Data for 2005

Physical Violence Index, 2005

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2005
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2005, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2005 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 0.755. Against 2004, 39 values changed (21 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2005

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
2005the year it describes
144distinct 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, 2005, 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, 2005: 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
12	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.978	3.953	3.724
=13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
=13	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.977	3.927	3.759
=13	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	0.972	3.970	3.507
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.969	3.930	3.636
=20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
=20	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.964	3.884	3.639
=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
=25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.962	3.924	3.502
28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
29	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.960	3.844	3.639
30	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
=31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.955	3.899	3.468
=31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.955	3.898	3.448
=33	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.953	3.676	3.749
=33	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.953	3.687	3.739
=33	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
=36	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.949	3.790	3.579
=36	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.949	3.942	3.199
=36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.949	3.894	3.372
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.948	3.930	3.243
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.947	3.893	3.353
41	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
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	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.929	3.855	3.187
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	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.879	3.683	2.966
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.877	3.776	2.796
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.873	3.780	2.743
=66	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.866	3.256	3.344
=66	United States`USA`Northern America	0.866	3.915	2.215
68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.859	3.428	3.103
69	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.853	3.586	2.898
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.394	3.091
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
=72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.845	3.634	2.717
=72	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.845	3.297	3.138
74	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.843	3.340	3.058
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.830	3.186	3.128
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.827	3.328	2.961
77	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.826	3.428	2.864
78	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.822	3.313	2.939
79	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.799	3.339	2.731
=81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.789	3.536	2.408
=81	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
84	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.784	3.021	2.942
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.777	3.251	2.671
86	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.773	2.969	2.916
87	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.770	2.995	2.874
88	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.755	3.208	2.571
89	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.748	3.226	2.481
90	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.743	2.906	2.776
91	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.736	2.582	2.990
92	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.730	3.205	2.383
=93	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.727	2.909	2.661
=93	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.727	3.249	2.301
=95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.723	3.065	2.491
=95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.723	2.984	2.556
=97	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.717	3.077	2.428
=97	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.717	3.463	1.903
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
=100	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.707	3.339	2.074
=100	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.707	3.003	2.417
102	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.705	3.028	2.399
103	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.694	2.800	2.551
104	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
=105	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.678	2.752	2.511
=105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.678	3.395	1.739
107	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.677	2.899	2.334
108	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.668	3.520	1.475
=109	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.666	3.370	1.687
=109	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.666	2.848	2.337
111	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.626	3.291	1.528
112	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.617	2.342	2.467
113	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.604	2.790	1.959
114	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.599	2.609	2.108
=115	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.593	2.353	2.298
=115	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.593	3.104	1.514
117	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.589	2.948	1.676
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.584	2.630	1.966
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.582	2.093	2.473
120	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.580	2.566	2.003
121	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.572	2.246	2.260
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.561	3.313	1.058
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.554	2.055	2.322
124	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.553	2.893	1.495
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.531	3.065	1.168
126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.524	2.083	2.092
127	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.509	2.814	1.286
128	Colombia`COL`South America	0.502	1.702	2.291
129	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.491	1.946	2.026
130	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.490	2.573	1.408
131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.481	1.843	2.006
=132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.479	2.675	1.243
=132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.479	2.366	1.534
134	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.454	1.605	2.089
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.445	1.987	1.665
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.438	2.265	1.370
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.436	2.073	1.533
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.423	1.932	1.570
139	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.417	2.564	0.946
140	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.414	1.757	1.669
=141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.395	1.735	1.550
=141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.395	1.795	1.496
143	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.385	2.361	0.966
144	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357	1.614	1.405
146	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.333	1.293	1.515
147	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.328	1.567	1.241
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.327	2.202	0.764
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.314	1.521	1.201
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.311	1.504	1.181
151	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.309	1.414	1.252
152	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.287	1.122	1.349
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.282	1.321	1.150
=154	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.271	1.016	1.354
=154	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.271	1.396	0.993
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.265	1.165	1.151
157	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
158	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.234	1.306	0.801
159	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.209	1.230	0.702
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.206	0.903	0.954
161	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.179	1.154	0.528
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.174	1.076	0.551
163	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.173	1.258	0.446
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	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.136	0.776	0.501
168	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.130	0.310	0.966
169	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.107	0.954	0.203
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 2005

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 0.755. “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: 3.256
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestEritrea0.074
Middle country: 2.615

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
39values changed, of 175 in both
21 · 18rose · fell
136unchanged

Rose most

Armenia0.455 → 0.599+0.144
Malawi0.479 → 0.604+0.125
Lebanon0.484 → 0.584+0.100
Togo0.238 → 0.327+0.089
Brazil0.641 → 0.727+0.086

Fell most

Uzbekistan0.306 → 0.107−0.199
Iran0.334 → 0.234−0.100
Iraq0.392 → 0.309−0.083
Indonesia0.784 → 0.717−0.067
Kazakhstan0.499 → 0.438−0.061

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 2005.
144 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.977. 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 (2005). Physical Violence Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2005

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