Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Poland
Poland: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.918 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Poland, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Poland is 0.918, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Poland peaked at 0.954 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.257, in 1950.
Poland ranks 21st 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 Poland, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.28 | — |
| 1947 | 0.276 | -1.4% |
| 1948 | 0.277 | +0.4% |
| 1949 | 0.264 | -4.7% |
| 1950 | 0.257 | -2.7% |
| 1951 | 0.26 | +1.2% |
| 1952 | 0.26 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.26 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.26 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.26 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.299 | +15.0% |
| 1957 | 0.452 | +51.2% |
| 1958 | 0.451 | -0.2% |
| 1959 | 0.451 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.451 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.451 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.451 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.451 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.451 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.449 | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 0.454 | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 0.454 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.449 | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 0.453 | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 0.45 | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 0.469 | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 0.469 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.473 | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.472 | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 0.48 | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.465 | -3.1% |
| 1977 | 0.465 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.465 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.465 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.507 | +9.0% |
| 1981 | 0.436 | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 0.293 | -32.8% |
| 1983 | 0.335 | +14.3% |
| 1984 | 0.471 | +40.6% |
| 1985 | 0.486 | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 0.546 | +12.3% |
| 1987 | 0.546 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.549 | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.755 | +37.5% |
| 1990 | 0.95 | +25.8% |
| 1991 | 0.951 | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.951 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.951 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.951 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.951 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.951 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.949 | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.947 | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.946 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.953 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.953 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.951 | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.951 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.954 | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.952 | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.952 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.948 | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.886 | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 0.853 | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 0.853 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.847 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.828 | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.814 | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 0.813 | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.837 | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.916 | +9.4% |
| 2025 | 0.918 | +0.2% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 0.918 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Poland's 0.918 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8795, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Poland 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | +51.2% | 0.299 | 0.452 |
| 1984 | +40.6% | 0.335 | 0.471 |
| 1989 | +37.5% | 0.549 | 0.755 |
| 1982 | -32.8% | 0.436 | 0.293 |
| 1990 | +25.8% | 0.755 | 0.95 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.2742 | 0.264 | 0.28 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.321 | 0.257 | 0.452 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4514 | 0.449 | 0.454 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4673 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4924 | 0.293 | 0.755 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9503 | 0.949 | 0.951 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9493 | 0.946 | 0.953 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9147 | 0.847 | 0.954 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8543 | 0.813 | 0.918 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More economy & growth data for Poland
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0056 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 159.43 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.0061 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0041 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 116.42 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 113.13 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -1.94 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Poland?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Poland was 0.918 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.954 in 2012.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.257 in 1950.
- How does Poland rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Poland ranks 21st out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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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About this data
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.