Data for 2022

Physical Violence Index, 2022

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2022 covers 176 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; Afghanistan is lowest, at 0.036. The middle country reads 0.819. Against 2021, 107 values changed (56 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2022

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestAfghanistan

0.036

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

176countries
3measures per country
2022the year it describes
149distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: 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	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.986	3.947	3.888
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.985	3.940	3.872
=7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.981	3.932	3.826
=7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.981	3.929	3.825
9	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.980	3.917	3.836
10	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.976	3.930	3.752
=12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.974	3.954	3.605
=12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.974	3.893	3.783
=12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.974	3.894	3.784
15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.973	3.930	3.690
16	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.971	3.929	3.663
=17	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.970	3.958	3.534
=17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.970	3.954	3.536
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.967	3.899	3.673
=20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.966	3.933	3.547
=20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.966	3.758	3.815
=22	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.965	3.942	3.491
=22	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.965	3.951	3.437
=24	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.964	3.799	3.769
=24	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.934	3.510
=24	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.964	3.822	3.727
27	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.963	3.893	3.605
28	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.956	3.929	3.392
30	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.954	3.922	3.365
31	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.951	3.893	3.422
32	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.949	3.776	3.614
33	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.943	3.860	3.359
34	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.942	3.906	3.255
=35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.940	3.748	3.534
=35	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.940	3.703	3.579
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.938	3.816	3.399
=38	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.937	3.946	2.988
=38	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.937	3.715	3.526
40	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.936	3.806	3.417
41	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.935	3.850	3.273
=42	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.934	3.850	3.279
=42	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.934	3.691	3.524
=42	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.934	3.731	3.495
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.933	3.865	3.197
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.929	3.747	3.423
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.928	3.794	3.310
48	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.926	3.877	3.126
49	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.922	3.923	2.886
50	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.919	3.680	3.366
51	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.915	3.563	3.474
=52	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.912	3.736	3.220
=52	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.912	3.826	3.071
=52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.912	3.573	3.398
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.907	3.576	3.373
56	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.904	3.582	3.351
57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.903	3.811	2.988
=58	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.902	3.830	2.940
=58	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.902	3.390	3.518
=60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.898	3.611	3.259
=60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.898	3.536	3.367
=60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.898	3.756	3.067
=63	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.897	3.596	3.264
=63	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.897	3.741	3.066
65	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.893	3.722	3.048
=66	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.885	3.212	3.493
=66	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.885	3.530	3.246
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.884	3.529	3.221
69	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.881	2.966	3.635
70	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.879	3.588	3.120
=71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.870	3.663	2.925
=71	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.870	3.612	2.986
73	Peru`PER`South America	0.867	3.506	3.091
74	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.865	3.628	2.916
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.859	3.535	3.004
76	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.852	3.774	2.497
77	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.851	3.675	2.725
78	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.849	3.501	2.914
79	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.841	3.755	2.468
80	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.838	3.170	3.183
81	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.836	3.340	3.054
=82	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.834	3.415	2.907
=82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.834	3.356	3.004
84	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.829	3.493	2.811
85	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.824	3.228	3.045
=86	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.823	3.474	2.761
=86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.823	3.050	3.180
88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.822	3.354	2.900
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.816	3.122	3.085
90	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.815	3.335	2.887
91	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.809	3.404	2.745
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.807	2.678	3.339
93	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.803	3.135	2.992
94	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.798	3.222	2.866
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.797	3.331	2.727
96	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.791	3.396	2.629
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.784	3.572	2.298
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.782	3.014	2.930
99	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.778	3.413	2.496
100	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.767	2.993	2.857
101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.752	3.176	2.566
102	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.751	2.737	2.991
103	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.728	2.897	2.706
104	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.720	3.025	2.507
105	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.715	3.161	2.312
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.707	2.502	2.873
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.702	2.783	2.621
108	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.700	2.652	2.717
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.693	2.730	2.608
110	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.692	3.449	1.773
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.688	2.881	2.441
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.682	3.432	1.689
113	Colombia`COL`South America	0.678	2.207	2.934
114	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.652	3.250	1.758
115	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.633	3.096	1.813
116	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.632	2.589	2.356
117	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.630	2.254	2.624
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.627	2.476	2.417
119	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.620	2.653	2.194
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.617	2.634	2.199
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.585	3.341	1.187
122	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.568	2.875	1.604
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.552	2.809	1.578
124	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.534	2.962	1.295
125	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.512	2.725	1.383
126	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.509	2.465	1.637
127	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.504	2.082	1.976
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.442	2.445	1.228
129	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.440	1.991	1.640
=130	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.437	2.140	1.464
=130	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.437	3.173	0.563
132	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.432	1.736	1.814
133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.413	1.800	1.606
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.404	1.677	1.652
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.398	2.575	0.840
136	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.379	1.862	1.346
137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.371	1.773	1.352
138	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.358	2.961	0.365
139	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.356	2.042	1.017
140	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.355	1.490	1.522
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.350	2.390	0.717
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.323	1.304	1.470
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.319	1.415	1.351
144	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.316	1.418	1.314
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.312	1.242	1.442
146	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.311	1.577	1.133
147	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.289	0.917	1.553
148	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.284	1.236	1.205
149	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.270	1.347	1.035
150	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.253	1.165	1.057
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.209	1.320	0.611
=152	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.208	0.728	1.132
=152	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.208	0.934	0.941
=152	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.208	0.943	0.923
155	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.203	1.188	0.686
156	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.196	1.692	0.342
157	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.191	1.659	0.324
158	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.190	0.796	0.934
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.181	0.606	1.021
160	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.170	1.082	0.520
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.167	0.940	0.592
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.164	1.076	0.484
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.153	0.793	0.612
164	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.146	1.070	0.385
165	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.141	1.181	0.279
=166	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.125	0.804	0.413
=166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.125	0.649	0.507
168	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.110	0.784	0.290
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.108	0.905	0.250
170	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.101	0.401	0.536
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.099	0.480	0.441
172	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.087	0.460	0.338
173	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.079	0.164	0.643
174	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.054	0.440	0.122
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.050	0.339	0.145
176	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.036	0.326	0.072

02In 2022

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
5New Zealand0.986

Lowest

176Afghanistan0.036
175North Korea0.050
174Syria0.054
173Chad0.079
172Tajikistan0.087

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.819. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Freedom from political killings (0–4)
HighestCyprus3.958
LowestChad0.164
Middle country: 3.348
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestAfghanistan0.072
Middle country: 2.894

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 176 in both
56 · 51rose · fell
69unchanged

Rose most

Colombia0.504 → 0.678+0.174
Sri Lanka0.542 → 0.632+0.090
Tanzania0.749 → 0.838+0.089
Rwanda0.112 → 0.190+0.078
Mauritania0.606 → 0.682+0.076

Fell most

Pakistan0.461 → 0.311−0.150
El Salvador0.506 → 0.356−0.150
Algeria0.571 → 0.437−0.134
Sierra Leone0.854 → 0.728−0.126
Azerbaijan0.472 → 0.358−0.114

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 2022.
149 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.974. 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 (2022). Physical Violence Index, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2022

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