Data for 2024

Physical Violence Index, 2024

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2024
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2024 covers 176 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; North Korea is lowest, at 0.035. The middle country reads 0.785. Against 2023, 97 values changed (41 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2024

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestNorth Korea

0.035

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

176countries
3measures per country
2024the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: 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	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.978	3.958	3.690
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.976	3.930	3.752
=13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.974	3.954	3.605
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.974	3.893	3.783
15	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.973	3.906	3.744
16	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.971	3.929	3.663
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.970	3.954	3.536
18	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.965	3.758	3.799
19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.964	3.799	3.769
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.963	3.893	3.605
=21	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.962	3.930	3.475
=21	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.962	3.951	3.358
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.960	3.894	3.544
25	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.956	3.883	3.524
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.954	3.922	3.365
27	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.953	3.946	3.258
=28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.951	3.893	3.422
=28	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.951	3.868	3.495
=30	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.949	3.934	3.209
=30	United States`USA`Northern America	0.949	3.894	3.392
32	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.947	3.820	3.518
33	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.946	3.835	3.481
=34	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.943	3.773	3.547
=34	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.943	3.860	3.359
=36	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.941	3.573	3.695
=36	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.941	3.469	3.786
38	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.940	3.942	3.072
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.938	3.816	3.399
40	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.937	3.715	3.526
41	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.936	3.806	3.417
42	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.934	3.850	3.279
43	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.933	3.889	3.172
44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.931	3.799	3.351
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.929	3.747	3.423
46	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.928	3.794	3.310
=47	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.926	3.899	3.038
=47	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.926	3.877	3.126
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.919	3.865	3.021
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.914	3.628	3.375
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.911	3.707	3.257
52	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.905	3.830	2.942
=53	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.904	3.652	3.256
=53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.904	3.701	3.190
55	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.900	3.604	3.271
56	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.898	3.536	3.367
=57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.897	3.596	3.264
=57	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.897	3.741	3.066
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.896	3.732	3.048
=60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.888	3.781	2.925
=60	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.888	3.439	3.338
62	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.886	3.850	2.691
=63	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.884	3.774	2.832
=63	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.884	3.529	3.221
=63	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.884	3.551	3.183
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.880	3.733	2.867
67	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.873	3.356	3.278
68	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.858	3.856	2.402
69	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.852	3.749	2.608
=70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.849	3.638	2.785
=70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.849	2.880	3.490
=70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.849	3.501	2.914
73	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.842	3.214	3.180
74	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.834	3.415	2.907
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.825	3.831	2.115
76	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.824	3.228	3.045
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.823	3.474	2.761
78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.818	3.404	2.811
79	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.814	3.419	2.765
=80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.812	2.966	3.175
=80	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.812	3.329	2.845
=82	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.809	3.172	2.969
=82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.809	3.356	2.810
84	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.807	3.512	2.575
85	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.806	3.318	2.811
86	Peru`PER`South America	0.802	2.990	3.091
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.797	3.331	2.727
88	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.787	3.224	2.775
89	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.783	3.222	2.759
=90	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.782	2.950	2.991
=90	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.782	3.014	2.930
=90	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.782	3.057	2.900
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.781	3.368	2.569
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.772	3.327	2.567
95	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.765	3.506	2.257
96	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.761	2.951	2.857
97	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.755	3.076	2.706
98	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.741	3.137	2.533
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.726	2.553	2.952
100	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.715	3.161	2.312
101	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.713	3.449	1.892
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.709	2.838	2.615
103	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.702	3.504	1.758
104	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.697	2.645	2.717
105	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.696	3.081	2.244
106	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.695	2.987	2.363
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.688	2.674	2.621
108	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.687	2.881	2.431
109	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.676	3.046	2.186
110	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.651	2.565	2.466
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.649	2.600	2.427
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.634	3.468	1.311
113	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.633	3.096	1.813
114	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.625	2.435	2.438
115	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.619	2.695	2.154
116	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.614	2.710	2.104
117	Colombia`COL`South America	0.603	1.622	2.934
118	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.581	2.730	1.850
119	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.532	2.834	1.435
120	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.529	2.839	1.390
121	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.524	1.935	2.243
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.512	3.451	0.624
123	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.509	2.465	1.637
124	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.499	2.987	1.054
125	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.489	2.581	1.383
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.485	2.489	1.464
127	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.478	2.734	1.187
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.470	2.411	1.459
129	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.464	1.963	1.810
130	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.447	1.918	1.787
131	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.427	2.243	1.320
132	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.424	1.894	1.602
133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.418	2.368	1.153
134	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.413	1.800	1.606
=135	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.395	2.939	0.548
=135	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.395	1.771	1.526
137	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.384	1.878	1.372
138	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.379	1.862	1.346
139	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.375	1.677	1.467
140	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.364	1.977	1.133
141	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.356	2.358	0.802
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.342	1.635	1.301
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.333	2.248	0.717
=144	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.314	1.649	1.079
=144	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.314	1.499	1.207
146	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.309	1.373	1.310
147	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.292	1.723	0.905
148	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.259	1.521	0.806
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.258	1.104	1.163
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.256	1.334	0.936
151	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.233	0.877	1.168
152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.229	1.545	0.593
153	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.223	1.659	0.494
154	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.218	1.067	0.898
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.191	1.659	0.324
156	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.190	0.796	0.934
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.188	0.594	1.132
158	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.186	1.692	0.303
159	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.178	0.674	0.957
160	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.160	0.591	0.902
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.155	0.985	0.476
162	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.144	1.018	0.403
163	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.141	1.181	0.279
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.138	1.323	0.213
165	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.132	1.104	0.294
166	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.130	0.412	0.802
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.129	0.661	0.544
168	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.126	0.857	0.382
169	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.116	1.049	0.228
170	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.108	0.461	0.530
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.101	0.511	0.428
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.099	0.480	0.441
173	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.079	0.164	0.643
174	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.059	0.350	0.179
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.041	0.391	0.072
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.035	0.156	0.145

02In 2024

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

176North Korea0.035
175Afghanistan0.041
174Nicaragua0.059
173Chad0.079
172Myanmar0.099

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.785. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Freedom from political killings (0–4)
HighestCyprus3.958
LowestNorth Korea0.156
Middle country: 3.273
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestAfghanistan0.072
Middle country: 2.760

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
97values changed, of 176 in both
41 · 56rose · fell
79unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh0.223 → 0.464+0.241
Sri Lanka0.682 → 0.809+0.127
Tunisia0.746 → 0.825+0.079
Iran0.178 → 0.229+0.051
Angola0.652 → 0.702+0.050

Fell most

Burkina Faso0.686 → 0.427−0.259
Mozambique0.504 → 0.314−0.190
Mongolia0.922 → 0.765−0.157
Ecuador0.832 → 0.676−0.156
South Korea0.964 → 0.812−0.152

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 2024.
154 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.884. 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 (2024). Physical Violence Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2024

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