North Korea vs Sudan: Physical Integrity Rights Score
North Korea
-1.99
in 2019
Sudan
-1.94
in 2019
North Korea rank
189th
Sudan rank
188th
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- North Korea
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports -1.94 against -1.99 in North Korea, a difference of 0.05.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1956 it was North Korea ahead.
North Korea ranks 189th and Sudan ranks 188th of 193 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, North Korea averaged higher in 5 and Sudan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | -1.8 | -2.79 | 0.9842 | North Korea |
| 1960s | -1.79 | -2.85 | 1.05 | North Korea |
| 1970s | -1.79 | -1.72 | 0.0687 | Sudan |
| 1980s | -1.74 | -1.57 | 0.1775 | Sudan |
| 1990s | -1.48 | -2.08 | 0.6002 | North Korea |
| 2000s | -1.59 | -2.07 | 0.4748 | North Korea |
| 2010s | -1.72 | -1.88 | 0.1629 | North Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, North Korea or Sudan?
- Sudan, at -1.94 against -1.99 in North Korea as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between North Korea and Sudan?
- 0.05, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Sudan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1956 to 2019.
- How do North Korea and Sudan rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- North Korea ranks 189th and Sudan ranks 188th 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.