Physical Integrity Rights Score by country
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.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
5.16
Iceland
Lowest
-2.09
Myanmar
Median
0.8626
Years covered
74
1946–2019
Data points
11,139
What the numbers show
Physical Integrity Rights Score is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 5.16 in Iceland; the lowest is -2.09 in Myanmar.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8626, and the mean is 0.855.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 7,737.6%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 3,734.1%).
Physical Integrity Rights Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Iceland | 5.16 | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 4 | Andorra | 4.57 | 2019 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 5 | Monaco | 4.53 | 2019 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 6 | Palau | 4.52 | 2019 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 7 | San Marino | 4.52 | 2019 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 8 | Tuvalu | 4.37 | 2019 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 9 | Kiribati | 4.32 | 2019 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 10 | Norway | 4.28 | 2019 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 11 | Solomon Islands | 4.03 | 2019 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Netherlands | 3.75 | 2019 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 13 | New Zealand | 3.72 | 2019 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 14 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.63 | 2019 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Slovenia | 3.47 | 2019 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 16 | Denmark | 3.37 | 2019 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 17 | Czechia | 3.34 | 2019 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Germany | 3.32 | 2019 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Sweden | 3.23 | 2019 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Uruguay | 3.18 | 2019 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Canada | 3.17 | 2019 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Belgium | 3.16 | 2019 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 23 | Taiwan | 3.13 | 2019 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Estonia | 3.1 | 2019 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Samoa | 2.92 | 2019 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 2.87 | 2019 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Grenada | 2.8 | 2019 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 2.78 | 2019 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 30 | Tonga | 2.73 | 2019 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 31 | United Kingdom | 2.69 | 2019 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Panama | 2.66 | 2019 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Latvia | 2.64 | 2019 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.62 | 2019 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 35 | Switzerland | 2.62 | 2019 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Qatar | 2.6 | 2019 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 37 | Finland | 2.5 | 2019 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 38 | Marshall Islands | 2.46 | 2019 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.46 | 2019 | up 62.8% | flat |
| 40 | Dominica | 2.44 | 2019 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 42 | Bhutan | 2.38 | 2019 | up 127.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Nauru | 2.29 | 2019 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 44 | Austria | 2.25 | 2019 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 2.22 | 2019 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 46 | Lithuania | 2.22 | 2019 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Croatia | 2.2 | 2019 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Seychelles | 2.19 | 2019 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Namibia | 2.16 | 2019 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.14 | 2019 | up 261.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Cape Verde | 2.14 | 2019 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 52 | Portugal | 2.09 | 2019 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.09 | 2019 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 54 | Brunei | 1.97 | 2019 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 55 | Fiji | 1.9 | 2019 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Botswana | 1.89 | 2019 | up 27.2% | flat |
| 57 | Italy | 1.88 | 2019 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Australia | 1.86 | 2019 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 59 | South Korea | 1.85 | 2019 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Poland | 1.83 | 2019 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Singapore | 1.73 | 2019 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Barbados | 1.71 | 2019 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 63 | France | 1.68 | 2019 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Slovakia | 1.67 | 2019 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 65 | Montenegro | 1.63 | 2019 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 66 | Cyprus | 1.62 | 2019 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Comoros | 1.58 | 2019 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Gambia | 1.57 | 2019 | up 2,606.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.53 | 2019 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 1.49 | 2019 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 71 | Hungary | 1.45 | 2019 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Serbia | 1.44 | 2018 | up 35.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Romania | 1.41 | 2019 | up 195.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.4 | 2019 | up 90.9% | falling |
| 75 | Greece | 1.32 | 2019 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Saint Lucia | 1.29 | 2019 | up 37.5% | falling |
| 77 | Suriname | 1.29 | 2019 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 1.29 | 2019 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Spain | 1.27 | 2019 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Argentina | 1.26 | 2019 | up 107.2% | volatile |
| 81 | East Timor | 1.25 | 2019 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 82 | Mauritius | 1.19 | 2019 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 83 | Belize | 1.18 | 2019 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 84 | Laos | 1.17 | 2019 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Guyana | 1.16 | 2019 | up 73.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Bahamas | 1.16 | 2019 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 87 | Oman | 1.13 | 2019 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 88 | Albania | 1.13 | 2019 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Senegal | 1.12 | 2019 | up 269.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Kuwait | 1.11 | 2019 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Eswatini | 1.11 | 2019 | up 7,737.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Paraguay | 1.08 | 2019 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Peru | 1.07 | 2019 | up 97.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Mongolia | 0.9959 | 2019 | up 68.3% | falling |
| 95 | Benin | 0.9407 | 2019 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Georgia | 0.9406 | 2019 | up 243.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Morocco | 0.938 | 2019 | up 1,707.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.9049 | 2019 | up 229.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Armenia | 0.8626 | 2019 | up 860.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Liberia | 0.7772 | 2019 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Maldives | 0.7439 | 2019 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 102 | Gabon | 0.6951 | 2019 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Lesotho | 0.5943 | 2019 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 0.5941 | 2019 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Haiti | 0.5627 | 2019 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Jordan | 0.55 | 2019 | up 317.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Chile | 0.5305 | 2019 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Nepal | 0.4996 | 2019 | up 148.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Algeria | 0.4715 | 2019 | up 84.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Bolivia | 0.4682 | 2019 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Guatemala | 0.4399 | 2019 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 0.4203 | 2019 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Togo | 0.4118 | 2019 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Ghana | 0.3804 | 2019 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Mauritania | 0.3162 | 2019 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Belarus | 0.306 | 2019 | up 220.5% | volatile |
| 117 | El Salvador | 0.2715 | 2019 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 118 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2423 | 2019 | up 171.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Moldova | 0.231 | 2019 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Malawi | 0.2204 | 2019 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Tunisia | 0.1891 | 2019 | up 446.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Mozambique | 0.1652 | 2019 | up 700.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Malaysia | 0.1103 | 2019 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Bahrain | 0.0966 | 2019 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0856 | 2019 | down 94.3% | falling |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0623 | 2019 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0577 | 2019 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Lebanon | 0.0418 | 2019 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Jamaica | 0.0359 | 2019 | up 108.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Zambia | 0.0348 | 2019 | up 124.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Cambodia | 0.0175 | 2019 | up 104.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Guinea | 0.0107 | 2019 | up 100.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0103 | 2019 | up 100.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Djibouti | -0.011 | 2019 | down 101.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Cuba | -0.058 | 2019 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Kazakhstan | -0.0603 | 2019 | down 145.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Tanzania | -0.0846 | 2019 | down 118.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | -0.1117 | 2019 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Indonesia | -0.1217 | 2019 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 140 | Angola | -0.1266 | 2019 | up 78.5% | rising |
| 141 | United States | -0.1679 | 2019 | down 167.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Chad | -0.1792 | 2019 | up 83.8% | rising |
| 143 | Uzbekistan | -0.1985 | 2019 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | -0.2235 | 2019 | up 70.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Central African Republic | -0.351 | 2019 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Tajikistan | -0.3592 | 2019 | down 192.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Honduras | -0.3722 | 2019 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Uganda | -0.3959 | 2019 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Madagascar | -0.4432 | 2019 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Congo | -0.4605 | 2019 | down 185.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | -0.4662 | 2019 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Colombia | -0.4709 | 2019 | up 68.4% | rising |
| 153 | South Africa | -0.5153 | 2019 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | -0.5797 | 2019 | down 871.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Israel | -0.5823 | 2019 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Rwanda | -0.6222 | 2019 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Vietnam | -0.6366 | 2019 | down 1,680.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Thailand | -0.7651 | 2019 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Ukraine | -0.7681 | 2019 | down 2,856.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Nicaragua | -0.8475 | 2019 | down 275.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Niger | -0.8673 | 2019 | down 3,734.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Pakistan | -0.9447 | 2019 | up 34.6% | falling |
| 163 | India | -1.06 | 2019 | up 27.6% | falling |
| 164 | Saudi Arabia | -1.12 | 2019 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Russia | -1.19 | 2019 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 166 | China | -1.2 | 2019 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 167 | Bangladesh | -1.22 | 2019 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 168 | Somalia | -1.23 | 2019 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Mexico | -1.24 | 2019 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Brazil | -1.31 | 2019 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 171 | Egypt | -1.36 | 2019 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 172 | Kenya | -1.38 | 2019 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Afghanistan | -1.64 | 2019 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Nigeria | -1.66 | 2019 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Philippines | -1.67 | 2019 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 176 | Burundi | -1.69 | 2019 | down 112.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Venezuela | -1.71 | 2019 | down 122.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Turkey | -1.72 | 2019 | down 127.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Iran | -1.73 | 2019 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 180 | Iraq | -1.74 | 2019 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 181 | Ethiopia | -1.74 | 2019 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Cameroon | -1.76 | 2019 | down 880.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Mali | -1.77 | 2019 | down 257.9% | volatile |
| 184 | South Sudan | -1.79 | 2019 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 185 | Eritrea | -1.8 | 2019 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Democratic Republic of Congo | -1.81 | 2019 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 187 | Burkina Faso | -1.91 | 2019 | down 519.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Sudan | -1.94 | 2019 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 189 | North Korea | -1.99 | 2019 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 190 | Yemen | -2.02 | 2019 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 191 | Libya | -2.02 | 2019 | down 444.2% | volatile |
| 192 | Syria | -2.04 | 2019 | down 83.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Myanmar | -2.09 | 2019 | down 29.2% | falling |
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.