Data for 2004

Physical Violence Index, 2004

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2004
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2004, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2004 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 0.770. Against 2003, 33 values changed (21 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2004

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
2004the year it describes
152distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: 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	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.933	3.595	3.639
=45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
=45	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.932	3.668	3.534
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.923	3.434	3.654
49	Chile`CHL`South America	0.922	3.748	3.345
50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.921	3.731	3.325
51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.919	3.839	3.112
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.909	3.814	3.088
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.907	3.674	3.282
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.906	3.753	3.154
55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.904	3.503	3.416
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	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.891	3.549	3.267
61	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.884	3.628	3.100
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	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.852	3.503	2.966
=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	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	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.789	3.536	2.408
=82	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
84	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
=85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.784	3.077	2.885
=85	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.784	3.021	2.942
87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.773	2.969	2.916
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.770	2.995	2.874
89	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.755	3.208	2.571
90	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.748	3.226	2.481
91	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.740	2.377	3.143
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.739	2.906	2.733
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.736	3.051	2.543
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.730	3.205	2.383
95	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.727	3.249	2.301
96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.723	2.984	2.556
97	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.717	3.463	1.903
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
=99	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.707	3.339	2.074
=99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.707	3.003	2.417
101	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.705	3.028	2.399
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.694	2.800	2.551
103	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
=104	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.678	2.752	2.511
=104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.678	3.395	1.739
106	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.677	2.899	2.334
107	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.668	3.520	1.475
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.666	3.370	1.687
109	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.651	3.208	1.808
110	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.641	2.651	2.330
111	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.626	3.291	1.528
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.617	2.342	2.467
113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.601	2.464	2.252
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.593	2.353	2.298
115	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.572	2.246	2.260
116	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.554	2.055	2.322
117	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.553	2.893	1.495
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.548	2.566	1.808
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.543	3.244	1.058
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.541	1.790	2.473
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.531	3.065	1.168
122	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.524	2.083	2.092
123	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.523	2.856	1.355
124	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.513	2.739	1.408
125	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.509	2.814	1.286
126	Colombia`COL`South America	0.502	1.702	2.291
127	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.499	2.679	1.370
128	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.491	1.946	2.026
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484	2.437	1.500
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.481	1.843	2.006
131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.479	2.086	1.798
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.476	2.675	1.231
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.475	2.284	1.570
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.463	1.639	2.089
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.455	2.297	1.439
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.445	1.987	1.665
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.437	2.718	0.966
138	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.436	2.073	1.533
139	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.424	1.827	1.669
140	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.403	1.831	1.534
141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
142	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.392	1.414	1.850
143	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
144	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.371	2.564	0.713
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357	1.614	1.405
146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.354	1.735	1.274
147	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.334	1.336	1.498
148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.333	1.293	1.515
149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.328	1.567	1.241
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.314	1.521	1.201
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.306	2.344	0.531
153	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.287	1.122	1.349
154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.282	1.321	1.150
=155	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.271	1.016	1.354
=155	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.271	1.396	0.993
157	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.265	1.165	1.151
158	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
159	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.238	1.417	0.764
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.206	0.903	0.954
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.189	0.776	0.932
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.187	1.013	0.702
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.179	1.154	0.528
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.174	1.076	0.551
165	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.173	1.258	0.446
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.150	0.766	0.643
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.142	0.854	0.493
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.141	1.065	0.349
169	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
170	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.106	0.328	0.680
171	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
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 2004

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
171Libya0.103

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.770. “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: 3.251
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestEritrea0.074
Middle country: 2.615

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
33values changed, of 175 in both
21 · 12rose · fell
142unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.135 → 0.755+0.620
Georgia0.440 → 0.626+0.186
Azerbaijan0.262 → 0.437+0.175
Mauritania0.528 → 0.666+0.138
Sudan0.096 → 0.189+0.093

Fell most

Bahrain0.695 → 0.513−0.182
Central African Republic0.484 → 0.333−0.151
Bangladesh0.457 → 0.314−0.143
Thailand0.541 → 0.424−0.117
Iraq0.504 → 0.392−0.112

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 2004.
152 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 (2004). Physical Violence Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2004

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