Ghana vs Mauritania: Physical Integrity Rights Score
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- Ghana
- Mauritania
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 0.3804 against 0.3162 in Mauritania, a difference of 0.0642.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mauritania ahead.
Ghana ranks 114th and Mauritania ranks 115th of 193 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1015 | 0.455 | 0.5566 | Mauritania |
| 1970s | -0.1888 | 0.6753 | 0.8641 | Mauritania |
| 1980s | -0.3402 | -0.1636 | 0.1766 | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 0.412 | -0.2711 | 0.6832 | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.3625 | 0.2465 | 0.1159 | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.3858 | 0.4016 | 0.0158 | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, Ghana or Mauritania?
- Ghana, at 0.3804 against 0.3162 in Mauritania as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between Ghana and Mauritania?
- 0.0642, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Mauritania?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2019.
- How do Ghana and Mauritania rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- Ghana ranks 114th and Mauritania ranks 115th 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.