Data for 1995

Physical Violence Index, 1995

Name: Physical Violence Index, 1995
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1995, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 1995 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 0.687. Against 1994, 38 values changed (25 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 1995

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
1995the year it describes
155distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: 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	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.974	3.953	3.615
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.971	3.970	3.477
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.963	3.860	3.650
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	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.949	3.942	3.199
=27	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.948	3.917	3.284
=27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.948	3.930	3.243
29	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.945	3.855	3.424
=30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.944	3.930	3.192
=30	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
=32	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.942	3.893	3.291
=32	United States`USA`Northern America	0.942	3.801	3.485
34	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
35	Chile`CHL`South America	0.939	3.851	3.345
36	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938	3.877	3.255
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	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.922	3.642	3.468
42	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.921	3.731	3.325
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.920	3.434	3.639
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	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.890	3.571	3.193
54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.889	3.107	3.603
55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.886	3.814	2.826
56	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.874	3.538	3.122
58	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	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.821	3.365	2.898
67	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.804	2.962	3.128
69	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
70	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.793	2.754	3.186
71	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.776	2.727	3.138
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.764	3.395	2.399
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.763	3.034	2.802
75	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.738	3.087	2.539
76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.737	3.463	2.053
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.732	3.160	2.450
78	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.726	2.888	2.696
79	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.717	3.826	1.232
80	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.713	2.980	2.511
=81	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.711	2.536	2.874
=81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.711	3.087	2.395
83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
85	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.699	3.339	1.958
86	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.690	2.631	2.663
=87	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.687	2.649	2.617
=87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.687	2.829	2.463
89	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.686	2.819	2.465
90	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
=91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.675	3.106	2.103
=91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.675	2.824	2.437
93	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.673	2.867	2.337
94	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658	2.947	2.164
95	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.657	2.941	2.132
96	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.654	2.636	2.454
97	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.648	3.061	1.946
98	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.644	3.205	1.760
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.611	2.651	2.146
100	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.610	3.208	1.511
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.604	2.515	2.260
=102	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.588	2.621	2.023
=102	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.588	2.102	2.503
104	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.578	2.427	2.125
105	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.575	2.314	2.226
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.574	2.402	2.134
107	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.565	2.814	1.662
108	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.553	2.912	1.473
109	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.549	2.730	1.631
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.547	2.648	1.707
111	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.543	3.244	1.058
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.528	2.820	1.449
113	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.524	2.083	2.092
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.521	2.073	2.098
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	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.484	1.293	2.560
=118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.470	1.766	2.012
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.465	2.426	1.408
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.444	1.985	1.657
123	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.443	1.549	2.079
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.428	1.629	1.886
125	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.421	1.550	1.888
126	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.415	2.338	1.150
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.414	2.023	1.403
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
129	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.392	2.176	1.168
130	Colombia`COL`South America	0.389	1.572	1.654
131	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
132	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.376	2.204	1.012
133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.361	1.614	1.453
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.349	1.372	1.570
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.343	1.278	1.618
136	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.339	1.933	1.044
137	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.329	1.794	1.067
138	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.314	1.752	0.993
139	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
140	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.308	1.419	1.223
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.280	1.458	1.003
142	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.266	1.003	1.350
143	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.263	1.426	0.942
144	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
145	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.248	1.062	1.143
146	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.234	1.180	0.911
=147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.223	0.699	1.288
=147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.223	1.270	0.764
149	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.221	1.380	0.658
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.215	1.728	0.424
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.212	1.014	0.901
152	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.197	1.294	0.551
153	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.191	1.223	0.583
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.173	0.952	0.634
155	Peru`PER`South America	0.162	1.150	0.428
156	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.766	0.643
157	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.144	0.866	0.493
158	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.140	0.420	0.909
=159	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.131	0.582	0.598
=159	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.131	0.930	0.371
161	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
162	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.123	0.354	0.818
163	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.118	0.464	0.607
164	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.114	0.859	0.298
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.096	0.560	0.365
167	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094	0.680	0.259
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.091	0.513	0.341
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.090	0.180	0.786
=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 1995

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
169Laos0.090

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.687. “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: 2.962
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestNorth Korea0.145
Middle country: 2.437

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
38values changed, of 173 in both
25 · 13rose · fell
135unchanged

Rose most

South Africa0.318 → 0.804+0.486
Malawi0.092 → 0.421+0.329
Haiti0.505 → 0.793+0.288
Dominican Republic0.504 → 0.673+0.169
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.359 → 0.521+0.162

Fell most

Gambia0.366 → 0.191−0.175
Belarus0.804 → 0.717−0.087
Central African Republic0.563 → 0.484−0.079
Equatorial Guinea0.253 → 0.197−0.056
Nepal0.657 → 0.604−0.053

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 1995.
155 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.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1995). Physical Violence Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/1995

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