IVI: Internal Violence Index for Developing Countries

130 developing countries are compared using a composite index of internal violence. The IVI is constructed from nine quantitative variables across four dimensions: internal conflict, crime, terrorism, and political violence. Primary data is sourced from established, freely available databases including UCDP/PRIO, IDMC, UNODC, GTD, and CNTS.

Use Cases

• Ranking countries by internal violence levels based on the composite IVI score.
• Analyzing correlations between different dimensions of violence (e.g., conflict and crime).
• Benchmarking a country's performance against regional peers over the 2008-2012 period.
• Using the underlying nine variables for country-specific security diagnostics.

Strengths

• Based on nine quantitative variables from five established, open-source databases (UCDP/PRIO, IDMC, UNODC, GTD, CNTS).
• Provides a structured, multi-dimensional view of violence across four distinct categories.
• Covers a specific, policy-relevant set of 130 developing countries.

Limitations

• Primary temporal coverage is limited to the period 2008-2012, which may not reflect current conditions.
• Metadata is incomplete; column names and exact row counts are not provided across sources.
• Author attribution conflicts between sources (Feindouno, Sosso vs. Issakha THIAM).

Provenance

Source

FERDI Research Data

Collection Method

Composite indicator constructed from secondary data sourced from UCDP/PRIO, IDMC, UNODC, GTD, and CNTS databases.

Time Range

2008-2012 (for most variables)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 (dataverse)

Geography

130 developing countries