Data for 1996

Physical Violence Index, 1996

Name: Physical Violence Index, 1996
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1996, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 1996 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.022. The middle country reads 0.699. Against 1995, 31 values changed (22 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 1996

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestAfghanistan

0.022

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

173countries
3measures per country
1996the 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, 1996, 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, 1996: 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
=13	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.977	3.951	3.681
=15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.975	3.917	3.742
=15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.975	3.929	3.706
17	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.974	3.953	3.615
18	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.971	3.970	3.477
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.969	3.930	3.636
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.963	3.860	3.650
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.962	3.758	3.783
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
24	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
=25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.955	3.899	3.468
=25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.955	3.898	3.448
=27	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.953	3.844	3.536
=27	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
=27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.953	3.894	3.418
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.949	3.942	3.199
31	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.948	3.930	3.243
32	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.945	3.855	3.424
33	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	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938	3.877	3.255
39	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.933	3.732	3.458
40	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
41	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.928	3.676	3.487
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.921	3.731	3.325
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.920	3.434	3.639
45	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.919	3.839	3.112
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.916	3.729	3.265
47	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.903	3.549	3.366
=48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.897	3.679	3.160
=48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
50	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.892	3.811	2.855
51	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.891	3.437	3.374
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.890	3.571	3.193
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	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.870	2.889	3.593
=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	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.843	3.350	3.051
=62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.843	3.340	3.058
64	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.839	3.328	3.054
65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.835	3.448	2.898
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.834	3.244	3.109
67	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.831	3.628	2.581
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.830	3.186	3.128
69	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
70	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
71	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.793	2.754	3.186
72	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.776	2.727	3.138
74	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.764	3.395	2.399
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.763	3.034	2.802
=76	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.759	2.784	2.981
=76	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.759	3.317	2.450
78	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.738	3.087	2.539
79	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.737	3.463	2.053
80	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.726	2.888	2.696
81	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.713	2.980	2.511
=82	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.711	2.536	2.874
=82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.711	3.087	2.395
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
86	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.702	3.062	2.337
87	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.699	3.339	1.958
88	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.690	2.631	2.663
=89	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.687	2.649	2.617
=89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.687	2.829	2.463
91	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
=92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.675	3.106	2.103
=92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.675	2.824	2.437
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.670	2.698	2.503
95	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.662	2.665	2.465
96	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658	2.947	2.164
97	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.657	2.941	2.132
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	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.607	2.632	2.125
102	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.588	2.621	2.023
103	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.575	2.314	2.226
=104	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.574	2.402	2.134
=104	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.574	2.515	2.040
106	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.565	2.814	1.662
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.553	2.912	1.473
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.549	2.730	1.631
109	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.547	2.648	1.707
110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.545	2.425	1.946
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	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.499	2.123	1.894
115	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.494	3.287	0.713
116	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.490	2.577	1.408
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	0.455	1.675	2.012
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.444	1.985	1.657
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.443	1.549	2.079
123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.440	2.609	1.067
124	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.437	2.799	0.905
=125	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.428	2.338	1.231
=125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.428	1.629	1.886
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.421	1.550	1.888
128	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.414	2.023	1.403
129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
130	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.392	2.176	1.168
131	Colombia`COL`South America	0.389	1.572	1.654
132	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
133	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.376	2.204	1.012
134	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.361	1.614	1.453
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.349	1.372	1.570
136	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.343	1.278	1.618
137	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.339	1.933	1.044
138	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.333	2.718	0.424
139	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.322	1.535	1.223
140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.314	1.752	0.993
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.280	1.458	1.003
143	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.263	1.426	0.942
144	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
145	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.256	1.003	1.248
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.248	1.062	1.143
147	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.234	1.180	0.911
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.224	1.121	0.901
=149	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.223	0.699	1.288
=149	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.223	1.270	0.764
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.221	1.380	0.658
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	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.135	0.607	0.607
=160	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.131	0.582	0.598
=160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.131	0.930	0.371
162	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
163	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.123	0.354	0.818
164	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.114	0.328	0.786
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.097	0.292	0.635
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.096	0.560	0.365
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094	0.680	0.259
169	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.092	0.859	0.175
170	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.091	0.513	0.341
171	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.057	0.363	0.175
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.022	0.072	0.099

02In 1996

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

173Afghanistan0.022
172North Korea0.030
171Iraq0.057
170Iran0.091
169Indonesia0.092

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.699. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Freedom from political killings (0–4)
HighestCosta Rica3.970
LowestAfghanistan0.072
Middle country: 2.947
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestAfghanistan0.099
Middle country: 2.443

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
31values changed, of 173 in both
22 · 9rose · fell
142unchanged

Rose most

Bosnia and Herzegovina0.521 → 0.759+0.238
Croatia0.654 → 0.843+0.189
Azerbaijan0.215 → 0.333+0.118
Georgia0.329 → 0.440+0.111
Serbia0.588 → 0.670+0.082

Fell most

Belarus0.717 → 0.437−0.280
Ukraine0.648 → 0.545−0.103
Nepal0.604 → 0.574−0.030
Slovakia0.900 → 0.870−0.030
Madagascar0.686 → 0.662−0.024

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 1996.
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.
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Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1996). Physical Violence Index, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/1996

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