Physical Integrity Rights Score in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Physical Integrity Rights Score was -1.22 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Bangladesh, 1971–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded -1.22 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Bangladesh peaked at -0.6397 in 1971 and was at its lowest, -1.91, in 1992.
That places Bangladesh 167th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | -0.6397 | — |
| 1972 | -0.7815 | +22.2% |
| 1973 | -0.7611 | -2.6% |
| 1974 | -0.795 | +4.4% |
| 1975 | -0.8722 | +9.7% |
| 1976 | -1.04 | +19.7% |
| 1977 | -1.02 | -1.9% |
| 1978 | -0.9874 | -3.6% |
| 1979 | -0.914 | -7.4% |
| 1980 | -1.02 | +12.1% |
| 1981 | -0.9974 | -2.7% |
| 1982 | -1.08 | +8.6% |
| 1983 | -1.07 | -1.5% |
| 1984 | -0.9981 | -6.4% |
| 1985 | -1 | +0.3% |
| 1986 | -1.15 | +14.8% |
| 1987 | -1.22 | +6.1% |
| 1988 | -1.21 | -0.8% |
| 1989 | -1.23 | +1.9% |
| 1990 | -1.39 | +12.9% |
| 1991 | -1.48 | +6.2% |
| 1992 | -1.91 | +28.8% |
| 1993 | -1.11 | -41.8% |
| 1994 | -1.06 | -4.3% |
| 1995 | -1.11 | +4.6% |
| 1996 | -1.19 | +7.3% |
| 1997 | -1.15 | -3.9% |
| 1998 | -0.9758 | -14.8% |
| 1999 | -0.8369 | -14.2% |
| 2000 | -0.8617 | +3.0% |
| 2001 | -0.9173 | +6.5% |
| 2002 | -1.12 | +21.8% |
| 2003 | -1.22 | +8.9% |
| 2004 | -1.27 | +4.7% |
| 2005 | -1.33 | +4.3% |
| 2006 | -1.31 | -1.2% |
| 2007 | -1.3 | -0.6% |
| 2008 | -1.25 | -4.6% |
| 2009 | -1.2 | -3.5% |
| 2010 | -1.13 | -6.3% |
| 2011 | -1.07 | -5.3% |
| 2012 | -1.05 | -1.1% |
| 2013 | -1.1 | +4.5% |
| 2014 | -1.13 | +2.7% |
| 2015 | -1.16 | +2.7% |
| 2016 | -1.19 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | -1.2 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | -1.22 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | -1.22 | -0.3% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's -1.22 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0498. (46 countries reporting)
- Bangladesh's -1.22 is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.4599. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physical Integrity Rights Score in Bangladesh changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +41.8% | -1.91 | -1.11 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -0.8688 | -1.04 | -0.6397 | 9 |
| 1980s | -1.1 | -1.23 | -0.9974 | 10 |
| 1990s | -1.22 | -1.91 | -0.8369 | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.18 | -1.33 | -0.8617 | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.15 | -1.22 | -1.05 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More social development data for Bangladesh
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1.18 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 31,862 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 31,862 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0067 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical integrity rights score in Bangladesh?
- Physical integrity rights score in Bangladesh was -1.22 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was -0.6397 in 1971.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.91 in 1992.
- How does Bangladesh rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Bangladesh ranks 167th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Physical Integrity Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.