Physical Integrity Rights Score in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Physical Integrity Rights Score was 1.49 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Physical Integrity Rights Score in North Macedonia, 1991–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2019, physical integrity rights score in North Macedonia stood at 1.49. That is the highest value across all 29 years on record.
The figure is up 10.5% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in North Macedonia peaked at 1.49 in 2019 and was at its lowest, -0.3792, in 2001.
That places North Macedonia 70th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.7147 | — |
| 1992 | 0.7803 | +9.2% |
| 1993 | 0.9376 | +20.2% |
| 1994 | 0.9964 | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 1.03 | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9183 | -10.6% |
| 1997 | 0.681 | -25.8% |
| 1998 | 0.6329 | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 0.6419 | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.5621 | -12.4% |
| 2001 | -0.3792 | -167.5% |
| 2002 | -0.1441 | -62.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4006 | -378.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7633 | +90.5% |
| 2005 | 0.867 | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9385 | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9809 | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 1.09 | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 1.11 | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 1.06 | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 0.9817 | -7.2% |
| 2012 | 1.02 | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 1.04 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.07 | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 1.05 | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 1.16 | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 1.24 | +7.2% |
| 2018 | 1.34 | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 1.49 | +10.5% |
North Macedonia compared with similar countries
- North Macedonia's 1.49 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.55, 2.7× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- North Macedonia's 1.49 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.75, 85% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physical Integrity Rights Score in North Macedonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +378.0% | -0.1441 | 0.4006 |
| 2001 | -167.5% | 0.5621 | -0.3792 |
| 2004 | +90.5% | 0.4006 | 0.7633 |
| 2002 | +62.0% | -0.3792 | -0.1441 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8145 | 0.6329 | 1.03 | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.6194 | -0.3792 | 1.11 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 | 0.9817 | 1.49 | 10 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More social development data for North Macedonia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 20,822 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,886 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,886 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0114 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 North Macedonia?
- Physical integrity rights score in North Macedonia was 1.49 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.49 in 2019.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.3792 in 2001.
- How does North Macedonia rank for physical integrity rights score?
- North Macedonia ranks 70th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.