Samoa vs Taiwan: Physical Integrity Rights Score
Samoa
2.92
in 2019
Taiwan
3.13
in 2019
Samoa rank
26th
Taiwan rank
23rd
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- Samoa
- Taiwan
How they compare
Taiwan currently reports 3.13 against 2.92 in Samoa, a difference of 0.21.
That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.1 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1976 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 26th and Taiwan ranks 23rd of 193 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 4 and Taiwan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.06 | -0.6675 | 2.72 | Samoa |
| 1980s | 2.6 | 0.0404 | 2.56 | Samoa |
| 1990s | 3.09 | 1.14 | 1.95 | Samoa |
| 2000s | 3.09 | 2.45 | 0.6434 | Samoa |
| 2010s | 2.73 | 3.06 | 0.3338 | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, Samoa or Taiwan?
- Taiwan, at 3.13 against 2.92 in Samoa as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between Samoa and Taiwan?
- 0.21, with Taiwan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Taiwan?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1976 to 2019.
- How do Samoa and Taiwan rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- Samoa ranks 26th and Taiwan ranks 23rd 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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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.