Physical Integrity Rights Score in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Physical Integrity Rights Score was -1.22 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Bangladesh, 1971–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded -1.22 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Bangladesh peaked at -0.6397 in 1971 and was at its lowest, -1.91, in 1992.
That places Bangladesh 167th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 49 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | -0.8688 | -1.04 | -0.6397 | 9 |
| 1980s | -1.1 | -1.23 | -0.9974 | 10 |
| 1990s | -1.22 | -1.91 | -0.8369 | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.18 | -1.33 | -0.8617 | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.15 | -1.22 | -1.05 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More social development data for Bangladesh
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 1.18 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 31,862 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 92,441 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 67 (2025)
- Forcibly displaced people 1.76 million (2025)
- Press freedom 0 (2016)
- Self-reported life satisfaction 4.32 (2025)
- Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / 583,000 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical integrity rights score in Bangladesh?
- Physical integrity rights score in Bangladesh was -1.22 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was -0.6397 in 1971.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.91 in 1992.
- How does Bangladesh rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Bangladesh ranks 167th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.