	-7.7%
1971	0.238	-1.2%
1972	0.238	+0.0%
1973	0.24	+0.8%
1974	0.24	+0.0%
1975	0.24	+0.0%
1976	0.241	+0.4%
1977	0.241	+0.0%
1978	0.241	+0.0%
1979	0.241	+0.0%
1980	0.241	+0.0%
1981	0.241	+0.0%
1982	0.241	+0.0%
1983	0.241	+0.0%
1984	0.241	+0.0%
1985	0.243	+0.8%
1986	0.244	+0.4%
1987	0.25	+2.5%
1988	0.25	+0.0%
1989	0.288	+15.2%
1990	0.957	+232.3%
1991	0.957	+0.0%
1992	0.957	+0.0%
1993	0.896	-6.4%
1994	0.871	-2.8%
1995	0.87	-0.1%
1996	0.861	-1.0%
1997	0.87	+1.0%
1998	0.885	+1.7%
1999	0.937	+5.9%
2000	0.937	+0.0%
2001	0.937	+0.0%
2002	0.937	+0.0%
2003	0.942	+0.5%
2004	0.942	+0.0%
2005	0.942	+0.0%
2006	0.935	-0.7%
2007	0.936	+0.1%
2008	0.937	+0.1%
2009	0.933	-0.4%
2010	0.944	+1.2%
2011	0.944	+0.0%
2012	0.941	-0.3%
2013	0.934	-0.7%
2014	0.934	+0.0%
2015	0.935	+0.1%
2016	0.931	-0.4%
2017	0.916	-1.6%
2018	0.898	-2.0%
2019	0.911	+1.4%
2020	0.89	-2.3%
2021	0.893	+0.3%
2022	0.912	+2.1%
2023	0.915	+0.3%
2024	0.861	-5.9%
2025	0.857	-0.5%

Slovakia compared with similar countries

Slovakia's 0.857 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 95% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Slovakia's 0.857 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8795, 97% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.409	0.409	0.409	1
1790s	0.4071	0.402	0.409	10
1800s	0.406	0.406	0.406	10
1810s	0.406	0.406	0.406	10
1820s	0.4068	0.406	0.407	10
1830s	0.407	0.407	0.407	10
1840s	0.4826	0.441	0.708	10
1850s	0.3493	0.321	0.38	10
1860s	0.4796	0.406	0.591	10
1870s	0.5622	0.559	0.591	10
1880s	0.559	0.559	0.559	10
1890s	0.5621	0.559	0.57	10
1900s	0.563	0.563	0.563	10
1910s	0.5832	0.538	0.886	10
1920s	0.8866	0.883	0.888	10
1930s	0.7938	0.192	0.876	10
1940s	0.2503	0.1	0.525	10
1950s	0.131	0.1	0.161	10
1960s	0.2395	0.185	0.322	10
1970s	0.2401	0.238	0.241	10
1980s	0.248	0.241	0.288	10
1990s	0.9061	0.861	0.957	10
2000s	0.9378	0.933	0.942	10
2010s	0.9288	0.898	0.944	10
2020s	0.888	0.857	0.915	6

Countries ranked near Slovakia

52 Albania 0.872 compare
53 Brazil 0.871 compare
54 Solomon Islands 0.857 compare
54 South Africa 0.857 compare
57 Bulgaria 0.849 compare

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More social development data for Slovakia

Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 140,885 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 625 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 100 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 625 (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.026 units per person (2025)
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is key features of human rights in Slovakia?: Key features of human rights in Slovakia was 0.857 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest key features of human rights recorded in Slovakia?: The highest recorded value was 0.957 in 1990.
What is the lowest key features of human rights recorded in Slovakia?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1 in 1949.
How does Slovakia rank for key features of human rights?: Slovakia ranks 54th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is key features of human rights rising or falling in Slovakia?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Slovakia 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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Indicator: Key features of human rights
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,202 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

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.