Denmark vs Sweden: Physical Integrity Rights Score

Denmark

3.37

in 2019

Sweden

3.23

in 2019

Denmark rank

16th

Sweden rank

19th

Physical Integrity Rights Score over time

Denmark
Sweden

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 3.37 against 3.23 in Sweden, a difference of 0.1432.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Denmark ahead.

Globally, Denmark ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 19th of 193 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Physical Integrity Rights Score
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 193 places, 11,139 data points, 1946–2019
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.