Data for 2013

Physical Violence Index, 2013

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2013
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

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Physical Violence Index, 2013 covers 176 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; Syria is lowest, at 0.012. The middle country reads 0.770. Against 2012, 129 values changed (63 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2013

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestSyria

0.012

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

176countries
3measures per country
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: 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	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.988	3.953	3.896
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.987	3.935	3.912
=5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.986	3.940	3.883
=5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.986	3.947	3.888
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.981	3.932	3.826
8	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.980	3.922	3.822
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
=10	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.975	3.970	3.569
=10	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.975	3.917	3.742
=10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.975	3.932	3.719
=10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.975	3.959	3.636
=10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.975	3.929	3.706
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.974	3.954	3.605
16	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.972	3.889	3.742
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.971	3.933	3.636
=18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.970	3.958	3.531
=18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.970	3.954	3.536
=20	Chile`CHL`South America	0.969	3.902	3.677
=20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.969	3.930	3.637
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.966	3.799	3.783
=23	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.964	3.946	3.452
=23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.964	3.899	3.608
=23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
=26	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.963	3.860	3.650
=26	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.963	3.929	3.509
=26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.963	3.876	3.639
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
=30	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.960	3.844	3.639
=30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.960	3.942	3.400
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.958	3.851	3.605
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
34	United States`USA`Northern America	0.954	3.931	3.339
=35	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.953	3.687	3.739
=35	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.953	3.906	3.414
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.952	3.895	3.430
38	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.951	3.807	3.591
=39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.947	3.744	3.625
=39	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.947	3.723	3.639
=39	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.947	3.951	3.111
42	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.946	3.893	3.333
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.945	3.894	3.311
44	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.944	3.806	3.510
=45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
=45	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.941	3.765	3.526
47	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.940	3.826	3.412
=48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.938	3.930	3.086
=48	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.938	3.877	3.255
50	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.932	3.668	3.534
51	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.925	3.867	3.131
52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.921	3.836	3.112
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.918	3.855	3.057
54	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.916	3.376	3.649
55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.897	3.811	2.905
56	Peru`PER`South America	0.896	3.773	2.995
=57	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.895	3.651	3.185
=57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.895	3.776	2.991
59	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.894	3.619	3.198
60	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.893	3.628	3.168
61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.891	3.717	3.042
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.889	3.660	3.130
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.878	3.673	2.966
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.876	3.504	3.188
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.875	3.285	3.392
66	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.855	3.484	3.007
=67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.853	3.175	3.286
=67	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.853	3.334	3.157
=69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.254	3.227
=69	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.852	3.593	2.861
71	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.850	3.354	3.127
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
73	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.840	3.481	2.918
74	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.839	3.580	2.767
75	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.834	3.349	2.992
76	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.830	3.340	2.966
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.825	3.124	3.147
78	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.821	3.288	2.974
79	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.818	3.366	2.855
80	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.817	3.083	3.120
81	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.811	3.339	2.845
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.802	3.004	3.078
83	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.789	3.535	2.391
84	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.788	3.040	2.953
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.782	3.498	2.408
=86	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.781	3.320	2.640
=86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.781	3.302	2.653
88	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.773	3.297	2.588
89	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.767	3.500	2.272
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.763	3.019	2.803
=91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.761	3.177	2.643
=91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.761	3.095	2.727
93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.760	3.003	2.802
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.757	3.467	2.243
95	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.752	3.081	2.655
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.749	3.171	2.561
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.740	3.146	2.521
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.734	3.415	2.151
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.727	2.909	2.661
=100	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.726	3.463	1.996
=100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.726	3.333	2.241
=102	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.712	3.326	2.084
=102	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.712	3.293	2.188
104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.710	3.078	2.362
105	Colombia`COL`South America	0.705	2.494	2.886
=106	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.704	2.408	2.928
=106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.704	3.072	2.338
108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.698	3.285	2.003
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.697	2.521	2.779
110	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.681	3.599	1.456
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.679	2.872	2.393
112	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.670	2.936	2.265
113	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.666	3.018	2.114
114	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.658	3.086	1.993
115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.652	3.196	1.812
116	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.651	3.582	1.247
117	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.642	2.443	2.530
118	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.622	2.398	2.468
=119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.621	3.519	1.155
=119	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.621	2.304	2.528
121	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.620	2.342	2.487
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.607	3.482	1.118
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.597	2.300	2.408
124	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.581	2.320	2.251
125	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.579	2.663	1.894
126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.575	2.642	1.890
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.549	2.963	1.397
128	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.536	1.799	2.409
129	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.527	2.065	2.148
130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.519	2.272	1.897
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.517	2.292	1.861
132	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.513	3.306	0.795
133	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.512	2.773	1.370
134	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.504	2.784	1.285
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.501	2.146	1.881
136	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.488	2.963	1.010
137	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.479	2.127	1.760
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.458	1.843	1.878
139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.456	1.708	1.984
140	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.446	2.550	1.143
141	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.442	2.571	1.133
142	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.436	1.761	1.821
143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.427	2.075	1.464
144	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.423	1.835	1.654
=145	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.421	1.828	1.656
=145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.421	1.918	1.570
147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.327	1.575	1.228
148	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.320	1.410	1.328
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.312	1.681	1.034
150	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.310	1.605	1.099
=151	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.289	1.344	1.181
=151	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.289	1.368	1.188
153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.281	1.102	1.339
154	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.262	1.071	1.245
155	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.258	1.239	1.026
156	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.245	0.782	1.408
157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.229	1.050	0.986
158	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.212	1.164	0.757
159	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.195	0.998	0.789
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.189	0.688	1.028
161	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.188	0.937	0.794
=162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.184	1.265	0.504
=162	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.184	0.631	1.033
=162	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.184	1.658	0.294
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.177	1.373	0.387
166	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.176	1.099	0.546
167	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.175	0.994	0.643
168	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.153	0.960	0.484
169	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.152	1.043	0.425
170	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.137	0.500	0.770
171	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.134	0.586	0.672
=172	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.099	0.484	0.424
=172	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.099	0.881	0.193
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.087	0.591	0.257
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.012	0.043	0.041

02In 2013

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
3Norway0.988
4Finland0.987
5Czechiashared0.986

Lowest

176Syria0.012
175North Korea0.030
174Eritrea0.087
172Gambiashared0.099
172Egyptshared0.099

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
LowestSyria0.043
Middle country: 3.313
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestSyria0.041
Middle country: 2.694

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 176 in both
63 · 66rose · fell
47unchanged

Rose most

Georgia0.617 → 0.757+0.140
Côte d’Ivoire0.649 → 0.788+0.139
Azerbaijan0.353 → 0.488+0.135
Guinea-Bissau0.464 → 0.597+0.133
Comoros0.580 → 0.698+0.118

Fell most

Egypt0.261 → 0.099−0.162
South Sudan0.334 → 0.189−0.145
Türkiye0.644 → 0.501−0.143
Central African Republic0.328 → 0.188−0.140
Mauritania0.790 → 0.651−0.139

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 2013.
144 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 5 countries share 0.975. 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.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2013). Physical Violence Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2013

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