Data for 2021

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2021

Name: Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2021
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2021, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2021 covers 176 countries. Libya is highest, at 3.208; Uruguay is lowest, at -3.304. The middle country reads -0.530. Against 2020, 127 values changed (61 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2021

HighestLibya

3.208

LowestUruguay

-3.304

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

176countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.208
2	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.185
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.908
4	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.857
5	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.775
6	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.762
7	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.761
8	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.629
9	Colombia`COL`South America	2.621
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.549
11	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.427
12	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.351
13	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.265
14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.260
15	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.185
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.144
17	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.104
18	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.910
19	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.648
20	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.594
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.577
22	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.557
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.351
24	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.346
25	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.311
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.293
27	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.288
28	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.271
29	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.261
30	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.184
31	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.162
32	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.007
33	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.993
34	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.915
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.878
36	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.854
37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.743
38	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.711
39	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.669
40	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.660
41	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.619
42	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.525
43	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.505
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.427
45	Chile`CHL`South America	0.421
46	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.419
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.417
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.404
49	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.251
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.216
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.215
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.186
53	United States`USA`Northern America	0.160
54	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.157
55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.144
56	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.097
57	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.064
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000
59	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	-0.064
60	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-0.066
61	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.076
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.079
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.082
64	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.087
65	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.088
66	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.092
67	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-0.097
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.104
69	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.187
70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.191
71	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-0.211
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.264
73	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-0.265
74	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.297
75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.305
76	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.319
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.322
=78	Peru`PER`South America	-0.353
=78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.353
80	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.416
81	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.451
82	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.453
83	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.454
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.456
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.485
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-0.491
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.511
88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.521
89	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	-0.539
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.562
91	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.587
92	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-0.603
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.612
94	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.613
95	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.630
96	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-0.651
97	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	-0.699
98	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.740
99	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.759
100	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.770
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.808
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.813
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.840
104	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.889
105	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.908
106	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.909
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.913
108	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-0.952
109	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-0.958
110	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-1.080
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.095
112	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-1.097
113	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-1.131
114	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-1.153
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.164
116	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-1.170
117	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-1.183
118	Canada`CAN`Northern America	-1.185
119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.202
120	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-1.333
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	-1.334
122	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-1.391
123	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-1.397
124	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.440
125	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-1.445
126	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-1.456
127	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	-1.458
128	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-1.481
129	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-1.510
130	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-1.533
131	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.539
132	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.559
133	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	-1.565
134	Panama`PAN`Central America	-1.624
135	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-1.678
136	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-1.715
137	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-1.721
138	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.797
139	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.852
140	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-1.862
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.905
=142	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-1.941
=142	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-1.941
144	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-1.944
145	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.981
146	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.986
147	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-2.101
148	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-2.123
149	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-2.138
150	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-2.173
151	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-2.176
152	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.199
153	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	-2.235
154	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-2.281
155	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-2.328
156	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	-2.357
157	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-2.368
158	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-2.392
159	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	-2.406
160	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-2.465
161	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	-2.476
162	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-2.495
163	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-2.533
=164	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-2.578
=164	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-2.578
166	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-2.644
167	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-2.666
168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.671
169	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-2.696
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-2.812
171	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-2.871
172	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	-2.906
173	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-2.933
174	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	-3.006
175	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-3.134
176	Uruguay`URY`South America	-3.304

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Libya3.208
2Syria3.185
3Chad2.908
4Brazil2.857
5Guinea2.775

Lowest

176Uruguay-3.304
175United Arab Emirates-3.134
174Luxembourg-3.006
173Oman-2.933
172Singapore-2.906

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.530. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
127values changed, of 176 in both
61 · 66rose · fell
49unchanged

Rose most

Romania-3.401 → -0.740+2.661
Lithuania-2.704 → -0.651+2.053
Solomon Islands-2.366 → -0.889+1.477
Suriname-2.190 → -0.759+1.431
Haiti1.295 → 2.629+1.334

Fell most

Côte d’Ivoire2.472 → 0.525−1.947
Hong Kong0.338 → -1.510−1.848
Eritrea0.522 → -0.958−1.480
Bolivia1.461 → 0.000−1.461
Afghanistan2.854 → 1.648−1.206

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 2021.
173 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.353. 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2021). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2021

0636 held

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