Structural violence

Structural violence - form of violence wherein some social structure or social institution may harm people by preventing them from meeting their basic needs. Article “Structural violence” in English Wikipedia has 55.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 49 references and 13 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Structural violence” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Structural violence”, its content was written by 105 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 304 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 908 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1096 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #23665 in June 2018
• Global: #6704 in November 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #88632 in December 2014
• Global: #132157 in December 2014

There are 16 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Structural violence		55.3984
2	Chinese (zh) 制度暴力		37.0459
3	German (de) Strukturelle Gewalt		33.1228
4	Czech (cs) Strukturální násilí		22.6938
5	Persian (fa) خشونت ساختاری		20.3926
6	Norwegian (no) Strukturell vold		19.9319
7	Portuguese (pt) Violência estrutural		18.6095
8	Catalan (ca) Violència estructural		18.5474
9	Japanese (ja) 構造的暴力		16.9723
10	Armenian (hy) Կառուցվածքային բռնություն		14.8302

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Structural violence" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Structural violence		1 133 985
2	German (de) Strukturelle Gewalt		401 473
3	Japanese (ja) 構造的暴力		153 366
4	Chinese (zh) 制度暴力		54 887
5	French (fr) Violence structurelle		50 074
6	Russian (ru) Структурное насилие		18 081
7	Norwegian (no) Strukturell vold		9 275
8	Portuguese (pt) Violência estrutural		8 937
9	Catalan (ca) Violència estructural		6 078
10	Persian (fa) خشونت ساختاری		5 798

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Structural violence" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Structural violence		2 934
2	Chinese (zh) 制度暴力		998
3	German (de) Strukturelle Gewalt		507
4	Japanese (ja) 構造的暴力		466
5	Korean (ko) 구조적 폭력		235
6	Simple English (simple) Structural violence		134
7	French (fr) Violence structurelle		131
8	Portuguese (pt) Violência estrutural		130
9	Russian (ru) Структурное насилие		98
10	Norwegian (no) Strukturell vold		31

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Structural violence" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Strukturelle Gewalt		116
2	English (en) Structural violence		105
3	French (fr) Violence structurelle		19
4	Chinese (zh) 制度暴力		13
5	Japanese (ja) 構造的暴力		10
6	Catalan (ca) Violència estructural		8
7	Norwegian (no) Strukturell vold		7
8	Armenian (hy) Կառուցվածքային բռնություն		5
9	Latin (la) Violentia structuralis		5
10	Czech (cs) Strukturální násilí		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Structural violence" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Structural violence		1
2	French (fr) Violence structurelle		1
3	Arabic (ar) عنف بنيوي		0
4	Catalan (ca) Violència estructural		0
5	Czech (cs) Strukturální násilí		0
6	German (de) Strukturelle Gewalt		0
7	Persian (fa) خشونت ساختاری		0
8	Armenian (hy) Կառուցվածքային բռնություն		0
9	Japanese (ja) 構造的暴力		0
10	Korean (ko) 구조적 폭력		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Structural violence" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Structural violence		908
2	German (de) Strukturelle Gewalt		47
3	French (fr) Violence structurelle		31
4	Catalan (ca) Violència estructural		20
5	Japanese (ja) 構造的暴力		18
6	Portuguese (pt) Violência estrutural		13
7	Latin (la) Violentia structuralis		12
8	Chinese (zh) 制度暴力		12
9	Persian (fa) خشونت ساختاری		10
10	Russian (ru) Структурное насилие		9

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic عنف بنيوي
ca	Catalan Violència estructural
cs	Czech Strukturální násilí
de	German Strukturelle Gewalt
en	English Structural violence
fa	Persian خشونت ساختاری
fr	French Violence structurelle
hy	Armenian Կառուցվածքային բռնություն
ja	Japanese 構造的暴力
ko	Korean 구조적 폭력
la	Latin Violentia structuralis
no	Norwegian Strukturell vold
pt	Portuguese Violência estrutural
ru	Russian Структурное насилие
simple	Simple English Structural violence
zh	Chinese 制度暴力

Best Rank

English: #88632 12.2014

Global: #132157 12.2014

Best Rank

English: #23665 06.2018

Global: #6704 11.2002

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