Safety from the State

The more detailed answer is that when we calculate our civil and political rights scores, the results could theoretically take on any value. Because there are not real limits on the scores that come out of our model, we sometimes end up with uncertainty bands that range beyond 10 or below 0. We still present those bands completely – and don’t just cut them off at 0 or 10 – to accurately show our level of certainty in the country's score.