Data for 2009

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2009

Name: Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2009
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2009, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2009 covers 175 countries. Somalia is highest, at 3.430; Romania is lowest, at -3.427. The middle country reads -0.767. Against 2008, 47 values changed (21 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2009

HighestSomalia

3.430

LowestRomania

-3.427

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

175countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
170distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.430
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.792
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.511
4	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.420
5	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.393
6	Colombia`COL`South America	2.361
7	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	2.276
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.222
9	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.207
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.089
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.047
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.010
13	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.773
14	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.691
15	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.613
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.457
17	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.422
18	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.336
19	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.213
20	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.167
21	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.139
22	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.108
23	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.104
24	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1.089
25	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.992
26	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.976
27	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.914
28	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.897
29	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.844
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.780
31	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.756
32	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.705
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.702
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.698
35	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.695
36	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.677
37	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.663
38	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.610
39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.472
40	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.418
41	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.405
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.393
43	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.291
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.269
45	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.249
46	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.246
47	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.185
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.184
49	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.182
50	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.135
51	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.110
52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.095
53	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.072
54	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.060
55	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.009
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.043
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.065
58	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.076
59	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.131
60	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.139
61	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.150
62	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.153
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.156
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.191
=65	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.219
=65	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.219
67	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.229
68	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.239
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.241
=70	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.259
=70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.259
72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.315
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.323
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.354
75	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.362
76	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.367
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.375
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.394
79	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.441
80	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.457
81	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.486
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.494
83	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.614
84	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.615
85	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.688
=86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.732
=86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.732
88	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.767
89	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.798
90	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.809
91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-0.815
92	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.847
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.877
94	United States`USA`Northern America	-0.930
95	Chile`CHL`South America	-0.952
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.959
97	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.964
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.036
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-1.080
100	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-1.084
101	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-1.128
102	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	-1.147
103	Argentina`ARG`South America	-1.163
104	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-1.166
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.184
106	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-1.197
107	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-1.260
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.270
109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-1.294
110	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.318
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.347
112	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.383
113	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-1.391
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-1.396
115	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-1.397
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.412
117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-1.447
118	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	-1.455
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	-1.489
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	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	-1.565
125	Peru`PER`South America	-1.569
126	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.573
127	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-1.654
128	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-1.710
129	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-1.716
130	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.718
131	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-1.728
132	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.731
133	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.755
134	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.770
135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-1.783
136	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	-1.812
137	Canada`CAN`Northern America	-1.836
138	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-1.855
139	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-1.861
140	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-1.872
141	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-1.873
142	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-1.946
143	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-2.008
144	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-2.041
145	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-2.107
=146	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-2.124
=146	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-2.124
148	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-2.136
149	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-2.163
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-2.176
151	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-2.198
152	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-2.217
153	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-2.221
154	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-2.236
155	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-2.253
156	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-2.396
157	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-2.432
158	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	-2.496
159	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-2.520
160	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.542
161	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-2.546
162	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-2.558
163	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-2.578
164	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-2.580
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	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-2.812
170	Uruguay`URY`South America	-2.843
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 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia3.430
2Afghanistan2.792
3Nigeria2.511
4Madagascar2.420
5Thailand2.393

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 -0.767. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
47values changed, of 175 in both
21 · 26rose · fell
128unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar-0.367 → 2.420+2.787
Honduras-1.764 → 0.072+1.836
Gabon0.265 → 1.773+1.508
Moldova-1.411 → -0.156+1.255
Bangladesh1.059 → 2.010+0.951

Fell most

Mongolia-0.850 → -2.163−1.313
Morocco-0.999 → -1.783−0.784
Egypt-0.320 → -1.084−0.764
Bolivia0.803 → 0.095−0.708
Armenia-0.934 → -1.447−0.513

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 2009.
170 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.219. 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 (2009). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2009

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