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Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Madagascar

Madagascar: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.652 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.652
Change on year
down 5.4%
World rank
104th
of 174 countries
All-time high
0.769
in 2018
All-time low
0.143
in 1947
Years of data
80
1946–2025

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

0.20.40.60.8194619852025

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

Analysis

In 2025, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar stood at 0.652.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar peaked at 0.769 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.143, in 1947.

That places Madagascar 104th out of 174 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

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

Year Value Change
1946 0.18 —
1947 0.143 -20.6%
1948 0.157 +9.8%
1949 0.167 +6.4%
1950 0.187 +12.0%
1951 0.188 +0.5%
1952 0.188 +0.0%
1953 0.188 +0.0%
1954 0.188 +0.0%
1955 0.188 +0.0%
1956 0.199 +5.9%
1957 0.245 +23.1%
1958 0.245 +0.0%
1959 0.299 +22.0%
1960 0.411 +37.5%
1961 0.437 +6.3%
1962 0.437 +0.0%
1963 0.437 +0.0%
1964 0.437 +0.0%
1965 0.437 +0.0%
1966 0.437 +0.0%
1967 0.437 +0.0%
1968 0.437 +0.0%
1969 0.437 +0.0%
1970 0.445 +1.8%
1971 0.445 +0.0%
1972 0.408 -8.3%
1973 0.467 +14.5%
1974 0.464 -0.6%
1975 0.367 -20.9%
1976 0.393 +7.1%
1977 0.392 -0.3%
1978 0.393 +0.3%
1979 0.393 +0.0%
1980 0.394 +0.3%
1981 0.394 +0.0%
1982 0.394 +0.0%
1983 0.4 +1.5%
1984 0.4 +0.0%
1985 0.408 +2.0%
1986 0.428 +4.9%
1987 0.437 +2.1%
1988 0.454 +3.9%
1989 0.458 +0.9%
1990 0.488 +6.6%
1991 0.462 -5.3%
1992 0.675 +46.1%
1993 0.692 +2.5%
1994 0.729 +5.3%
1995 0.741 +1.6%
1996 0.733 -1.1%
1997 0.7 -4.5%
1998 0.697 -0.4%
1999 0.695 -0.3%
2000 0.697 +0.3%
2001 0.695 -0.3%
2002 0.604 -13.1%
2003 0.709 +17.4%
2004 0.739 +4.2%
2005 0.741 +0.3%
2006 0.74 -0.1%
2007 0.74 +0.0%
2008 0.745 +0.7%
2009 0.561 -24.7%
2010 0.572 +2.0%
2011 0.572 +0.0%
2012 0.565 -1.2%
2013 0.65 +15.0%
2014 0.747 +14.9%
2015 0.761 +1.9%
2016 0.764 +0.4%
2017 0.762 -0.3%
2018 0.769 +0.9%
2019 0.734 -4.6%
2020 0.733 -0.1%
2021 0.731 -0.3%
2022 0.731 +0.0%
2023 0.705 -3.6%
2024 0.689 -2.3%
2025 0.652 -5.4%

Madagascar compared with similar countries

  • Madagascar's 0.652 is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.42, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Madagascar's 0.652 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.6165, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Madagascar 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
1992 +46.1% 0.462 0.675
1960 +37.5% 0.299 0.411

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1940s 0.1618 0.143 0.18 4
1950s 0.2115 0.187 0.299 10
1960s 0.4344 0.411 0.437 10
1970s 0.4167 0.367 0.467 10
1980s 0.4167 0.394 0.458 10
1990s 0.6612 0.462 0.741 10
2000s 0.6971 0.561 0.745 10
2010s 0.6896 0.565 0.769 10
2020s 0.7068 0.652 0.733 6

Countries ranked near Madagascar

  1. 101 Nigeria 0.674 compare
  2. 102 Tanzania 0.673 compare
  3. 103 Jordan 0.672 compare
  4. 105 Niger 0.65 compare
  5. 106 Morocco 0.645 compare
  6. 107 Indonesia 0.63 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar?
Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Madagascar was 0.652 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 Madagascar?
The highest recorded value was 0.769 in 2018.
What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Madagascar?
The lowest recorded value was 0.143 in 1947.
How does Madagascar rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
Madagascar ranks 104th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Madagascar?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Madagascar 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.