Physical Integrity Rights Score in East Timor
East Timor: Physical Integrity Rights Score was 1.25 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Physical Integrity Rights Score in East Timor, 1995–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 1.25 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in East Timor peaked at 1.3 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4535, in 2006.
East Timor ranks 81st of 193 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Physical Integrity Rights Score in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.5717 | — |
| 1996 | 0.5545 | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 0.5826 | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6424 | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 0.6691 | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7168 | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 0.7836 | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 0.8384 | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8389 | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.7714 | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 0.6822 | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 0.4535 | -33.5% |
| 2007 | 0.5087 | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9331 | +83.4% |
| 2009 | 1.02 | +9.6% |
| 2010 | 1.13 | +10.4% |
| 2011 | 1.17 | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 1.15 | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 1.14 | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1.14 | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1.1 | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.2 | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 1.3 | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 1.26 | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 1.25 | -0.2% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 1.25 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0498, 25.2× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 1.25 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1.85, 68% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Physical Integrity Rights Score in East Timor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +83.4% | 0.5087 | 0.9331 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6041 | 0.5545 | 0.6691 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.7549 | 0.4535 | 1.02 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.18 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 10 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More social development data for East Timor
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 (2015)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15 (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 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 15 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2015)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical integrity rights score in East Timor?
- Physical integrity rights score in East Timor was 1.25 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3 in 2017.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4535 in 2006.
- How does East Timor rank for physical integrity rights score?
- East Timor ranks 81st out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor 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.