Data for 2000

Physical Violence Index, 2000

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2000
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2000 covers 175 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.022. The middle country reads 0.728. Against 1999, 64 values changed (45 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2000

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
2000the 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, 2000, 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, 2000: 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	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.978	3.953	3.724
=13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.978	3.917	3.808
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
=15	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.977	3.951	3.681
=17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.975	3.917	3.742
=17	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.975	3.929	3.706
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
=22	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.963	3.929	3.517
=25	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.962	3.758	3.783
=25	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.962	3.898	3.567
27	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
28	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.960	3.844	3.639
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
=30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.955	3.899	3.468
=30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.955	3.898	3.448
32	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
=33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.949	3.790	3.579
=33	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.949	3.942	3.199
=33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.949	3.894	3.372
=36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.948	3.676	3.681
=36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.948	3.930	3.243
=36	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.948	3.503	3.813
39	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.947	3.893	3.353
=40	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.945	3.851	3.445
=40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.945	3.855	3.424
42	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
=43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.942	3.732	3.579
=43	United States`USA`Northern America	0.942	3.801	3.485
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
46	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938	3.877	3.255
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
49	Chile`CHL`South America	0.922	3.748	3.345
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.921	3.731	3.325
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.920	3.434	3.639
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.919	3.839	3.112
53	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.909	3.814	3.088
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.906	3.753	3.154
55	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.904	3.654	3.252
56	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.903	3.549	3.366
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
58	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.884	3.628	3.100
59	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.882	3.674	3.022
60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.876	3.478	3.186
61	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.870	3.811	2.622
63	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.866	3.256	3.344
64	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.853	3.586	2.898
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.394	3.091
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
=67	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.845	3.634	2.717
=67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.845	3.297	3.138
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.843	3.340	3.058
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.830	3.186	3.128
71	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.827	3.328	2.961
72	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.822	3.313	2.939
73	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
74	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
75	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.792	3.428	2.568
76	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
77	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
78	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.784	3.021	2.942
79	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.780	3.140	2.813
80	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.770	2.995	2.874
81	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.764	3.395	2.399
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.759	3.317	2.450
83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.750	3.077	2.673
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.739	3.428	2.164
85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.736	3.051	2.543
86	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.734	2.969	2.649
87	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.730	3.205	2.383
88	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.728	2.908	2.669
89	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.717	3.463	1.903
=90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
=90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.710	2.899	2.539
92	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
93	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.699	3.339	1.958
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.694	2.800	2.551
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.691	2.947	2.395
96	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.687	2.649	2.617
97	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
98	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.678	3.395	1.739
=99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.675	3.106	2.103
=99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.675	2.824	2.437
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.651	3.208	1.808
102	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.649	1.820	3.044
103	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.641	3.659	1.044
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.617	2.522	2.314
105	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.611	2.651	2.146
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.600	2.591	2.134
107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.593	2.353	2.298
=108	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.579	2.827	1.755
=108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.579	2.051	2.467
110	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.575	2.893	1.631
111	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.565	2.814	1.662
112	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.563	2.626	1.840
113	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.553	2.912	1.473
114	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.548	2.566	1.808
115	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.543	3.244	1.058
116	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.541	2.515	1.824
117	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.531	3.065	1.168
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.529	2.123	2.109
119	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.528	2.820	1.449
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.526	2.238	1.982
121	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.525	2.516	1.708
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.524	2.083	2.092
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.494	3.287	0.713
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.486	2.166	1.814
=125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.484	1.293	2.560
=125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.478	1.910	1.948
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.468	1.549	2.220
129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.460	2.801	0.993
130	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.453	2.535	1.223
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.447	1.738	1.920
132	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.440	2.609	1.067
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.432	2.001	1.570
134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.428	2.338	1.231
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.421	1.550	1.888
136	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
137	Colombia`COL`South America	0.389	1.572	1.654
138	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.388	1.760	1.498
139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357	1.614	1.405
141	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.339	1.278	1.600
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.333	2.718	0.424
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.314	1.752	0.993
144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
145	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.310	1.849	0.888
=146	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.308	1.338	1.301
=146	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.308	1.555	1.112
148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.304	1.125	1.483
149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.288	1.567	0.965
150	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.283	0.864	1.582
151	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.271	1.016	1.354
152	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.254	1.082	1.184
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.238	1.417	0.764
155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.210	1.445	0.528
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.208	0.711	1.151
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.206	0.903	0.954
158	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.174	1.076	0.551
=159	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.173	0.952	0.634
=159	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.173	1.258	0.446
161	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.165	1.003	0.558
162	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.164	0.875	0.657
163	Peru`PER`South America	0.159	1.129	0.428
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.766	0.643
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.142	0.854	0.493
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.141	1.065	0.349
167	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.114	0.328	0.786
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	0.042	0.186	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 2000

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
173Iraq0.042
172Turkmenistan0.083
171Sudan0.096

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.728. “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: 3.177
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestAfghanistan0.099
Middle country: 2.543

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
64values changed, of 175 in both
45 · 19rose · fell
111unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste0.222 → 0.948+0.726
Morocco0.376 → 0.678+0.302
Bahrain0.339 → 0.641+0.302
Guatemala0.330 → 0.579+0.249
Iran0.215 → 0.388+0.173

Fell most

Fiji0.913 → 0.728−0.185
Guyana0.713 → 0.563−0.150
Zimbabwe0.280 → 0.164−0.116
Solomon Islands0.542 → 0.478−0.064
Russia0.578 → 0.525−0.053

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 2000.
151 distinct values among 175
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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2000). Physical Violence Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2000

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