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Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1999

1999, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1999 covers 175 countries. Colombia is highest, at 3.295; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -3.158. The middle country reads -0.732. Against 1998, 38 values changed (24 up, 14 down), 1 country joined.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 1999

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, 1999, 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 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1999: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1ColombiaCOLSouth America3.295
2SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.230
3DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3.019
4NepalNPLSouthern Asia2.828
5BurundiBDIEastern Africa2.668
6TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2.564
7AngolaAGOMiddle Africa2.466
8Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia2.426
9AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa2.389
10Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa2.326
11ChadTCDMiddle Africa2.089
12LiberiaLBRWestern Africa2.031
13AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia2.019
14BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1.858
15Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa1.690
16IraqIRQWestern Asia1.542
17IndiaINDSouthern Asia1.303
18IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1.251
19Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia1.249
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.233
21MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1.213
22Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa1.198
23SudanSDNNorthern Africa1.089
24KosovoXKXSouthern Europe1.070
25HaitiHTICaribbean1.048

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Colombia3.295
  2. 2Somalia3.230
  3. 3DR Congo3.019
  4. 4Nepal2.828
  5. 5Burundi2.668

Lowest

  1. 175United Arab Emirates-3.158
  2. 174Singapore-3.049
  3. 173Luxembourg-3.006
  4. 172Portugal-2.789
  5. 171Estonia-2.770

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.732. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 38values changed, of 174 in both
  • 24 · 14rose · fell
  • 136unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Kosovo

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 1999.

  • 173 distinct values among 175

    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 175 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 (1999). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/1999

0636 held

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07Questions

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political violence by non-state actors in Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1999?

Colombia, at 3.295, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1999 cover?

175.

Where can I download Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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