Israel vs South Africa: Physical Integrity Rights Score

Israel
-0.5823
in 2019
South Africa
-0.5153
in 2019
Israel rank
155th
South Africa rank
153rd

Physical Integrity Rights Score over time

  • Israel
  • South Africa
-2-1.5-1-0.50194619822019

How they compare

South Africa currently reports -0.5153 against -0.5823 in Israel, a difference of 0.067.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 72 shared years of data; in 1948 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 155th and South Africa ranks 153rd of 193 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Israel South Africa Difference Ahead
1940s -0.0926 -0.1414 0.0489 Israel
1950s -0.1525 -0.4481 0.2956 Israel
1960s -0.6375 -1.34 0.7028 Israel
1970s -1.05 -1.51 0.4636 Israel
1980s -0.9437 -1.79 0.8429 Israel
1990s -1.18 -1.35 0.1681 Israel
2000s -1.51 -0.4413 1.07 South Africa
2010s -0.9288 -0.5695 0.3593 South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher physical integrity rights score, Israel or South Africa?
South Africa, at -0.5153 against -0.5823 in Israel as of 2019.
What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between Israel and South Africa?
0.067, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and South Africa?
72 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2019.
How do Israel and South Africa rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
Israel ranks 155th and South Africa ranks 153rd of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Fariss et al. (2020) – 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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Indicator
Physical Integrity Rights Score
Source
Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 11,139 data points, 1946–2019
Last refreshed

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.