Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Tunisia
Tunisia: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.685 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Tunisia, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Tunisia recorded 0.685 for human rights index vs. gdp per capita in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Tunisia peaked at 0.817 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.109, in 1950.
Tunisia ranks 100th of 174 countries on this measure, 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 Tunisia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.112 | — |
| 1947 | 0.112 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.112 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.112 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.109 | -2.7% |
| 1951 | 0.109 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 0.109 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.111 | +1.8% |
| 1954 | 0.112 | +0.9% |
| 1955 | 0.114 | +1.8% |
| 1956 | 0.194 | +70.2% |
| 1957 | 0.28 | +44.3% |
| 1958 | 0.399 | +42.5% |
| 1959 | 0.403 | +1.0% |
| 1960 | 0.393 | -2.5% |
| 1961 | 0.393 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.429 | +9.2% |
| 1963 | 0.435 | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 0.457 | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 0.456 | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.456 | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.452 | -0.9% |
| 1975 | 0.457 | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.46 | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.459 | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 0.459 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.459 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.463 | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 0.465 | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.463 | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.465 | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.465 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.463 | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.463 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.457 | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 0.317 | -30.6% |
| 1989 | 0.319 | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.314 | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 0.316 | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.315 | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.309 | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.309 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.309 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.309 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.309 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.309 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.309 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.309 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.309 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.308 | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.308 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.308 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.309 | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.305 | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.306 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.306 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.31 | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.311 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.772 | +148.2% |
| 2012 | 0.789 | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.766 | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.762 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.787 | +3.3% |
| 2016 | 0.791 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.817 | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.8 | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 0.791 | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 0.792 | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.791 | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.751 | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 0.687 | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 0.698 | +1.6% |
| 2025 | 0.685 | -1.9% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 0.685 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.645, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 0.685 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.414, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Tunisia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +148.2% | 0.311 | 0.772 |
| 1956 | +70.2% | 0.114 | 0.194 |
| 1957 | +44.3% | 0.194 | 0.28 |
| 1958 | +42.5% | 0.28 | 0.399 |
| 1988 | -30.6% | 0.457 | 0.317 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.112 | 0.112 | 0.112 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.194 | 0.109 | 0.403 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4387 | 0.393 | 0.457 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.457 | 0.452 | 0.46 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.434 | 0.317 | 0.465 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3108 | 0.309 | 0.316 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3078 | 0.305 | 0.31 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7386 | 0.311 | 0.817 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.734 | 0.685 | 0.792 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More economy & growth data for Tunisia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 0.5829 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.22 Percent per annum (2029)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate -73.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0.811 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate -74.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0.5922 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -24.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0203 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Tunisia?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Tunisia was 0.685 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.817 in 2017.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.109 in 1950.
- How does Tunisia rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Tunisia ranks 100th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 80 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.