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Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Chile

Chile: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.93 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.93
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
18th
of 174 countries
All-time high
0.959
in 2013
All-time low
0.117
in 1974
Years of data
80
1946–2025

Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Chile, 1946–2025

0.20.40.60.81194619852025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Chile recorded 0.93 for human rights index vs. gdp per capita in 2025.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Chile peaked at 0.959 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.117, in 1974.

That places Chile 18th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.

Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Chile, year by year

Year Value Change
1946 0.63 —
1947 0.606 -3.8%
1948 0.603 -0.5%
1949 0.591 -2.0%
1950 0.597 +1.0%
1951 0.597 +0.0%
1952 0.595 -0.3%
1953 0.608 +2.2%
1954 0.608 +0.0%
1955 0.608 +0.0%
1956 0.608 +0.0%
1957 0.612 +0.7%
1958 0.657 +7.4%
1959 0.734 +11.7%
1960 0.739 +0.7%
1961 0.741 +0.3%
1962 0.741 +0.0%
1963 0.745 +0.5%
1964 0.795 +6.7%
1965 0.797 +0.3%
1966 0.799 +0.3%
1967 0.801 +0.3%
1968 0.801 +0.0%
1969 0.791 -1.2%
1970 0.78 -1.4%
1971 0.78 +0.0%
1972 0.773 -0.9%
1973 0.276 -64.3%
1974 0.117 -57.6%
1975 0.117 +0.0%
1976 0.117 +0.0%
1977 0.12 +2.6%
1978 0.119 -0.8%
1979 0.121 +1.7%
1980 0.141 +16.5%
1981 0.145 +2.8%
1982 0.149 +2.8%
1983 0.165 +10.7%
1984 0.17 +3.0%
1985 0.175 +2.9%
1986 0.182 +4.0%
1987 0.209 +14.8%
1988 0.281 +34.4%
1989 0.416 +48.0%
1990 0.896 +115.4%
1991 0.935 +4.4%
1992 0.935 +0.0%
1993 0.935 +0.0%
1994 0.936 +0.1%
1995 0.936 +0.0%
1996 0.936 +0.0%
1997 0.936 +0.0%
1998 0.936 +0.0%
1999 0.938 +0.2%
2000 0.94 +0.2%
2001 0.94 +0.0%
2002 0.942 +0.2%
2003 0.942 +0.0%
2004 0.942 +0.0%
2005 0.942 +0.0%
2006 0.942 +0.0%
2007 0.942 +0.0%
2008 0.942 +0.0%
2009 0.941 -0.1%
2010 0.941 +0.0%
2011 0.942 +0.1%
2012 0.943 +0.1%
2013 0.959 +1.7%
2014 0.957 -0.2%
2015 0.948 -0.9%
2016 0.948 +0.0%
2017 0.949 +0.1%
2018 0.92 -3.1%
2019 0.887 -3.6%
2020 0.877 -1.1%
2021 0.897 +2.3%
2022 0.926 +3.2%
2023 0.927 +0.1%
2024 0.931 +0.4%
2025 0.93 -0.1%

Chile compared with similar countries

  • Chile's 0.93 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Chile's 0.93 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1990 +115.4% 0.416 0.896
1973 -64.3% 0.773 0.276
1974 -57.6% 0.276 0.117
1989 +48.0% 0.281 0.416
1988 +34.4% 0.209 0.281

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1940s 0.6075 0.591 0.63 4
1950s 0.6224 0.595 0.734 10
1960s 0.775 0.739 0.801 10
1970s 0.332 0.117 0.78 10
1980s 0.2033 0.141 0.416 10
1990s 0.9319 0.896 0.938 10
2000s 0.9415 0.94 0.942 10
2010s 0.9394 0.887 0.959 10
2020s 0.9147 0.877 0.931 6

Countries ranked near Chile

  1. 16 Uruguay 0.932 compare
  2. 17 Costa Rica 0.931 compare
  3. 18 Taiwan 0.93 compare
  4. 20 Japan 0.925 compare
  5. 21 Barbados 0.918 compare
  6. 21 Poland 0.918 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Chile?
Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Chile was 0.93 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Chile?
The highest recorded value was 0.959 in 2013.
What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Chile?
The lowest recorded value was 0.117 in 1974.
How does Chile rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
Chile ranks 18th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Chile?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Chile data come from?
The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
174 places, 13,700 data points, 1946–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.