Data for 2003

Physical Violence Index, 2003

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2003
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2003 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 0.760. Against 2002, 28 values changed (17 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2003

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
2003the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2003, 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, 2003: 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	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.953	3.676	3.749
=32	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
=34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.949	3.790	3.579
=34	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.949	3.942	3.199
=34	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.949	3.894	3.372
37	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.948	3.930	3.243
38	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.947	3.893	3.353
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.945	3.855	3.424
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.942	3.732	3.579
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938	3.877	3.255
=44	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
=44	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.932	3.668	3.534
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	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.909	3.814	3.088
52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.906	3.753	3.154
53	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.904	3.503	3.416
54	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.899	3.677	3.188
=55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
=55	Peru`PER`South America	0.897	3.789	2.995
=57	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.892	3.765	2.966
=57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.892	3.811	2.860
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.884	3.628	3.100
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.882	3.674	3.022
=61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.877	3.549	3.138
=61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.877	3.776	2.796
=63	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.875	2.882	3.639
=63	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.866	3.256	3.344
66	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.859	3.428	3.103
67	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.853	3.586	2.898
68	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	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.823	3.493	2.743
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.822	3.313	2.939
78	United States`USA`Northern America	0.819	3.915	1.709
79	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
81	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.792	3.251	2.785
82	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
=84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.784	3.077	2.885
=84	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.784	3.021	2.942
86	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.774	2.896	2.972
87	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.770	2.995	2.874
88	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.760	2.969	2.830
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.759	3.317	2.450
90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.748	3.226	2.481
91	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.736	3.051	2.543
92	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.730	3.205	2.383
93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.727	3.249	2.301
94	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.717	3.463	1.903
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.708	2.984	2.443
=97	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.707	3.339	2.074
=97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.707	3.003	2.417
99	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.705	3.028	2.399
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	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.678	2.752	2.511
=103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.678	3.395	1.739
105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.677	2.899	2.334
106	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.668	3.520	1.475
107	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.654	2.334	2.733
108	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.651	3.208	1.808
109	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.641	2.651	2.330
110	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.593	2.353	2.298
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.579	2.051	2.467
112	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.577	2.464	2.095
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.572	2.246	2.260
114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.564	1.960	2.473
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	0.533	2.791	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	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.509	2.814	1.286
127	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.504	2.022	2.051
128	Colombia`COL`South America	0.502	1.702	2.291
129	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.491	1.946	2.026
=130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.484	1.293	2.560
=130	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
132	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.481	1.843	2.006
133	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.476	2.675	1.231
134	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.475	2.284	1.570
135	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.463	1.639	2.089
136	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.457	1.640	2.058
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.445	1.987	1.665
138	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.440	2.609	1.067
139	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.436	2.073	1.533
140	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.416	1.617	1.798
141	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.403	1.831	1.534
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
143	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.388	1.760	1.498
144	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
145	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.371	2.564	0.713
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357	1.614	1.405
147	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.317	1.454	1.274
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
149	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.306	2.344	0.531
150	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.292	1.567	1.012
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.287	1.122	1.349
152	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.282	1.321	1.150
=153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.271	1.016	1.354
=153	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.271	1.396	0.993
155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.262	2.718	0.176
156	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
157	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.238	1.417	0.764
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.210	1.445	0.528
159	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.208	0.711	1.151
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.206	0.903	0.954
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.174	1.076	0.551
162	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.173	1.258	0.446
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.170	0.864	0.702
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	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.135	0.371	0.940
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.106	0.328	0.680
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.096	0.560	0.365
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.083	0.930	0.104
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 2003

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
172Turkmenistan0.083
171Sudan0.096

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.760. “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: 3.244
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestEritrea0.074
Middle country: 2.615

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
28values changed, of 175 in both
17 · 11rose · fell
147unchanged

Rose most

Iraq0.080 → 0.504+0.424
Madagascar0.413 → 0.654+0.241
Solomon Islands0.729 → 0.932+0.203
Colombia0.332 → 0.502+0.170
Angola0.159 → 0.317+0.158

Fell most

United States0.910 → 0.819−0.091
Azerbaijan0.333 → 0.262−0.071
Kyrgyzstan0.557 → 0.509−0.048
Russia0.483 → 0.436−0.047
Timor-Leste0.948 → 0.904−0.044

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 2003.
150 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 (2003). Physical Violence Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2003

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