Physical Integrity Rights Score in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Physical Integrity Rights Score was 1.29 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Saint Lucia, 1979–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Saint Lucia recorded 1.29 for physical integrity rights score in 2019.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Saint Lucia peaked at 1.97 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.9106, in 2008.
That places Saint Lucia 76th out of 193 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1.52 | 1 |
| 1980s | 1.84 | 1.6 | 1.97 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.77 | 1.38 | 1.97 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.28 | 0.9106 | 1.68 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 | 1.05 | 1.46 | 10 |
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- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 0 (2025)
- Forcibly displaced people 5 (2025)
- Press freedom 2 (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical integrity rights score in Saint Lucia?
- Physical integrity rights score in Saint Lucia was 1.29 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.97 in 1990.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9106 in 2008.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Saint Lucia ranks 76th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.