Data for 2014

Physical Violence Index, 2014

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2014 covers 176 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; Syria is lowest, at 0.012. The middle country reads 0.779. Against 2013, 64 values changed (35 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2014

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
2014the 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, 2014, 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, 2014: 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	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.969	3.930	3.637
21	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.968	3.929	3.595
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.966	3.799	3.783
23	Chile`CHL`South America	0.965	3.902	3.610
=24	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.964	3.946	3.452
=24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.964	3.899	3.608
=24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
=27	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.963	3.860	3.650
=27	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.963	3.876	3.639
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
30	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.960	3.942	3.400
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.958	3.851	3.605
32	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.957	3.766	3.699
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.955	3.797	3.649
34	United States`USA`Northern America	0.954	3.931	3.339
=35	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.953	3.844	3.544
=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
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.952	3.895	3.430
39	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.951	3.807	3.591
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.948	3.894	3.378
=41	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.947	3.744	3.625
=41	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.947	3.723	3.639
=41	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.947	3.951	3.111
44	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.946	3.893	3.333
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.944	3.806	3.510
46	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
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	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.918	3.855	3.057
53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.917	3.771	3.215
54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.902	3.375	3.526
55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.897	3.811	2.905
56	Peru`PER`South America	0.896	3.773	2.995
57	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.895	3.776	2.991
=58	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.894	3.675	3.112
=58	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	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.866	3.349	3.258
67	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.855	3.484	3.007
=68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.853	3.175	3.286
=68	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.853	3.334	3.157
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.254	3.227
71	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.850	3.354	3.127
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
73	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.839	3.580	2.767
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.830	3.340	2.966
75	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.829	3.160	3.120
=76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.821	3.288	2.974
=76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.821	3.366	2.871
78	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.819	3.081	3.147
79	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.818	3.160	3.066
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.811	3.339	2.845
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.803	3.293	2.802
82	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.802	3.004	3.078
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.796	3.649	2.283
84	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.793	3.066	2.970
85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.789	3.535	2.391
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.788	3.279	2.727
=87	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.781	3.320	2.640
=87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.781	3.302	2.653
=89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.777	3.498	2.348
=89	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.777	3.326	2.588
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.771	3.029	2.861
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.763	3.019	2.803
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.761	3.177	2.643
94	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.753	3.333	2.403
95	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.752	3.081	2.655
96	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.751	3.490	2.188
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.749	3.171	2.561
98	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.746	3.185	2.521
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.734	3.415	2.151
=100	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.727	2.909	2.661
=100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.727	2.408	3.056
102	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.726	3.463	1.996
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.725	3.188	2.362
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.721	2.793	2.727
105	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.714	2.580	2.858
106	Colombia`COL`South America	0.713	2.552	2.886
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.712	3.326	2.084
108	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.704	3.072	2.338
109	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.698	3.285	2.003
110	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.681	3.599	1.456
111	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.676	2.936	2.300
112	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.675	2.832	2.393
113	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.674	2.913	2.303
114	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.658	3.086	1.993
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.657	2.430	2.642
116	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.652	3.196	1.812
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.651	3.582	1.247
118	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.642	2.443	2.530
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.622	2.398	2.468
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.620	2.342	2.487
=121	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.607	3.482	1.118
=121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.607	3.471	1.155
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.600	2.588	2.114
124	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.597	2.300	2.408
125	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.566	2.656	1.845
=126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.549	2.963	1.397
=126	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.549	2.219	2.148
128	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.538	2.272	2.011
129	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.536	1.705	2.512
130	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.517	2.292	1.861
131	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.515	2.795	1.370
132	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.513	3.306	0.795
133	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.499	2.663	1.373
134	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.488	2.963	1.010
135	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.482	2.702	1.226
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.458	1.843	1.878
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.454	2.641	1.133
138	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.449	1.825	1.854
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.427	2.075	1.464
140	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.416	1.942	1.515
141	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.415	1.705	1.737
142	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.411	2.504	0.984
143	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.404	1.766	1.590
144	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.398	1.749	1.566
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.344	1.848	1.099
146	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.333	1.506	1.328
147	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.327	1.575	1.228
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.296	1.344	1.229
149	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.289	1.368	1.188
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.286	1.481	1.034
151	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.281	1.102	1.339
152	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.272	1.118	1.255
153	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.261	1.248	1.046
154	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.255	1.239	0.990
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.254	1.208	1.048
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	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.201	1.436	0.504
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.195	0.998	0.789
161	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.184	1.658	0.294
162	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.183	0.873	0.800
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.177	1.373	0.387
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.159	0.811	0.643
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.157	0.445	1.033
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.153	0.960	0.484
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.152	1.043	0.425
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.134	0.586	0.672
169	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.123	0.809	0.370
170	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.122	0.318	0.873
171	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.116	1.038	0.223
172	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.103	0.662	0.334
173	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.087	0.591	0.257
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.082	0.322	0.437
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.012	0.043	0.041

02In 2014

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
174Burundi0.082
173Eritrea0.087
172Egypt0.103

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.779. “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: 3.304
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestSyria0.041
Middle country: 2.727

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
64values changed, of 176 in both
35 · 29rose · fell
112unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar0.581 → 0.721+0.140
Central African Republic0.188 → 0.254+0.066
Türkiye0.501 → 0.566+0.065
Zambia0.760 → 0.803+0.043
United Arab Emirates0.712 → 0.751+0.039

Fell most

Thailand0.479 → 0.261−0.218
Yemen0.456 → 0.272−0.184
Ukraine0.575 → 0.415−0.160
Georgia0.757 → 0.674−0.083
Moldova0.852 → 0.771−0.081

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 2014.
153 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
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2014). Physical Violence Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2014

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