Data for 2015

Physical Violence Index, 2015

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2015
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2015, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2015 covers 176 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; Syria is lowest, at 0.012. The middle country reads 0.793. Against 2014, 74 values changed (42 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2015

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
2015the year it describes
145distinct 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, 2015, 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, 2015: 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
=7	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.981	3.959	3.752
=7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.981	3.929	3.825
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.980	3.922	3.822
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
=12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.975	3.970	3.569
=12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.975	3.917	3.742
=12	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.975	3.932	3.719
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	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.969	3.835	3.783
=20	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.969	3.930	3.637
22	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.968	3.929	3.595
=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	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.963	3.876	3.639
28	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.962	3.894	3.580
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	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.947	3.744	3.625
=40	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.947	3.723	3.639
=40	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.947	3.951	3.111
=43	Chile`CHL`South America	0.946	3.902	3.312
=43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.946	3.893	3.333
=43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.946	3.877	3.398
46	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.944	3.806	3.510
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.942	3.839	3.399
48	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.941	3.812	3.445
49	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.940	3.826	3.412
=50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.938	3.930	3.086
=50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.938	3.855	3.327
52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.932	3.668	3.534
53	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.926	3.839	3.220
54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.925	3.867	3.131
55	Peru`PER`South America	0.918	3.798	3.172
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.902	3.668	3.215
57	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.901	3.633	3.258
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.897	3.811	2.905
=59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.895	3.776	2.991
=59	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.895	3.305	3.526
=61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.894	3.446	3.392
=61	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.894	3.619	3.198
63	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.893	3.628	3.168
64	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.891	3.717	3.042
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.878	3.673	2.966
66	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.872	3.340	3.315
67	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.860	3.538	2.999
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.856	3.369	3.170
69	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.855	3.484	3.007
70	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.853	3.334	3.157
71	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.852	3.254	3.227
72	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.850	3.354	3.127
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.847	3.708	2.615
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.845	3.081	3.308
75	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.842	3.114	3.283
76	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.839	3.580	2.767
77	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.835	3.777	2.358
78	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.832	3.144	3.188
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.830	3.416	2.910
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.828	3.367	2.953
81	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.821	3.366	2.871
=82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.818	3.160	3.066
=82	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.818	3.160	3.048
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.810	3.326	2.839
85	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.807	3.326	2.820
86	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.803	3.293	2.802
87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.802	3.004	3.078
88	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.797	3.101	2.970
89	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.789	3.535	2.391
90	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.788	3.279	2.727
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.785	3.107	2.858
=92	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.781	3.320	2.640
=92	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.781	3.302	2.653
=94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.777	3.498	2.348
=94	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.777	3.490	2.402
96	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.766	3.306	2.537
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.763	3.019	2.803
98	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.761	3.177	2.643
99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.752	3.081	2.655
=100	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.749	3.171	2.561
=100	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.749	3.472	2.160
102	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.737	3.013	2.643
103	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.727	2.909	2.661
104	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.726	3.463	1.996
105	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.721	2.793	2.727
=106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.718	3.188	2.314
=106	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.718	3.151	2.365
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.712	3.326	2.084
109	Colombia`COL`South America	0.711	2.527	2.886
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.704	3.072	2.338
=111	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.698	3.285	2.003
=111	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.698	2.763	2.593
113	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.694	3.008	2.333
114	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.681	3.599	1.456
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.676	2.936	2.300
116	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.658	3.086	1.993
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.657	2.567	2.521
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.651	3.582	1.247
119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.648	2.538	2.484
120	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.620	2.342	2.487
121	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.607	3.482	1.118
122	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.599	2.210	2.468
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.589	2.342	2.288
124	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.574	3.265	1.185
125	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.569	2.493	2.011
126	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.545	2.939	1.397
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.536	1.705	2.512
=128	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.517	2.292	1.861
=128	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.517	2.780	1.372
130	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.513	3.306	0.795
131	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.506	2.736	1.370
132	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.499	2.469	1.562
133	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.498	1.643	2.332
134	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.486	2.032	1.881
135	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.481	2.901	1.010
136	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.480	2.588	1.324
137	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.472	2.486	1.373
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.458	1.843	1.878
=139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.454	2.641	1.133
=139	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.454	1.945	1.768
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.427	2.075	1.464
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.419	1.942	1.540
143	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.406	1.807	1.566
=144	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.368	1.665	1.425
=144	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.368	1.432	1.642
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.344	1.848	1.099
147	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.331	1.394	1.424
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.327	1.575	1.228
149	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.296	1.344	1.229
150	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.284	1.291	1.188
151	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.270	1.630	0.803
152	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.267	1.315	1.034
153	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.255	1.077	1.173
154	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.247	1.239	0.958
155	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.245	0.782	1.408
156	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.236	1.093	0.990
=157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.195	0.998	0.789
=157	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.195	1.125	0.682
159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.191	0.956	0.800
160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.177	1.373	0.387
=161	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.166	0.901	0.630
=161	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.166	1.467	0.294
163	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.159	0.811	0.643
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.153	0.960	0.484
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.152	1.043	0.425
166	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.145	0.421	0.944
167	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.142	0.430	0.899
168	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.134	0.586	0.672
169	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.123	0.809	0.370
170	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.120	1.067	0.223
171	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.106	0.639	0.363
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.087	0.591	0.257
173	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.070	0.662	0.129
174	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.038	0.225	0.114
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.030	0.107	0.145
176	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.012	0.043	0.041

02In 2015

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
174Burundi0.038
173Egypt0.070
172Eritrea0.087

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.793. “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: 2.785

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
74values changed, of 176 in both
42 · 32rose · fell
102unchanged

Rose most

Guyana0.642 → 0.842+0.200
Georgia0.674 → 0.856+0.182
Sri Lanka0.549 → 0.694+0.145
Malawi0.652 → 0.749+0.097
Tunisia0.657 → 0.737+0.080

Fell most

Lesotho0.727 → 0.498−0.229
Yemen0.272 → 0.106−0.166
Türkiye0.566 → 0.499−0.067
Thailand0.261 → 0.195−0.066
Tajikistan0.229 → 0.166−0.063

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 2015.
145 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.981. 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 (2015). Physical Violence Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2015

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