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Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020

2020, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020 covers 176 countries. Libya is highest, at 3.208; Romania is lowest, at -3.401. The middle country reads -0.620. Against 2019, 124 values changed (53 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2020

HighestLibya

3.208

LowestRomania

-3.401

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1LibyaLBYNorthern Africa3.208
2SyriaSYRWestern Asia3.185
3GuineaGINWestern Africa3.043
4BrazilBRASouth America2.857
5AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia2.854
6Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa2.762
7YemenYEMWestern Asia2.761
8ColombiaCOLSouth America2.659
9IraqIRQWestern Asia2.610
10Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa2.472
11EthiopiaETHEastern Africa2.197
12MaliMLIWestern Africa2.185
13ChadTCDMiddle Africa2.089
=14BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia1.995
=14CameroonCMRMiddle Africa1.995
16NigeriaNGAWestern Africa1.846
17DR CongoCODMiddle Africa1.737
18VenezuelaVENSouth America1.678
19UkraineUKREastern Europe1.667
20SomaliaSOMEastern Africa1.594
21ZambiaZMBEastern Africa1.555
22IndiaINDSouthern Asia1.549
23LebanonLBNWestern Asia1.496
24NicaraguaNICCentral America1.493
25BoliviaBOLSouth America1.461

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Libya3.208
  2. 2Syria3.185
  3. 3Guinea3.043
  4. 4Brazil2.857
  5. 5Afghanistan2.854

Lowest

  1. 176Romania-3.401
  2. 175Uruguay-3.304
  3. 174United Arab Emirates-3.134
  4. 173Portugal-3.026
  5. 172Luxembourg-3.006

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.620. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 124values changed, of 176 in both
  • 53 · 71rose · fell
  • 52unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 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 2020.

  • 173 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.995. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2020). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2020

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07Questions

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political violence by non-state actors in Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020?

Libya, at 3.208, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020 cover?

176.

Where can I download Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2020 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2025.

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