Human rights worldwide

Statistics report on human rights worldwide

Human rights worldwide

This report provides information on human rights in the world. The first chapter includes different indexes that rank countries based on their protection of human rights and their rule of law. It also shows how many countries have national human rights institutions. Thereafter, the following chapter depicts mainly freedom indexes, among others human freedom, and press freedom. The next chapter collects statistics on various human rights violations in selected countries worldwide, from slavery to genocide, from death sentences to forced marriage. Lastly, the final chapter illustrates the opinions of different survey on civil rights, violations of human rights, and freedoms.

Table of contents

Human rights protection

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  • Premium Statistic Lowest human rights and rule of law index scores in 2022, by country
  • Premium Statistic Highest human rights and rule of law index scores in 2022, by country
  • Basic Statistic Highest Human Rights Scores 2017, by country
  • Basic Statistic Lowest Human Rights Scores 2017, by country
  • Premium Statistic Countries with Human Rights Institutions 2021, by region

Human Freedoms

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  • Premium Statistic Annual count of countries with improved or worsened freedom 2006-2022
  • Premium Statistic Countries with highest Human Freedom Index 2020
  • Premium Statistic Countries with lowest Human Freedom Index 2020
  • Premium Statistic Human Freedom Index 2020, by region
  • Premium Statistic Human Freedom Index 2020, by category
  • Premium Statistic Press freedom index in Latin America & the Caribbean 2023, by country
  • Basic Statistic Freedom House Index: internet freedom in selected countries worldwide 2022

Selected areas of violations

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  • Basic Statistic Risk of genocide in sub-Saharan Africa 2024
  • Basic Statistic Number of executions worldwide 2022, by country
  • Premium Statistic Human trafficking forms globally 2006-2020
  • Premium Statistic Most common forms of exploitation of trafficking victims, by gender 2020
  • Basic Statistic Prevalence of child marriage worldwide 2006-2022, by region
  • Premium Statistic South Koreans' opinion on the priority in North Korea policy 2023

European Court of Human Rights

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  • Basic Statistic ECtHR pending cases 2018-2020
  • Basic Statistic Violations found by European Court of Human Rights 2020
  • Basic Statistic Applications to a judicial formation at Court of Human Rights 2022, by country

Opinions

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  • Basic Statistic Attitudes toward LGBT persons in Russia 2021
  • Premium Statistic Public opinion on human rights abusers and sport 2022
  • Premium Statistic Public opinion in Europe on sporting events hosts and human rights 2022
  • Premium Statistic Public opinion in England on whether FIFA takes human rights seriously 2022
  • Basic Statistic Opinion equal rights of LGBT persons in Russia 2005-2021
  • Premium Statistic Opinions on levels of respect of freedom and human rights in Tunisia 2021
  • Premium Statistic Opinion share on human rights improvement in El Salvador 2022

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