Physical Integrity Rights Score in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Physical Integrity Rights Score was 2.62 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1983–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Saint Kitts and Nevis recorded 2.62 for physical integrity rights score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 29.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 2.62 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.6474, in 1983.
That places Saint Kitts and Nevis 34th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 0.6474 | — |
| 1984 | 0.6922 | +6.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7233 | +4.5% |
| 1986 | 0.7595 | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 0.7905 | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 0.8281 | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 0.8645 | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 0.8931 | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 0.9311 | +4.3% |
| 1992 | 0.9725 | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 1 | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 1.03 | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 1.04 | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 1.06 | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 1.08 | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 1.1 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 1.13 | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 1.25 | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 1.83 | +47.2% |
| 2002 | 2.11 | +15.3% |
| 2003 | 2.24 | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 2.25 | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 2.12 | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 2.12 | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1.96 | -7.6% |
| 2008 | 1.98 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 2.03 | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1.98 | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 1.97 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 1.86 | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 1.89 | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 2.16 | +14.4% |
| 2015 | 2.32 | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 2.45 | +5.7% |
| 2017 | 2.54 | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 2.59 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 2.62 | +1.2% |
Saint Kitts and Nevis compared with similar countries
- Saint Kitts and Nevis's 2.62 is above the median for high income countries, which is 2.22, 1.2× the median. (64 countries reporting)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis's 2.62 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.08, 2.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physical Integrity Rights Score in Saint Kitts and Nevis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +47.2% | 1.25 | 1.83 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7579 | 0.6474 | 0.8645 | 7 |
| 1990s | 1.03 | 0.8931 | 1.13 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.99 | 1.25 | 2.25 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.24 | 1.86 | 2.62 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis
More social development data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 36 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0008 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 36 (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 Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Physical integrity rights score in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 2.62 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 2.62 in 2019.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6474 in 1983.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 34th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.