Physical Integrity Rights Score in Haiti
Haiti: Physical Integrity Rights Score was 0.5627 in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Haiti, 1946–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Haiti recorded 0.5627 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
That represents a change of down 26.6% on the previous year and up 67.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Haiti peaked at 0.7997 in 2017 and was at its lowest, -1.91, in 1994.
That places Haiti 105th 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 | 0.3098 | 0.284 | 0.3279 | 4 |
| 1950s | -0.2803 | -1.25 | 0.2888 | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.39 | -1.43 | -1.32 | 10 |
| 1970s | -1.31 | -1.34 | -1.28 | 10 |
| 1980s | -1.16 | -1.29 | -1.01 | 10 |
| 1990s | -1.14 | -1.91 | -0.4373 | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.5741 | -1.68 | 0.3365 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5476 | 0.3583 | 0.7997 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
More social development data for Haiti
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 0 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 180,702 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 236,318 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 0 (2025)
- Forcibly displaced people 1.43 million (2025)
- Press freedom 1 (2016)
- Self-reported life satisfaction 3.62 (2020)
- Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / 1.43 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical integrity rights score in Haiti?
- Physical integrity rights score in Haiti was 0.5627 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7997 in 2017.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.91 in 1994.
- How does Haiti rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Haiti ranks 105th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Haiti 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.