Notes from the Faultline: Dispatch #2

Democratic Quality vs. Sustained Investment in Human Rights

intermediate powers by UN regional group. V-Dem Liberal Democracy Index, five-year mean 2021–2025; OHCHR voluntary contributions, annual mean 2021–2025; World Bank GDP 2025.

Scatter plot of intermediate powers by democratic quality on the horizontal axis and voluntary contributions to the UN Human Rights Office per billion US dollars of GDP on the vertical axis, log scale. A data table follows the chart.
No contribution 2021–2025 Bubble size: GDP

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StateUN regional groupLDI, five-year mean Contribution, annual mean (US$)GDP 2025 (US$ million)US$ per billion of GDP
Sources: V-Dem dataset via Our World in Data; OHCHR annual tables of voluntary contributions 2021–2025 (provisional); World Bank, GDP (current US$) 2025.Progress & Change Partnerships, 2026