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social2025

Physical violence index

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.7value
Median: 0.8value
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Iceland
1.0value
Lowest
North Korea
0.1value
Top 5 Countries
1Iceland1.0value
2Sweden1.0value
3Norway1.0value
4Finland1.0value
5New Zealand1.0value
By Region
Oceania1.0value(2 countries)
Europe0.9value(32 countries)
South America0.8value(7 countries)
North America0.7value(4 countries)
Asia0.6value(27 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1value)High (1.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.7value)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Asia (27)
Other (95)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Iceland1.0value
2Sweden1.0value
3Norway1.0value
4Finland1.0value
5New Zealand1.0value
6Czech Republic1.0value
7Germany1.0value
8Cyprus1.0value
9Switzerland1.0value
10Belgium1.0value
11Estonia1.0value
12Netherlands1.0value
13Uruguay1.0value
14Spain1.0value
15Ireland1.0value
16Singapore1.0value
17Slovenia1.0value
18Taiwan, Province of China1.0value
19Denmark1.0value
20Latvia1.0value
21Costa Rica1.0value
22Croatia1.0value
23Albania1.0value
24Luxembourg1.0value
25Hungary1.0value
26Romania1.0value
27Australia1.0value
28South Korea1.0value
29Lithuania1.0value
30Timor-Leste1.0value
31Japan0.9value
32Seychelles0.9value
33Portugal0.9value
34Canada0.9value
35France0.9value
36Malta0.9value
37Sao Tome and Principe0.9value
38Barbados0.9value
39Cape Verde0.9value
40Ghana0.9value
41Panama0.9value
42Republic of The Gambia0.9value
43Greece0.9value
44Suriname0.9value
45Chile0.9value
46Italy0.9value
47Vanuatu0.9value
48Austria0.9value
49Poland0.9value
50Bosnia and Herzegovina0.9value
51Hong Kong0.9value
52Trinidad and Tobago0.9value
53United Kingdom0.9value
54Guyana0.9value
55Maldives0.9value
56Montenegro0.9value
57Dominican Republic0.9value
58Moldova, Republic of0.9value
59Malaysia0.9value
60Solomon Islands0.9value
61Namibia0.9value
62Botswana0.9value
63Bulgaria0.9value
64Benin0.9value
65Mauritius0.9value
66Slovakia0.9value
67Argentina0.9value
68Fiji0.9value
69Malawi0.9value
70Mongolia0.9value
71South Africa0.8value
72Liberia0.8value
73Paraguay0.8value
74Lesotho0.8value
75Bhutan0.8value
76Peru0.8value
77Morocco0.8value
78Tunisia0.8value
79The Republic of North Macedonia0.8value
80Jamaica0.8value
81Serbia0.8value
82Brazil0.8value
83Israel0.8value
84Qatar0.8value
85Sri Lanka0.8value
86Jordan0.8value
87Armenia0.8value
88United States of America0.8value
89Gabon0.8value
90Senegal0.8value
91Haiti0.8value
92Papua New Guinea0.8value
93Zambia0.8value
94United Republic of Tanzania0.7value
95Honduras0.7value
96Guatemala0.7value
97Oman0.7value
98Kuwait0.7value
99Nepal0.7value
100Mali0.7value
101Sierra Leone0.7value
102Lebanon0.7value
103Bolivia0.7value
104Cote d'Ivoire0.7value
105Angola0.7value
106Ukraine0.7value
107Holy See (Vatican City State)0.7value
108Georgia0.6value
109Colombia0.6value
110Indonesia0.6value
111Mauritania0.6value
112United Arab Emirates0.6value
113Kenya0.6value
114Ecuador0.6value
115Bangladesh0.6value
116Togo0.6value
117Somalia0.5value
118Vietnam0.5value
119Kazakhstan0.5value
120Guinea-Bissau0.5value
121Cuba0.5value
122India0.5value
123Uzbekistan0.5value
124Niger0.5value
125Türkiye0.5value
126Mexico0.5value
127Madagascar0.5value
128Algeria0.5value
129State of Palestine0.4value
130Cameroon0.4value
131Iraq0.4value
132Syrian Arab Republic0.4value
133Djibouti0.4value
134Central African Republic0.4value
135Burkina Faso0.4value
136Comoros0.4value
137Azerbaijan0.4value
138Bahrain0.4value
139Pakistan0.4value
140El Salvador0.4value
141People's Republic of China0.3value
142Thailand0.3value
143Nigeria0.3value
144South Sudan0.3value
145Democratic Republic of the Congo0.3value
146Mozambique0.3value
147Philippines0.3value
148Kyrgyzstan0.3value
149Ethiopia0.3value
150Saudi Arabia0.3value
151Guinea0.3value
152Islamic Republic of Iran0.2value
153Uganda0.2value
154Egypt0.2value
155Russian Federation0.2value
156Republic of the Congo0.2value
157Turkmenistan0.2value
158Rwanda0.2value
159Zimbabwe0.2value
160Venezuela0.2value
161Belarus0.2value
162Lao People's Democratic Republic0.2value
163Libya0.2value
164Cambodia0.1value
165Eswatini0.1value
166Sudan0.1value
167Tajikistan0.1value
168Yemen0.1value
169Equatorial Guinea0.1value
170Burundi0.1value
171Eritrea0.1value
172Myanmar0.1value
173Chad0.1value
174Afghanistan0.1value
175Nicaragua0.1value
176North Korea0.1value
Showing 176 of 176 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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