Physical Integrity Rights Score in Myanmar
Myanmar: Physical Integrity Rights Score was -2.09 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Myanmar, 1948–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Myanmar recorded -2.09 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
The figure is down 11.3% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Myanmar peaked at -1.48 in 1982 and was at its lowest, -2.3, in 2017.
That places Myanmar 193rd out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 72 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Myanmar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | -1.78 | — |
| 1949 | -1.83 | +3.0% |
| 1950 | -1.84 | +0.1% |
| 1951 | -1.84 | +0.5% |
| 1952 | -1.86 | +0.6% |
| 1953 | -1.84 | -1.1% |
| 1954 | -1.83 | -0.4% |
| 1955 | -1.81 | -1.0% |
| 1956 | -1.8 | -0.5% |
| 1957 | -1.79 | -0.7% |
| 1958 | -1.78 | -0.3% |
| 1959 | -1.79 | +0.4% |
| 1960 | -1.79 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | -1.78 | -0.6% |
| 1962 | -1.78 | -0.1% |
| 1963 | -1.77 | -0.4% |
| 1964 | -1.77 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | -1.77 | -0.1% |
| 1966 | -1.77 | +0.3% |
| 1967 | -1.78 | +0.4% |
| 1968 | -1.78 | -0.3% |
| 1969 | -1.78 | +0.1% |
| 1970 | -1.78 | -0.1% |
| 1971 | -1.76 | -0.6% |
| 1972 | -1.76 | -0.2% |
| 1973 | -1.75 | -0.8% |
| 1974 | -1.75 | +0.3% |
| 1975 | -1.74 | -0.9% |
| 1976 | -1.72 | -1.0% |
| 1977 | -1.83 | +6.5% |
| 1978 | -2.01 | +9.9% |
| 1979 | -1.69 | -16.1% |
| 1980 | -1.63 | -3.1% |
| 1981 | -1.57 | -4.1% |
| 1982 | -1.48 | -5.7% |
| 1983 | -1.52 | +2.8% |
| 1984 | -1.49 | -2.0% |
| 1985 | -1.55 | +4.6% |
| 1986 | -1.65 | +6.3% |
| 1987 | -1.78 | +8.0% |
| 1988 | -1.92 | +7.4% |
| 1989 | -1.78 | -7.4% |
| 1990 | -1.72 | -2.9% |
| 1991 | -1.94 | +12.7% |
| 1992 | -1.9 | -2.3% |
| 1993 | -1.77 | -6.6% |
| 1994 | -1.82 | +2.5% |
| 1995 | -1.87 | +2.8% |
| 1996 | -1.99 | +6.5% |
| 1997 | -2.09 | +4.9% |
| 1998 | -2.07 | -0.8% |
| 1999 | -2 | -3.2% |
| 2000 | -2.07 | +3.3% |
| 2001 | -1.85 | -10.8% |
| 2002 | -1.96 | +6.0% |
| 2003 | -1.93 | -1.2% |
| 2004 | -1.85 | -4.4% |
| 2005 | -1.93 | +4.2% |
| 2006 | -1.94 | +0.8% |
| 2007 | -2.01 | +3.3% |
| 2008 | -1.74 | -13.3% |
| 2009 | -1.62 | -7.1% |
| 2010 | -1.63 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | -1.79 | +10.1% |
| 2012 | -1.81 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | -1.64 | -9.6% |
| 2014 | -1.66 | +1.5% |
| 2015 | -1.63 | -1.7% |
| 2016 | -1.73 | +5.8% |
| 2017 | -2.3 | +33.1% |
| 2018 | -1.88 | -18.5% |
| 2019 | -2.09 | +11.3% |
Myanmar compared with similar countries
- Myanmar's -2.09 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0498. (46 countries reporting)
- Myanmar's -2.09 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.85. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physical Integrity Rights Score in Myanmar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -33.1% | -1.73 | -2.3 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -1.81 | -1.83 | -1.78 | 2 |
| 1950s | -1.82 | -1.86 | -1.78 | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.78 | -1.79 | -1.77 | 10 |
| 1970s | -1.78 | -2.01 | -1.69 | 10 |
| 1980s | -1.64 | -1.92 | -1.48 | 10 |
| 1990s | -1.92 | -2.09 | -1.72 | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.89 | -2.07 | -1.62 | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.82 | -2.3 | -1.63 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Myanmar
More social development data for Myanmar
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1.52 million (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0278 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1.52 million (2025)
- Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15.27 % change on previous year (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 Myanmar?
- Physical integrity rights score in Myanmar was -2.09 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Myanmar?
- The highest recorded value was -1.48 in 1982.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Myanmar?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.3 in 2017.
- How does Myanmar rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Myanmar ranks 193rd out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Myanmar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Myanmar 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.