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United States

How well is the United States respecting people's human rights?

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Quality of Life

Economic and Social Rights

(2021)

Summary score

N/A

How well is the United States doing compared to what is possible at its level of income?

Right to

0

% of income adjusted benchmark achieved

HRMI score

100%

Very bad

Bad

Fair

Good


Safety from the State

Civil and Political Rights

(2023)

Summary score

5.0

How well is the United States' government respecting each right?

Right to freedom from

0

Score

10

Very bad

Bad

Fair

Good


Empowerment

Civil and Political Rights

(2023)

Summary score

5.7

How well is the United States' government respecting each right?

Right to

0

Score

10

Very bad

Bad

Fair

Good


Source: HRMI 2024 rightstracker.org

Quality of Life

Compared with all other high-income countries, the United States is performing better than average when we look across the rights for which we have data (this comparison is calculated using the 'Income adjusted' benchmark).

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Safety from the State

The United States' Safety from the State score of 5.0 out of 10 suggests that many people are not safe from one or more of the following: arbitrary arrest, torture and ill-treatment, forced disappearance, execution, or extrajudicial killing.

Compared with the small group of 5 high-income OECD countries we have civil and political rights data for, the United States is performing lower than average on the right to be safe from the state.

Empowerment

The United States' Empowerment score of 5.7 out of 10 suggests that many people are not enjoying their civil liberties and political freedoms (freedom of speech, assembly and association, democratic rights, and religion and belief).

Compared with the small group of 5 high-income OECD countries we have civil and political rights data for, the United States is performing close to average on empowerment rights.