Data for 2022

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2022

Name: Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2022
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2022, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2022 covers 176 countries. Libya is highest, at 3.208; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -3.134. The middle country reads -0.522. Against 2021, 128 values changed (61 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2022

HighestLibya

3.208

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

-3.134

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

176countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
174distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.208
2	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.185
3	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.114
4	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.929
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.908
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.851
7	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.761
8	Colombia`COL`South America	2.734
9	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.649
10	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.476
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.429
12	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.224
13	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.140
14	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.117
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.067
16	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.924
17	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.845
18	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.786
19	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.748
20	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.594
21	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.552
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.532
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.329
24	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.304
25	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.293
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.243
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.221
28	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.145
29	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.915
30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.881
31	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.865
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.830
33	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.772
34	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.740
35	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.669
36	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.625
37	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.613
38	Peru`PER`South America	0.596
39	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.574
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.572
41	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.571
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.477
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.417
44	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.407
45	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.404
46	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.374
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.356
48	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.290
49	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.256
50	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.248
51	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.229
52	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.201
53	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.190
54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.186
55	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.157
56	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.019
57	United States`USA`Northern America	-0.082
58	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.087
59	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.092
60	Chile`CHL`South America	-0.102
61	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.105
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.127
63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.153
64	Canada`CAN`Northern America	-0.182
65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.239
66	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-0.265
67	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.280
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-0.282
69	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.300
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.319
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.322
72	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	-0.325
73	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.363
=74	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.369
=74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.369
76	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.387
77	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.398
78	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.416
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.432
80	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.451
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.453
82	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.467
83	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.473
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.477
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.500
86	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-0.510
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.511
88	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-0.517
89	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.527
90	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-0.538
91	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.587
92	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.614
93	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-0.627
94	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-0.678
95	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.705
96	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.710
97	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	-0.727
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	-0.742
99	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.760
100	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.770
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.808
102	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.887
103	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.908
104	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.909
105	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-0.936
106	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.951
107	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.953
108	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.004
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-1.063
110	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-1.072
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-1.085
112	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-1.097
113	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-1.131
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.169
115	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.170
116	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.171
117	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-1.185
118	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.229
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	-1.248
120	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.272
121	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.319
122	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-1.336
123	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-1.391
124	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-1.409
125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-1.456
126	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-1.477
127	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.478
128	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-1.481
129	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.483
130	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-1.507
131	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.508
132	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-1.513
133	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-1.517
134	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	-1.519
135	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.559
136	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-1.572
137	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-1.600
138	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.601
139	Panama`PAN`Central America	-1.624
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-1.721
141	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-1.756
142	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.797
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-1.799
144	Suriname`SUR`South America	-1.844
145	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-1.862
146	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.869
147	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-1.873
148	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-1.877
149	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.905
150	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-1.913
151	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-1.915
152	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-1.944
153	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-2.166
154	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.199
155	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-2.294
156	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	-2.357
157	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-2.392
158	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	-2.406
159	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-2.495
160	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	-2.509
161	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-2.515
162	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-2.518
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-2.536
=164	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-2.578
=164	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-2.578
166	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-2.587
167	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-2.644
168	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-2.666
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.671
170	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-2.812
171	Uruguay`URY`South America	-2.825
172	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	-2.961
173	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-2.986
174	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-2.987
175	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	-3.006
176	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-3.134

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Libya3.208
2Syria3.185
3Myanmar3.114
4Iraq2.929
5Chad2.908

Lowest

176United Arab Emirates-3.134
175Luxembourg-3.006
174Seychelles-2.987
173Denmark-2.986
172Portugal-2.961

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.522. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 176 in both
61 · 67rose · fell
48unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar1.557 → 3.114+1.557
Uzbekistan-2.696 → -1.171+1.525
Argentina-1.334 → 0.019+1.353
Norway-1.678 → -0.538+1.140
Eswatini-1.095 → -0.087+1.008

Fell most

Zambia2.265 → -1.063−3.328
Lithuania-0.651 → -2.518−1.867
Seychelles-1.533 → -2.987−1.454
Benin-0.211 → -1.601−1.390
Côte d’Ivoire0.525 → -0.710−1.235

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 2022.
174 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.369. 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 (2022). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2022

0636 held

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