Data for 1993

Physical Violence Index, 1993

Name: Physical Violence Index, 1993
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1993, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 1993 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; North Korea is lowest, at 0.030. The middle country reads 0.675. Against 1992, 35 values changed (25 up, 10 down), 1 country joined.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 1993

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestNorth Korea

0.030

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

173countries
3measures per country
1993the year it describes
152distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Physical Violence Index, 1993, 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, 1993: 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	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.963	3.953	3.408
=17	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.963	3.852	3.681
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.962	3.758	3.783
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
22	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.955	3.898	3.448
=24	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.953	3.844	3.536
=24	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
=24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.953	3.894	3.418
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.950	3.851	3.468
28	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.949	3.942	3.199
=29	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.948	3.917	3.284
=29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.948	3.930	3.243
31	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.945	3.855	3.424
=32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.944	3.930	3.192
=32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
=34	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.942	3.893	3.291
=34	United States`USA`Northern America	0.942	3.801	3.485
36	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
37	Chile`CHL`South America	0.939	3.851	3.345
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.928	3.565	3.593
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
40	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.920	3.434	3.639
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.919	3.839	3.112
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.916	3.729	3.265
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.908	3.509	3.458
44	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.903	3.549	3.366
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.901	3.567	3.325
46	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.899	3.877	2.761
=47	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.897	3.679	3.160
=47	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
49	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.892	3.811	2.855
50	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.891	3.437	3.374
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.886	3.814	2.826
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.874	3.538	3.122
=54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.870	3.571	3.008
=54	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.870	3.473	3.168
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.868	3.509	3.112
57	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.866	3.256	3.344
58	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.394	3.091
59	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.848	3.689	2.631
60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.845	3.634	2.717
61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.843	3.340	3.058
62	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.839	3.328	3.054
63	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.834	3.878	2.003
64	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.831	3.628	2.581
65	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.827	2.794	3.400
66	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
67	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.808	3.244	2.906
68	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
69	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
=70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.776	2.727	3.138
=70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.776	3.365	2.541
72	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.764	3.395	2.399
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.763	3.034	2.802
74	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.737	3.463	2.053
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.732	3.326	2.246
76	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.726	2.888	2.696
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.713	2.980	2.511
78	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.711	2.536	2.874
79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
81	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.699	3.339	1.958
82	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.694	2.718	2.617
83	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.690	2.631	2.663
84	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.685	3.061	2.226
85	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
=86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.675	3.106	2.103
=86	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.675	2.824	2.437
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.669	2.625	2.531
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.662	2.829	2.288
90	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658	2.947	2.164
=91	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.657	2.941	2.132
=91	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.657	2.688	2.436
=91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.657	3.069	2.014
94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.648	2.819	2.226
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.640	2.428	2.539
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.618	2.378	2.450
97	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.611	2.651	2.146
98	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.610	3.208	1.511
99	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.602	2.386	2.337
100	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.589	3.112	1.473
101	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.588	2.621	2.023
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.578	2.427	2.125
103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.575	2.314	2.226
104	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.561	2.991	1.424
105	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.550	2.939	1.422
106	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.547	2.657	1.707
107	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.545	2.814	1.526
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.544	2.354	1.994
109	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.543	3.244	1.058
110	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.542	1.991	2.294
111	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.538	1.848	2.401
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.528	2.820	1.449
113	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.505	2.042	2.012
114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.502	2.410	1.631
115	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.499	2.123	1.894
116	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.494	3.287	0.713
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.477	1.436	2.386
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.464	2.411	1.408
120	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.454	2.476	1.296
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.444	1.985	1.657
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.443	1.549	2.079
123	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.415	2.338	1.150
124	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.414	2.023	1.403
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
126	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.393	2.370	1.012
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.392	2.176	1.168
128	Colombia`COL`South America	0.369	1.436	1.654
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.361	1.614	1.453
=130	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.359	1.252	1.752
=130	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.359	0.915	2.092
132	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.351	1.629	1.338
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.348	1.191	1.731
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.343	1.278	1.618
135	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.339	1.933	1.044
136	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.314	1.752	0.993
137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
138	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.308	1.419	1.223
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.280	1.458	1.003
140	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.266	1.003	1.350
141	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
142	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.254	1.189	1.067
143	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.253	1.294	0.937
144	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.248	1.062	1.143
=145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.223	0.699	1.288
=145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.223	1.270	0.764
147	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.221	1.380	0.658
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.215	0.486	1.515
149	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.211	1.031	0.879
150	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.184	0.780	0.909
151	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.173	0.952	0.634
152	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.169	0.787	0.757
153	Peru`PER`South America	0.162	1.150	0.428
154	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.161	0.731	0.730
155	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.766	0.643
156	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.144	0.866	0.493
157	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.140	0.420	0.909
=158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.131	0.544	0.658
=158	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.131	0.930	0.371
160	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
161	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.120	0.924	0.298
162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.096	0.560	0.365
164	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.095	0.404	0.468
165	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094	0.680	0.259
166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090	0.180	0.786
167	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.086	0.433	0.341
168	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.082	0.230	0.557
169	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.076	0.354	0.350
=170	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.057	0.363	0.175
=170	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.057	0.292	0.220
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.045	0.179	0.211
173	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145

02In 1993

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

173North Korea0.030
172Afghanistan0.045
170Sierra Leoneshared0.057
170Iraqshared0.057
169Timor-Leste0.076

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.675. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Freedom from political killings (0–4)
HighestCosta Rica3.970
LowestNorth Korea0.107
Middle country: 2.941
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestNorth Korea0.145
Middle country: 2.337

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
35values changed, of 172 in both
25 · 10rose · fell
137unchanged

Rose most

Thailand0.207 → 0.675+0.468
Guinea-Bissau0.138 → 0.351+0.213
Croatia0.523 → 0.669+0.146
Cameroon0.446 → 0.547+0.101
Lesotho0.572 → 0.662+0.090

Fell most

Peru0.336 → 0.162−0.174
Central African Republic0.682 → 0.538−0.144
Armenia0.562 → 0.464−0.098
Uzbekistan0.517 → 0.454−0.063
Ukraine0.747 → 0.685−0.062

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
152 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.963. 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 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1993). Physical Violence Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/1993

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