Physical Integrity Rights Score in Russia
Russia: Physical Integrity Rights Score was -1.19 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Russia, 1946–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Russia recorded -1.19 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Russia peaked at -0.9019 in 1993 and was at its lowest, -2.26, in 2000.
Russia ranks 165th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -2.07 | -2.11 | -2 | 4 |
| 1950s | -2.1 | -2.17 | -1.99 | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.94 | -2.03 | -1.57 | 10 |
| 1970s | -1.37 | -1.45 | -1.35 | 10 |
| 1980s | -1.32 | -1.44 | -1.13 | 10 |
| 1990s | -1.51 | -2.18 | -0.9019 | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.63 | -2.26 | -1.32 | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.12 | -1.24 | -0.9778 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Russia
More social development data for Russia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 11,811 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 99,360 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 88,310 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 976 (2025)
- Forcibly displaced people 13,367 (2025)
- Press freedom 0 (2016)
- Self-reported life satisfaction 5.83 (2025)
- Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / 580 (2025)
- Share of people agreeing with the statement "most people can be trusted" 22.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical integrity rights score in Russia?
- Physical integrity rights score in Russia was -1.19 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Russia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.9019 in 1993.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.26 in 2000.
- How does Russia rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Russia ranks 165th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Russia 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.