El Salvador vs Ghana: Physical Integrity Rights Score
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- El Salvador
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.3804 against 0.2715 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.1089.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.4 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1957 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 117th and Ghana ranks 114th of 193 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Ghana in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.1495 | -0.0559 | 0.2053 | El Salvador |
| 1960s | -0.0015 | -0.1015 | 0.1001 | El Salvador |
| 1970s | -1.43 | -0.1888 | 1.24 | Ghana |
| 1980s | -2.43 | -0.3402 | 2.09 | Ghana |
| 1990s | -0.4929 | 0.412 | 0.9049 | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.3134 | 0.3625 | 0.0491 | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.373 | 0.3858 | 0.0129 | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, El Salvador or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 0.3804 against 0.2715 in El Salvador as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between El Salvador and Ghana?
- 0.1089, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Ghana?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2019.
- How do El Salvador and Ghana rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- El Salvador ranks 117th and Ghana ranks 114th 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.