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Rights and wellbeing around the world

Nine open global indices, from human rights and women's and LGBT+ rights to food, health and education, mapped for every country since 1990, with the six countries in our Indigenous-rights comparison outlined.

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Human rights

Political civil liberties

Central estimate of the extent to which people enjoy the freedoms of expression and association. Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Year 2025175 countries with data · higher is better

below 0.370.37 – 0.670.67 – 0.840.84 – 0.920.92 and aboveNo dataCompared countries

Table view: all 175 countries, 2025

Rank	Country	Political civil liberties (index, 0–1)
1	Denmark	0.97
2	Switzerland	0.97
3	Ireland	0.97
4	Estonia	0.97
5	Belgium	0.96
6	Sweden	0.96
7	Luxembourg	0.96
8	Norway	0.95
9	France	0.95
10	Uruguay	0.95
11	Chile	0.94
11	Latvia	0.94
13	Finland	0.94
13	Jamaica	0.94
15	Czechia	0.93
16	Brazil	0.93
17	Costa Rica	0.93
18	Iceland	0.93
18	Poland	0.93
20	New Zealand	0.93
21	Austria	0.93
22	Spain	0.93
23	Barbados	0.92
23	Canada	0.92
23	Dominican Republic	0.92
23	Ghana	0.92
23	Mauritius	0.92
28	Japan	0.92
28	Trinidad and Tobago	0.92
30	Suriname	0.92
31	Portugal	0.91
32	South Korea	0.91
33	Australia	0.91
34	Vanuatu	0.91
35	Taiwan	0.90
36	Namibia	0.90
37	Sri Lanka	0.90
38	Cape Verde	0.89
38	Lithuania	0.89
38	Seychelles	0.89
41	Germany	0.89
41	Netherlands	0.89
41	Solomon Islands	0.89
44	Malta	0.89
44	Montenegro	0.89
46	Papua New Guinea	0.89
47	Panama	0.89
48	South Africa	0.88
49	Cyprus	0.88
50	Honduras	0.88
51	Italy	0.87
52	Sierra Leone	0.87
53	East Timor	0.87
54	United States	0.86
55	Nepal	0.86
55	Nigeria	0.86
57	Kenya	0.86
58	United Kingdom	0.86
59	Lesotho	0.86
60	Guatemala	0.86
61	Guyana	0.85
62	Greece	0.84
62	Liberia	0.84
64	Botswana	0.84
64	Sao Tome and Principe	0.84
66	Colombia	0.84
67	Romania	0.84
68	Gambia	0.84
68	Senegal	0.84
70	Kosovo	0.83
71	Bulgaria	0.82
72	Armenia	0.82
73	Slovakia	0.81
74	Paraguay	0.80
75	Slovenia	0.80
75	Zambia	0.80
77	Croatia	0.79
78	Haiti	0.79
79	Argentina	0.77
80	Israel	0.77
81	Albania	0.76
81	Moldova	0.76
83	Fiji	0.76
83	Peru	0.76
85	Mongolia	0.76
86	Malawi	0.76
87	North Macedonia	0.75
88	Gabon	0.75
88	Niger	0.75
90	Madagascar	0.74
91	Benin	0.74
92	Bolivia	0.73
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.73
94	Lebanon	0.73
95	Maldives	0.72
96	Cote d'Ivoire	0.70
97	Ecuador	0.69
98	Malaysia	0.69
99	Bhutan	0.66
100	Mexico	0.64
101	Philippines	0.64
102	Bangladesh	0.64
103	Tanzania	0.61
104	Hungary	0.61
105	Georgia	0.60
106	Indonesia	0.60
107	Angola	0.58
108	Tunisia	0.56
109	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.56
110	Guinea-Bissau	0.55
110	Jordan	0.55
110	Morocco	0.55
110	Serbia	0.55
114	Thailand	0.55
115	Iraq	0.54
116	Somalia	0.53
117	Singapore	0.53
118	Mauritania	0.53
119	Central African Republic	0.53
120	Libya	0.52
121	Comoros	0.51
122	Ukraine	0.51
123	Mozambique	0.50
124	Pakistan	0.50
125	Togo	0.48
126	India	0.47
127	Guinea	0.45
128	Mali	0.44
129	El Salvador	0.43
130	Kyrgyzstan	0.43
131	Cameroon	0.42
132	Djibouti	0.41
133	Uganda	0.37
134	Kuwait	0.36
135	Kazakhstan	0.36
136	Zimbabwe	0.35
137	Burkina Faso	0.35
138	Algeria	0.34
139	Ethiopia	0.34
140	Chad	0.30
141	Congo	0.30
142	Yemen	0.29
143	Syria	0.28
144	Sudan	0.27
145	Turkey	0.26
146	Uzbekistan	0.25
147	Hong Kong	0.23
148	Cambodia	0.21
149	Rwanda	0.17
150	Oman	0.17
151	Iran	0.16
152	Burundi	0.16
153	Venezuela	0.15
154	Bahrain	0.15
155	Egypt	0.14
156	United Arab Emirates	0.12
157	Azerbaijan	0.12
157	South Sudan	0.12
159	Equatorial Guinea	0.12
160	Russia	0.10
161	Vietnam	0.09
162	Saudi Arabia	0.08
163	Qatar	0.08
164	Tajikistan	0.07
165	Eswatini	0.06
166	Myanmar	0.06
167	Turkmenistan	0.05
168	Laos	0.05
169	Cuba	0.04
170	Belarus	0.04
170	China	0.04
172	Eritrea	0.02
173	Afghanistan	0.02
174	Nicaragua	0.02
175	North Korea	0.01

The Human Rights Index (V-Dem) is made up of three sub-indices: physical integrity rights, private civil liberties and political civil liberties. Each has its own map above.

Compared countries

Each country against the world's best

Latest value and world rank on every index, with the best-performing country for comparison. The Indigenous-rights score is wathaga assessment (October 2026), not an official index. Each dimension is scored 0–3 against the best performer among the six countries.

Country	Indigenous rights (Wathaga, /18)	Human Rights Index 2025	Physical integrity rights 2025	Private civil liberties 2025	Political civil liberties 2025	Women's political empowerment 2025	LGBT+ Rights Index 2025	Prevalence of undernourishment 2023	Life expectancy at birth 2023	Expected years of schooling 2023
Australia	9 (64% of best)	0.91 #32 of 175	0.95 #27 of 175	0.87 #44 of 175	0.91 #33 of 175	0.91 #25 of 175	13.5 #27 of 195	< 2.5 #1 of 166	83.9 #10 of 237	20.7 #3 of 195
Canada	13 (93% of best)	0.90 #35 of 175	0.94 #34 of 175	0.84 #62 of 175	0.92 #23 of 175	0.87 #44 of 175	17.2 #7 of 195	< 2.5 #1 of 166	82.6 #26 of 237	15.9 #50 of 195
New Zealand	10 (71% of best)	0.95 #8 of 175	0.99 #5 of 175	0.94 #4 of 175	0.93 #20 of 175	0.94 #8 of 175	10.6 #41 of 195	< 2.5 #1 of 166	82.1 #36 of 237	19.3 #6 of 195
Brazil	13 (93% of best)	0.87 #53 of 175	0.81 #83 of 175	0.88 #42 of 175	0.93 #16 of 175	0.82 #65 of 175	16.2 #13 of 195	< 2.5 #1 of 166	75.8 #114 of 237	15.8 #51 of 195
Bolivia	14 (100% of best)	0.74 #90 of 175	0.70 #104 of 175	0.80 #82 of 175	0.73 #92 of 175	0.84 #55 of 175	14.1 #24 of 195	21.8 #144 of 166	68.6 #182 of 237	15.6 #52 of 195
South Africa	3 (21% of best)	0.86 #54 of 175	0.85 #72 of 175	0.86 #51 of 175	0.88 #48 of 175	0.83 #59 of 175	14.1 #25 of 195	10.0 #112 of 166	66.1 #202 of 237	13.8 #91 of 195
World's best	Bolivia (14)	Estonia 0.96	Iceland + 1 tied 0.99	Germany 0.95	Denmark 0.97	Denmark 0.95	Malta 20.3	Algeria + 61 tied < 2.5	Monaco 86.4	Monaco 21.7

How the Indigenous-rights score works

UNDRIP in law and policy: 3 = in national law with an action plan; 1 = endorsed with no plan, or plan halted. Australia 1, Canada 3, New Zealand 1, Brazil 2, Bolivia 3, South Africa 1.
ILO Convention 169 ratified: 3 = ratified; 0 = not ratified. Australia 0, Canada 0, New Zealand 0, Brazil 3, Bolivia 3, South Africa 0.
Constitutional or treaty recognition: 3 = entrenched constitutional rights; 1 = partial, statutory or state-level only. Australia 1, Canada 3, New Zealand 2, Brazil 3, Bolivia 3, South Africa 1.
Land rights and redress: Strength and functioning of the redress mechanism. Australia 2, Canada 2, New Zealand 3, Brazil 2, Bolivia 2, South Africa 1.
Outcome targets and independent monitoring: 3 = quantified national Indigenous targets with independent annual assessment. Australia 3, Canada 2, New Zealand 1, Brazil 1, Bolivia 1, South Africa 0.
Indigenous data and data sovereignty: National disaggregated data and recognised Indigenous data governance. Australia 2, Canada 3, New Zealand 3, Brazil 2, Bolivia 2, South Africa 0.

Download the data

Global indices: every country and year since 1990 CSV JSON
Global indices: definitions and sources CSV JSON
Source: Human Rights Index (Our World in Data)
Source: Physical integrity rights (Our World in Data)
Source: Private civil liberties (Our World in Data)
Source: Political civil liberties (Our World in Data)
Source: Women's political empowerment (Our World in Data)
Source: LGBT+ Rights Index (Our World in Data)
Source: Prevalence of undernourishment (Our World in Data)
Source: Life expectancy at birth (Our World in Data)
Source: Expected years of schooling (Our World in Data)

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