Human rights advocates
This information comes from our annual survey of human rights experts, which is not yet available in every country.
Human rights experts said that Human rights advocates were at extra risk of violations of at least some of the 14 rights we measure in the following countries.
Americas
Argentina
10 out of 14 rights
Brazil
11 out of 14 rights
Mexico
12 out of 14 rights
United States
13 out of 14 rights
Venezuela
14 out of 14 rights
Middle East and North Africa
Saudi Arabia
10 out of 14 rights
Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola
8 out of 14 rights
Burkina Faso
6 out of 14 rights
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
14 out of 14 rights
Congo (Rep.)
10 out of 14 rights
Kenya
14 out of 14 rights
Liberia
8 out of 14 rights
Mozambique
4 out of 14 rights
Nigeria
14 out of 14 rights
Eswatini
14 out of 14 rights
South Africa
14 out of 14 rights
Zambia
5 out of 14 rights
Zimbabwe
12 out of 14 rights
Europe and Central Asia
England
9 out of 14 rights
United Kingdom
9 out of 14 rights
Kazakhstan
11 out of 14 rights
Kyrgyzstan
11 out of 14 rights
Scotland
9 out of 14 rights
Uzbekistan
10 out of 14 rights
Wales
4 out of 14 rights
South Asia
Bangladesh
10 out of 14 rights
India
14 out of 14 rights
Sri Lanka
9 out of 14 rights
Maldives
9 out of 14 rights
Nepal
9 out of 14 rights
East Asia and Pacific
Australia
4 out of 14 rights
China
14 out of 14 rights
Fiji
10 out of 14 rights
Hong Kong
14 out of 14 rights
Indonesia
14 out of 14 rights
South Korea
7 out of 14 rights
Malaysia
12 out of 14 rights
New Zealand
9 out of 14 rights
Philippines
10 out of 14 rights
Papua New Guinea
5 out of 14 rights
North Korea
5 out of 14 rights
Singapore
10 out of 14 rights
Thailand
14 out of 14 rights
Taiwan
5 out of 14 rights
Vietnam
14 out of 14 rights
Vanuatu
4 out of 14 rights