Data for 2011

Physical Violence Index, 2011

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2011
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2011 covers 176 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; North Korea is lowest, at 0.030. The middle country reads 0.790. Against 2010, 53 values changed (27 up, 26 down), 1 country joined.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2011

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestNorth Korea

0.030

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

176countries
3measures per country
2011the year it describes
153distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: 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
21	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.971	3.929	3.653
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.969	3.930	3.636
=23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
=23	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.964	3.884	3.639
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.963	3.860	3.650
=26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.962	3.758	3.783
=26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.962	3.924	3.502
28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
=29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.960	3.680	3.822
=29	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	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.932	3.855	3.224
=49	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.932	3.806	3.352
=49	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.932	3.668	3.534
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.926	3.717	3.406
53	Chile`CHL`South America	0.922	3.748	3.345
54	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.921	3.836	3.112
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	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.897	3.811	2.905
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.896	3.652	3.188
61	Peru`PER`South America	0.892	3.742	2.995
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.890	3.550	3.267
63	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.884	3.628	3.100
64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.881	3.517	3.198
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.878	3.673	2.966
=66	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.875	3.732	2.861
=66	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.875	3.528	3.125
68	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.868	3.610	2.981
69	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.867	3.790	2.660
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	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.837	3.695	2.571
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.832	3.186	3.147
78	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.830	3.340	2.966
79	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.822	3.288	2.964
80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.817	3.083	3.120
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.815	3.249	2.949
82	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.811	3.339	2.845
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.805	3.288	2.858
=84	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.804	3.111	3.010
=84	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	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.790	3.605	2.350
=88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.790	3.280	2.746
=90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.789	3.536	2.408
=90	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.789	3.334	2.663
92	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.779	3.355	2.588
93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.767	3.003	2.853
94	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.764	3.467	2.318
95	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.763	3.019	2.803
96	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.753	3.500	2.136
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.739	3.171	2.491
98	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.730	3.048	2.556
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.729	3.177	2.407
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.727	2.909	2.661
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.719	2.871	2.618
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.717	3.463	1.903
103	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.713	3.203	2.254
104	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.701	3.153	2.227
105	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.696	2.994	2.362
106	Colombia`COL`South America	0.691	2.432	2.837
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.687	3.395	1.821
108	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.685	3.234	2.015
109	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.675	3.028	2.193
110	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.665	2.889	2.265
111	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.656	3.540	1.386
112	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.647	2.979	2.045
113	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.642	2.443	2.530
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.631	2.423	2.491
115	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.629	3.293	1.561
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.620	2.342	2.487
117	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.614	2.475	2.320
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.610	2.398	2.375
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.608	3.303	1.381
120	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.604	2.934	1.791
121	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.593	3.104	1.514
122	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.590	2.585	2.063
123	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.585	2.093	2.482
124	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.584	3.419	1.058
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.580	2.566	2.003
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.554	2.949	1.449
127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.551	2.010	2.341
128	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.547	3.159	1.164
129	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.522	2.319	1.847
130	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.515	2.779	1.370
131	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.509	2.115	1.971
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.506	2.346	1.774
133	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.501	1.654	2.322
134	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.497	2.746	1.289
135	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.487	3.174	0.795
136	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.479	1.711	2.148
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.458	1.843	1.878
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.451	2.571	1.169
139	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.449	1.975	1.701
140	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.448	2.589	1.131
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.429	1.998	1.550
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.428	1.932	1.617
143	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.423	1.906	1.600
144	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.410	1.780	1.617
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.361	1.953	1.151
146	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.353	2.774	0.469
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	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.334	1.424	1.414
150	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.325	1.383	1.415
151	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.321	1.158	1.570
152	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.308	1.707	0.992
153	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.275	1.169	1.245
154	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.273	1.045	1.339
=155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.271	1.202	1.181
=155	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.271	1.397	0.993
157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.269	1.328	1.063
158	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.235	1.448	0.699
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.216	0.991	0.949
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.206	0.903	0.954
161	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.184	1.658	0.294
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.175	0.994	0.643
163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.168	0.542	0.987
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.163	1.492	0.261
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.162	0.596	0.884
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.145	0.889	0.484
167	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.142	1.065	0.349
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.127	0.308	0.916
169	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.126	0.914	0.331
170	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.122	0.745	0.418
171	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.116	0.732	0.381
172	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.113	0.787	0.335
173	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.109	0.328	0.717
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.054	0.591	0.074
175	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.035	0.241	0.087
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145

02In 2011

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

176North Korea0.030
175Syria0.035
174Eritrea0.054
173Laos0.109
172Iran0.113

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.790. “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: 3.338
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestEritrea0.074
Middle country: 2.662

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
53values changed, of 175 in both
27 · 26rose · fell
122unchanged

Rose most

Tunisia0.254 → 0.631+0.377
Thailand0.357 → 0.509+0.152
Kyrgyzstan0.458 → 0.608+0.150
Myanmar0.304 → 0.410+0.106
Colombia0.611 → 0.691+0.080

Fell most

Bahrain0.405 → 0.126−0.279
Syria0.179 → 0.035−0.144
United Arab Emirates0.711 → 0.629−0.082
Yemen0.377 → 0.321−0.056
Haiti0.840 → 0.804−0.036

+ South Sudan

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 2011.
153 distinct values among 176
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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2011). Physical Violence Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2011

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