Data for 2011

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2011

Name: Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2011
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2011, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2011 covers 176 countries. Syria is highest, at 3.591; Romania is lowest, at -3.427. The middle country reads -0.737. Against 2010, 58 values changed (28 up, 30 down), 1 country joined.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2011

HighestSyria

3.591

LowestRomania

-3.427

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

176countries
1measure
2011the year it describes
172distinct 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, 2011, 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, 2011: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.591
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.298
3	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.199
4	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.793
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.558
6	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.355
7	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.222
8	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.207
9	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.153
10	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.131
11	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.089
12	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.031
13	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.010
14	Colombia`COL`South America	1.897
15	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.862
16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.817
17	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.738
18	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.691
19	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.656
20	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.566
21	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.529
22	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.499
23	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.431
24	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.384
25	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.306
26	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.294
27	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.229
28	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.108
29	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.914
30	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.866
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.857
32	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.810
33	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.740
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.701
35	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.688
36	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.681
37	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.677
38	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.658
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.647
40	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.610
41	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.609
42	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.590
43	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.546
44	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.540
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.517
46	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.472
47	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.437
48	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.377
49	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.375
50	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.362
51	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.208
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.190
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.156
54	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.153
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.110
56	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.066
57	France`FRA`Western Europe	-0.004
58	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.065
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	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.173
65	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.178
66	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.179
67	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.198
68	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.219
69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.224
70	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.259
71	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.301
=72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.315
=72	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.315
=74	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.343
=74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.343
76	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.367
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.375
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.394
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.417
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.456
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.473
82	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.493
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.494
84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.571
85	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.601
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.689
87	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.730
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.732
89	United States`USA`Northern America	-0.742
90	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.767
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.773
92	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.799
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.820
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.849
95	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.884
96	Chile`CHL`South America	-0.952
97	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-1.012
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-1.018
99	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-1.058
100	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.076
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	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.215
106	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-1.250
107	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-1.266
108	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.283
109	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.347
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	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.469
116	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.471
117	Peru`PER`South America	-1.494
118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-1.498
119	Suriname`SUR`South America	-1.506
120	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-1.508
=121	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	-1.513
=121	Panama`PAN`Central America	-1.513
123	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-1.533
124	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-1.549
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	-1.565
126	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.573
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.587
128	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-1.643
129	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.663
130	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-1.688
131	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	-1.727
132	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.731
133	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.755
134	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.772
135	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-1.792
136	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	-1.812
137	Canada`CAN`Northern America	-1.836
138	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-1.855
139	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-1.873
140	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-1.904
141	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	-1.908
142	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-1.946
143	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-1.966
144	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-1.970
145	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-2.028
146	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-2.041
147	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-2.047
148	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-2.057
149	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-2.124
150	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-2.176
151	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-2.197
152	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.199
153	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-2.217
154	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-2.221
155	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-2.292
156	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-2.326
157	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-2.372
158	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-2.396
159	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-2.422
160	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-2.432
161	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-2.546
162	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-2.578
163	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-2.597
164	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-2.613
165	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-2.665
166	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-2.685
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	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-2.930
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	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-3.276
176	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-3.427

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Syria3.591
2Somalia3.298
3Libya3.199
4Afghanistan2.793
5Nigeria2.558

Lowest

176Romania-3.427
175Turkmenistan-3.276
174United Arab Emirates-3.158
173Singapore-3.049
172Luxembourg-3.006

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.737. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
58values changed, of 175 in both
28 · 30rose · fell
117unchanged

Rose most

Libya-0.371 → 3.199+3.570
Norway-1.872 → 0.066+1.938
Egypt-0.084 → 1.817+1.901
Morocco-1.108 → 0.517+1.625
Syria1.984 → 3.591+1.607

Fell most

Spain-0.091 → -1.904−1.813
Ecuador0.023 → -1.643−1.666
Belarus-1.535 → -2.685−1.150
Kyrgyzstan-0.616 → -1.663−1.047
Slovenia-2.028 → -2.930−0.902

+ South Sudan

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 2011.
172 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.131. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2011). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2011

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