Data for 1992

Physical Violence Index, 1992

Name: Physical Violence Index, 1992
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 1992 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; North Korea is lowest, at 0.030. The middle country reads 0.660. Against 1991, 56 values changed (42 up, 14 down), 1 country joined.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 1992

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestNorth Korea

0.030

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

172countries
3measures per country
1992the year it describes
152distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Physical Violence Index, 1992, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Physical Violence Index, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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=1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.989	3.940	3.929
=1	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.989	3.955	3.919
=3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.988	3.954	3.901
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.988	3.953	3.896
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.987	3.935	3.912
=6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.986	3.954	3.858
=6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.986	3.947	3.888
8	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.982	3.932	3.835
9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.981	3.932	3.826
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.980	3.922	3.822
=11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.979	3.940	3.771
=11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.979	3.927	3.795
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.975	3.929	3.706
15	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.971	3.970	3.477
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
=17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.963	3.860	3.650
=17	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.963	3.852	3.681
=19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.962	3.758	3.783
=19	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.962	3.893	3.588
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
22	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.959	3.953	3.333
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.955	3.898	3.448
=25	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.953	3.844	3.536
=25	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
=25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.953	3.894	3.418
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.950	3.851	3.468
29	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.949	3.942	3.199
=30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.948	3.917	3.284
=30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.948	3.930	3.243
=32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.944	3.930	3.192
=32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
34	United States`USA`Northern America	0.942	3.801	3.485
35	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
36	Chile`CHL`South America	0.939	3.851	3.345
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.920	3.434	3.639
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.919	3.839	3.112
40	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.908	3.509	3.458
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.903	3.549	3.366
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.901	3.567	3.325
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.899	3.877	2.761
=44	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.897	3.679	3.160
=44	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
46	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.892	3.811	2.855
=47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.891	3.649	3.160
=47	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.891	3.437	3.374
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.886	3.814	2.826
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.874	3.538	3.122
=52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.870	3.571	3.008
=52	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.870	3.473	3.168
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.868	3.509	3.112
55	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.866	3.256	3.344
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.856	3.571	2.918
57	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.394	3.091
58	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.848	3.689	2.631
59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.845	3.634	2.717
60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.843	3.340	3.058
61	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.839	3.328	3.054
62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.834	3.878	2.003
63	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.827	2.794	3.400
64	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.808	3.244	2.906
66	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
67	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
68	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.783	3.679	2.053
=69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.776	2.727	3.138
=69	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.776	3.365	2.541
71	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.775	3.628	2.111
72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.763	3.034	2.802
73	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.747	3.419	2.226
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.745	3.293	2.399
75	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.726	2.888	2.696
76	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.713	2.980	2.511
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.711	2.536	2.874
78	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
79	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
80	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.699	3.339	1.958
81	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.690	2.631	2.663
82	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
83	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.682	2.035	3.089
84	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.675	2.824	2.437
85	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.665	3.002	2.120
86	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.662	2.718	2.417
87	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658	2.947	2.164
=88	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.657	2.941	2.132
=88	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.657	2.688	2.436
=88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.657	3.069	2.014
91	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.648	2.819	2.226
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.640	2.428	2.539
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.611	2.651	2.146
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.610	3.208	1.511
95	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.602	2.386	2.337
96	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.589	3.112	1.473
97	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.588	2.621	2.023
98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.578	2.427	2.125
99	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.575	2.314	2.226
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.572	2.470	2.044
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.562	2.648	1.824
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.550	2.939	1.422
103	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.546	2.991	1.333
104	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.545	2.814	1.526
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.544	2.354	1.994
106	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.543	3.244	1.058
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.542	1.991	2.294
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.537	1.885	2.350
109	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.523	1.904	2.256
110	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.517	2.786	1.371
111	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.505	2.042	2.012
112	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.502	2.410	1.631
113	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.494	3.287	0.713
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
115	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.481	2.070	1.821
116	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.477	1.436	2.386
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.460	2.389	1.449
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.446	2.657	1.061
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.444	1.985	1.657
120	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.443	1.549	2.079
121	Colombia`COL`South America	0.418	1.436	2.001
122	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.415	2.338	1.150
123	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.414	2.023	1.403
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.392	2.176	1.168
=126	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.359	1.252	1.752
=126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.359	0.915	2.092
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.348	1.191	1.731
129	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.344	1.952	1.012
130	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.339	1.933	1.044
131	Peru`PER`South America	0.336	1.739	1.163
132	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.327	1.343	1.453
133	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.314	1.752	0.993
134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.308	1.419	1.223
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.289	1.278	1.237
137	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.280	1.458	1.003
138	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.266	1.003	1.350
139	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.265	0.820	1.515
140	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
141	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.254	1.189	1.067
142	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.248	1.062	1.143
143	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.229	0.985	1.030
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.223	1.270	0.764
145	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.221	1.380	0.658
146	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.207	0.407	1.581
147	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.203	0.892	0.937
148	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.202	1.031	0.836
149	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.184	0.780	0.909
150	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.169	0.787	0.757
151	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.161	0.731	0.730
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.158	0.616	0.820
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.766	0.643
154	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.144	0.866	0.493
155	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.138	0.837	0.463
=156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.131	0.544	0.658
=156	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.131	0.930	0.371
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
159	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.120	0.924	0.298
160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.096	0.560	0.365
=162	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.095	0.404	0.468
=162	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.095	0.203	0.785
164	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090	0.180	0.786
165	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.086	0.433	0.341
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.079	0.502	0.259
167	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.076	0.354	0.350
=168	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.057	0.363	0.175
=168	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.057	0.292	0.220
170	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.045	0.179	0.211
171	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.038	0.083	0.271
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Icelandshared0.989
1Swedenshared0.989
3Denmarkshared0.988
3Norwayshared0.988
5Finland0.987

Lowest

172North Korea0.030
171Malawi0.038
170Afghanistan0.045
168Sierra Leoneshared0.057
168Iraqshared0.057

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.660. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Freedom from political killings (0–4)
HighestCosta Rica3.970
LowestMalawi0.083
Middle country: 2.938
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestNorth Korea0.145
Middle country: 2.265

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
56values changed, of 171 in both
42 · 14rose · fell
115unchanged

Rose most

El Salvador0.181 → 0.537+0.356
Madagascar0.384 → 0.648+0.264
Mali0.474 → 0.711+0.237
Mauritania0.250 → 0.460+0.210
Sri Lanka0.202 → 0.359+0.157

Fell most

Tajikistan0.446 → 0.169−0.277
Thailand0.350 → 0.207−0.143
Turkmenistan0.265 → 0.131−0.134
Haiti0.585 → 0.477−0.108
Indonesia0.215 → 0.120−0.095

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
152 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.953. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1992). Physical Violence Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/1992

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