Data for 1999

Physical Violence Index, 1999

Name: Physical Violence Index, 1999
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1999, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 1999 covers 175 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.022. The middle country reads 0.710. Against 1998, 33 values changed (19 up, 14 down), 1 country joined.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 1999

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestAfghanistan

0.022

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

175countries
3measures per country
1999the year it describes
154distinct 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, 1999, 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, 1999: 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	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.978	3.917	3.808
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
=14	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.977	3.951	3.681
=16	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.975	3.917	3.742
=16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.975	3.929	3.706
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.974	3.953	3.615
19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.971	3.970	3.477
20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.969	3.930	3.636
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
=22	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.963	3.860	3.650
=22	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.963	3.895	3.593
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.962	3.758	3.783
25	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
26	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.960	3.844	3.639
27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
=28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.955	3.899	3.468
=28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.955	3.898	3.448
=30	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
=30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.953	3.894	3.418
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.949	3.942	3.199
=33	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.948	3.676	3.681
=33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.948	3.930	3.243
=33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.948	3.729	3.638
=36	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.945	3.851	3.445
=36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.945	3.855	3.424
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
=39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.942	3.893	3.291
=39	United States`USA`Northern America	0.942	3.801	3.485
41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
42	Chile`CHL`South America	0.939	3.851	3.345
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938	3.877	3.255
44	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.933	3.732	3.458
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
46	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
47	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.921	3.731	3.325
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.920	3.434	3.639
49	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.919	3.839	3.112
50	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.913	3.571	3.427
51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.905	3.790	3.051
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.904	3.753	3.122
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.903	3.549	3.366
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.886	3.814	2.826
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.876	3.478	3.186
57	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
=58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.870	3.811	2.622
=58	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.870	3.473	3.168
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.866	3.256	3.344
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.394	3.091
62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
63	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.845	3.634	2.717
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.843	3.340	3.058
65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.835	3.448	2.898
66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.831	3.628	2.581
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.830	3.186	3.128
68	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.827	3.328	2.961
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.823	3.210	3.047
70	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
71	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
72	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.792	3.428	2.568
73	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.791	3.140	2.893
74	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
75	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
76	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.784	3.021	2.942
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.776	2.727	3.138
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.764	3.395	2.399
=79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.759	3.007	2.802
=79	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.759	3.317	2.450
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.751	3.264	2.480
82	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.739	3.428	2.164
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.738	3.087	2.539
84	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.737	3.463	2.053
85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.736	3.051	2.543
86	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.719	3.050	2.463
87	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.713	2.980	2.511
88	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
89	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.709	2.941	2.500
90	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
91	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.699	3.339	1.958
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.691	2.947	2.395
93	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.687	2.649	2.617
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.685	2.331	2.874
95	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
=96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.675	3.106	2.103
=96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.675	2.824	2.437
98	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.664	2.431	2.696
99	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.651	3.208	1.808
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.644	3.205	1.760
101	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.611	2.651	2.146
=102	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.600	2.591	2.134
=102	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.600	2.378	2.314
104	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.595	2.126	2.503
105	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.578	2.574	2.023
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.574	2.515	2.040
=107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.565	2.535	1.982
=107	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.565	2.814	1.662
109	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.553	2.912	1.473
110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.549	2.730	1.631
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.548	2.648	1.710
112	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.543	3.244	1.058
113	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.542	1.910	2.378
114	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.529	2.123	2.109
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.528	2.820	1.449
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.527	2.566	1.657
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.524	2.083	2.092
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.494	3.287	0.713
=119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.484	1.293	2.560
=119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
121	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.462	2.091	1.680
122	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.443	1.549	2.079
123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.440	2.609	1.067
124	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.428	2.338	1.231
125	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.426	1.962	1.549
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.425	1.927	1.583
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.421	1.550	1.888
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.416	1.506	1.920
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	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.387	2.058	1.223
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
134	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.376	2.204	1.012
135	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.374	1.560	1.570
136	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357	1.614	1.405
137	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.339	1.933	1.044
138	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.333	2.718	0.424
139	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.330	1.193	1.617
140	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.329	1.999	0.888
141	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.323	1.697	1.111
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.314	1.752	0.993
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.292	1.278	1.238
145	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.280	1.458	1.003
146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.273	1.418	1.009
147	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.271	1.016	1.354
148	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
149	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.236	0.621	1.483
=150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.223	0.699	1.288
=150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.223	1.270	0.764
152	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.222	0.984	0.977
153	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.215	0.513	1.498
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.206	0.903	0.954
155	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.184	1.003	0.717
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.178	0.607	0.999
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.174	1.076	0.551
=158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.173	0.952	0.634
=158	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.173	1.258	0.446
160	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.156	0.673	0.739
161	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.151	0.502	0.909
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.766	0.643
163	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.144	0.866	0.493
164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.141	1.065	0.349
165	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
166	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.114	0.328	0.786
167	Peru`PER`South America	0.109	0.562	0.428
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.108	0.836	0.259
169	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.099	0.487	0.432
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.096	0.560	0.365
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.083	0.930	0.104
173	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.057	0.363	0.175
174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.022	0.072	0.099

02In 1999

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

175Afghanistan0.022
174North Korea0.030
173Iraq0.057
172Turkmenistan0.083
171Sudan0.096

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.710. “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: 3.051
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestAfghanistan0.099
Middle country: 2.480

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
33values changed, of 174 in both
19 · 14rose · fell
141unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia0.131 → 0.751+0.620
Algeria0.414 → 0.736+0.322
Burkina Faso0.250 → 0.426+0.176
Mongolia0.798 → 0.904+0.106
Timor-Leste0.123 → 0.222+0.099

Fell most

Belarus0.618 → 0.156−0.462
Solomon Islands0.822 → 0.542−0.280
Eritrea0.256 → 0.184−0.072
Ukraine0.531 → 0.462−0.069
Niger0.726 → 0.664−0.062

+ Kosovo

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 1999.
154 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.948. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1999). Physical Violence Index, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/1999

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