People from particular social or cultural backgrounds
This information comes from our annual survey of human rights experts, which is not yet available in every country.
Human rights experts said that People from particular social or cultural backgrounds were at extra risk of violations of at least some of the 14 rights we measure in the following countries.
Americas
Brazil
13 out of 14 rights
Mexico
12 out of 14 rights
United States
13 out of 14 rights
Venezuela
12 out of 14 rights
Middle East and North Africa
Jordan
7 out of 14 rights
Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola
7 out of 14 rights
Congo (Dem. Rep.)
13 out of 14 rights
Kenya
8 out of 14 rights
Liberia
1 out of 14 rights
Mozambique
9 out of 14 rights
Nigeria
12 out of 14 rights
Eswatini
8 out of 14 rights
Zimbabwe
10 out of 14 rights
South Asia
Bangladesh
13 out of 14 rights
India
14 out of 14 rights
Sri Lanka
11 out of 14 rights
Maldives
11 out of 14 rights
Nepal
12 out of 14 rights
East Asia and Pacific
Australia
7 out of 14 rights
China
14 out of 14 rights
Cook Islands
3 out of 14 rights
Fiji
11 out of 14 rights
Hong Kong
10 out of 14 rights
Indonesia
12 out of 14 rights
South Korea
9 out of 14 rights
New Caledonia
6 out of 14 rights
New Zealand
9 out of 14 rights
Papua New Guinea
12 out of 14 rights
Singapore
11 out of 14 rights
Thailand
13 out of 14 rights
Taiwan
10 out of 14 rights
Vietnam
13 out of 14 rights