Data for 2001

Physical Violence Index, 2001

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2001
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2001 covers 175 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; North Korea is lowest, at 0.030. The middle country reads 0.748. Against 2000, 42 values changed (21 up, 21 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2001

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestNorth Korea

0.030

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

175countries
3measures per country
2001the year it describes
151distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 11, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Physical Violence Index, 2001, 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, 2001: 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
=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	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.974	3.970	3.558
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
=21	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.963	3.895	3.593
=21	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.963	3.929	3.517
=24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.962	3.758	3.783
=24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.962	3.898	3.567
=26	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
=26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.961	3.917	3.502
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	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.945	3.855	3.424
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
42	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.942	3.732	3.579
43	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938	3.877	3.255
45	United States`USA`Northern America	0.936	3.915	3.110
46	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.923	3.677	3.445
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
=56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.903	3.224	3.639
=58	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
=58	Peru`PER`South America	0.897	3.789	2.995
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.892	3.811	2.860
61	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.884	3.628	3.100
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.882	3.674	3.022
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.877	3.776	2.796
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.866	3.256	3.344
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.853	3.586	2.898
=67	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.852	3.478	2.994
=67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.394	3.091
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
=70	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.845	3.634	2.717
=70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.845	3.297	3.138
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.843	3.340	3.058
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.830	3.186	3.128
74	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.827	3.328	2.961
75	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.826	3.428	2.864
76	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.822	3.313	2.939
77	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
78	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
79	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.792	3.428	2.568
80	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
81	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
82	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.784	3.021	2.942
83	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.770	2.995	2.874
84	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.764	3.395	2.399
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.759	3.317	2.450
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.755	3.140	2.641
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.750	3.077	2.673
88	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.748	3.226	2.481
89	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.736	3.051	2.543
90	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.734	2.969	2.649
91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.730	3.205	2.383
92	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.717	3.463	1.903
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.707	3.003	2.417
96	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.699	3.339	1.958
97	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.695	3.659	1.408
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.694	2.800	2.551
99	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.687	2.649	2.617
100	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.678	3.395	1.739
102	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.668	3.520	1.475
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.658	2.591	2.511
104	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.651	3.208	1.808
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.617	2.522	2.314
106	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.615	2.708	2.103
107	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.614	3.001	1.770
108	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.611	2.651	2.146
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.593	2.353	2.298
110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.589	2.880	1.755
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.579	2.051	2.467
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.557	2.814	1.601
=113	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.553	2.912	1.473
=113	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.553	2.893	1.495
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.548	2.566	1.808
116	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.543	3.244	1.058
117	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.537	2.483	1.814
118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.533	2.801	1.439
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.531	3.065	1.168
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.529	2.123	2.109
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.528	2.820	1.449
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.524	2.083	2.092
=123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.510	1.920	2.144
=123	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.510	2.413	1.708
125	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.507	2.246	1.840
126	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.494	3.287	0.713
127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.492	2.055	1.920
128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.490	2.141	1.824
=129	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.484	1.293	2.560
=129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.475	2.284	1.570
132	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.471	2.535	1.350
133	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.468	1.549	2.220
134	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.467	1.381	2.365
135	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.447	1.746	1.888
136	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.440	2.609	1.067
137	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.430	2.348	1.231
138	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
139	Colombia`COL`South America	0.389	1.572	1.654
140	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.388	1.760	1.498
141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357	1.614	1.405
143	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.333	2.718	0.424
144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
145	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.304	1.125	1.483
146	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.292	1.567	1.012
147	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.287	1.122	1.349
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.277	1.321	1.112
=149	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.271	1.016	1.354
=149	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.271	1.396	0.993
151	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
152	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.254	1.082	1.184
153	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.244	0.864	1.277
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.238	1.417	0.764
155	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.217	1.849	0.352
156	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.210	1.445	0.528
157	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.208	0.711	1.151
158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.206	0.903	0.954
159	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.174	1.076	0.551
=160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.173	0.952	0.634
=160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.173	1.258	0.446
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.766	0.643
163	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.142	0.854	0.493
164	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.141	1.065	0.349
165	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.133	0.352	0.910
166	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.114	0.328	0.786
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
169	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.099	0.487	0.432
170	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.096	0.560	0.365
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.083	0.930	0.104
172	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.055	0.262	0.228
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.054	0.591	0.074
174	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.042	0.186	0.175
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145

02In 2001

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

175North Korea0.030
174Iraq0.042
173Eritrea0.054
172Zimbabwe0.055
171Turkmenistan0.083

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.748. “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: 3.226
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestEritrea0.074
Middle country: 2.560

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
42values changed, of 175 in both
21 · 21rose · fell
133unchanged

Rose most

Peru0.159 → 0.897+0.738
Belarus0.308 → 0.668+0.360
Serbia0.649 → 0.903+0.254
Fiji0.728 → 0.877+0.149
Afghanistan0.022 → 0.133+0.111

Fell most

Eritrea0.165 → 0.054−0.111
Zimbabwe0.164 → 0.055−0.109
Uzbekistan0.310 → 0.217−0.093
North Macedonia0.691 → 0.614−0.077
Thailand0.675 → 0.615−0.060

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 2001.
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
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2001). Physical Violence Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2001

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