Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in France
France: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.917 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.917
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
23rd
of 174 countries
All-time high
0.955
in 2008
All-time low
0.812
in 1959
Years of data
80
1946–2025
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in France, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
France recorded 0.917 for human rights index vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in France peaked at 0.955 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.812, in 1959.
France ranks 23rd of 174 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in France, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.868 | — |
| 1947 | 0.878 | +1.2% |
| 1948 | 0.884 | +0.7% |
| 1949 | 0.884 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.888 | +0.5% |
| 1951 | 0.888 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.888 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.888 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.822 | -7.4% |
| 1955 | 0.829 | +0.9% |
| 1956 | 0.829 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0.831 | +0.2% |
| 1958 | 0.816 | -1.8% |
| 1959 | 0.812 | -0.5% |
| 1960 | 0.816 | +0.5% |
| 1961 | 0.816 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.825 | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 0.902 | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 0.902 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.902 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.906 | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 0.91 | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.919 | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 0.936 | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 0.937 | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.939 | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 0.949 | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.954 | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.955 | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.955 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.955 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.955 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.952 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.952 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.95 | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.949 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.95 | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.946 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.942 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.917 | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.916 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.92 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.916 | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.915 | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 0.917 | +0.2% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 0.917 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- France's 0.917 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8795, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.8785 | 0.868 | 0.884 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.8491 | 0.812 | 0.888 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.8834 | 0.816 | 0.936 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.937 | 0.937 | 0.937 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9478 | 0.937 | 0.954 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.954 | 0.954 | 0.954 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9542 | 0.954 | 0.955 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.95 | 0.942 | 0.955 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9168 | 0.915 | 0.92 | 6 |
Countries ranked near France
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Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in France?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in France was 0.917 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 France?
- The highest recorded value was 0.955 in 2008.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.812 in 1959.
- How does France rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- France ranks 23rd out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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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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.