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Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1997

1997, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1997 covers 173 countries. Colombia is highest, at 3.295; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -3.158. The middle country reads -0.757. Against 1996, 38 values changed (12 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 1997

HighestColombia

3.295

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

-3.158

Shaded 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, 1997, 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

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1997: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1ColombiaCOLSouth America3.295
2Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa3.233
3SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.230
4AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3.110
5DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.019
6AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe2.842
7NepalNPLSouthern Asia2.828
8BurundiBDIEastern Africa2.668
9AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa2.635
10TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2.564
11AngolaAGOMiddle Africa2.466
12Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia2.426
13Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa2.326
14ChadTCDMiddle Africa2.089
15LiberiaLBRWestern Africa2.031
16TajikistanTJKCentral Asia1.944
17Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia1.896
18BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1.858
19IraqIRQWestern Asia1.781
20IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1.482
21KenyaKENEastern Africa1.344
22IndiaINDSouthern Asia1.303
23SpainESPSouthern Europe1.233
24MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1.213
25LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.090

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Colombia3.295
  2. 2Republic of the Congo3.233
  3. 3Somalia3.230
  4. 4Afghanistan3.110
  5. 5DR Congo3.019

Lowest

  1. 173United Arab Emirates-3.158
  2. 172Singapore-3.049
  3. 171Luxembourg-3.006
  4. 170Romania-2.938
  5. 169Portugal-2.789

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.757. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 38values changed, of 173 in both
  • 12 · 26rose · fell
  • 135unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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.

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 1997.

  • 170 distinct values among 173

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.842. 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1997). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/1997

0636 held

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07Questions

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political violence by non-state actors in Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1997?

Colombia, at 3.295, of the 173 countries in the file.

What year does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1997 cover?

173.

Where can I download Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2025.

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