Australia vs South Korea: Physical Integrity Rights Score
Australia
1.86
in 2019
South Korea
1.85
in 2019
Australia rank
58th
South Korea rank
59th
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- Australia
- South Korea
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.86 against 1.85 in South Korea, a difference of 0.01.
Across all 72 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 58th and South Korea ranks 59th of 193 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | South Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.5311 | -1.46 | 1.99 | Australia |
| 1950s | 1 | -0.6301 | 1.63 | Australia |
| 1960s | 1.17 | 0.0062 | 1.16 | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.21 | -0.4695 | 1.68 | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.71 | -0.7633 | 2.47 | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.7 | -0.097 | 1.8 | Australia |
| 2000s | 2 | 1.07 | 0.9286 | Australia |
| 2010s | 2.08 | 1.71 | 0.3647 | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, Australia or South Korea?
- Australia, at 1.86 against 1.85 in South Korea as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between Australia and South Korea?
- 0.01, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and South Korea?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2019.
- How do Australia and South Korea rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- Australia ranks 58th and South Korea ranks 59th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Fariss et al. (2020) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Physical Integrity Rights Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The score captures the extent to which citizens are protected from government killings, torture, political imprisonments, extrajudicial executions, mass killings and disappearances. Large positive scores mean abuses are rare relative to other countries and years, large negative scores that abuses are relatively widespread.