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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

Private civil liberties

Central estimate the extent to which people are free from forced labor, have property rights, and enjoy freedom of movement and religion. Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Year 2025175 countries with data · higher is better

below 0.460.46 – 0.720.72 – 0.830.83 – 0.910.91 and aboveNo dataCompared countries

Table view: all 175 countries, 2025

Rank	Country	Private civil liberties (index, 0–1)
1	Germany	0.95
2	Estonia	0.95
3	Iceland	0.94
4	New Zealand	0.94
4	Sweden	0.94
6	Ireland	0.94
7	Denmark	0.94
7	Spain	0.94
9	Belgium	0.94
9	Luxembourg	0.94
11	Czechia	0.93
12	Chile	0.93
12	Malta	0.93
14	Taiwan	0.93
15	Finland	0.93
16	Poland	0.93
17	Latvia	0.93
18	Croatia	0.92
19	Benin	0.92
20	Japan	0.92
21	Italy	0.91
22	Costa Rica	0.91
22	Slovakia	0.91
24	Barbados	0.91
24	Lithuania	0.91
24	Norway	0.91
24	Suriname	0.91
24	Switzerland	0.91
29	Sao Tome and Principe	0.91
30	Cape Verde	0.91
31	Albania	0.91
32	Jamaica	0.90
33	Ghana	0.90
34	Moldova	0.89
34	Seychelles	0.89
34	Slovenia	0.89
34	South Korea	0.89
38	Gambia	0.89
39	Namibia	0.89
40	Austria	0.88
40	Uruguay	0.88
42	Brazil	0.88
43	Netherlands	0.88
44	Australia	0.87
45	Greece	0.87
45	Honduras	0.87
47	Bulgaria	0.87
48	Montenegro	0.87
49	France	0.87
49	Trinidad and Tobago	0.87
51	South Africa	0.86
52	Georgia	0.86
53	Romania	0.85
54	Nigeria	0.85
55	Gabon	0.85
56	Liberia	0.84
57	Argentina	0.84
57	Mauritius	0.84
59	Botswana	0.84
59	Serbia	0.84
61	Cyprus	0.84
62	Canada	0.84
63	Colombia	0.83
63	Peru	0.83
65	Hungary	0.83
65	Senegal	0.83
65	United States	0.83
68	Dominican Republic	0.83
69	Sierra Leone	0.82
70	Vanuatu	0.82
71	East Timor	0.82
72	Malawi	0.82
73	Lesotho	0.82
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.81
74	Mongolia	0.81
76	Panama	0.81
77	Guyana	0.81
77	Solomon Islands	0.81
79	North Macedonia	0.81
80	Armenia	0.81
81	Israel	0.80
82	Bolivia	0.80
83	Ecuador	0.80
84	United Kingdom	0.79
85	Paraguay	0.78
86	Zambia	0.77
87	Sri Lanka	0.77
88	Papua New Guinea	0.76
89	Mexico	0.75
90	Togo	0.75
91	El Salvador	0.74
92	Kenya	0.74
93	Philippines	0.74
94	Madagascar	0.73
95	Cote d'Ivoire	0.73
96	Fiji	0.72
97	Guatemala	0.72
98	Hong Kong	0.72
99	Kyrgyzstan	0.71
100	Niger	0.71
101	Kosovo	0.70
102	Tunisia	0.69
103	Mali	0.68
104	Cameroon	0.68
105	Tanzania	0.68
106	Indonesia	0.68
107	Bangladesh	0.67
108	Haiti	0.67
109	Portugal	0.67
110	Nepal	0.67
111	Jordan	0.67
112	Malaysia	0.66
113	Singapore	0.65
114	Lebanon	0.65
115	Kazakhstan	0.64
116	India	0.63
117	Mozambique	0.63
118	Zimbabwe	0.63
119	Bhutan	0.63
120	Burkina Faso	0.61
121	Angola	0.61
122	Guinea-Bissau	0.61
123	Iraq	0.60
124	Venezuela	0.60
125	Maldives	0.57
126	Morocco	0.56
127	Ukraine	0.54
128	Burundi	0.54
129	Thailand	0.54
130	Comoros	0.53
131	Pakistan	0.52
132	Vietnam	0.51
133	Chad	0.47
134	Russia	0.47
135	Congo	0.46
136	Belarus	0.46
137	Oman	0.45
138	Turkey	0.44
139	Algeria	0.44
140	Cambodia	0.42
141	Eswatini	0.41
142	Central African Republic	0.40
143	Djibouti	0.39
144	Kuwait	0.38
145	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.38
146	Mauritania	0.37
147	Bahrain	0.37
148	Azerbaijan	0.36
149	Cuba	0.35
150	Iran	0.34
151	Guinea	0.34
152	Uzbekistan	0.34
153	Uganda	0.33
154	Egypt	0.32
155	Tajikistan	0.30
156	Ethiopia	0.30
157	Libya	0.29
158	Somalia	0.27
159	Equatorial Guinea	0.27
160	United Arab Emirates	0.25
161	Syria	0.25
162	South Sudan	0.23
163	Rwanda	0.21
164	Laos	0.20
165	Qatar	0.18
166	Saudi Arabia	0.17
167	China	0.14
168	Nicaragua	0.14
169	Yemen	0.14
170	Myanmar	0.14
171	Sudan	0.10
172	Turkmenistan	0.07
173	Afghanistan	0.03
174	Eritrea	0.01
175	North Korea	0.00

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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