Data for 2002

Physical Violence Index, 2002

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2002
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2002, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2002 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 0.744. Against 2001, 42 values changed (19 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2002

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
2002the 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, 2002, 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, 2002: 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
=24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.962	3.924	3.502
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	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	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
46	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
47	Chile`CHL`South America	0.922	3.748	3.345
48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.921	3.731	3.325
49	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.920	3.434	3.639
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.919	3.839	3.112
51	United States`USA`Northern America	0.910	3.915	2.739
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.909	3.814	3.088
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.906	3.753	3.154
=54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.903	3.549	3.366
=54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.903	3.224	3.639
56	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.899	3.677	3.188
=57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
=57	Peru`PER`South America	0.897	3.789	2.995
59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.892	3.811	2.860
60	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.884	3.628	3.100
61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.882	3.674	3.022
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.877	3.776	2.796
63	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
64	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.866	3.256	3.344
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.859	3.428	3.103
66	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.853	3.586	2.898
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.394	3.091
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
=69	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.845	3.634	2.717
=69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.845	3.297	3.138
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.843	3.340	3.058
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.838	3.408	2.966
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	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.796	3.065	2.972
80	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
81	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
=82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.784	3.077	2.885
=82	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.784	3.021	2.942
84	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.770	2.995	2.874
85	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.760	2.969	2.830
86	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.759	3.317	2.450
87	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.748	3.226	2.481
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.744	3.285	2.399
89	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.741	3.001	2.683
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.736	3.051	2.543
91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.730	3.205	2.383
92	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.729	2.722	2.803
93	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.727	2.975	2.614
94	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.721	2.899	2.641
95	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.717	3.463	1.903
96	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
97	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
=98	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.707	3.339	2.074
=98	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.707	3.003	2.417
100	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.695	3.659	1.408
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.694	2.800	2.551
102	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.678	3.395	1.739
104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.668	3.520	1.475
105	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.658	2.591	2.511
106	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.654	3.178	1.891
107	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.651	3.208	1.808
108	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.641	2.651	2.330
109	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.600	2.614	2.095
110	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.593	2.353	2.298
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.579	2.051	2.467
112	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.572	2.246	2.260
=113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.557	1.920	2.473
=113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.557	2.814	1.601
115	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.554	2.055	2.322
116	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.553	2.893	1.495
117	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.548	2.566	1.808
118	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.543	3.244	1.058
119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.541	2.205	2.103
120	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.536	2.912	1.362
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.532	2.797	1.439
122	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.531	3.065	1.168
123	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.528	2.820	1.449
124	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.524	2.083	2.092
125	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.521	2.829	1.355
126	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.491	1.946	2.026
=127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.484	1.293	2.560
=127	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.483	2.413	1.533
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.481	1.843	2.006
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.475	2.284	1.570
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.457	1.640	2.058
133	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.445	1.987	1.665
134	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.440	2.609	1.067
135	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.430	2.348	1.231
136	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.416	1.617	1.798
137	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.413	0.955	2.426
138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.403	1.831	1.534
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
140	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.388	1.760	1.498
141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
142	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.371	2.564	0.713
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357	1.614	1.405
144	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.333	2.718	0.424
=145	Colombia`COL`South America	0.332	1.341	1.491
=145	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.332	1.508	1.331
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.292	1.567	1.012
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.287	1.122	1.349
150	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.282	1.321	1.150
=151	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.271	1.016	1.354
=151	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.271	1.396	0.993
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.269	2.344	0.352
154	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
155	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.238	1.417	0.764
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	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.173	1.258	0.446
161	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.170	0.864	0.702
162	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.159	0.824	0.634
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.766	0.643
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.142	0.854	0.493
165	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.141	1.065	0.349
166	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.106	0.328	0.680
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
169	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.096	0.560	0.365
170	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.085	0.371	0.432
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.083	0.930	0.104
172	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.080	0.186	0.625
173	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.055	0.262	0.228
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.054	0.591	0.074
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145

02In 2002

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
174Eritrea0.054
173Zimbabwe0.055
172Iraq0.080
171Turkmenistan0.083

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.744. “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: 3.208
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestEritrea0.074
Middle country: 2.615

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
42values changed, of 175 in both
19 · 23rose · fell
133unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone0.304 → 0.727+0.423
Afghanistan0.133 → 0.445+0.312
Solomon Islands0.467 → 0.729+0.262
Türkiye0.471 → 0.654+0.183
North Macedonia0.614 → 0.741+0.127

Fell most

Djibouti0.687 → 0.481−0.206
Madagascar0.617 → 0.413−0.204
Maldives0.494 → 0.371−0.123
Nepal0.490 → 0.403−0.087
Burundi0.244 → 0.170−0.074

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 2002.
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.
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Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2002). Physical Violence Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2002

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