Least Human Rights

Understand least human rights: what the measure counts, how to read it and where to check the source.

Human rights cannot be reduced to a single directly observed quantity. An index selects rights, gathers evidence and combines indicators using a particular method. Different indices can disagree because they examine different freedoms or weight them differently. A useful ranking names the index and edition, rather than implying that it provides a universal verdict on every aspect of life.

About the data

Model-based index, not a count of rights. The saved list has no year; uncertainty intervals and dataset revisions can change ranks.

The Country10s question

Countries with lowest human rights index

Reading the source

Model-based index, not a count of rights. The saved list has no year; uncertainty intervals and dataset revisions can change ranks.

The original source edition for this saved game was not retained. The link is a reference for understanding the measure, not proof that the saved answer order is a current world ranking. No unverified top-ten table is presented here.

Our World in Data: Human Rights Index (V-Dem)

Source: Our World in Data: Human Rights Index (V-Dem)