Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights in Northern Africa and Western Asia
Northern Africa and Western Asia: Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights was 10 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
10
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
3rd
of 8 groups
All-time high
10
in 2024
All-time low
4
in 2020
Years of data
11
2015–2025
Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights in Northern Africa and Western Asia, 2015–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
The most recent figure for countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights in Northern Africa and Western Asia is 10, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights in Northern Africa and Western Asia peaked at 10 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4, in 2020.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights in Northern Africa and Western Asia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | — |
| 2016 | 6 | -33.3% |
| 2017 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 9 | +50.0% |
| 2019 | 6 | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 4 | -33.3% |
| 2021 | 7 | +75.0% |
| 2022 | 6 | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 8 | +33.3% |
| 2024 | 10 | +25.0% |
| 2025 | 10 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.2 | 6 | 9 | 5 |
| 2020s | 7.5 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa and Western Asia
- 1 Afghanistan 1 compare
- 1 Argentina 1 compare
- 1 Bangladesh 1 compare
- 1 Brazil 1 compare
- 1 China 1 compare
- 1 Colombia 1 compare
- 1 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 compare
- 1 Ecuador 1 compare
- 1 El Salvador 1 compare
- 1 Guatemala 1 compare
- 1 Haiti 1 compare
- 1 Honduras 1 compare
- 1 India 1 compare
- 1 Indonesia 1 compare
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 compare
- 1 Iraq 1 compare
- 1 Kenya 1 compare
- 1 Libya 1 compare
- 1 Mexico 1 compare
- 1 Mozambique 1 compare
- 1 Myanmar 1 compare
- 1 Nicaragua 1 compare
- 1 Nigeria 1 compare
- 1 Pakistan 1 compare
- 1 Peru 1 compare
- 1 Philippines 1 compare
- 1 Russian Federation 1 compare
- 1 Somalia 1 compare
- 1 South Africa 1 compare
- 1 State of Palestine 1 compare
- 1 Sudan 1 compare
- 1 Syrian Arab Republic 1 compare
- 1 Thailand 1 compare
- 1 Türkiye 1 compare
- 1 Uganda 1 compare
- 1 Ukraine 1 compare
- 1 United Republic of Tanzania 1 compare
- 1 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1 compare
- 1 Yemen 1 compare
- 1 Russia 1 compare
- 1 Syria 1 compare
- 1 Turkey 1 compare
- 1 United States 1 compare
More economy & growth data for Northern Africa and Western Asia
- Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows 156,869 (2024)
- Annual growth rate of real GDP per employed person 1.6% (2025)
- Manufacturing value added (constant 2020 United States dollars) as a 13.2% (2025)
- Manufacturing value added (current United States dollars) as a 13.0% (2024)
- Annual growth rate of real GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Merchandise trade as a proportion of GDP 63.5% (2024)
- Annual GDP growth 2.1% (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows, as a proportion of GDP 1.9% (2024)
- Annual growth of exports of goods and services 2.9% (2023)
- Annual growth of imports of goods and services 2.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights in Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights in Northern Africa and Western Asia was 10 in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights recorded in Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 10 in 2024.
- What is the lowest countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights recorded in Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 2020.
- How does Northern Africa and Western Asia rank for countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights?
- Northern Africa and Western Asia ranks 3rd out of 8 groups with data for 2025.
- Is countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights rising or falling in Northern Africa and Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa and Western Asia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Countries with at least one verified case of killings of human rights defenders, journalists, and trade unionists (1 = YES, 0 = NO). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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