Data for 2010

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2010

Name: Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2010
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2010, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2010 covers 175 countries. Somalia is highest, at 3.389; Romania is lowest, at -3.427. The middle country reads -0.767. Against 2009, 104 values changed (57 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2010

HighestSomalia

3.389

LowestRomania

-3.427

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

175countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
169distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.389
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.945
3	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.558
4	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.520
5	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.222
6	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.207
7	Colombia`COL`South America	2.168
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.153
9	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.121
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.089
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.031
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.010
13	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.984
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.826
15	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.738
16	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.691
17	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.566
18	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.431
19	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.404
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.359
21	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.237
=22	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.229
=22	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.229
24	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.217
25	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.108
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.916
27	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.914
28	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.892
29	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.810
30	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.688
31	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.677
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.658
33	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.647
34	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.626
35	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.610
36	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.609
37	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.590
38	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.546
39	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.540
40	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.527
41	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.521
42	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.511
43	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.472
44	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.456
45	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.362
46	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.238
47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.234
48	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.208
49	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.153
50	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.110
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.023
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	-0.004
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.044
54	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.065
55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.081
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.084
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-0.091
58	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.107
59	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-0.123
=60	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.131
=60	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.131
62	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.149
63	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.153
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.174
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.178
66	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.179
=67	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.198
=67	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.198
69	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.219
70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.259
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.301
72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.315
=73	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.343
=73	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.343
75	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.367
76	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.371
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.375
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.394
=79	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.417
=79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.417
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.494
82	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.566
83	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.616
84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.654
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.730
86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.732
87	United States`USA`Northern America	-0.742
88	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.767
89	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.777
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.799
91	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.825
92	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.847
93	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-0.861
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.884
95	Chile`CHL`South America	-0.952
96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.994
97	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-1.012
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-1.018
99	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.072
100	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-1.080
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-1.108
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.126
103	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	-1.147
104	Argentina`ARG`South America	-1.163
105	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-1.166
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.184
107	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.215
108	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.347
109	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-1.371
110	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.383
111	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-1.391
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-1.396
113	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-1.397
114	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	-1.455
115	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.463
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.469
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.471
118	Peru`PER`South America	-1.494
119	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-1.498
120	Suriname`SUR`South America	-1.506
121	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-1.508
=122	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	-1.513
=122	Panama`PAN`Central America	-1.513
124	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-1.533
125	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.535
126	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	-1.565
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-1.569
128	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.573
129	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-1.582
130	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.587
131	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-1.710
132	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-1.718
133	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	-1.727
134	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.731
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.755
136	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-1.792
137	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	-1.812
138	Canada`CAN`Northern America	-1.836
139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-1.850
140	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-1.855
141	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-1.872
142	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-1.873
143	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-1.946
144	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-1.966
145	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-1.970
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-2.028
147	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-2.041
148	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-2.107
149	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-2.124
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-2.176
151	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-2.197
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-2.198
153	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-2.217
154	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-2.221
155	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-2.236
156	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-2.292
157	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-2.326
158	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-2.396
159	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-2.422
160	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-2.432
161	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-2.447
162	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	-2.496
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-2.546
164	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-2.578
165	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-2.613
166	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-2.665
167	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-2.704
168	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	-2.789
169	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-2.812
170	Uruguay`URY`South America	-2.843
171	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	-3.006
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	-3.049
173	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-3.158
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-3.276
175	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-3.427

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia3.389
2Afghanistan2.945
3Nigeria2.558
4Thailand2.520
5DR Congo2.222

Lowest

175Romania-3.427
174Turkmenistan-3.276
173United Arab Emirates-3.158
172Singapore-3.049
171Luxembourg-3.006

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.767. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
104values changed, of 175 in both
57 · 47rose · fell
71unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador-1.654 → 0.023+1.677
Guinea0.249 → 1.738+1.489
Belarus-2.693 → -1.535+1.158
Republic of the Congo0.405 → 1.431+1.026
Egypt-1.084 → -0.084+1.000

Fell most

Sri Lanka2.276 → -0.417−2.693
Gabon1.773 → -0.301−2.074
Hungary-0.815 → -2.447−1.632
Moldova-0.156 → -1.508−1.352
Guinea-Bissau-0.362 → -1.471−1.109

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 2010.
169 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.229. 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 (2010). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2010

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