Physical Integrity Rights Score in Belize
Belize: Physical Integrity Rights Score was 1.18 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Belize, 1981–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Belize recorded 1.18 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 32.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Belize peaked at 1.94 in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.7224, in 2005.
That places Belize 83rd out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 39 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Belize, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1.65 | — |
| 1982 | 1.73 | +5.2% |
| 1983 | 1.77 | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 1.77 | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 1.84 | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 1.86 | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 1.85 | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 1.91 | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 1.94 | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 1.91 | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 1.93 | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 1.88 | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 1.77 | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 1.8 | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 1.83 | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 1.84 | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 1.87 | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 1.87 | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.82 | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 1.68 | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 1.62 | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 0.831 | -48.6% |
| 2003 | 0.8225 | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7556 | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7224 | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9233 | +27.8% |
| 2007 | 1.03 | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 0.9625 | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 0.8914 | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 1.03 | +15.1% |
| 2011 | 1.16 | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 1.17 | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1.17 | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1.19 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.17 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 1.19 | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.19 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1.19 | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.18 | -0.3% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 1.18 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.55, 2.1× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Belize's 1.18 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.08, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physical Integrity Rights Score in Belize 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -48.6% | 1.62 | 0.831 |
| 2006 | +27.8% | 0.7224 | 0.9233 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.81 | 1.65 | 1.94 | 9 |
| 1990s | 1.85 | 1.77 | 1.93 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.02 | 0.7224 | 1.68 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.16 | 1.03 | 1.19 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More social development data for Belize
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 347 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 108 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0003 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 108 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0008 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 Belize?
- Physical integrity rights score in Belize was 1.18 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 1.94 in 1989.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7224 in 2005.
- How does Belize rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Belize ranks 83rd out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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.