Physical Integrity Rights Score in Egypt
Egypt: Physical Integrity Rights Score was -1.36 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Egypt, 1946–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Egypt recorded -1.36 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
The figure is down 6.3% on the previous year and down 56.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Egypt peaked at -0.3348 in 1976 and was at its lowest, -1.62, in 2005.
That places Egypt 171st out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | -0.3795 | — |
| 1947 | -0.4251 | +12.0% |
| 1948 | -0.4785 | +12.6% |
| 1949 | -0.5376 | +12.4% |
| 1950 | -0.6329 | +17.7% |
| 1951 | -0.7024 | +11.0% |
| 1952 | -0.8182 | +16.5% |
| 1953 | -0.9884 | +20.8% |
| 1954 | -1.22 | +23.4% |
| 1955 | -1.32 | +8.4% |
| 1956 | -1.35 | +2.5% |
| 1957 | -1.38 | +2.2% |
| 1958 | -1.38 | -0.2% |
| 1959 | -1.41 | +1.7% |
| 1960 | -1.4 | -0.4% |
| 1961 | -1.42 | +1.2% |
| 1962 | -1.41 | -0.3% |
| 1963 | -1.38 | -2.5% |
| 1964 | -1.37 | -0.7% |
| 1965 | -1.37 | -0.1% |
| 1966 | -1.37 | +0.2% |
| 1967 | -1.32 | -3.4% |
| 1968 | -1.27 | -3.8% |
| 1969 | -1.19 | -6.1% |
| 1970 | -1.08 | -9.6% |
| 1971 | -0.7993 | -26.0% |
| 1972 | -0.6505 | -18.6% |
| 1973 | -0.5464 | -16.0% |
| 1974 | -0.4697 | -14.0% |
| 1975 | -0.4341 | -7.6% |
| 1976 | -0.3348 | -22.9% |
| 1977 | -0.4155 | +24.1% |
| 1978 | -0.4677 | +12.6% |
| 1979 | -0.4586 | -1.9% |
| 1980 | -0.4457 | -2.8% |
| 1981 | -0.6704 | +50.4% |
| 1982 | -0.7485 | +11.7% |
| 1983 | -0.6956 | -7.1% |
| 1984 | -0.5575 | -19.8% |
| 1985 | -0.4946 | -11.3% |
| 1986 | -0.598 | +20.9% |
| 1987 | -0.6263 | +4.7% |
| 1988 | -0.8195 | +30.9% |
| 1989 | -0.9249 | +12.9% |
| 1990 | -0.8875 | -4.0% |
| 1991 | -0.9052 | +2.0% |
| 1992 | -0.9383 | +3.7% |
| 1993 | -1.09 | +16.4% |
| 1994 | -1.13 | +3.7% |
| 1995 | -1.12 | -0.7% |
| 1996 | -1.06 | -6.1% |
| 1997 | -0.9963 | -5.7% |
| 1998 | -0.7668 | -23.0% |
| 1999 | -0.7465 | -2.6% |
| 2000 | -0.7263 | -2.7% |
| 2001 | -0.8531 | +17.5% |
| 2002 | -0.9618 | +12.7% |
| 2003 | -1.02 | +6.4% |
| 2004 | -1.16 | +12.9% |
| 2005 | -1.62 | +39.9% |
| 2006 | -1.14 | -29.2% |
| 2007 | -0.8903 | -22.2% |
| 2008 | -0.8488 | -4.7% |
| 2009 | -0.8684 | +2.3% |
| 2010 | -0.9485 | +9.2% |
| 2011 | -1.08 | +14.3% |
| 2012 | -1.01 | -6.5% |
| 2013 | -1.22 | +20.7% |
| 2014 | -1.29 | +5.5% |
| 2015 | -1.3 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | -1.27 | -2.3% |
| 2017 | -1.3 | +1.9% |
| 2018 | -1.28 | -1.1% |
| 2019 | -1.36 | +6.3% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's -1.36 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0498. (46 countries reporting)
- Egypt's -1.36 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0154. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.4552 | -0.5376 | -0.3795 | 4 |
| 1950s | -1.12 | -1.41 | -0.6329 | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.35 | -1.42 | -1.19 | 10 |
| 1970s | -0.5656 | -1.08 | -0.3348 | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.6581 | -0.9249 | -0.4457 | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.9647 | -1.13 | -0.7465 | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.01 | -1.62 | -0.7263 | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.21 | -1.36 | -0.9485 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More social development data for Egypt
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 220,033 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 23,763 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (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 23,763 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0019 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 Egypt?
- Physical integrity rights score in Egypt was -1.36 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was -0.3348 in 1976.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.62 in 2005.
- How does Egypt rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Egypt ranks 171st out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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.