Physical Integrity Rights Score in Guatemala
Guatemala: Physical Integrity Rights Score was 0.4399 in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Guatemala, 1946–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 0.4399 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 98.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Guatemala peaked at 0.6505 in 2014 and was at its lowest, -2.68, in 1981.
That places Guatemala 111th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.3509 | -0.405 | -0.3012 | 4 |
| 1950s | -1.31 | -1.78 | -0.4728 | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.96 | -2.2 | -1.77 | 10 |
| 1970s | -2.26 | -2.5 | -2.18 | 10 |
| 1980s | -2.35 | -2.68 | -1.97 | 10 |
| 1990s | -1.51 | -2.08 | -0.6259 | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.1858 | -0.5881 | 0.222 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.514 | 0.2893 | 0.6505 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More social development data for Guatemala
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 1,586 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 34,994 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 138,420 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 4,088 (2025)
- Forcibly displaced people 578,674 (2025)
- Press freedom 1 (2016)
- Self-reported life satisfaction 6.53 (2025)
- Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / 573,000 (2025)
- Other people in need of international protection by country or territo 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical integrity rights score in Guatemala?
- Physical integrity rights score in Guatemala was 0.4399 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6505 in 2014.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.68 in 1981.
- How does Guatemala rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Guatemala ranks 111th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.