Physical Integrity Rights Score in Mongolia
Mongolia: Physical Integrity Rights Score was 0.9959 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Mongolia, 1946–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 0.9959 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 68.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Mongolia peaked at 3.13 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.37, in 2008.
Mongolia ranks 94th of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Mongolia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 1.96 | — |
| 1947 | 2.2 | +12.7% |
| 1948 | 2.42 | +9.6% |
| 1949 | 2.57 | +6.2% |
| 1950 | 2.69 | +4.9% |
| 1951 | 2.79 | +3.5% |
| 1952 | 2.87 | +3.1% |
| 1953 | 2.94 | +2.4% |
| 1954 | 3 | +2.1% |
| 1955 | 3.06 | +1.8% |
| 1956 | 3.09 | +1.2% |
| 1957 | 3.12 | +0.7% |
| 1958 | 3.12 | +0.2% |
| 1959 | 3.13 | +0.3% |
| 1960 | 3.13 | +0.1% |
| 1961 | 3.12 | -0.6% |
| 1962 | 3.08 | -1.2% |
| 1963 | 3.03 | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 2.97 | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 2.9 | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 2.88 | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 2.83 | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 2.84 | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 2.83 | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 2.86 | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 2.88 | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 2.87 | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 2.86 | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 2.84 | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 2.8 | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 2.75 | -2.0% |
| 1977 | 2.68 | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 2.6 | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 2.52 | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 2.41 | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 2.27 | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 2.1 | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 1.87 | -11.0% |
| 1984 | 1.83 | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 1.77 | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 1.73 | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 1.68 | -3.0% |
| 1988 | 1.6 | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 1.53 | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 1.76 | +15.1% |
| 1991 | 1.85 | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 1.83 | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 1.71 | -6.6% |
| 1994 | 1.52 | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 1.25 | -18.0% |
| 1996 | 1.24 | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 1.31 | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 1.22 | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 1.34 | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 1.35 | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 1.37 | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1.16 | -15.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8031 | -30.9% |
| 2004 | 0.6643 | -17.3% |
| 2005 | 0.5798 | -12.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4993 | -13.9% |
| 2007 | 0.4401 | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 0.37 | -15.9% |
| 2009 | 0.5916 | +59.9% |
| 2010 | 0.7142 | +20.7% |
| 2011 | 0.8367 | +17.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9678 | +15.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9189 | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8407 | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7872 | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 0.7952 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8444 | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9378 | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 0.9959 | +6.2% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 0.9959 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.55, 1.8× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 0.9959 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.85, 54% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physical Integrity Rights Score in Mongolia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +59.9% | 0.37 | 0.5916 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 2.29 | 1.96 | 2.57 | 4 |
| 1950s | 2.98 | 2.69 | 3.13 | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.96 | 2.83 | 3.13 | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.77 | 2.52 | 2.88 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.88 | 1.53 | 2.41 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.5 | 1.22 | 1.85 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7831 | 0.37 | 1.37 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8639 | 0.7142 | 0.9959 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
More social development data for Mongolia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 11 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2,403 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 1 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 1 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0007 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2,403 (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 Mongolia?
- Physical integrity rights score in Mongolia was 0.9959 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.13 in 1960.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.37 in 2008.
- How does Mongolia rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Mongolia ranks 94th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.