Physical Integrity Rights Score in Yemen
Yemen: Physical Integrity Rights Score was -2.02 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Physical Integrity Rights Score in Yemen, 1946–2019
Source: Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2019, physical integrity rights score in Yemen stood at -2.02. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is down 15.4% on the previous year and down 59.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, physical integrity rights score in Yemen peaked at -0.2893 in 1951 and was at its lowest, -2.02, in 2019.
Yemen ranks 190th of 193 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.3969 | -0.4344 | -0.3577 | 4 |
| 1950s | -0.3851 | -0.706 | -0.2893 | 10 |
| 1960s | -1.62 | -1.84 | -0.8456 | 10 |
| 1970s | -0.9716 | -1.68 | -0.6209 | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.8112 | -0.9527 | -0.5487 | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.8074 | -0.9671 | -0.5759 | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.8478 | -1.26 | -0.6234 | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.59 | -2.02 | -1.24 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More social development data for Yemen
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 49,107 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 57,327 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 25,860 (2025)
- Asylum-seekers by country or territory of asylum 14,642 (2025)
- Forcibly displaced people 4.86 million (2025)
- Press freedom 0 (2016)
- Self-reported life satisfaction 3.53 (2025)
- Internally displaced people (IDP) by country or territory of asylum / 4.80 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is physical integrity rights score in Yemen?
- Physical integrity rights score in Yemen was -2.02 in 2019, according to Fariss et al. (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest physical integrity rights score recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2893 in 1951.
- What is the lowest physical integrity rights score recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.02 in 2019.
- How does Yemen rank for physical integrity rights score?
- Yemen ranks 190th out of 193 countries with data for 2019.
- Is physical integrity rights score rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.