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What is the state of human rights and democracy around the world?

Explore how states are doing in upholding their obligations to respect, protect and promote 5 economic and social rights, 7 civil and political rights, and 5 high-level principles of democracy

Economic and social rights

Country scores for the five economic and social rights are based on the SERF index that calculates country scores for two assessment standards using and aggregating a variety of national statistics. Note that data availability may differ for different UN regional groups and rights.

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Indicative ranges for interpreting economic and social rights scores:

Very bad: 0 - 75%

Bad: 75 - 85%

Fair: 85 - 95%

Good: 95 - 100%

Note that country scores are based on the most recent indicator data available, possibly introducing a regional bias.

Sources: HRMI 2022 rightstracker.org & serfindex.org

Civil and political rights

Country scores for the seven civil and political rights are based on expert surveys conducted by HRMI among human rights experts for each country. Note that country coverage is still very limited and varies greatly between different UN regional groups.

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Indicative ranges for interpreting civil and political rights scores:

Very bad: 0 - 3.5

Bad: 3.5 - 6

Fair: 6 - 8

Good: 8 - 10

Source: HRMI 2022 rightstracker.org

Democracy

Country scores for the five high-level principles of democracy are based on expert surveys conducted by V-Dem among human rights experts for each country.

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Source: V-Dem 2022 v-dem.net

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