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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

Women's rights

Women's political empowerment

Central estimate of the extent to which women enjoy civil liberties, can participate in civil society, and are represented in politics. Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Year 2025175 countries with data · higher is better

below 0.500.50 – 0.670.67 – 0.780.78 – 0.870.87 and aboveNo dataCompared countries

Table view: all 175 countries, 2025

Rank	Country	Women's political empowerment (index, 0–1)
1	Denmark	0.95
2	Belgium	0.95
3	Latvia	0.95
4	Spain	0.94
5	Germany	0.94
6	Estonia	0.94
7	Slovenia	0.94
8	New Zealand	0.94
9	Finland	0.93
10	Czechia	0.93
10	Switzerland	0.93
12	France	0.93
12	Italy	0.93
12	Jamaica	0.93
15	Ireland	0.93
16	Lithuania	0.93
16	Norway	0.93
18	Sweden	0.92
19	Malta	0.92
20	Chile	0.91
20	Croatia	0.91
22	Seychelles	0.91
23	Bulgaria	0.91
23	Costa Rica	0.91
25	Australia	0.91
26	Austria	0.91
27	Netherlands	0.90
27	Taiwan	0.90
29	Moldova	0.90
30	Greece	0.90
30	Luxembourg	0.90
32	Barbados	0.90
33	Albania	0.89
34	Ukraine	0.89
35	Iceland	0.88
36	Benin	0.88
37	Poland	0.88
37	Slovakia	0.88
37	South Korea	0.88
40	Suriname	0.88
41	Armenia	0.88
41	Uruguay	0.88
43	Trinidad and Tobago	0.87
44	Canada	0.87
44	Romania	0.87
46	Montenegro	0.87
47	Serbia	0.86
48	Israel	0.86
49	Cyprus	0.86
50	Cape Verde	0.85
50	Namibia	0.85
50	Senegal	0.85
53	Japan	0.84
54	Sao Tome and Principe	0.84
55	Bolivia	0.84
56	United Kingdom	0.84
57	Tanzania	0.83
58	Argentina	0.83
59	South Africa	0.83
60	United States	0.83
61	Dominican Republic	0.82
62	North Macedonia	0.82
63	Liberia	0.82
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.82
65	Brazil	0.82
65	Hungary	0.82
67	Georgia	0.82
68	Mauritius	0.81
69	Gambia	0.81
70	Portugal	0.81
71	Guyana	0.81
71	Philippines	0.81
73	Lesotho	0.81
74	Vietnam	0.81
75	Mongolia	0.81
76	Kenya	0.80
77	Hong Kong	0.80
77	Mexico	0.80
77	Sierra Leone	0.80
80	Gabon	0.80
81	Nepal	0.79
82	Zambia	0.79
83	Ecuador	0.79
84	Honduras	0.79
85	Singapore	0.79
86	Colombia	0.78
87	Peru	0.78
88	Malaysia	0.77
89	Kosovo	0.77
90	Angola	0.77
91	East Timor	0.77
92	Ghana	0.77
93	Tunisia	0.77
94	Cameroon	0.76
95	Malawi	0.76
96	Venezuela	0.75
97	Panama	0.74
97	Sri Lanka	0.74
99	Kyrgyzstan	0.73
100	Nigeria	0.73
101	Zimbabwe	0.73
102	Indonesia	0.73
103	Mozambique	0.72
104	Guatemala	0.72
105	Vanuatu	0.71
106	Morocco	0.71
107	Cuba	0.71
108	Niger	0.71
109	Mali	0.71
110	Madagascar	0.70
111	Botswana	0.70
112	Cote d'Ivoire	0.70
113	Togo	0.69
114	Ethiopia	0.69
115	Thailand	0.69
116	Kazakhstan	0.68
117	Bhutan	0.68
117	Solomon Islands	0.68
119	Jordan	0.67
119	Paraguay	0.67
121	India	0.66
122	Belarus	0.66
123	Burundi	0.65
124	Azerbaijan	0.65
125	Fiji	0.64
126	Uzbekistan	0.64
127	Uganda	0.64
128	Rwanda	0.63
129	Algeria	0.63
129	Chad	0.63
131	United Arab Emirates	0.61
132	Lebanon	0.61
133	Burkina Faso	0.60
134	China	0.59
134	El Salvador	0.59
136	Djibouti	0.58
137	Bahrain	0.57
138	Turkey	0.56
139	Central African Republic	0.56
139	Comoros	0.56
141	Iraq	0.56
142	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.55
143	Egypt	0.55
144	Russia	0.55
145	Mauritania	0.54
146	Bangladesh	0.54
147	Cambodia	0.53
148	Guinea	0.53
148	Maldives	0.53
150	Nicaragua	0.53
151	Pakistan	0.52
152	Laos	0.51
153	Guinea-Bissau	0.50
154	Papua New Guinea	0.48
155	South Sudan	0.48
156	Congo	0.47
157	Equatorial Guinea	0.45
158	Turkmenistan	0.44
159	Tajikistan	0.43
160	Libya	0.41
161	Haiti	0.40
162	Eswatini	0.39
163	Qatar	0.39
164	Kuwait	0.36
164	Oman	0.36
166	Saudi Arabia	0.35
167	Somalia	0.34
168	Myanmar	0.33
169	Iran	0.32
170	North Korea	0.29
170	Syria	0.29
172	Sudan	0.22
173	Yemen	0.16
174	Eritrea	0.15
175	Afghanistan	0.03

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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