Data for 2006

Physical Violence Index, 2006

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2006
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2006, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2006 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 2005, 49 values changed (27 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2006

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
2006the 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, 2006, 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, 2006: 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	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.986	3.940	3.883
=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
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.982	3.932	3.835
10	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.981	3.932	3.826
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.980	3.922	3.822
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	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.947	3.893	3.353
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.944	3.876	3.327
41	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
42	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938	3.877	3.255
=43	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
=43	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.932	3.668	3.534
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.929	3.855	3.187
46	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.927	3.781	3.325
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.410
=48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.923	3.434	3.654
=48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.923	3.930	2.855
50	Chile`CHL`South America	0.922	3.748	3.345
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.909	3.814	3.088
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.907	3.674	3.282
53	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.906	3.753	3.154
=54	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.899	3.677	3.188
=54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.899	3.410	3.470
=56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.897	3.610	3.246
=56	Peru`PER`South America	0.897	3.789	2.995
58	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.893	3.683	3.112
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	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.873	3.780	2.743
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.870	3.517	3.103
66	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.865	3.340	3.249
67	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.853	3.586	2.898
68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.394	3.091
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.848	3.256	3.230
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
=71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.845	3.634	2.717
=71	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.845	3.297	3.138
73	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.843	3.716	2.571
74	United States`USA`Northern America	0.839	3.852	2.215
75	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.830	3.186	3.128
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.826	3.428	2.864
77	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.822	3.313	2.939
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811	3.343	2.815
79	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.803	3.328	2.784
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.801	3.339	2.769
=81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.789	3.536	2.408
=81	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
=83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.788	3.605	2.319
=83	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.788	3.032	2.965
85	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.784	3.021	2.942
86	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.777	3.251	2.671
87	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.773	2.969	2.916
88	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.770	2.995	2.874
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.768	3.334	2.515
90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.764	2.827	2.990
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.748	3.226	2.481
92	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.747	3.354	2.337
93	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.743	2.906	2.776
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.730	3.205	2.383
95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.729	3.225	2.334
=96	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.727	2.909	2.661
=96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.727	3.249	2.301
98	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.724	3.005	2.556
=99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.723	3.065	2.491
=99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.723	3.077	2.464
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.718	2.895	2.633
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.717	3.463	1.903
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.710	3.177	2.274
=104	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.707	3.339	2.074
=104	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.707	3.003	2.417
106	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.705	3.028	2.399
107	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.694	2.800	2.551
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.678	3.395	1.739
110	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.668	3.520	1.475
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.617	2.342	2.467
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.616	2.669	2.153
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.609	3.291	1.412
114	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.608	2.790	1.981
115	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.599	2.609	2.108
116	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.595	2.587	2.119
=117	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.593	2.353	2.298
=117	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.593	3.104	1.514
119	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.589	2.948	1.676
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.588	2.113	2.496
121	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.582	2.246	2.352
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.580	2.566	2.003
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.562	2.102	2.322
124	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.561	3.313	1.058
125	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.507	2.795	1.286
126	Colombia`COL`South America	0.502	1.702	2.291
127	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.491	1.946	2.026
128	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.490	2.573	1.408
129	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.485	2.734	1.235
130	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.481	1.843	2.006
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.479	2.675	1.243
132	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.477	3.065	0.840
133	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.465	1.664	2.092
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	0.431	2.230	1.370
=136	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.431	1.830	1.722
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.423	1.932	1.570
139	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.419	1.936	1.533
140	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.417	2.564	0.946
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.404	2.588	0.877
142	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.395	1.735	1.550
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.393	1.795	1.491
144	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357	1.614	1.405
146	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.352	2.774	0.468
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.333	1.293	1.515
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.328	1.567	1.241
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.314	1.521	1.201
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.313	1.509	1.181
151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.286	1.321	1.184
152	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.279	1.190	1.252
=153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.271	1.016	1.354
=153	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.271	1.396	0.993
155	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.265	1.165	1.151
156	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.258	1.894	0.556
157	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.245	0.819	1.349
158	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.206	0.903	0.954
159	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.185	1.060	0.653
160	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.184	0.988	0.702
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	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.148	1.492	0.203
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.142	0.854	0.493
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.140	0.824	0.501
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.124	0.872	0.349
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.109	0.328	0.717
=170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
=170	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.103	0.169	0.966
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.096	1.144	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 2006

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
172Turkmenistan0.096
170Somaliashared0.103

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: 3.297
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestEritrea0.074
Middle country: 2.615

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
49values changed, of 175 in both
27 · 22rose · fell
126unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania0.666 → 0.788+0.122
Nepal0.479 → 0.595+0.116
Liberia0.755 → 0.843+0.088
Ukraine0.666 → 0.747+0.081
Togo0.327 → 0.404+0.077

Fell most

Fiji0.877 → 0.768−0.109
Mexico0.553 → 0.485−0.068
Sri Lanka0.524 → 0.465−0.059
Eswatini0.531 → 0.477−0.054
Iran0.234 → 0.185−0.049

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 2006.
144 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.986. 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 (2006). Physical Violence Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2006

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