Data for 2010

Physical Violence Index, 2010

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2010
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2010, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2010 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 0.799. Against 2009, 97 values changed (60 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2010

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
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: 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	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
=12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.977	3.927	3.759
=12	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.977	3.951	3.681
=15	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.975	3.917	3.742
=15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.975	3.929	3.706
=17	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.973	3.893	3.770
=17	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.973	3.895	3.748
=19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.972	3.970	3.507
=19	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.972	3.889	3.742
=19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.972	3.829	3.822
22	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.971	3.929	3.653
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.969	3.930	3.636
=24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
=24	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.964	3.884	3.639
26	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.963	3.860	3.650
=27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.962	3.758	3.783
=27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.962	3.924	3.502
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
30	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.960	3.844	3.639
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.959	3.894	3.546
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
33	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.956	3.744	3.736
=34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.955	3.899	3.468
=34	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.955	3.898	3.448
36	United States`USA`Northern America	0.954	3.931	3.339
=37	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.953	3.942	3.294
=37	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.953	3.687	3.739
=37	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.952	3.930	3.302
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.950	3.851	3.504
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.949	3.807	3.567
43	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.948	3.876	3.391
=44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
=44	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.941	3.765	3.526
46	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938	3.877	3.255
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.936	3.663	3.581
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.933	3.872	3.192
=49	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
=49	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.932	3.668	3.534
51	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.406
52	Chile`CHL`South America	0.922	3.748	3.345
53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.921	3.836	3.112
54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.920	3.855	3.081
55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.908	3.695	3.250
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.907	3.674	3.282
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.906	3.751	3.154
58	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.901	3.423	3.477
59	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.899	3.677	3.188
60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.897	3.811	2.905
61	Peru`PER`South America	0.896	3.772	2.995
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.890	3.550	3.267
=63	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.884	3.628	3.100
=63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.884	3.823	2.760
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.881	3.517	3.198
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.878	3.673	2.966
=67	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.875	3.732	2.861
=67	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
69	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.868	3.610	2.981
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.863	3.373	3.209
71	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.861	3.453	3.091
72	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.856	3.329	3.188
73	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.853	3.580	2.898
74	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
75	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.844	3.488	2.937
76	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.840	3.191	3.198
77	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.837	3.695	2.571
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.832	3.186	3.147
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.830	3.340	2.966
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.826	3.328	2.964
81	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.817	3.083	3.120
82	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.815	3.249	2.966
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.806	3.339	2.801
84	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.805	3.288	2.858
85	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.804	3.336	2.779
86	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.802	3.618	2.388
87	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.800	3.386	2.706
88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.799	3.343	2.746
89	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.790	3.605	2.350
=90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.789	3.536	2.408
=90	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.786	3.019	2.978
93	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.779	3.355	2.588
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.767	3.003	2.853
95	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.764	3.467	2.318
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.753	3.500	2.136
97	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.730	3.048	2.556
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.729	3.177	2.407
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.727	2.909	2.661
100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.723	3.065	2.491
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.719	2.871	2.618
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.717	3.463	1.903
103	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.711	3.339	2.049
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.708	3.184	2.254
105	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.701	3.153	2.227
=106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.687	2.946	2.362
=106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.687	3.395	1.821
108	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.683	2.937	2.349
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.675	3.028	2.193
110	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.647	2.979	2.045
111	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.642	2.976	2.015
112	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.625	2.331	2.530
113	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.620	2.342	2.487
114	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.619	2.864	1.990
115	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.614	2.475	2.320
116	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.613	3.487	1.158
117	Colombia`COL`South America	0.611	2.084	2.637
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.598	2.398	2.307
119	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.595	3.478	1.058
120	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.593	3.104	1.514
121	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.585	2.566	2.063
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.580	2.566	2.003
=123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.571	2.020	2.451
=123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.571	3.290	1.164
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.566	2.101	2.341
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.553	2.937	1.449
127	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.543	2.319	2.007
128	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.526	2.834	1.370
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.506	2.346	1.774
130	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.501	1.654	2.322
131	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.497	2.746	1.289
132	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.479	1.711	2.148
133	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.463	2.675	1.142
=134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.458	1.843	1.878
=134	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.458	2.482	1.309
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.457	2.020	1.701
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.451	2.571	1.169
138	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.437	2.831	0.840
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.429	1.998	1.550
140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.428	1.932	1.617
141	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.427	1.906	1.617
142	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.405	2.421	1.022
143	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.382	2.774	0.600
144	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.377	1.296	1.835
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.361	1.953	1.151
146	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.357	1.184	1.813
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.340	1.729	1.181
148	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.337	1.331	1.515
149	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.325	1.383	1.415
150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.324	1.733	1.083
151	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.304	1.488	1.153
152	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.271	1.397	0.993
153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.270	1.023	1.339
154	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.268	1.169	1.187
155	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.265	1.328	1.021
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.258	1.202	1.080
157	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.254	1.857	0.556
158	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.219	1.022	0.949
159	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.206	0.903	0.954
160	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.184	1.658	0.294
161	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.180	1.317	0.446
162	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.179	1.154	0.528
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.169	0.940	0.643
164	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.168	0.542	0.987
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.163	1.492	0.261
=166	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.145	0.596	0.722
=166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.145	0.889	0.489
168	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.142	1.065	0.349
169	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.124	0.824	0.381
170	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.122	0.745	0.418
171	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.112	0.765	0.335
172	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.109	0.328	0.717
173	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.757	0.272
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.054	0.591	0.074
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145

02In 2010

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
173Libya0.103
172Laos0.109
171Iran0.112

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.799. “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: 3.340
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestEritrea0.074
Middle country: 2.663

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
97values changed, of 175 in both
60 · 37rose · fell
78unchanged

Rose most

Guinea0.290 → 0.543+0.253
Moldova0.652 → 0.875+0.223
Sri Lanka0.300 → 0.479+0.179
Myanmar0.149 → 0.304+0.155
Philippines0.493 → 0.598+0.105

Fell most

Ukraine0.769 → 0.642−0.127
Tajikistan0.340 → 0.265−0.075
Thailand0.416 → 0.357−0.059
Belarus0.668 → 0.613−0.055
Uganda0.379 → 0.324−0.055

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 2010.
151 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 (2010). Physical Violence Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2010

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