Physical Integrity Rights Score in Pakistan
Pakistan: Physical Integrity Rights Score was -0.9447 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Pakistan, 1947–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded -0.9447 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 34.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Pakistan peaked at -0.1783 in 1947 and was at its lowest, -2.38, in 1973.
That places Pakistan 162nd out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 73 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1947 | -0.1783 | — |
| 1948 | -0.2013 | +12.9% |
| 1949 | -0.2048 | +1.7% |
| 1950 | -0.2328 | +13.6% |
| 1951 | -0.2654 | +14.0% |
| 1952 | -0.305 | +14.9% |
| 1953 | -0.354 | +16.1% |
| 1954 | -0.4135 | +16.8% |
| 1955 | -0.4964 | +20.0% |
| 1956 | -0.6349 | +27.9% |
| 1957 | -0.8529 | +34.3% |
| 1958 | -1.78 | +108.9% |
| 1959 | -1.89 | +6.1% |
| 1960 | -1.94 | +2.7% |
| 1961 | -1.96 | +1.0% |
| 1962 | -1.98 | +0.8% |
| 1963 | -1.97 | -0.3% |
| 1964 | -1.97 | +0.1% |
| 1965 | -1.98 | +0.4% |
| 1966 | -1.98 | -0.1% |
| 1967 | -1.99 | +0.3% |
| 1968 | -2 | +0.8% |
| 1969 | -2.03 | +1.4% |
| 1970 | -2.11 | +3.8% |
| 1971 | -2.32 | +10.2% |
| 1972 | -2.25 | -3.1% |
| 1973 | -2.38 | +5.9% |
| 1974 | -2.37 | -0.7% |
| 1975 | -2.17 | -8.4% |
| 1976 | -1.98 | -8.9% |
| 1977 | -1.89 | -4.3% |
| 1978 | -1.63 | -13.9% |
| 1979 | -1.57 | -3.4% |
| 1980 | -1.48 | -5.9% |
| 1981 | -1.51 | +2.5% |
| 1982 | -1.43 | -5.6% |
| 1983 | -1.33 | -6.7% |
| 1984 | -1.28 | -4.2% |
| 1985 | -1.06 | -16.9% |
| 1986 | -0.9385 | -11.6% |
| 1987 | -0.8844 | -5.8% |
| 1988 | -0.9428 | +6.6% |
| 1989 | -1.07 | +13.6% |
| 1990 | -1.16 | +8.4% |
| 1991 | -1.19 | +2.3% |
| 1992 | -1.25 | +5.4% |
| 1993 | -1.26 | +0.9% |
| 1994 | -1.29 | +1.9% |
| 1995 | -1.39 | +8.1% |
| 1996 | -1.35 | -2.8% |
| 1997 | -1.3 | -3.8% |
| 1998 | -1.3 | +0.3% |
| 1999 | -1.35 | +3.3% |
| 2000 | -1.29 | -4.2% |
| 2001 | -1.31 | +1.6% |
| 2002 | -1.3 | -0.8% |
| 2003 | -1.29 | -0.5% |
| 2004 | -1.27 | -2.2% |
| 2005 | -1.31 | +3.7% |
| 2006 | -1.35 | +2.8% |
| 2007 | -1.36 | +0.5% |
| 2008 | -1.37 | +0.9% |
| 2009 | -1.44 | +5.5% |
| 2010 | -1.53 | +6.0% |
| 2011 | -1.54 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | -1.53 | -0.8% |
| 2013 | -1.48 | -2.8% |
| 2014 | -1.4 | -5.7% |
| 2015 | -1.2 | -14.2% |
| 2016 | -1.06 | -11.5% |
| 2017 | -1 | -5.6% |
| 2018 | -0.9571 | -4.6% |
| 2019 | -0.9447 | -1.3% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's -0.9447 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0498. (46 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's -0.9447 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0154. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physical Integrity Rights Score in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | -108.9% | -0.8529 | -1.78 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.1948 | -0.2048 | -0.1783 | 3 |
| 1950s | -0.7228 | -1.89 | -0.2328 | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.98 | -2.03 | -1.94 | 10 |
| 1970s | -2.07 | -2.38 | -1.57 | 10 |
| 1980s | -1.19 | -1.51 | -0.8844 | 10 |
| 1990s | -1.28 | -1.39 | -1.16 | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.33 | -1.44 | -1.27 | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.26 | -1.54 | -0.9447 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More social development data for Pakistan
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1.16 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 90,497 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 5 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0004 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 90,497 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0045 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 Pakistan?
- Physical integrity rights score in Pakistan was -0.9447 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was -0.1783 in 1947.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.38 in 1973.
- How does Pakistan rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Pakistan ranks 162nd out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.