
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.
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.
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.