Ghana vs Sri Lanka: Physical Integrity Rights Score
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- Ghana
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.4203 against 0.3804 in Ghana, a difference of 0.0399.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1957 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Ghana ranks 114th and Sri Lanka ranks 112th of 193 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 4 and Sri Lanka in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -0.0559 | 0.2338 | 0.2896 | Sri Lanka |
| 1960s | -0.1015 | 0.0201 | 0.1216 | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | -0.1888 | 0.0145 | 0.2033 | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | -0.3402 | -1.55 | 1.21 | Ghana |
| 1990s | 0.412 | -1.63 | 2.04 | Ghana |
| 2000s | 0.3625 | -1.3 | 1.66 | Ghana |
| 2010s | 0.3858 | -0.5489 | 0.9348 | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, Ghana or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.4203 against 0.3804 in Ghana as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between Ghana and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0399, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1957 to 2019.
- How do Ghana and Sri Lanka rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- Ghana ranks 114th and Sri Lanka ranks 112th 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.