Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions was 0.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0.0%
World rank
90th
of 194 countries
All-time high
100.0%
in 2010
All-time low
0.0%
in 2000
Years of data
14
2000–2025
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions in Afghanistan, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of countries with independent national human rights institutions in Afghanistan stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of countries with independent national human rights institutions in Afghanistan peaked at 100.0% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Afghanistan ranks 90th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2005 | 0.0% | — |
| 2010 | 100.0% | — |
| 2015 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -100.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | — |
| 2024 | 0.0% | — |
| 2025 | 0.0% | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 33.3% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 90 Algeria 0.0% compare
- 90 Andorra 0.0%
- 90 Angola 0.0%
- 90 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 90 Azerbaijan 0.0% compare
- 90 Bahamas 0.0%
- 90 Bahrain 0.0%
- 90 Bangladesh 0.0%
- 90 Barbados 0.0%
- 90 Belarus 0.0%
- 90 Belgium 0.0%
- 90 Belize 0.0%
- 90 Bhutan 0.0%
- 90 Botswana 0.0%
- 90 Brazil 0.0%
- 90 Brunei Darussalam 0.0%
- 90 Burkina Faso 0.0%
- 90 Cambodia 0.0%
- 90 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 90 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 90 Chad 0.0% compare
- 90 China 0.0%
- 90 Comoros 0.0%
- 90 Congo 0.0%
- 90 Cuba 0.0%
- 90 Czechia 0.0%
- 90 Djibouti 0.0%
- 90 Dominica 0.0%
- 90 Dominican Republic 0.0%
- 90 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 90 Eritrea 0.0%
- 90 Eswatini 0.0%
- 90 Fiji 0.0% compare
- 90 Gabon 0.0%
- 90 Grenada 0.0%
- 90 Guinea 0.0%
- 90 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 90 Guyana 0.0%
- 90 Hungary 0.0% compare
- 90 Iceland 0.0%
- 90 Iran 0.0%
- 90 Iraq 0.0% compare
- 90 Israel 0.0%
- 90 Italy 0.0%
- 90 Jamaica 0.0%
- 90 Japan 0.0%
- 90 Kazakhstan 0.0%
- 90 Kiribati 0.0%
- 90 Kuwait 0.0%
- 90 Kyrgyzstan 0.0%
- 90 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.0%
- 90 Lebanon 0.0%
- 90 Lesotho 0.0%
- 90 Libya 0.0%
- 90 Liechtenstein 0.0%
- 90 Maldives 0.0%
- 90 Malta 0.0%
- 90 Marshall Islands 0.0%
- 90 Micronesia (country) 0.0%
- 90 Monaco 0.0%
- 90 Montenegro 0.0%
- 90 Mozambique 0.0%
- 90 Myanmar 0.0%
- 90 Naoero 0.0%
- 90 Nicaragua 0.0% compare
- 90 Niger 0.0% compare
- 90 North Korea 0.0%
- 90 North Macedonia 0.0%
- 90 Oman 0.0%
- 90 Palau 0.0%
- 90 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 90 Romania 0.0%
- 90 Russian Federation 0.0% compare
- 90 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 90 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 90 San Marino 0.0%
- 90 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 90 Saudi Arabia 0.0%
- 90 Senegal 0.0% compare
- 90 Seychelles 0.0%
- 90 Singapore 0.0%
- 90 Slovakia 0.0%
- 90 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 90 Somalia 0.0%
- 90 South Sudan 0.0%
- 90 Sudan 0.0%
- 90 Suriname 0.0%
- 90 Switzerland 0.0%
- 90 Syria 0.0%
- 90 Tajikistan 0.0%
- 90 Tonga 0.0%
- 90 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 90 Tunisia 0.0%
- 90 Türkiye 0.0%
- 90 Turkmenistan 0.0%
- 90 Tuvalu 0.0%
- 90 United Arab Emirates 0.0%
- 90 United States 0.0%
- 90 Uzbekistan 0.0%
- 90 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 90 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.0% compare
- 90 Viet Nam 0.0%
- 90 Yemen 0.0%
More social development data for Afghanistan
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 20,869 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.67 million (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0609 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.67 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0005 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of countries with independent national human rights institutions in Afghanistan?
- Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions in Afghanistan was 0.0% in 2025, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of countries with independent national human rights institutions recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 100.0% in 2010.
- What is the lowest share of countries with independent national human rights institutions recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank for share of countries with independent national human rights institutions?
- Afghanistan ranks 90th out of 194 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of countries with independent national human rights institutions rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of countries with independent national human rights institutions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Proportion of countries with independent National Human Rights Institutions in compliance with the Paris Principles (%).