Colombia vs South Africa: Physical Integrity Rights Score
Colombia
-0.4709
in 2019
South Africa
-0.5153
in 2019
Colombia rank
152nd
South Africa rank
153rd
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- Colombia
- South Africa
How they compare
Colombia currently reports -0.4709 against -0.5153 in South Africa, a difference of 0.0444.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1946 it was South Africa ahead.
Colombia ranks 152nd and South Africa ranks 153rd of 193 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.32 | -0.1246 | 1.19 | South Africa |
| 1950s | -1.68 | -0.4481 | 1.24 | South Africa |
| 1960s | -1.57 | -1.34 | 0.2297 | South Africa |
| 1970s | -1.62 | -1.51 | 0.1018 | South Africa |
| 1980s | -1.82 | -1.79 | 0.0345 | South Africa |
| 1990s | -1.73 | -1.35 | 0.3795 | South Africa |
| 2000s | -1.67 | -0.4413 | 1.23 | South Africa |
| 2010s | -0.8455 | -0.5695 | 0.2761 | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, Colombia or South Africa?
- Colombia, at -0.4709 against -0.5153 in South Africa as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between Colombia and South Africa?
- 0.0444, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and South Africa?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1946 to 2019.
- How do Colombia and South Africa rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- Colombia ranks 152nd and South Africa ranks 153rd 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.