Human Rights Data for Experts
Human Rights Data for Experts
Website https://humanrightsmeasurement.org/
Data Source Human Rights Measurement Initiative: Civil and Political Rights.
Type Expert assessment
Respondents Local human rights experts in the countries measured.
Frequency Annual since 2017
Coverage Pacific Islands, plus an expanding set of selected countries. Note that HRM reports data
separately for French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Northern Marianas islands, that are not
covered in the WGI.
Public Access Public
Description HRMI collects information on the scope and intensity of abuse using an expert survey approach and converts it into metrics using Bayesi
restrictions of their rights. For more information on the HRMI methodology, see K. Chad Clay, Ryan Bakker, Anne-Marie Brook, Dani
political rights metrics. Journal of Peace Research 57 (6): 715-727; Anne-Marie Brook, K. Chad Clay, and Susan Randolph. 2020. Huma
Clay, Mennah Abdelwahab, Morgan Barney, Anne-Marie Brook, Catherine Chong, Thalia Kehoe-Rowden, Meridith LaVelle, Matthew R
handbook/.
2021 2020
Voice and Accountability
Right to Opinion and Expression X X
Government Effectiveness
Regulatory Quality
Rule of Law
Control of Corruption
Country Coverage 40 39
Year of publication 2021 2020
erts it into metrics using Bayesian measurement techniques. HRMI also collects information from survey respondents about the people who are most at risk for violations o
kker, Anne-Marie Brook, Daniel W. Hill, and Amanda Murdie. 2020. Using practitioner surveys to measure human rights: The Human Rights Measurement Initiative’s ci
d Susan Randolph. 2020. Human rights data for everyone: Introducing the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI). Journal of Human Rights 19 (1): 67-82; and K.
n, Meridith LaVelle, Matthew Rains, and Susan Randolph. 2021. “HRMI 2021 Annual Survey & People Data Report.” https://humanrightsmeasurement.org/methodology-
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003
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ights Measurement Initiative’s civil and
man Rights 19 (1): 67-82; and K. Chad
smeasurement.org/methodology-
Max
Min
Orientation
Assigned to
CODE COUNTRY HRM21VA HRM21PV
AGO Angola 0.40 0.31
AUS Australia 0.70 0.77
BRA Brazil 0.54 0.38
CHN China 0.21 0.38
COK Cook Islands 0.79 0.84
ZAR Democratic Republic of Congo 0.62 0.41
FJI Fiji 0.59 0.70
.. French Polynesia 0.70 0.79
HKG Hong Kong 0.25 0.61
IND India 0.46 0.48
JOR Jordan 0.47 0.59
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.39 0.48
KIR Kiribati .. 0.80
KGZ Kyrgyzstan 0.54 0.59
LBR Liberia .. 0.64
MYS Malaysia 0.45 0.67
MEX Mexico 0.57 0.49
MOZ Mozambique 0.50 0.43
NPL Nepal 0.63 ..
.. New Caledonia 0.78 0.81
NZL New Zealand 0.79 0.79
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.65 0.57
WSM Samoa 0.52 0.81
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.22 0.36
SLB Solomon Islands .. ..
KOR South Korea 0.73 0.81
TWN Taiwan 0.72 0.78
TON Tonga 0.82 0.78
TUV Tuvalu 0.83 0.85
GBR United Kingdom 0.55 0.72
USA United States 0.62 0.51
VUT Vanuatu .. ..
VEN Venezuela 0.31 0.29
VNM Vietnam 0.30 0.54
Original Data
Right to Freedom
Right to Right to Right to Freedom from Right to Freedom
Right to Opinion Participate in Assembly and from Extrajudicial from Arbitrary
and Expression Government Association Disappearance Execution Political Arrest
10 10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1
VA VA VA PV PV PV
Max
Min
Orientation
Assigned to
CODE COUNTRY HRM20VA HRM20PV
ASM American Samoa 0.77 #N/A
AGO Angola 0.30 0.42
AUS Australia 0.67 0.62
BRA Brazil 0.53 0.33
ZAR Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.52 0.45
COK Cook Islands 0.73 0.80
FJI Fiji 0.35 0.66
French Polynesia 0.59 0.71
GUM Guam 0.73 0.74
HKG Hong Kong SAR 0.26 0.58
JOR Jordan 0.33 0.54
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.29 0.45
KIR Kiribati 0.70 0.69
KOR Korea, Rep. 0.60 0.73
KGZ Kyrgyz Republic 0.42 0.57
LBR Liberia 0.45 0.45
MYS Malaysia 0.39 0.59
MHL Marshall Islands 0.69 0.60
MEX Mexico 0.56 0.28
FSM Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.75 0.81
MOZ Mozambique 0.47 0.31
NRU Nauru 0.20 0.72
NPL Nepal 0.54 0.57
New Caledonia 0.79 0.77
NZL New Zealand 0.74 0.71
NIU Niue 0.79 0.86
Northern Mariana Islands 0.65 0.63
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.68 0.53
WSM Samoa 0.79 0.80
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.13 0.28
SLB Solomon Islands #N/A 0.81
TWN Taiwan, China 0.73 0.76
TON Tonga 0.74 0.69
TUV Tuvalu 0.79 #N/A
GBR United Kingdom 0.65 0.65
USA United States 0.51 0.46
VUT Vanuatu 0.50 0.65
VEN Venezuela, RB 0.27 0.31
VNM Vietnam 0.24 0.43
38.00
Original Data
Right to Freedom
Right to Right to Right to Freedom from Right to Freedom
Right to Opinion Participate in Assembly and from Extrajudicial from Arbitrary
and Expression Government Association Disappearance Execution Political Arrest
10 10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1
VA VA VA PV PV PV
.. .. ..
0.30 0.41 0.47
0.60 0.54 0.49
0.29 0.31 0.28
0.44 0.38 0.41
0.80 0.80 0.76
0.71 0.57 0.54
0.77 0.49 0.62
0.75 0.67 0.77
0.81 0.26 0.46
0.76 0.32 0.43
0.66 0.26 0.29
0.68 0.56 0.66
0.78 0.64 0.57
0.71 0.40 0.41
0.47 .. 0.37
0.67 0.49 0.42
0.72 0.57 0.53
0.35 0.33 0.26
.. 0.77 0.68
0.38 0.12 0.27
0.75 0.59 0.67
0.64 0.42 0.49
0.77 0.72 0.74
0.73 0.66 0.58
0.90 0.83 0.83
0.72 0.54 0.58
0.71 0.37 0.40
0.81 0.83 0.69
0.41 0.11 0.28
.. .. ..
0.78 0.72 0.66
0.75 0.61 0.71
.. .. ..
0.66 0.59 0.55
0.40 0.40 0.36
0.67 0.65 0.47
0.27 0.26 0.33
0.57 0.28 0.38
Averaged Rescaled Data
Max
Min
Orientation
Assigned to
CODE COUNTRY HRM19VA HRM19PV
ASM American Samoa 0.82 0.76
AGO Angola 0.44 0.46
AUS Australia 0.69 0.62
BRA Brazil 0.50 0.31
ZAR Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.54 0.43
COK Cook Islands 0.77 0.79
FJI Fiji 0.42 0.68
French Polynesia 0.69 0.76
GUM Guam 0.79 0.77
HKG Hong Kong SAR 0.40 0.56
JOR Jordan 0.37 0.57
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.28 0.45
KIR Kiribati 0.68 0.72
KOR Korea, Rep. 0.68 0.76
KGZ Kyrgyz Republic 0.49 0.62
LBR Liberia 0.43 0.51
MYS Malaysia 0.58 0.59
MHL Marshall Islands 0.75 0.66
MEX Mexico 0.58 0.30
FSM Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 0.81 0.82
MOZ Mozambique 0.38 0.39
NRU Nauru 0.47 0.67
NPL Nepal 0.51 0.55
New Caledonia 0.79 0.78
NZL New Zealand 0.79 0.72
NIU Niue 0.84 0.85
Northern Mariana Islands 0.74 0.70
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.68 0.55
WSM Samoa 0.73 0.78
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.14 0.29
SLB Solomon Islands 0.50 0.64
TWN Taiwan, China 0.73 0.76
TON Tonga 0.77 0.68
TUV Tuvalu 0.84 #N/A
GBR United Kingdom 0.68 0.67
USA United States 0.58 0.48
VUT Vanuatu 0.71 0.73
VEN Venezuela, RB 0.27 0.26
VNM Vietnam 0.25 0.40
39.00
Original Data
Right to Right to
Right to Right to Right to Right to Freedom from Freedom from
Opinion and Participate in Assembly and Freedom from Extrajudicial Arbitrary
Expression Government Association Disappearance Execution Political Arrest
10 10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1
VA VA VA PV PV PV
Right to
Freedom from Right to Right to Right to Right to
Torture and Ill- Opinion and Participate in Assembly and Freedom from
Treatment Expression Government Association Disappearance
10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1
PV VA VA VA PV
Max
Min
Orientation
Assigned to
CODE COUNTRY HRM18VA HRM18PV
ASM American Samoa 0.84 0.72
AGO Angola 0.49 0.47
AUS Australia 0.71 0.65
BRA Brazil 0.55 0.35
ZAR Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.30 0.32
COK Cook Islands 0.79 0.78
FJI Fiji 0.42 0.64
French Polynesia #N/A #N/A
GUM Guam 0.77 0.76
HKG Hong Kong SAR #N/A #N/A
JOR Jordan 0.40 0.60
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.25 0.52
KIR Kiribati #N/A #N/A
KOR Korea, Rep. 0.72 0.76
KGZ Kyrgyz Republic 0.59 0.62
LBR Liberia 0.67 0.64
MYS Malaysia #N/A #N/A
MHL Marshall Islands 0.55 0.59
MEX Mexico 0.53 0.26
FSM Micronesia, Fed. Sts. #N/A 0.36
MOZ Mozambique 0.43 0.44
NRU Nauru 0.47 0.62
NPL Nepal 0.57 0.59
New Caledonia 0.72 0.77
NZL New Zealand 0.78 0.73
NIU Niue 0.85 0.81
Northern Mariana Islands 0.79 0.74
PNG Papua New Guinea 0.65 0.54
WSM Samoa 0.68 0.67
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.14 0.28
SLB Solomon Islands 0.63 0.74
TWN Taiwan, China #N/A #N/A
TON Tonga 0.73 0.64
TUV Tuvalu #N/A #N/A
GBR United Kingdom 0.71 0.70
USA United States 0.58 0.45
VUT Vanuatu 0.71 0.84
VEN Venezuela, RB 0.29 0.30
VNM Vietnam 0.24 0.41
32.00
Original Data
Right to Right to
Right to Right to Right to Right to Freedom from Freedom from
Opinion and Participate in Assembly and Freedom from Extrajudicial Arbitrary
Expression Government Association Disappearance Execution Political Arrest
10 10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1
VA VA VA PV PV PV
Right to
Freedom from Right to Right to Right to Right to
Torture and Ill- Opinion and Participate in Assembly and Freedom from
Treatment Expression Government Association Disappearance
10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1
PV VA VA VA PV
.. 0.88 0.54
0.46 0.41 0.36
0.71 0.57 0.51
0.26 0.37 0.28
0.36 0.21 0.29
0.80 0.80 0.69
0.74 0.53 0.47
.. .. ..
0.76 0.73 0.67
.. .. ..
0.73 0.41 0.54
0.68 0.36 0.35
.. .. ..
0.85 0.67 0.70
0.76 0.55 0.43
0.67 0.56 0.56
.. .. ..
.. .. 0.46
0.34 0.27 0.24
.. .. 0.36
0.50 0.42 0.37
0.66 0.32 0.70
0.60 0.52 0.42
0.79 0.76 0.58
0.75 0.69 0.66
0.80 0.80 0.74
0.78 0.81 0.66
0.56 0.57 0.41
0.82 0.54 0.62
0.41 0.17 0.22
0.79 0.67 0.66
.. .. ..
0.73 0.62 0.52
.. .. ..
0.71 0.68 0.62
0.43 0.41 0.32
0.84 .. ..
0.31 0.23 0.25
0.53 0.26 0.30
Averaged Rescaled Data
Max
Min
Orientation
Assigned to
CODE COUNTRY HRM17VA HRM17PV
ASM American Samoa #N/A #N/A
AGO Angola 0.34 0.40
AUS Australia 0.74 0.66
BRA Brazil 0.59 0.36
ZAR Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.27 0.36
COK Cook Islands #N/A #N/A
FJI Fiji 0.40 0.59
French Polynesia #N/A #N/A
GUM Guam #N/A #N/A
HKG Hong Kong SAR #N/A #N/A
JOR Jordan 0.41 0.59
KAZ Kazakhstan 0.22 0.52
KIR Kiribati #N/A #N/A
KOR Korea, Rep. 0.74 0.74
KGZ Kyrgyz Republic 0.48 0.60
LBR Liberia 0.86 0.56
MYS Malaysia #N/A #N/A
MHL Marshall Islands #N/A #N/A
MEX Mexico 0.51 0.26
FSM Micronesia, Fed. Sts. #N/A #N/A
MOZ Mozambique 0.45 0.43
NRU Nauru #N/A #N/A
NPL Nepal 0.62 0.63
New Caledonia #N/A #N/A
NZL New Zealand 0.81 0.75
NIU Niue #N/A #N/A
Northern Mariana Islands #N/A #N/A
PNG Papua New Guinea #N/A #N/A
WSM Samoa #N/A #N/A
SAU Saudi Arabia 0.17 0.34
SLB Solomon Islands #N/A #N/A
TWN Taiwan, China #N/A #N/A
TON Tonga #N/A #N/A
TUV Tuvalu #N/A #N/A
GBR United Kingdom 0.76 0.71
USA United States 0.56 0.48
VUT Vanuatu #N/A #N/A
VEN Venezuela, RB 0.34 0.34
VNM Vietnam 0.24 0.44
19.00
Original Data
Right to Right to
Right to Right to Right to Right to Freedom from Freedom from
Opinion and Participate in Assembly and Freedom from Extrajudicial Arbitrary
Expression Government Association Disappearance Execution Political Arrest
10 10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1
VA VA VA PV PV PV
Right to
Freedom from Right to Right to Right to Right to
Torture and Ill- Opinion and Participate in Assembly and Freedom from
Treatment Expression Government Association Disappearance
10 10 10 10 10
0 0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1 1
PV VA VA VA PV
#N/A .. .. .. ..
2.54 0.35 0.35 0.31 0.59
5.29 0.68 0.83 0.71 0.80
2.46 0.58 0.55 0.62 0.49
1.92 0.27 0.18 0.34 0.48
#N/A .. .. .. ..
4.12 0.32 0.48 0.41 0.79
#N/A .. .. .. ..
#N/A .. .. .. ..
#N/A .. .. .. ..
4.68 0.38 0.49 0.35 0.73
3.75 0.26 0.22 0.17 0.69
#N/A .. .. .. ..
7.31 0.65 0.81 0.77 0.78
3.87 0.51 0.40 0.55 0.75
4.37 0.85 0.83 0.89 0.66
#N/A .. .. .. ..
#N/A .. .. .. ..
2.22 0.43 0.53 0.58 0.22
#N/A .. .. .. ..
3.84 0.42 0.40 0.54 0.46
#N/A .. .. .. ..
4.74 0.46 0.76 0.65 0.82
#N/A .. .. .. ..
7.02 0.84 0.72 0.87 0.81
#N/A .. .. .. ..
#N/A .. .. .. ..
#N/A .. .. .. ..
#N/A .. .. .. ..
2.64 0.19 0.15 0.16 0.32
#N/A .. .. .. ..
#N/A .. .. .. ..
#N/A .. .. .. ..
#N/A .. .. .. ..
6.61 0.79 0.68 0.80 0.76
3.99 0.59 0.47 0.61 0.65
#N/A .. .. .. ..
2.61 0.36 0.30 0.36 0.40
2.86 0.26 0.21 0.25 0.60
Right to Right to Right to
Freedom from Freedom from Freedom from
Extrajudicial Arbitrary Torture and Ill-
Execution Political Arrest Treatment
10 10 10
0 0 0
1 1 1
PV PV PV
.. .. ..
0.44 0.30 0.25
0.76 0.57 0.53
0.28 0.42 0.25
0.56 0.21 0.19
.. .. ..
0.67 0.49 0.41
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.68 0.49 0.47
0.67 0.34 0.37
.. .. ..
0.75 0.68 0.73
0.76 0.49 0.39
0.62 0.53 0.44
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.33 0.26 0.22
.. .. ..
0.43 0.43 0.38
.. .. ..
0.66 0.56 0.47
.. .. ..
0.77 0.74 0.70
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.50 0.27 0.26
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
0.73 0.71 0.66
0.43 0.43 0.40
.. .. ..
0.46 0.24 0.26
0.56 0.32 0.29