North Korea vs Yemen: Physical Integrity Rights Score
North Korea
-1.99
in 2019
Yemen
-2.02
in 2019
North Korea rank
189th
Yemen rank
190th
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- North Korea
- Yemen
How they compare
North Korea currently reports -1.99 against -2.02 in Yemen, a difference of 0.03.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1948 it was Yemen ahead.
North Korea ranks 189th and Yemen ranks 190th of 193 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North Korea | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.75 | -0.4203 | 1.33 | Yemen |
| 1950s | -1.82 | -0.3851 | 1.43 | Yemen |
| 1960s | -1.79 | -1.62 | 0.1735 | Yemen |
| 1970s | -1.79 | -0.9716 | 0.8197 | Yemen |
| 1980s | -1.74 | -0.8112 | 0.9319 | Yemen |
| 1990s | -1.48 | -0.8074 | 0.6709 | Yemen |
| 2000s | -1.59 | -0.8478 | 0.7439 | Yemen |
| 2010s | -1.72 | -1.59 | 0.1229 | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, North Korea or Yemen?
- North Korea, at -1.99 against -2.02 in Yemen as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between North Korea and Yemen?
- 0.03, with North Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Yemen?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1948 to 2019.
- How do North Korea and Yemen rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- North Korea ranks 189th and Yemen ranks 190th 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.