Data for 2007

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2007

Name: Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2007
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2007 covers 175 countries. Somalia is highest, at 3.197; Romania is lowest, at -3.427. The middle country reads -0.801. Against 2006, 42 values changed (17 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2007

HighestSomalia

3.197

LowestRomania

-3.427

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

175countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
168distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.197
2	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.795
3	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.792
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.389
5	Colombia`COL`South America	2.361
6	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.276
7	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.222
8	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.089
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.047
10	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.687
11	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.457
12	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.336
13	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.265
14	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.259
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.256
16	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.228
17	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.213
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.149
19	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.141
20	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.104
21	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.101
22	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.089
23	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.059
24	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.992
25	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.949
=26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.914
=26	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.914
28	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.844
29	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.756
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.725
31	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.705
32	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.700
33	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.695
34	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.684
35	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.677
36	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.610
37	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.548
38	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.547
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.543
40	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.513
41	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.472
42	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.418
43	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.405
44	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.291
45	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.278
46	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.265
47	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.182
48	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.135
49	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.134
50	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.119
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.110
52	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.097
53	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.016
54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.043
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.058
56	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.065
57	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.139
58	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.150
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.219
60	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.229
61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.241
=62	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.259
=62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.259
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.281
65	France`FRA`Western Europe	-0.289
66	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.315
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.354
68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.356
69	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.362
70	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.365
=71	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.367
=71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.367
73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.375
74	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.394
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.411
76	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.441
77	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.486
78	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.494
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.523
80	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.524
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.581
82	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.614
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.615
=84	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.732
=84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.732
86	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.767
87	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.798
88	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.801
89	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.809
90	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-0.816
91	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.847
92	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.867
93	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.887
94	United States`USA`Northern America	-0.914
95	Chile`CHL`South America	-0.952
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.959
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.976
98	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.989
99	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.999
100	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-1.015
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-1.080
102	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	-1.147
103	Argentina`ARG`South America	-1.163
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.184
105	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-1.197
106	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-1.259
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-1.260
108	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.318
109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-1.334
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.347
111	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.383
112	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-1.391
113	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-1.396
114	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-1.397
115	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-1.411
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.412
=117	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.442
=117	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	-1.442
119	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	-1.455
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	-1.506
=121	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	-1.513
=121	Panama`PAN`Central America	-1.513
123	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-1.533
124	Peru`PER`South America	-1.569
125	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.573
126	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	-1.665
127	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-1.691
128	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-1.710
129	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-1.716
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-1.721
131	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.731
132	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.755
133	Honduras`HND`Central America	-1.764
134	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.770
135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-1.773
136	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	-1.812
137	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-1.828
138	Canada`CAN`Northern America	-1.836
139	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	-1.843
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-1.855
141	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-1.861
142	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-1.872
143	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-1.873
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-2.008
145	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-2.033
146	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-2.055
147	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-2.107
148	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-2.113
149	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-2.124
150	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-2.136
151	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-2.176
=152	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-2.198
=152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-2.198
154	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.201
155	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-2.217
156	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-2.221
157	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-2.236
158	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-2.317
159	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-2.396
160	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-2.520
161	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.542
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-2.578
163	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-2.580
164	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-2.619
165	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-2.665
166	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-2.693
167	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-2.712
168	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	-2.789
169	Uruguay`URY`South America	-2.843
170	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-2.866
171	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-2.895
172	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	-3.006
173	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	-3.049
174	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-3.158
175	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-3.427

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia3.197
2Iraq2.795
3Afghanistan2.792
4Nigeria2.389
5Colombia2.361

Lowest

175Romania-3.427
174United Arab Emirates-3.158
173Singapore-3.049
172Luxembourg-3.006
171Namibia-2.895

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.801. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
42values changed, of 175 in both
17 · 25rose · fell
133unchanged

Rose most

Estonia-2.770 → -1.259+1.511
United Kingdom-2.121 → -0.816+1.305
Egypt-1.144 → -0.281+0.863
Pakistan1.457 → 2.047+0.590
Switzerland-2.428 → -1.843+0.585

Fell most

Bangladesh2.736 → 1.059−1.677
Timor-Leste0.183 → -0.809−0.992
Nepal2.189 → 1.259−0.930
Thailand2.074 → 1.265−0.809
Fiji-1.126 → -1.721−0.595

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 2007.
168 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.914. 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

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2007). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2007

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