Physical Integrity Rights Score in Colombia
Colombia: Physical Integrity Rights Score was -0.4709 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Colombia, 1946–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2019, physical integrity rights score in Colombia stood at -0.4709. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 68.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Colombia peaked at -0.4709 in 2019 and was at its lowest, -1.89, in 1988.
Colombia ranks 152nd of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Colombia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | -1.07 | — |
| 1947 | -1.22 | +13.5% |
| 1948 | -1.45 | +19.3% |
| 1949 | -1.52 | +5.1% |
| 1950 | -1.67 | +9.8% |
| 1951 | -1.75 | +4.5% |
| 1952 | -1.78 | +1.9% |
| 1953 | -1.79 | +0.3% |
| 1954 | -1.79 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | -1.76 | -1.8% |
| 1956 | -1.69 | -3.6% |
| 1957 | -1.59 | -6.3% |
| 1958 | -1.57 | -1.1% |
| 1959 | -1.46 | -7.1% |
| 1960 | -1.39 | -4.4% |
| 1961 | -1.38 | -1.0% |
| 1962 | -1.39 | +0.6% |
| 1963 | -1.43 | +3.4% |
| 1964 | -1.5 | +4.6% |
| 1965 | -1.64 | +9.6% |
| 1966 | -1.72 | +4.4% |
| 1967 | -1.74 | +1.6% |
| 1968 | -1.75 | +0.6% |
| 1969 | -1.76 | +0.1% |
| 1970 | -1.76 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | -1.74 | -0.9% |
| 1972 | -1.71 | -1.7% |
| 1973 | -1.69 | -1.1% |
| 1974 | -1.67 | -1.3% |
| 1975 | -1.59 | -4.8% |
| 1976 | -1.4 | -11.8% |
| 1977 | -1.4 | -0.4% |
| 1978 | -1.49 | +6.8% |
| 1979 | -1.7 | +14.0% |
| 1980 | -1.75 | +2.8% |
| 1981 | -1.79 | +2.5% |
| 1982 | -1.81 | +0.7% |
| 1983 | -1.81 | +0.3% |
| 1984 | -1.8 | -0.6% |
| 1985 | -1.79 | -0.4% |
| 1986 | -1.85 | +3.4% |
| 1987 | -1.88 | +1.5% |
| 1988 | -1.89 | +0.7% |
| 1989 | -1.83 | -3.2% |
| 1990 | -1.82 | -0.5% |
| 1991 | -1.78 | -2.5% |
| 1992 | -1.67 | -6.1% |
| 1993 | -1.7 | +2.0% |
| 1994 | -1.69 | -0.8% |
| 1995 | -1.68 | -0.3% |
| 1996 | -1.74 | +3.2% |
| 1997 | -1.77 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | -1.74 | -1.8% |
| 1999 | -1.71 | -1.8% |
| 2000 | -1.75 | +2.2% |
| 2001 | -1.75 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | -1.77 | +0.9% |
| 2003 | -1.79 | +1.0% |
| 2004 | -1.76 | -1.8% |
| 2005 | -1.68 | -4.5% |
| 2006 | -1.62 | -3.7% |
| 2007 | -1.55 | -3.9% |
| 2008 | -1.55 | -0.5% |
| 2009 | -1.49 | -3.6% |
| 2010 | -1.41 | -5.1% |
| 2011 | -1.16 | -17.7% |
| 2012 | -1.01 | -12.9% |
| 2013 | -0.9941 | -1.8% |
| 2014 | -0.8925 | -10.2% |
| 2015 | -0.7979 | -10.6% |
| 2016 | -0.6625 | -17.0% |
| 2017 | -0.5706 | -13.9% |
| 2018 | -0.4783 | -16.2% |
| 2019 | -0.4709 | -1.6% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's -0.4709 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.55. (57 countries reporting)
- Colombia's -0.4709 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.08. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.32 | -1.52 | -1.07 | 4 |
| 1950s | -1.68 | -1.79 | -1.46 | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.57 | -1.76 | -1.38 | 10 |
| 1970s | -1.62 | -1.76 | -1.4 | 10 |
| 1980s | -1.82 | -1.89 | -1.75 | 10 |
| 1990s | -1.73 | -1.82 | -1.67 | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.67 | -1.79 | -1.49 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.8455 | -1.41 | -0.4709 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 149 Madagascar -0.4432 compare
- 150 Congo -0.4605 compare
- 151 Zimbabwe -0.4662 compare
- 153 South Africa -0.5153 compare
- 154 Turkmenistan -0.5797 compare
- 155 Israel -0.5823 compare
More social development data for Colombia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,464 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 79,669 (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 0.0015 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 79,669 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 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 Colombia?
- Physical integrity rights score in Colombia was -0.4709 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.4709 in 2019.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.89 in 1988.
- How does Colombia rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Colombia ranks 152nd out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.