Physical Integrity Rights Score in Qatar
Qatar: Physical Integrity Rights Score was 2.6 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Qatar, 1971–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 2.6 for physical integrity rights score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 49 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Qatar peaked at 2.6 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4677, in 1984.
That places Qatar 36th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Qatar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 1.22 | — |
| 1972 | 1.27 | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 1.35 | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 1.39 | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 1.43 | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 1.44 | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 1.42 | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 1.39 | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 1.32 | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 1.19 | -9.9% |
| 1981 | 0.9874 | -17.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6011 | -39.1% |
| 1983 | 0.4755 | -20.9% |
| 1984 | 0.4677 | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5358 | +14.6% |
| 1986 | 0.6821 | +27.3% |
| 1987 | 1.02 | +49.3% |
| 1988 | 1.09 | +7.2% |
| 1989 | 1.19 | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 1.24 | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 1.21 | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 1.54 | +26.9% |
| 1993 | 1.66 | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 1.69 | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1.76 | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 1.73 | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 1.76 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 1.8 | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1.8 | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.78 | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 1.91 | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 2.11 | +10.5% |
| 2003 | 2.29 | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 2.26 | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 2.07 | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 1.89 | -8.5% |
| 2007 | 1.81 | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 2.03 | +12.3% |
| 2009 | 2.11 | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 2.18 | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 2.07 | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 1.96 | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 1.65 | -16.1% |
| 2014 | 1.64 | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 1.6 | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 1.64 | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 2.32 | +41.7% |
| 2018 | 2.52 | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 2.6 | +3.0% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 2.6 is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.22, 1.2× the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 2.6 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0154, 169.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physical Integrity Rights Score in Qatar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +49.3% | 0.6821 | 1.02 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.36 | 1.22 | 1.44 | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.8237 | 0.4677 | 1.19 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.62 | 1.21 | 1.8 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.03 | 1.78 | 2.29 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.02 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Qatar
- 33 Latvia 2.64 compare
- 34 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.62 compare
- 35 Switzerland 2.62 compare
- 37 Finland 2.5 compare
- 38 Marshall Islands 2.46 compare
- 39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.46 compare
More social development data for Qatar
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 195 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 73 (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 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 73 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 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 Qatar?
- Physical integrity rights score in Qatar was 2.6 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 2.6 in 2019.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4677 in 1984.
- How does Qatar rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Qatar ranks 36th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Qatar 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.