Physical Integrity Rights Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture and political killings.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.989
Iceland
Lowest
0.053
North Korea
Median
0.785
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,491
What the numbers show
Physical Integrity Rights Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.989 in Iceland; the lowest is 0.053 in North Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.785, and the mean is 0.662.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 19.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 3,375.0%), and the largest decrease in Nicaragua (down 92.3%).
Physical Integrity Rights Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 0.989 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 0.989 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Norway | 0.988 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 4 | Finland | 0.987 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | New Zealand | 0.986 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Czechia | 0.985 | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 7 | Germany | 0.983 | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 8 | Cyprus | 0.982 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 9 | Belgium | 0.981 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 9 | Switzerland | 0.981 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 11 | Estonia | 0.98 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Netherlands | 0.977 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 12 | Uruguay | 0.977 | 2025 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 14 | Spain | 0.976 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Singapore | 0.973 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 16 | Slovenia | 0.973 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 18 | Taiwan | 0.971 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Denmark | 0.97 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 20 | Latvia | 0.965 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 0.964 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 22 | Croatia | 0.963 | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 23 | Albania | 0.962 | 2025 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Hungary | 0.955 | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 25 | Romania | 0.955 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 27 | Australia | 0.954 | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 28 | South Korea | 0.952 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Lithuania | 0.951 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 29 | East Timor | 0.951 | 2025 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Japan | 0.949 | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Seychelles | 0.947 | 2025 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 33 | Portugal | 0.946 | 2025 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Canada | 0.943 | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 34 | France | 0.943 | 2025 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 36 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.941 | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 38 | Barbados | 0.938 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 0.937 | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Ghana | 0.937 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 41 | Panama | 0.936 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 42 | Gambia | 0.934 | 2025 | up 678.3% | falling |
| 43 | Greece | 0.933 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 44 | Suriname | 0.931 | 2025 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 45 | Chile | 0.929 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 46 | Italy | 0.928 | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 47 | Austria | 0.926 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 47 | Vanuatu | 0.926 | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 49 | Poland | 0.914 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.911 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 51 | Hong Kong | 0.905 | 2025 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 0.897 | 2025 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.897 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 54 | Guyana | 0.896 | 2025 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 55 | Maldives | 0.893 | 2025 | up 56.9% | falling |
| 56 | Montenegro | 0.889 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 57 | Dominican Republic | 0.888 | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Moldova | 0.886 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 59 | Malaysia | 0.884 | 2025 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 0.884 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 61 | Namibia | 0.88 | 2025 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Botswana | 0.873 | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 0.872 | 2025 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Benin | 0.871 | 2025 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Mauritius | 0.87 | 2025 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 65 | Slovakia | 0.87 | 2025 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 67 | Argentina | 0.865 | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 68 | Fiji | 0.858 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 69 | Malawi | 0.857 | 2025 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Mongolia | 0.852 | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 71 | South Africa | 0.849 | 2025 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Liberia | 0.845 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 73 | Paraguay | 0.842 | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Lesotho | 0.839 | 2025 | up 68.5% | rising |
| 75 | Bhutan | 0.834 | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 76 | Peru | 0.829 | 2025 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 77 | Morocco | 0.823 | 2025 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Tunisia | 0.822 | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 0.818 | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Jamaica | 0.812 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 81 | Serbia | 0.811 | 2025 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 82 | Brazil | 0.81 | 2025 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Israel | 0.807 | 2025 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Qatar | 0.806 | 2025 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 0.799 | 2025 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 86 | Jordan | 0.797 | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 87 | Armenia | 0.791 | 2025 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 88 | United States | 0.789 | 2025 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 89 | Gabon | 0.787 | 2025 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Senegal | 0.785 | 2025 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 91 | Haiti | 0.782 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Papua New Guinea | 0.782 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 93 | Zambia | 0.769 | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 94 | Tanzania | 0.728 | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 95 | Honduras | 0.726 | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Guatemala | 0.721 | 2025 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Oman | 0.715 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 98 | Kuwait | 0.713 | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 99 | Nepal | 0.706 | 2025 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Mali | 0.705 | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Sierra Leone | 0.705 | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 102 | Lebanon | 0.704 | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 103 | Bolivia | 0.7 | 2025 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 104 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.688 | 2025 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Angola | 0.687 | 2025 | up 60.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Ukraine | 0.686 | 2025 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 107 | Vatican | 0.682 | 1870 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | Georgia | 0.646 | 2025 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Colombia | 0.643 | 2025 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 110 | Indonesia | 0.636 | 2025 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Mauritania | 0.634 | 2025 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 112 | United Arab Emirates | 0.633 | 2025 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 113 | Kenya | 0.62 | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Ecuador | 0.59 | 2025 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Bangladesh | 0.582 | 2025 | up 146.6% | rising |
| 116 | Togo | 0.566 | 2025 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Somalia | 0.549 | 2025 | up 124.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Vietnam | 0.54 | 2025 | down 17.9% | flat |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 0.532 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.518 | 2025 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Cuba | 0.512 | 2025 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 122 | India | 0.511 | 2025 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 0.509 | 2025 | up 206.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Niger | 0.504 | 2025 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Turkey | 0.499 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 126 | Mexico | 0.489 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 0.488 | 2025 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Algeria | 0.485 | 2025 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 129 | Palestine | 0.447 | 1948 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 130 | Cameroon | 0.435 | 2025 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Iraq | 0.424 | 2025 | up 122.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Syria | 0.417 | 2025 | up 3,375.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Djibouti | 0.413 | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 134 | Central African Republic | 0.395 | 2025 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Burkina Faso | 0.393 | 2025 | down 49.9% | rising |
| 136 | Comoros | 0.392 | 2025 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 0.381 | 2025 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 138 | Bahrain | 0.379 | 2025 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 139 | Pakistan | 0.364 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 140 | El Salvador | 0.356 | 2025 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 141 | China | 0.345 | 2025 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Thailand | 0.344 | 2025 | up 76.4% | rising |
| 143 | Nigeria | 0.327 | 2025 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 144 | South Sudan | 0.324 | 2025 | up 128.2% | falling |
| 145 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.32 | 2025 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Mozambique | 0.314 | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Philippines | 0.309 | 2025 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.306 | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 0.266 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 150 | Saudi Arabia | 0.264 | 2025 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Guinea | 0.256 | 2025 | down 50.5% | falling |
| 152 | Iran | 0.236 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 153 | Uganda | 0.221 | 2025 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Egypt | 0.22 | 2025 | up 214.3% | falling |
| 155 | Russia | 0.218 | 2025 | down 40.8% | flat |
| 156 | Congo | 0.208 | 2025 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 0.191 | 2025 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Rwanda | 0.19 | 2025 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Zimbabwe | 0.17 | 2025 | up 38.2% | falling |
| 160 | Venezuela | 0.163 | 2025 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Belarus | 0.16 | 2025 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 161 | Laos | 0.16 | 2025 | up 19.4% | falling |
| 163 | Libya | 0.155 | 2025 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Cambodia | 0.136 | 2025 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 165 | Eswatini | 0.132 | 2025 | down 74.3% | flat |
| 166 | Sudan | 0.129 | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 167 | Tajikistan | 0.122 | 2025 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Yemen | 0.121 | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.118 | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 170 | Burundi | 0.108 | 2025 | up 184.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Eritrea | 0.101 | 2025 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Myanmar | 0.099 | 2025 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Chad | 0.079 | 2025 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 174 | Afghanistan | 0.065 | 2025 | down 84.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Nicaragua | 0.059 | 2025 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 176 | North Korea | 0.053 | 2025 | up 76.7% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture and political killings.