The legal Acceptance of Violence in the Countries of the World.
By Franz Jedlicka (you can find the PDF version on Researchgate.net and on Franz Jedlicka's blog), and a Video on our Youtube Channel)
(does not show countries with 1 to 3 points on the Culture of Violence Scale)
Items:
Ca –Capital punishment legal (two points)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_by_country .
VAC – (Violence against Children - Corporal punishment of children
legal): http://endcorporalpunishment.org/wp-content/uploads/
legality-tables/Global-progress-table-commitment.pdf .
VACS – Corporal punishment of children in other care settings legal
(same table as VAC)
Cj – Judicial corporal punishment legal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_corporal_punishment#Full_list_
of_countries .
TO – Torture (states that have not signed or not ratified the UN Convention
Against Torture) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_
Against_Torture .
MR Marital rape legal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_rape_laws_by_country .
VAW no laws addressing domestic violence against women
https://genderdata.worldbank.org/indicators/sg-leg-dvaw/ .
LGBTIQ+ (Violence against LGBTIQ+ persons legal)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_by_country_or_territory
RANKING 2025
Points Country Items (Ca counts 2 points)
9 Iran Ca Cj LGBTIQ+ MR TO VAC VACS VAW
9 Tanzania Ca Cj TO MR VAC VACS VAW LGBTIQ+
8 Afghanistan: Ca Cj MR VAC VACS VAW LGBTIQ+
8 Brunei Darussalam Ca Cj LGBTIQ+ MR TO VAC VACS
8 Yemen Ca Cj VAW MR LGBTIQ+ VAC VACS
7 Cameroon Ca MR VAC VACS VAW LGBTIQ+
7 Eritrea Ca MR VAC VACS VAW LGBTIQ+
7 Libya Ca VAW MR VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
7 Malaysia Ca Cj TO VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
7 Maldives Ca Cj MR VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
7 Mauritania Ca Cj VAW LGBTIQ+ VAC VACS
7 Nigeria Ca Cj MR LGBTIQ+ VAC VACS
7 Qatar Ca Cj VAW VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
7 Saudi Arabia Ca Cj MR LGBTIQ+ VAC VACS
7 Somalia Ca Cj VAW VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
6 Algeria Ca MR VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
6 Antigua & Barbuda Ca Cj MR VAC VACS
6 Botswana Ca Cj MR VAC VACS
6 DR Congo Ca MR VAC VACS VAW
6 India Ca MR TO VAC VACS
6 Indonesia Ca Cj MR VAC VACS
6 Iraq Ca VAW MR VAC VACS
6 Jamaica Ca MR VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
6 Malawi Ca MR VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
6 Morocco Ca MR VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
6 Myanmar Ca VAW MR VAC VACS
6 Oman Ca VAW MR VAC VACS
6 Palestine (West Bank & Gaza) Ca MR VAW VAC VACS
6 Sudan Ca VAW VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
6 Syria Ca VAW MR VAC VACS
6 Uganda Ca MR LGBTIQ+ VAC VACS
6 United Arab Emirates Ca Cj MR VAC VACS
5 Bahamas Ca Cj MR VAC VACS
5 Bahrain Ca MR VAC VACS
5 Bangladesh Ca MR VAC VACS
5 Barbados Ca Cj VAC VACS
5 China Ca MR VAC VACS
5 Dominica Ca Cj VAC VACS
5 Egypt Ca MR VAC VACS
5 Ethiopia Ca MR VAC VACS
5 Gambia Ca VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
5 Jordan Ca MR VAC VACS
5 Lesotho Ca Cj VAC VACS
5 Mali Ca VAW VAC VACS
5 Niger Ca VAW VAC VACS
5 North Korea Ca MR VAC VACS
5 Pakistan Ca Cj VAC VACS
5 Russia Ca VAW VAC VACS
5 St. Lucia Ca VAC VACS MR
5 Singapore Ca Cj VAC VACS
5 Sri Lanka Ca MR VAC VACS
5 St.Kitts & Nevis Ca Cj VAC VACS
5 Tonga Ca Cj VAC VACS
5 Zimbabwe Ca TO VAC VACS
4 Belarus Ca VAC VACS
4 Belize Ca VAC VACS
4 Burkina Faso Ca VAC VACS
4 Equatorial Guinea MR VAC VACS VAW
4 Grenada Ca VAC VACS
4 Guatemala Ca VAC VACS
4 Guayana Ca VAC VACS
4 Haiti TO MR VAC VAW
4 Kuwait Ca VAC VACS
4 Lebanon Ca VAC VACS
4 Liberia Ca VAC VACS
4 St. Vincent & Grenadines Ca VAC VACS
4 South Sudan Ca VAW MR
4 Taiwan Ca VAC VACS
4 Trinidad & Tobago Ca Cj VAC
4 Tuvalu Cj MR VAC VACS
4 United States Ca VAC VACS
4 Vietnam Ca VAC VACS
3 Bhutan TO VAC VACS
3 Central African Republic MR VAC VACS
3 Chad MR VAC VACS
3 Cuba Ca VACS
3 Djibouti MR VAC VACS
3 Ecuador Cj VAC VACS
3 Eswatini Cj VAC VACS
3 Fiji MR VAC VACS
3 Ghana VAC VACS LGBTIQ+
3 Madagascar MR VAC VACS
3 Palau TO VAC VACS
3 Papua New Guinea TO VAC VACS
3 Sierra Leone Cj VAC VACS
3 Tajikistan Ca MR
3 Tunisia Ca LGBTIQ+
3 Western Sahara TO VAC VACS
2 Angola VAC VACS
2 Armenia VAC VACS
2 Australia VAC VACS
2 Azerbaijan VAC VACS
2 Belgium VAC VACS
2 Bosnia & Herzegovina VAC VACS
2 Burundi VAC VACS
2 Cambodia VAC VACS
2 Canada VAC VACS
2 Chile VAC VACS
2 Comoros VAC VACS
2 Cook Islands VAC VACS
2 Cote d’Ivoire VAC VACS
2 Czech Republic VAC VACS
2 Dominican Republic VAC VACS
2 DPR Korea VAC VACS
2 El Salvador VAC VACS
2 Gabon VAC VACS
2 Guinea MR VAW
2 Guinea Bissau VAC VACS
2 Guyana VAC VACS
2 Japan Ca
2 Kazakhstan VAC VACS
2 Kenya Ca
2 Kiribati VAC VACS
2 Kyrgyzstan VAC VACS
2 Laos (PDR Lao) Ca
2 Marshall Island VAC VACS
2 Mexico VAC VACS
2 Micronesia VAC VACS
2 Monaco VAC VACS
2 Mozambique VAC VACS
2 Namibia VAC VACS
2 Nauru VAC VACS
2 Niue VAC VACS
2 Panama VAC VACS
2 Rwanda VAC VACS
2 Samoa VAC VACS
2 Sao Tome & Principe VAC VACS
2 Senegal VAC VACS
2 Serbia VAC VACS
2 Solomon Islands VAC VACS
2 South Korea Ca
2 Suriname VAC VACS
2 Switzerland VAC VACS
2 Thailand Ca
2 Timor Leste VAC VACS
2 Turkey VAC VACS
2 UK VAC VACS
2 Uzbekistan VAC VACS
2 Vanuatu VAC VACS
1 Congo MR
1 Estonia VAW
1 Italy VAC
1 Philippines VAC
1 Slovakia VAC
