Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights defenders, journalists, and trade unionists (1 = YES, 0 = NO) by country

Countries reporting
45
Highest
1
Philippines
Lowest
0
Chile
Median
1
Years covered
11
2015–2025
Data points
470

What the numbers show

Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights defenders, journalists, and trade unionists (1 = YES, 0 = NO) is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 1 in Philippines; the lowest is 0 in Chile.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is 0.9556.

Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Philippines 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Argentina 1 2024 unchanged flat
1 Russian Federation 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Sudan 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 1 2024 unchanged flat
1 Somalia 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Syrian Arab Republic 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Thailand 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Türkiye 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Uganda 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Ukraine 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 United States of America 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Yemen 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 South Africa 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Russian Federation 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 State of Palestine 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Syrian Arab Republic 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 2024 unchanged flat
1 Türkiye 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 United Republic of Tanzania 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Pakistan 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Afghanistan 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Bangladesh 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Brazil 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 China 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Colombia 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Ecuador 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Guatemala 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Honduras 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Haiti 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Indonesia 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Iraq 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Peru 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Nicaragua 1 2024 unchanged flat
1 Nigeria 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Mozambique 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Myanmar 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Mexico 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Libya 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 Kenya 1 2025 unchanged flat
1 India 1 2025 unchanged flat
44 Georgia 0 2025 down 100.0% volatile
44 Chile 0 2023 down 100.0% falling

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights defenders, journalists, and trade unionists (1 = YES, 0 = NO)
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
53 places, 470 data points, 2015–2025
Last refreshed