Syria vs Yemen: Physical Integrity Rights Score
Syria
-2.04
in 2019
Yemen
-2.02
in 2019
Syria rank
192nd
Yemen rank
190th
Physical Integrity Rights Score over time
- Syria
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports -2.02 against -2.04 in Syria, a difference of 0.02.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Syria ahead.
Syria ranks 192nd and Yemen ranks 190th of 193 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Syria averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Syria | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.2232 | -0.3969 | 0.1737 | Syria |
| 1950s | -0.2404 | -0.3851 | 0.1447 | Syria |
| 1960s | -0.6019 | -1.62 | 1.02 | Syria |
| 1970s | -1.36 | -0.9716 | 0.3922 | Yemen |
| 1980s | -1.96 | -0.8112 | 1.15 | Yemen |
| 1990s | -0.9486 | -0.8074 | 0.1412 | Yemen |
| 2000s | -0.6833 | -0.8478 | 0.1646 | Syria |
| 2010s | -1.89 | -1.59 | 0.2949 | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher physical integrity rights score, Syria or Yemen?
- Yemen, at -2.02 against -2.04 in Syria as of 2019.
- What is the difference in physical integrity rights score between Syria and Yemen?
- 0.02, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Syria and Yemen?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1946 to 2019.
- How do Syria and Yemen rank globally for physical integrity rights score?
- Syria ranks 192nd and Yemen ranks 190th 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.