Data for 2012

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2012

Name: Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2012
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2012, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2012 covers 176 countries. Syria is highest, at 3.591; Turkmenistan is lowest, at -3.276. The middle country reads -0.755. Against 2011, 60 values changed (28 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2012

HighestSyria

3.591

LowestTurkmenistan

-3.276

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

176countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
173distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.591
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.793
3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.762
4	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.692
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.558
6	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.355
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.273
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.222
9	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.186
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.089
11	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.052
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.010
13	Colombia`COL`South America	1.897
14	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.866
15	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.856
16	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.738
17	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.627
18	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.529
19	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.514
20	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.431
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.384
22	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.306
23	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.294
24	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1.229
25	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.175
26	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.145
27	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.108
28	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.062
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.949
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.923
31	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.914
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.863
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.831
34	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.816
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.810
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.798
37	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.777
38	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.742
39	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.725
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.688
41	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.613
42	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.610
43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.585
44	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.555
45	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.540
46	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.494
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.472
48	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.437
49	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.373
50	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.362
51	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.248
52	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.211
53	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.208
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.156
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.110
56	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.045
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.009
58	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.022
59	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.065
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.112
61	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-0.123
62	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.149
63	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.173
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.178
65	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.198
66	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.219
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.259
68	France`FRA`Western Europe	-0.290
=69	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.301
=69	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.301
71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.315
=72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.343
=72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.343
74	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.360
75	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.367
76	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.375
77	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.394
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.417
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.440
80	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.456
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.473
82	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.494
83	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.571
84	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.601
85	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.686
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.730
87	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.732
88	United States`USA`Northern America	-0.742
89	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.767
90	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.773
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.783
92	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.790
93	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.799
94	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.849
95	Chile`CHL`South America	-0.952
96	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-1.012
97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-1.018
98	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-1.041
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-1.080
100	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	-1.147
101	Argentina`ARG`South America	-1.163
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.172
103	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.184
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-1.250
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-1.257
106	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.283
107	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.347
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.357
109	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.383
110	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-1.391
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-1.396
112	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-1.397
113	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-1.409
114	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	-1.455
115	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.469
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	-1.506
=117	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	-1.513
=117	Panama`PAN`Central America	-1.513
119	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-1.518
120	Peru`PER`South America	-1.525
121	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-1.533
122	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-1.545
123	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-1.555
124	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-1.557
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	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-1.683
131	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-1.688
132	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-1.704
133	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	-1.727
134	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.731
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.755
136	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.772
137	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-1.792
138	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-1.793
139	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	-1.812
140	Canada`CAN`Northern America	-1.836
141	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-1.848
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-1.855
143	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-1.873
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-1.946
145	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-1.970
146	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-2.124
147	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-2.176
148	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-2.197
149	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.199
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-2.207
151	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-2.217
152	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-2.221
153	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-2.259
154	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-2.292
155	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-2.314
156	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-2.372
157	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-2.396
158	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-2.432
159	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	-2.454
160	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-2.460
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	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-2.705
169	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	-2.789
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-2.812
171	Uruguay`URY`South America	-2.843
172	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-2.881
173	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	-3.006
174	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	-3.049
175	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-3.158
176	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-3.276

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Lowest

176Turkmenistan-3.276
175United Arab Emirates-3.158
174Singapore-3.049
173Luxembourg-3.006
172Romania-2.881

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.755. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
60values changed, of 176 in both
28 · 32rose · fell
116unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau-1.471 → 0.555+2.026
Maldives-0.131 → 1.627+1.758
Slovenia-2.930 → -1.557+1.373
Tanzania-2.057 → -1.257+0.800
Central African Republic2.153 → 2.762+0.609

Fell most

Norway0.066 → -1.409−1.475
Mauritania-0.153 → -1.518−1.365
Somalia3.298 → 2.273−1.025
Burundi2.031 → 1.175−0.856
Spain-1.904 → -2.705−0.801

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 2012.
173 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.301. 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 (2012). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2012

0636 held

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