Table 1.12 Generalized Human Rights Index Principal Component 1 of the Political Quality-of-Life Indicators, 2018 Rank Region Country PQLX Source 1 DME Norway 2.059 PRIN1(PQL) 2 DME Sweden 2.013 PRIN1(PQL) 3 DME Finland 2.012 PRIN1(PQL) 4 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 2.004 PRIN1(PQL) 5 DME Netherlands 2.003 PRIN1(PQL) 6 DME Svalbard (Norw) 1.869 PRIN1(PQL) 7 DME Faroe Is (Den) 1.848 PRIN1(PQL) 8 DME Denmark 1.776 PRIN1(PQL) 9 DME Belgium 1.766 PRIN1(PQL) 10 DME Switzerland 1.634 PRIN1(PQL) 11 DME Germany 1.631 PRIN1(PQL) 12 DME Iceland 1.614 PRIN1(PQL) 13 DME Ireland 1.573 PRIN1(PQL) 14 DME Luxembourg 1.561 PRIN1(PQL) 15 DME Quebec (Can Home) 1.543 PRIN1(PQL) 16 DME New Zealand 1.529 PRIN1(PQL) 17 LAM Curacao (Neth) 1.458 PRIN1(PQL) 18 DME Canada 1.458 PRIN1(PQL) 19 DME Greenland (Den) 1.443 PRIN1(PQL) 20 EEU Czechia 1.416 PRIN1(PQL) 21 DME Austria 1.415 PRIN1(PQL) 22 DME Australia 1.415 PRIN1(PQL) 23 EEU Slovenia 1.367 PRIN1(PQL) 24 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 1.361 PRIN1(PQL) 25 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 1.340 PRIN1(PQL) 26 EEU Slovakia 1.314 PRIN1(PQL) 27 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 1.261 PRIN1(PQL) 28 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 1.249 PRIN1(PQL) 29 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 1.231 PRIN1(PQL) 30 DME San Marino 1.227 PRIN1(PQL) 31 DME Portugal 1.214 PRIN1(PQL) 32 LAM Aruba (Neth) 1.194 PRIN1(PQL) 33 DME Andorra 1.189 PRIN1(PQL) 34 DME Madeira (Port Home) 1.161 PRIN1(PQL) 35 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 1.154 PRIN1(PQL) 36 DME Wales (UK Home) 1.150 PRIN1(PQL) 37 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 1.121 PRIN1(PQL) 38 DME Scotland (UK Home) 1.094 PRIN1(PQL) 39 DME United Kingdom 1.085 PRIN1(PQL) 40 DME France 1.080 PRIN1(PQL) 41 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 1.077 PRIN1(PQL) 42 DME Azores (Port Home) 1.071 PRIN1(PQL) 43 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 1.066 PRIN1(PQL) 44 DME Spain 1.062 PRIN1(PQL) 45 DME Gibraltar (UK) 1.050 PRIN1(PQL) 46 DME Monaco 1.049 PRIN1(PQL) 47 USR Estonia 1.045 PRIN1(PQL) 48 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 1.038 PRIN1(PQL) 49 MEA Cyprus 1.038 PRIN1(PQL) 50 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 1.014 PRIN1(PQL) 51 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 0.998 PRIN1(PQL) 52 LAM Uruguay 0.996 PRIN1(PQL) 53 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 0.986 PRIN1(PQL) 54 DME Trento (It Home) 0.985 PRIN1(PQL) 55 SEA Taiwan 0.981 PRIN1(PQL) 56 DME Italy 0.933 PRIN1(PQL) 57 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 0.923 PRIN1(PQL) 58 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 0.919 PRIN1(PQL) 59 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 0.904 PRIN1(PQL) 60 DME Liechtenstein 0.873 PRIN1(PQL) 61 DME Japan 0.838 PRIN1(PQL) 62 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 0.829 PRIN1(PQL) 63 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 0.828 PRIN1(PQL) 64 LAM Chile 0.827 PRIN1(PQL) 65 DME Jersey (UK) 0.780 PRIN1(PQL) 66 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 0.776 PRIN1(PQL) 67 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 0.770 PRIN1(PQL) 68 DME Malta 0.768 PRIN1(PQL) 69 DME Greece 0.761 PRIN1(PQL) 70 EEU Poland 0.757 PRIN1(PQL) 71 EEU Croatia 0.749 PRIN1(PQL) 72 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 0.748 PRIN1(PQL) 73 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 0.746 PRIN1(PQL) 74 USR Lithuania 0.725 PRIN1(PQL) 75 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 0.674 PRIN1(PQL) 76 DME Guernsey (UK) 0.673 PRIN1(PQL) 77 USR Latvia 0.665 PRIN1(PQL) 78 EEU Romania 0.653 PRIN1(PQL) 79 LAM Costa Rica 0.645 PRIN1(PQL) 80 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 0.639 PRIN1(PQL) 81 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 0.631 PRIN1(PQL) 82 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 0.620 PRIN1(PQL) 83 LAM Montserrat (UK) 0.612 PRIN1(PQL) 84 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 0.588 PRIN1(PQL) 85 DME Falkland Is (UK) 0.586 PRIN1(PQL) 86 DME Isle of Man (UK) 0.581 PRIN1(PQL) 87 LAM Anguilla (UK) 0.566 PRIN1(PQL) 88 DME Israel 0.553 PRIN1(PQL) 89 SEA Korea, South 0.551 PRIN1(PQL) 90 DME United States 0.543 PRIN1(PQL) 91 SEA Guam (US) 0.534 PRIN1(PQL) 92 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 0.534 PRIN1(PQL) 93 SEA Macao (Ch) 0.530 PRIN1(PQL) 94 DME Bermuda (UK) 0.519 PRIN1(PQL) 95 DME Alaska (US Home) 0.516 PRIN1(PQL) 96 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 0.497 PRIN1(PQL) 97 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 0.493 PRIN1(PQL) 98 DME South US (US Home) 0.491 PRIN1(PQL) 99 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 0.489 PRIN1(PQL) 100 AFR Mauritius 0.485 PRIN1(PQL) 101 EEU Hungary 0.479 PRIN1(PQL) 102 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 0.474 PRIN1(PQL) 103 DME Holy See 0.453 PRIN1(PQL) 104 LAM Argentina 0.433 PRIN1(PQL) 105 LAM Saint Vincent 0.429 PRIN1(PQL) 106 AFR St Helena (UK) 0.425 PRIN1(PQL) 107 SEA Niue (NZ) 0.407 PRIN1(PQL) 108 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) 0.380 PRIN1(PQL) 109 SEA Marshall Islands 0.378 PRIN1(PQL) 110 SEA Northern Mariana Is 0.378 PRIN1(PQL) 111 LAM Suriname 0.366 PRIN1(PQL) 112 LAM Jamaica 0.361 PRIN1(PQL) 113 LAM Dominica 0.347 PRIN1(PQL) 114 DME Hawaii (US Home) 0.331 PRIN1(PQL) 115 SEA Kiribati 0.328 PRIN1(PQL) 116 LAM Bahamas 0.322 PRIN1(PQL) 117 SEA Tokelau (NZ) 0.316 PRIN1(PQL) 118 LAM St Martin (Fr) 0.310 PRIN1(PQL) 119 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 0.298 PRIN1(PQL) 120 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 0.291 PRIN1(PQL) 121 AFR Cabo Verde 0.290 PRIN1(PQL) 122 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 0.268 PRIN1(PQL) 123 EEU Bosnia 0.259 PRIN1(PQL) 124 USR Moldova 0.250 PRIN1(PQL) 125 EEU Serbia 0.244 PRIN1(PQL) 126 EEU Bulgaria 0.243 PRIN1(PQL) 127 LAM Saint Lucia 0.240 PRIN1(PQL) 128 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 0.199 PRIN1(PQL) 129 LAM Grenada 0.192 PRIN1(PQL) 130 LAM Barbados 0.189 PRIN1(PQL) 131 EEU Montenegro 0.186 PRIN1(PQL) 132 MEA Tunisia 0.185 PRIN1(PQL) 133 SEA Tonga 0.177 PRIN1(PQL) 134 SEA Vanuatu 0.173 PRIN1(PQL) 135 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 0.173 PRIN1(PQL) 136 LAM Panama 0.164 PRIN1(PQL) 137 CPA Mongolia 0.162 PRIN1(PQL) 138 EEU Albania 0.119 PRIN1(PQL) 139 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 0.103 PRIN1(PQL) 140 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) 0.098 PRIN1(PQL) 141 SEA Samoa 0.092 PRIN1(PQL) 142 SEA Samoa, American (US) 0.087 PRIN1(PQL) 143 SEA Nauru 0.081 PRIN1(PQL) 144 LAM Belize 0.035 PRIN1(PQL) 145 SEA Palau 0.028 PRIN1(PQL) 146 EEU North Macedonia 0.026 PRIN1(PQL) 147 SEA Fiji 0.005 PRIN1(PQL) 148 LAM Antigua & Barbuda -0.006 PRIN1(PQL) 149 AFR Ghana -0.008 PRIN1(PQL) 150 SEA Tuvalu -0.032 PRIN1(PQL) 151 AFR Sao Tome & Principe -0.037 PRIN1(PQL) 152 LAM Brazil -0.053 PRIN1(PQL) 153 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) -0.053 PRIN1(PQL) 154 USR Kyrgyzstan -0.057 PRIN1(PQL) 155 SEA Timor-Leste -0.059 PRIN1(PQL) 156 USR Georgia -0.063 PRIN1(PQL) 157 USR Armenia -0.065 PRIN1(PQL) 158 USR Ukraine -0.066 PRIN1(PQL) 159 LAM Peru -0.068 PRIN1(PQL) 160 LAM Dominican Republic -0.082 PRIN1(PQL) 161 AFR Seychelles -0.117 PRIN1(PQL) 162 EEU Kosovo -0.118 PRIN1(PQL) 163 LAM El Salvador -0.143 PRIN1(PQL) 164 LAM Ecuador -0.143 PRIN1(PQL) 165 LAM Guyana -0.149 PRIN1(PQL) 166 MEA Lebanon -0.152 PRIN1(PQL) 167 MEA Kuwait -0.171 PRIN1(PQL) 168 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) -0.210 PRIN1(PQL) 169 SEA Solomon Islands -0.211 PRIN1(PQL) 170 MEA Algeria -0.233 PRIN1(PQL) 171 SEA Micronesia (US) -0.235 PRIN1(PQL) 172 SEA Indonesia -0.243 PRIN1(PQL) 173 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) -0.277 PRIN1(PQL) 174 LAM Paraguay -0.280 PRIN1(PQL) 175 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) -0.291 PRIN1(PQL) 176 AFR Benin -0.297 PRIN1(PQL) 177 AFR Botswana -0.332 PRIN1(PQL) 178 SAS Maldives -0.344 PRIN1(PQL) 179 SEA Papua New Guinea -0.367 PRIN1(PQL) 180 SAS Bhutan -0.369 PRIN1(PQL) 181 SEA Philippines -0.378 PRIN1(PQL) 182 SAS Nepal -0.381 PRIN1(PQL) 183 AFR South Africa -0.417 PRIN1(PQL) 184 SAS India -0.428 PRIN1(PQL) 185 AFR Madagascar -0.441 PRIN1(PQL) 186 LAM Colombia -0.441 PRIN1(PQL) 187 SAS Sri Lanka -0.448 PRIN1(PQL) 188 AFR Senegal -0.454 PRIN1(PQL) 189 LAM Mexico -0.458 PRIN1(PQL) 190 SEA Malaysia -0.463 PRIN1(PQL) 191 AFR Liberia -0.484 PRIN1(PQL) 192 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) -0.488 PRIN1(PQL) 193 AFR Comoros -0.498 PRIN1(PQL) 194 LAM Bolivia -0.500 PRIN1(PQL) 195 AFR Sierra Leone -0.523 PRIN1(PQL) 196 AFR Lesotho -0.552 PRIN1(PQL) 197 AFR Gabon -0.562 PRIN1(PQL) 198 MEA Morocco -0.582 PRIN1(PQL) 199 AFR Burkina Faso -0.599 PRIN1(PQL) 200 MEA Oman -0.610 PRIN1(PQL) 201 AFR Mauritania -0.612 PRIN1(PQL) 202 AFR Namibia -0.624 PRIN1(PQL) 203 MEA United Arab Emirates -0.628 PRIN1(PQL) 204 AFR Guinea -0.642 PRIN1(PQL) 205 USR Russia -0.647 PRIN1(PQL) 206 AFR Malawi -0.675 PRIN1(PQL) 207 USR Belarus -0.676 PRIN1(PQL) 208 AFR Kenya -0.683 PRIN1(PQL) 209 LAM Guatemala -0.688 PRIN1(PQL) 210 SEA Singapore -0.702 PRIN1(PQL) 211 MEA Qatar -0.727 PRIN1(PQL) 212 USR Kazakhstan -0.741 PRIN1(PQL) 213 AFR Niger -0.772 PRIN1(PQL) 214 AFR Nigeria -0.789 PRIN1(PQL) 215 AFR Mali -0.795 PRIN1(PQL) 216 AFR Tanzania -0.802 PRIN1(PQL) 217 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) -0.803 PRIN1(PQL) 218 LAM Nicaragua -0.815 PRIN1(PQL) 219 SAS Pakistan -0.819 PRIN1(PQL) 220 LAM Venezuela -0.896 PRIN1(PQL) 221 MEA Turkiye -0.908 PRIN1(PQL) 222 MEA West Bank -0.911 PRIN1(PQL) 223 AFR Gambia -0.922 PRIN1(PQL) 224 SEA Brunei -0.929 PRIN1(PQL) 225 SEA Thailand -0.941 PRIN1(PQL) 226 CPA Myanmar -0.942 PRIN1(PQL) 227 LAM Haiti -0.954 PRIN1(PQL) 228 MEA Iran -0.960 PRIN1(PQL) 229 MEA Jordan -0.962 PRIN1(PQL) 230 MEA Egypt -0.978 PRIN1(PQL) 231 AFR Togo -0.998 PRIN1(PQL) 232 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) -1.008 PRIN1(PQL) 233 AFR Zambia -1.027 PRIN1(PQL) 234 AFR Guinea-Bissau -1.034 PRIN1(PQL) 235 AFR Uganda -1.035 PRIN1(PQL) 236 LAM Honduras -1.037 PRIN1(PQL) 237 MEA Bahrain -1.041 PRIN1(PQL) 238 MEA Iraq -1.047 PRIN1(PQL) 239 AFR Zimbabwe -1.056 PRIN1(PQL) 240 USR Abkhazia -1.059 PRIN1(PQL) 241 AFR Cote d'Ivore -1.061 PRIN1(PQL) 242 SAS Bangladesh -1.065 PRIN1(PQL) 243 USR Uzbekistan -1.087 PRIN1(PQL) 244 USR Tajikistan -1.103 PRIN1(PQL) 245 USR Transnistria -1.135 PRIN1(PQL) 246 AFR Mozambique -1.145 PRIN1(PQL) 247 AFR Chad -1.147 PRIN1(PQL) 248 USR Azerbaijan -1.197 PRIN1(PQL) 249 SAS Afghanistan -1.214 PRIN1(PQL) 250 AFR Angola -1.232 PRIN1(PQL) 251 CPA Cambodia -1.237 PRIN1(PQL) 252 USR South Ossetia -1.247 PRIN1(PQL) 253 AFR Cameroon -1.266 PRIN1(PQL) 254 USR Donetsk People's Rep -1.277 PRIN1(PQL) 255 LAM Cuba -1.351 PRIN1(PQL) 256 USR Luhansk People's Rep -1.357 PRIN1(PQL) 257 AFR Congo, Republic -1.361 PRIN1(PQL) 258 MEA Libya -1.403 PRIN1(PQL) 259 MEA Saudi Arabia -1.444 PRIN1(PQL) 260 AFR Rwanda -1.495 PRIN1(PQL) 261 AFR Central African Rep -1.553 PRIN1(PQL) 262 AFR Congo, Dem Republic -1.587 PRIN1(PQL) 263 AFR W Sahara (Mor) -1.627 PRIN1(PQL) 264 AFR Ethiopia -1.643 PRIN1(PQL) 265 AFR Burundi -1.707 PRIN1(PQL) 266 MEA Gaza Strip -1.769 PRIN1(PQL) 267 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) -1.769 PRIN1(PQL) 268 MEA Yemen -1.798 PRIN1(PQL) 269 CPA Laos -1.823 PRIN1(PQL) 270 AFR Eswatini -1.826 PRIN1(PQL) 271 CPA Vietnam -1.852 PRIN1(PQL) 272 AFR Sudan -1.864 PRIN1(PQL) 273 USR Turkmenistan -1.919 PRIN1(PQL) 274 AFR South Sudan -1.957 PRIN1(PQL) 275 CPA Korea, North -1.970 PRIN1(PQL) 276 CPA China -1.975 PRIN1(PQL) 277 AFR Djibouti -2.014 PRIN1(PQL) 278 MEA Syria -2.042 PRIN1(PQL) 279 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) -2.148 PRIN1(PQL) 280 AFR Somalia -2.351 PRIN1(PQL) 281 AFR Equatorial Guinea -2.441 PRIN1(PQL) 282 AFR Eritrea -2.605 PRIN1(PQL)