Data for 1992

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1992

Name: Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1992
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1992 covers 172 countries. Colombia is highest, at 3.295; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -3.158. The middle country reads -0.456. Against 1991, 52 values changed (24 up, 28 down), 2 countries joined.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 1992

HighestColombia

3.295

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

-3.158

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

172countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
166distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1992, 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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Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Colombia`COL`South America	3.295
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.230
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3.218
4	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3.138
5	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.110
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.949
7	Peru`PER`South America	2.814
8	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2.773
9	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.676
10	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.466
11	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.326
12	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.258
13	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2.176
14	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.156
15	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.089
16	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.073
17	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.896
18	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.775
19	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.756
20	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1.690
21	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.688
22	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.676
23	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.654
24	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.599
25	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.548
26	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	1.381
27	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.343
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.315
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.290
30	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.233
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.230
32	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.213
33	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.187
34	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.146
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.089
36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.038
37	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.990
38	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.985
=39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.951
=39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.951
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.918
42	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.899
43	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.851
=44	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.842
=44	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.842
46	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.797
47	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.792
48	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.761
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.710
50	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.683
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.682
=52	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.677
=52	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.677
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.612
55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.611
56	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.579
57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.578
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.529
59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.505
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.472
61	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.423
62	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.417
63	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.374
64	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.358
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.347
66	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.312
67	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.297
68	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.253
69	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.188
70	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.175
=71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.169
=71	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.169
73	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.068
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.022
75	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.180
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.227
77	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.274
78	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.326
79	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.337
80	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	-0.361
81	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.369
82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.375
83	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.394
84	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.395
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.411
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.445
87	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.466
88	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.534
89	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-0.620
90	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.628
91	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.709
92	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.757
93	Chile`CHL`South America	-0.786
94	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.790
95	United States`USA`Northern America	-0.836
96	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-0.896
97	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.916
=98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.950
=98	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.950
100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.979
101	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.989
102	France`FRA`Western Europe	-1.005
103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-1.080
=104	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.099
=104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.099
106	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-1.105
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-1.122
108	Suriname`SUR`South America	-1.126
109	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	-1.147
110	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.162
111	Argentina`ARG`South America	-1.163
112	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	-1.170
113	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.200
114	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	-1.217
115	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-1.224
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-1.230
117	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-1.261
118	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-1.267
119	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-1.296
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-1.358
121	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-1.391
122	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-1.397
123	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-1.412
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-1.414
125	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-1.422
126	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	-1.444
127	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.453
128	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	-1.455
129	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-1.472
130	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-1.477
131	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.481
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.487
133	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-1.506
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	-1.513
135	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.541
136	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-1.612
137	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-1.681
138	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-1.691
139	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-1.716
140	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-1.720
141	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-1.736
142	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.764
143	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-1.805
144	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-1.830
145	Canada`CAN`Northern America	-1.836
146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.842
147	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-1.870
148	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-1.895
149	Uruguay`URY`South America	-1.915
150	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-1.941
151	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-2.044
152	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-2.078
153	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-2.107
154	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-2.136
155	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-2.137
156	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-2.176
157	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.201
158	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-2.277
159	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-2.317
160	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-2.466
161	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	-2.519
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-2.578
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.581
164	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-2.665
165	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-2.712
166	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-2.729
167	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	-2.789
168	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-2.938
169	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-2.958
170	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	-3.006
171	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	-3.049
172	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-3.158

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

172United Arab Emirates-3.158
171Singapore-3.049
170Luxembourg-3.006
169Romania-2.958
168Belarus-2.938

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.456. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
52values changed, of 170 in both
24 · 28rose · fell
118unchanged

Rose most

Tajikistan0.697 → 2.676+1.979
Algeria1.353 → 3.138+1.785
Venezuela-1.043 → 0.297+1.340
Egypt-1.029 → 0.253+1.282
Kenya1.267 → 2.156+0.889

Fell most

El Salvador3.890 → 0.918−2.972
Romania-0.836 → -2.958−2.122
Mauritania0.471 → -1.472−1.943
Kuwait-0.324 → -1.805−1.481
Eritrea1.874 → 0.505−1.369

+ Afghanistan

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 1992.
166 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.951. 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 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1992). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/1992

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