Data for 2025

Physical Violence Index, 2025

Name: Physical Violence Index, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Physical Violence Index, 2025 covers 176 countries on 3 measures. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.989; North Korea is lowest, at 0.053. The middle country reads 0.790. Against 2024, 78 values changed (43 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Physical Violence Index · Data for 2025

Highest2 countries share it

0.989

LowestNorth Korea

0.053

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

176countries
3measures per country
2025the year it describes
159distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: 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	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.983	3.954	3.818
8	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.982	3.958	3.771
=9	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.981	3.932	3.826
=9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.981	3.929	3.825
11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.980	3.917	3.836
=12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.977	3.810	3.892
=12	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.977	3.951	3.692
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.976	3.930	3.752
15	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.974	3.893	3.783
=16	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.973	3.906	3.744
=16	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.973	3.894	3.770
18	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.971	3.929	3.663
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.970	3.954	3.536
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.965	3.758	3.799
21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.964	3.799	3.769
22	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.963	3.893	3.605
23	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.962	3.946	3.402
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.961	3.739	3.762
=25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.955	3.930	3.357
=25	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.955	3.942	3.314
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.954	3.922	3.365
28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.952	3.779	3.644
=29	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.951	3.893	3.422
=29	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.951	3.868	3.495
31	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.949	3.934	3.209
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	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.938	3.816	3.399
=39	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.937	3.715	3.526
=39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.937	3.536	3.716
41	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.936	3.806	3.417
42	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.934	3.850	3.279
=43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.933	3.865	3.213
=43	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.933	3.889	3.172
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.931	3.799	3.351
46	Chile`CHL`South America	0.929	3.747	3.423
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.928	3.794	3.310
=48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.926	3.899	3.038
=48	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.926	3.877	3.126
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	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.897	3.596	3.264
=53	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.897	3.741	3.066
55	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.896	3.732	3.048
56	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.893	3.576	3.244
57	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.889	3.245	3.524
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.888	3.781	2.925
59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.886	3.850	2.691
=60	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.884	3.774	2.832
=60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.884	3.529	3.221
62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.880	3.733	2.867
63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.873	3.356	3.278
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.872	3.467	3.190
65	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.871	3.749	2.799
=66	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.870	3.269	3.348
=66	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.870	3.638	2.941
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.865	3.648	2.884
69	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.858	3.856	2.402
70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.857	3.440	3.069
71	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.852	3.868	2.257
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.849	2.880	3.490
73	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.845	3.428	3.045
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.842	3.214	3.180
75	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.839	3.027	3.300
76	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.834	3.415	2.907
77	Peru`PER`South America	0.829	3.181	3.091
78	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.823	3.474	2.761
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.822	3.831	2.074
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.818	3.404	2.811
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.812	2.966	3.175
82	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.811	3.439	2.721
83	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.810	3.306	2.857
84	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.807	3.512	2.575
85	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.806	3.318	2.811
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.799	3.453	2.596
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.797	3.331	2.727
88	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.791	3.254	2.765
89	United States`USA`Northern America	0.789	3.142	2.887
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.787	3.224	2.775
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.785	3.401	2.569
=92	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.782	2.950	2.991
=92	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.782	3.057	2.900
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.769	3.501	2.276
95	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.728	2.861	2.718
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.726	2.553	2.952
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.721	2.798	2.717
98	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.715	3.161	2.312
99	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.713	3.449	1.892
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.706	2.522	2.860
=101	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.705	3.288	2.104
=101	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.705	2.925	2.479
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.704	2.996	2.427
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.700	3.222	2.141
105	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.688	2.674	2.621
106	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.687	3.428	1.758
107	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.686	2.866	2.433
108	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.651	2.565	2.466
109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.646	2.857	2.175
110	Colombia`COL`South America	0.643	1.933	2.934
111	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.636	2.764	2.204
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	0.620	2.423	2.438
115	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.590	2.409	2.230
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.582	2.393	2.193
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.566	3.026	1.459
118	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.549	1.918	2.415
119	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.540	2.886	1.390
120	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.532	2.834	1.435
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.518	2.153	1.988
122	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.512	3.451	0.624
123	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.511	1.842	2.243
124	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.509	2.465	1.637
125	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.504	2.677	1.432
126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.499	2.987	1.054
127	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.489	2.581	1.383
128	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.488	2.481	1.482
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.485	2.489	1.464
130	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.435	2.494	1.144
131	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.424	1.894	1.602
132	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.417	1.384	2.041
133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.413	1.800	1.606
134	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.395	1.771	1.526
135	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.393	2.021	1.320
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.392	1.790	1.467
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.381	2.849	0.548
138	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.379	1.862	1.346
139	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.364	1.977	1.133
140	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.356	2.358	0.802
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.345	2.351	0.716
142	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.344	1.878	1.103
143	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.327	1.493	1.329
144	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.324	1.723	1.113
145	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.320	1.695	1.079
146	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.314	1.499	1.207
147	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.309	1.373	1.310
148	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.306	2.496	0.424
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.266	1.100	1.245
150	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.264	1.135	1.168
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.256	1.334	0.936
152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.236	1.304	0.835
153	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.221	1.210	0.806
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.220	1.868	0.364
155	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.218	1.067	0.898
156	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.208	0.765	1.132
157	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.191	1.659	0.324
158	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.190	0.796	0.934
159	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.170	1.128	0.491
160	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.163	1.439	0.303
=161	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.160	1.435	0.279
=161	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.160	0.591	0.902
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.155	0.985	0.476
164	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.136	0.469	0.802
165	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.132	1.104	0.294
166	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.129	0.661	0.544
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.122	0.743	0.424
168	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.121	0.261	0.957
169	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.118	1.090	0.213
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	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.065	0.359	0.246
175	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.059	0.350	0.179
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.053	0.366	0.145

02In 2025

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 Korea0.053
175Nicaragua0.059
174Afghanistan0.065
173Chad0.079
172Myanmar0.099

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.790. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Freedom from political killings (0–4)
HighestCyprus3.958
LowestChad0.164
Middle country: 3.262
Freedom from torture (0–4)
HighestIceland3.929
LowestNorth Korea0.145
Middle country: 2.724

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
78values changed, of 176 in both
43 · 35rose · fell
98unchanged

Rose most

Syria0.116 → 0.417+0.301
Mauritius0.687 → 0.870+0.183
South Korea0.812 → 0.952+0.140
Lesotho0.709 → 0.839+0.130
Bangladesh0.464 → 0.582+0.118

Fell most

Niger0.696 → 0.504−0.192
Guinea-Bissau0.695 → 0.518−0.177
Kyrgyzstan0.478 → 0.306−0.172
United States0.949 → 0.789−0.160
Tanzania0.884 → 0.728−0.156

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 2025.
159 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.989. 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 (2025). Physical Violence Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/physical-violence/2025

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