Data for 1994

Physical Violence Index, 1994

Name: Physical Violence Index, 1994
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1994, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 1994 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 1993, 37 values changed (24 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 1994

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
1994the year it describes
151distinct 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, 1994, 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, 1994: 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
19	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.962	3.758	3.783
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
21	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.955	3.898	3.448
=23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.953	3.844	3.536
=23	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
=23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.953	3.894	3.418
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.950	3.851	3.468
27	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.949	3.942	3.199
=28	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.948	3.917	3.284
=28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.948	3.930	3.243
30	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.945	3.855	3.424
=31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.944	3.930	3.192
=31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
=33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.942	3.893	3.291
=33	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	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.934	3.494	3.681
38	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.928	3.676	3.487
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.921	3.731	3.325
=42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.920	3.434	3.639
=42	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.920	3.877	3.019
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.919	3.839	3.112
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.916	3.729	3.265
46	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.908	3.509	3.458
47	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.903	3.549	3.366
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.900	3.254	3.593
=49	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.897	3.679	3.160
=49	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
51	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.892	3.811	2.855
52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.891	3.437	3.374
53	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.889	3.107	3.603
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.886	3.814	2.826
55	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.874	3.538	3.122
=57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.870	3.571	3.008
=57	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.870	3.473	3.168
59	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.866	3.256	3.344
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.394	3.091
61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.845	3.634	2.717
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.843	3.340	3.058
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.839	3.328	3.054
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.834	3.244	3.109
65	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.831	3.628	2.581
66	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
67	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.804	3.791	2.003
68	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
69	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
70	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.782	3.365	2.584
71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.776	2.727	3.138
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	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
=77	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.711	3.087	2.395
79	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
=81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.699	2.940	2.450
=81	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.699	3.339	1.958
83	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.690	2.631	2.663
84	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.687	2.649	2.617
85	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.685	3.061	2.226
86	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
=87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.675	3.106	2.103
=87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.675	2.824	2.437
89	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.668	2.737	2.454
90	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.662	2.829	2.288
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658	2.947	2.164
=92	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.657	2.941	2.132
=92	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.657	2.688	2.436
94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.648	2.819	2.226
95	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.644	3.205	1.760
96	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.640	2.428	2.539
97	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.611	2.651	2.146
98	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.610	3.208	1.511
99	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.589	3.112	1.473
=100	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.588	2.621	2.023
=100	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.588	2.102	2.503
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	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.567	2.354	2.134
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.565	2.814	1.662
106	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.563	1.848	2.560
107	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.543	3.244	1.058
108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.540	2.623	1.707
109	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.528	2.820	1.449
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.524	2.083	2.092
=111	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.505	1.471	2.502
=111	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.505	2.042	2.012
113	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.504	1.660	2.337
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	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.485	2.873	1.108
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.466	2.420	1.408
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.444	1.985	1.657
121	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.443	1.549	2.079
122	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.428	1.629	1.886
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	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.392	2.176	1.168
127	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.376	2.204	1.012
128	Colombia`COL`South America	0.369	1.436	1.654
129	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.366	1.626	1.417
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.361	1.614	1.453
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.359	1.252	1.752
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.349	1.372	1.570
133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.343	1.278	1.618
134	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.339	1.933	1.044
135	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.318	1.454	1.270
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
=140	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.266	1.294	1.067
142	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
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	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.235	0.381	1.835
=146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.223	0.699	1.288
=146	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.223	1.270	0.764
148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.221	1.380	0.658
149	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.217	1.031	0.911
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.215	1.728	0.424
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	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.766	0.643
155	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.149	0.731	0.598
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.145	0.204	1.357
157	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.144	0.866	0.493
158	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.140	0.420	0.909
159	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	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.092	0.230	0.686
167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090	0.180	0.786
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.086	0.433	0.341
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 1994

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: 2.395

031993 → 1994

Since 1993

What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
37values changed, of 173 in both
24 · 13rose · fell
136unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia0.131 → 0.349+0.218
Ghana0.732 → 0.928+0.196
Sri Lanka0.359 → 0.524+0.165
South Africa0.184 → 0.318+0.134
Mozambique0.550 → 0.644+0.094

Fell most

Gambia0.848 → 0.366−0.482
Azerbaijan0.561 → 0.215−0.346
Yemen0.348 → 0.235−0.113
Dominican Republic0.602 → 0.504−0.098
Rwanda0.215 → 0.145−0.070

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 1994.
151 distinct values among 173
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 173 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1994). Physical Violence Index, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/1994

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