Belgium vs Sweden: Physical Integrity Rights Score
Belgium
3.16
in 2019
Sweden
3.23
in 2019
Belgium rank
22nd
Sweden rank
19th
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- Belgium
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 3.23 against 3.16 in Belgium, a difference of 0.07.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 22nd and Sweden ranks 19th of 193 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 6 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.4921 | 0.2389 | 0.2532 | Belgium |
| 1950s | 0.6898 | 0.2361 | 0.4537 | Belgium |
| 1960s | 1.09 | 0.5474 | 0.545 | Belgium |
| 1970s | 1.94 | 1.03 | 0.9042 | Belgium |
| 1980s | 2.58 | 2.3 | 0.2796 | Belgium |
| 1990s | 2.83 | 2.53 | 0.2975 | Belgium |
| 2000s | 2.22 | 2.63 | 0.4057 | Sweden |
| 2010s | 2.89 | 3.03 | 0.1386 | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, Belgium or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 3.23 against 3.16 in Belgium as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between Belgium and Sweden?
- 0.07, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Sweden?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1946 to 2019.
- How do Belgium and Sweden rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- Belgium ranks 22nd and Sweden ranks 19th 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.