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Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2002

2002, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2002 covers 175 countries. Colombia is highest, at 3.295; Romania is lowest, at -3.427. The middle country reads -0.770. Against 2001, 52 values changed (21 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2002

HighestColombia

3.295

LowestRomania

-3.427

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1ColombiaCOLSouth America3.295
2SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3.230
3LiberiaLBRWestern Africa2.977
4DR CongoCODMiddle Africa2.600
5NepalNPLSouthern Asia2.584
6BurundiBDIEastern Africa2.467
7NigeriaNGAWestern Africa2.174
8Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa2.155
9MadagascarMDGEastern Africa2.148
10Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia2.116
11ChadTCDMiddle Africa2.089
12BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia2.015
13IraqIRQWestern Asia1.961
14Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa1.561
15AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia1.516
16IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1.465
17PakistanPAKSouthern Asia1.457
18SyriaSYRWestern Asia1.336
19IsraelISRWestern Asia1.318
20HaitiHTICaribbean1.306
21IndiaINDSouthern Asia1.303
22ComorosCOMEastern Africa1.261
23MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1.213
24ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa1.163
25BahrainBHRWestern Asia1.154

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Colombia3.295
  2. 2Somalia3.230
  3. 3Liberia2.977
  4. 4DR Congo2.600
  5. 5Nepal2.584

Lowest

  1. 175Romania-3.427
  2. 174United Arab Emirates-3.158
  3. 173Singapore-3.049
  4. 172Luxembourg-3.006
  5. 171Namibia-2.895

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.770. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 52values changed, of 175 in both
  • 21 · 31rose · fell
  • 123unchanged

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 2002.

  • 173 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.485. 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 (2002). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2002

0636 held

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07Questions

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political violence by non-state actors in Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2002?

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

What year does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2002 cover?

175.

Where can I download Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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