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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.

Snapshot of 31 October 2026 · See live data in the app

Education

Expected years of schooling

Number of years a child of school-entrance-age can expect to receive if the current age-specific enrollment rates persist throughout the child's life. Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.

Year 2023195 countries with data · higher is better

below 9.49.4 – 11.411.4 – 13.013.0 – 15.215.2 and aboveNo dataCompared countries

Table view: all 195 countries, 2023

Rank	Country	Expected years of schooling (years)
1	Monaco	21.7
2	Greece	20.8
3	Australia	20.7
4	Turkey	19.8
5	Finland	19.5
6	New Zealand	19.3
7	Ireland	19.2
8	Belgium	19.0
9	Sweden	19.0
10	Iceland	18.9
11	Argentina	18.8
12	Norway	18.8
13	Denmark	18.7
14	Netherlands	18.6
15	Saint Kitts and Nevis	18.4
16	Seychelles	18.2
17	Spain	17.8
18	United Kingdom	17.8
19	Tonga	17.8
20	Portugal	17.5
21	Uruguay	17.5
22	Slovenia	17.5
23	Germany	17.3
24	Saudi Arabia	16.9
25	Chile	16.9
26	Hong Kong	16.9
27	Czechia	16.8
28	Georgia	16.8
29	Singapore	16.7
30	Italy	16.7
31	Poland	16.7
32	Switzerland	16.7
33	Barbados	16.6
34	South Korea	16.6
35	Grenada	16.6
36	Latvia	16.5
37	Lithuania	16.5
38	Marshall Islands	16.4
39	Costa Rica	16.3
40	Croatia	16.3
41	Austria	16.3
42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	16.3
43	Cyprus	16.2
44	France	16.1
45	Estonia	16.0
46	Bahrain	15.9
47	United States	15.9
48	Malta	15.9
49	Kuwait	15.9
50	Canada	15.9
51	Brazil	15.8
52	Bolivia	15.6
53	United Arab Emirates	15.6
54	Montenegro	15.5
55	Japan	15.5
56	Antigua and Barbuda	15.5
57	Algeria	15.5
58	China	15.5
59	Hungary	15.5
60	Vietnam	15.5
61	Liechtenstein	15.4
62	Thailand	15.4
63	Bulgaria	15.3
64	Eswatini	15.2
65	Morocco	15.1
66	Serbia	15.0
67	Slovakia	14.9
68	Israel	14.9
69	Peru	14.9
70	Ecuador	14.9
71	North Macedonia	14.8
72	Tunisia	14.7
73	Moldova	14.6
74	San Marino	14.6
75	Andorra	14.5
76	Albania	14.5
77	Mexico	14.5
78	Armenia	14.4
79	Luxembourg	14.4
80	Colombia	14.3
81	Trinidad and Tobago	14.2
82	Mauritius	14.2
83	Dominica	14.2
84	Palau	14.1
85	Romania	14.1
86	Kazakhstan	14.0
87	Paraguay	14.0
88	Iran	14.0
89	Cuba	13.9
90	Fiji	13.8
91	South Africa	13.8
92	Nepal	13.8
93	Belarus	13.7
94	Brunei	13.7
95	Mongolia	13.6
96	Dominican Republic	13.6
97	Oman	13.4
98	Indonesia	13.3
99	Ukraine	13.3
100	Panama	13.3
101	Comoros	13.3
102	East Timor	13.3
103	Turkmenistan	13.2
104	Russia	13.2
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	13.2
106	Bhutan	13.2
107	Qatar	13.1
108	Sri Lanka	13.1
109	Egypt	13.1
110	Jordan	13.1
111	Togo	13.1
112	Guyana	13.0
113	Palestine	13.0
114	Venezuela	13.0
115	India	13.0
116	Libya	12.9
117	Azerbaijan	12.9
118	Sao Tome and Principe	12.9
119	Nauru	12.8
120	Philippines	12.8
121	Maldives	12.8
122	Saint Lucia	12.7
123	Kyrgyzstan	12.7
124	Congo	12.7
125	Malaysia	12.7
126	Rwanda	12.6
127	Equatorial Guinea	12.5
128	Gabon	12.5
129	Uzbekistan	12.5
130	Samoa	12.4
131	Jamaica	12.4
132	Tuvalu	12.4
133	Iraq	12.4
134	Bangladesh	12.3
135	North Korea	12.2
136	Angola	12.2
137	Belize	12.0
138	Bahamas	11.9
139	Kiribati	11.9
140	Vanuatu	11.8
141	Namibia	11.8
142	Lebanon	11.7
143	Uganda	11.6
144	Micronesia (country)	11.5
145	Papua New Guinea	11.5
146	Nicaragua	11.5
147	Myanmar	11.5
148	Kenya	11.5
149	Botswana	11.4
150	Ghana	11.4
151	Cote d'Ivoire	11.4
152	Cape Verde	11.4
153	Solomon Islands	11.3
154	Cambodia	11.2
155	El Salvador	11.1
156	Zimbabwe	11.1
157	Zambia	11.0
158	Lesotho	11.0
159	Suriname	11.0
160	Democratic Republic of Congo	10.9
161	Haiti	10.9
162	Tajikistan	10.8
163	Mozambique	10.8
164	Cameroon	10.8
165	Afghanistan	10.8
166	Guatemala	10.7
167	Guinea-Bissau	10.6
168	Nigeria	10.5
169	Liberia	10.5
170	Benin	10.4
171	Guinea	10.4
172	Honduras	10.2
173	Malawi	9.9
174	Burundi	9.8
175	Laos	9.6
176	Ethiopia	9.2
177	Senegal	9.1
178	Sierra Leone	9.1
179	Madagascar	9.1
180	Gambia	9.0
181	Burkina Faso	8.7
182	Sudan	8.6
183	Tanzania	8.6
184	Chad	8.3
185	Niger	8.3
186	Mauritania	7.9
187	Pakistan	7.9
188	Yemen	7.5
189	Somalia	7.5
190	Central African Republic	7.4
191	Syria	7.4
192	Eritrea	7.3
193	Mali	7.0
194	Djibouti	6.2
195	South Sudan	5.6

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.

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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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