Data for 1994
Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994
1994, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994 covers 173 countries. Colombia is highest, at 3.295; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -3.158. The middle country reads -0.534. Against 1993, 35 values changed (12 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.
Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 1994
HighestColombia
3.295LowestUnited Arab Emirates
-3.158Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 173 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | COLSouth America | 3.295 |
| 2 | SOMEastern Africa | 3.230 |
| 3 | BIHSouthern Europe | 3.218 |
| 4 | DZANorthern Africa | 3.138 |
| 5 | AFGSouthern Asia | 3.110 |
| 6 | LBRWestern Africa | 2.949 |
| 7 | BDIEastern Africa | 2.872 |
| 8 | GTMCentral America | 2.773 |
| 9 | TURWestern Asia | 2.564 |
| 10 | AGOMiddle Africa | 2.466 |
| 11 | SLEWestern Africa | 2.326 |
| 12 | TJKCentral Asia | 2.269 |
| 13 | LKASouthern Asia | 2.258 |
| 14 | TCDMiddle Africa | 2.089 |
| 15 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 1.896 |
| 16 | IRQWestern Asia | 1.775 |
| 17 | BGDSouthern Asia | 1.762 |
| 18 | DJIEastern Africa | 1.690 |
| 19 | CODMiddle Africa | 1.688 |
| 20 | HTICaribbean | 1.623 |
| 21 | NPLSouthern Asia | 1.564 |
| 22 | PERSouth America | 1.518 |
| 23 | SomalilandXSLEastern Africa | 1.381 |
| 24 | COGMiddle Africa | 1.362 |
| 25 | TGOWestern Africa | 1.300 |
| 26 | LBNWestern Asia | 1.290 |
| 27 | CMRMiddle Africa | 1.274 |
| 28 | ESPSouthern Europe | 1.233 |
| 29 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 1.213 |
| 30 | GEOWestern Asia | 1.113 |
| 31 | JAMCaribbean | 1.093 |
| 32 | SDNNorthern Africa | 1.089 |
| 33 | COMEastern Africa | 0.990 |
| 34 | NERWestern Africa | 0.985 |
| =35 | HRVSouthern Europe | 0.951 |
| =35 | ZWEEastern Africa | 0.951 |
| 37 | SRBSouthern Europe | 0.907 |
| 38 | INDSouthern Asia | 0.899 |
| 39 | CAFMiddle Africa | 0.881 |
| 40 | RUSEastern Europe | 0.879 |
| =41 | BHRWestern Asia | 0.842 |
| =41 | SYRWestern Asia | 0.842 |
| 43 | NGAWestern Africa | 0.814 |
| 44 | BFAWestern Africa | 0.797 |
| 45 | UGAEastern Africa | 0.761 |
| 46 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.710 |
| 47 | ETHEastern Africa | 0.677 |
| 48 | SENWestern Africa | 0.634 |
| 49 | GRCSouthern Europe | 0.579 |
| 50 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.555 |
| 51 | CIVWestern Africa | 0.529 |
| 52 | ERIEastern Africa | 0.505 |
| 53 | GHAWestern Africa | 0.472 |
| 54 | KENEastern Africa | 0.467 |
| 55 | YEMWestern Asia | 0.442 |
| 56 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 0.424 |
| 57 | GBRNorthern Europe | 0.423 |
| 58 | MLIWestern Africa | 0.418 |
| 59 | ISRWestern Asia | 0.395 |
| 60 | BOLSouth America | 0.372 |
| 61 | PAKSouthern Asia | 0.358 |
| 62 | ZMBEastern Africa | 0.312 |
| 63 | ALBSouthern Europe | 0.288 |
| 64 | BRASouth America | 0.216 |
| 65 | EGYNorthern Africa | 0.200 |
| 66 | MEXCentral America | 0.190 |
| 67 | LSOSouthern Africa | 0.175 |
| 68 | CUBCaribbean | 0.169 |
| 69 | MOZEastern Africa | 0.081 |
| 70 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 0.051 |
| 71 | AZEWestern Asia | 0.048 |
| 72 | FRAWestern Europe | -0.026 |
| 73 | ARMWestern Asia | -0.056 |
| 74 | GNQMiddle Africa | -0.180 |
| 75 | SLVCentral America | -0.193 |
| 76 | GINWestern Africa | -0.227 |
| 77 | GABMiddle Africa | -0.274 |
| 78 | BTNSouthern Asia | -0.334 |
| 79 | UZBCentral Asia | -0.357 |
| 80 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | -0.375 |
| 81 | PRYSouth America | -0.394 |
| 82 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | -0.395 |
| 83 | TUNNorthern Africa | -0.411 |
| 84 | PNGMelanesia | -0.466 |
| 85 | DOMCaribbean | -0.474 |
| 86 | MWIEastern Africa | -0.517 |
| 87 | NICCentral America | -0.534 |
| 88 | IRLNorthern Europe | -0.620 |
| 89 | KOREastern Asia | -0.627 |
| 90 | LBYNorthern Africa | -0.628 |
| 91 | GMBWestern Africa | -0.645 |
| 92 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | -0.709 |
| 93 | KAZCentral Asia | -0.757 |
| 94 | GNBWestern Africa | -0.790 |
| 95 | USANorthern America | -0.891 |
| 96 | JORWestern Asia | -0.916 |
| =97 | FJIMelanesia | -0.950 |
| =97 | RWAEastern Africa | -0.950 |
| 99 | CHLSouth America | -0.952 |
| 100 | MDAEastern Europe | -0.974 |
| 101 | MKDSouthern Europe | -0.979 |
| 102 | IRNSouthern Asia | -0.989 |
| 103 | STPMiddle Africa | -1.080 |
| 104 | SWZSouthern Africa | -1.099 |
| 105 | MARNorthern Africa | -1.122 |
| 106 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | -1.147 |
| 107 | ARGSouth America | -1.163 |
| 108 | NLDWestern Europe | -1.164 |
| 109 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | -1.200 |
| 110 | CYPWestern Asia | -1.217 |
| 111 | SAUWestern Asia | -1.223 |
| 112 | TWNEastern Asia | -1.224 |
| =113 | CPVWestern Africa | -1.230 |
| =113 | MDGEastern Africa | -1.230 |
| 115 | VENSouth America | -1.234 |
| 116 | GUYSouth America | -1.239 |
| 117 | NORNorthern Europe | -1.261 |
| 118 | SURSouth America | -1.262 |
| 119 | CHNEastern Asia | -1.267 |
| 120 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | -1.391 |
| 121 | FINNorthern Europe | -1.397 |
| 122 | POLEastern Europe | -1.422 |
| 123 | BENWestern Africa | -1.434 |
| 124 | MLTSouthern Europe | -1.444 |
| 125 | BELWestern Europe | -1.455 |
| 126 | MRTWestern Africa | -1.472 |
| 127 | QATWestern Asia | -1.481 |
| 128 | PANCentral America | -1.513 |
| 129 | SYCEastern Africa | -1.533 |
| 130 | MNGEastern Asia | -1.663 |
| 131 | MDVSouthern Asia | -1.681 |
| 132 | SVKEastern Europe | -1.682 |
| 133 | BGREastern Europe | -1.684 |
| 134 | DNKNorthern Europe | -1.691 |
| 135 | VUTMelanesia | -1.716 |
| 136 | UKREastern Europe | -1.720 |
| 137 | ECUSouth America | -1.736 |
| 138 | AUTWestern Europe | -1.748 |
| 139 | HNDCentral America | -1.764 |
| 140 | LVANorthern Europe | -1.778 |
| 141 | MUSEastern Africa | -1.830 |
| 142 | CANNorthern America | -1.836 |
| 143 | SLBMelanesia | -1.842 |
| 144 | HKGEastern Asia | -1.870 |
| 145 | KGZCentral Asia | -1.879 |
| 146 | URYSouth America | -1.915 |
| 147 | SVNSouthern Europe | -2.044 |
| 148 | OMNWestern Asia | -2.107 |
| 149 | DEUWestern Europe | -2.120 |
| 150 | CRICentral America | -2.136 |
| 151 | TZAEastern Africa | -2.137 |
| 152 | TTOCaribbean | -2.176 |
| 153 | PRKEastern Asia | -2.201 |
| 154 | SWENorthern Europe | -2.204 |
| 155 | ITASouthern Europe | -2.214 |
| 156 | JPNEastern Asia | -2.217 |
| 157 | KWTWestern Asia | -2.228 |
| 158 | NAMSouthern Africa | -2.277 |
| 159 | ISLNorthern Europe | -2.317 |
| 160 | LTUNorthern Europe | -2.380 |
| 161 | HUNEastern Europe | -2.466 |
| 162 | CHEWestern Europe | -2.559 |
| 163 | BRBCaribbean | -2.578 |
| 164 | TKMCentral Asia | -2.581 |
| 165 | CZEEastern Europe | -2.665 |
| 166 | BWASouthern Africa | -2.712 |
| 167 | ESTNorthern Europe | -2.770 |
| 168 | PRTSouthern Europe | -2.789 |
| 169 | BLREastern Europe | -2.938 |
| 170 | ROUEastern Europe | -2.958 |
| 171 | LUXWestern Europe | -3.006 |
| 172 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | -3.049 |
| 173 | AREWestern Asia | -3.158 |
02In 1994
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Colombia3.295
- 2
Somalia3.230
- 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina3.218
- 4
Algeria3.138
- 5
Afghanistan3.110
Lowest
- 173
United Arab Emirates-3.158
- 172
Singapore-3.049
- 171
Luxembourg-3.006
- 170
Romania-2.958
- 169
Belarus-2.938
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.534. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031993 → 1994
Since 1993
What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 35values changed, of 173 in both
- 12 · 23rose · fell
- 138unchanged
Rose most
Uzbekistan-2.057 → -0.357+1.700
France-1.005 → -0.026+0.979
Dominican Republic-1.412 → -0.474+0.938
Nepal0.691 → 1.564+0.873
Gambia-1.358 → -0.645+0.713
Fell most
South Africa1.775 → 0.424−1.351
Madagascar0.111 → -1.230−1.341
Estonia-1.560 → -2.770−1.210
Lithuania-1.350 → -2.380−1.030
Republic of the Congo2.298 → 1.362−0.936
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
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
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 1994.
169 distinct values among 173
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 173 countries has every column.
05The files
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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1994). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/1994
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07Questions
Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994: questions and answers
Which country has the highest political violence by non-state actors in Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994?
Colombia, at 3.295, of the 173 countries in the file.
What year does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994 describe?
1994.
How many countries does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994 cover?
173.
Where can I download Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1994 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2025.