Data for 2023

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2023

Name: Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2023
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2023, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2023 covers 176 countries. Myanmar is highest, at 3.245; United Arab Emirates is lowest, at -3.134. The middle country reads -0.617. Against 2022, 119 values changed (42 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Violence by Non-State Actors · Data for 2023

HighestMyanmar

3.245

LowestUnited Arab Emirates

-3.134

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

176countries
1measure
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3.245
2	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.208
3	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.185
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.908
5	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.761
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.715
7	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2.632
8	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.476
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.341
10	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.333
11	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.140
12	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.986
13	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.947
14	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.932
15	Colombia`COL`South America	1.890
16	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.845
17	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.773
18	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.748
19	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.630
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.532
21	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.522
22	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.469
23	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.324
24	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.293
25	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.151
26	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1.145
27	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.080
28	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.079
29	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.078
30	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1.005
31	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.969
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.966
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.902
34	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.891
35	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.854
36	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.842
37	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.802
38	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.696
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.673
40	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.520
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.507
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.477
43	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.402
44	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.359
45	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.355
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.285
47	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.256
48	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.248
49	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.189
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.186
51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.163
52	Peru`PER`South America	0.132
53	United States`USA`Northern America	0.122
54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.092
55	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.049
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.029
57	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.001
58	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.008
59	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.086
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.092
61	Suriname`SUR`South America	-0.094
62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.096
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.127
64	Canada`CAN`Northern America	-0.182
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.210
66	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	-0.265
67	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.269
68	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.313
69	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.319
70	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.328
71	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-0.331
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.342
=73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.369
=73	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.369
75	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.377
76	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.387
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.411
78	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.416
79	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.451
80	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.473
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.495
82	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.497
83	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-0.520
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.524
85	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.526
86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.578
87	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	-0.579
88	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.585
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.650
90	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.681
91	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-0.688
92	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.692
93	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	-0.727
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.783
95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.799
96	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.839
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.852
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.861
99	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.872
100	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.915
101	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-0.930
102	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	-0.953
103	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.959
104	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.967
105	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	-0.972
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-1.006
107	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-1.010
108	Chile`CHL`South America	-1.013
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-1.016
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.046
111	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-1.069
112	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-1.085
113	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	-1.089
114	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-1.097
115	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	-1.103
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.242
117	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.250
118	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-1.311
119	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	-1.324
120	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	-1.336
121	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.345
122	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	-1.391
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.395
124	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	-1.399
125	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-1.437
126	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-1.456
127	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-1.464
128	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.483
129	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	-1.507
130	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	-1.513
131	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	-1.519
132	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	-1.533
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-1.572
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	-1.601
135	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-1.623
136	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-1.639
137	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.678
138	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-1.697
139	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-1.799
140	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.815
141	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.839
142	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	-1.862
143	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.869
144	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-1.905
145	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-1.915
146	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-2.010
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-2.028
148	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-2.083
149	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-2.131
150	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-2.232
151	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-2.275
152	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-2.352
153	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	-2.357
154	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	-2.364
155	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	-2.399
156	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	-2.406
157	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	-2.408
158	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	-2.509
159	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-2.536
=160	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	-2.578
=160	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-2.578
162	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-2.587
163	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	-2.628
164	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	-2.666
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.671
166	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-2.761
167	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.791
168	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-2.812
169	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	-2.835
170	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	-2.961
171	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-2.986
172	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-2.987
173	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	-3.006
174	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	-3.108
175	Uruguay`URY`South America	-3.126
176	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-3.134

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Myanmar3.245
2Libya3.208
3Syria3.185
4Chad2.908
5Yemen2.761

Lowest

176United Arab Emirates-3.134
175Uruguay-3.126
174Iceland-3.108
173Luxembourg-3.006
172Seychelles-2.987

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads -0.617. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 176 in both
42 · 77rose · fell
57unchanged

Rose most

Suriname-1.844 → -0.094+1.750
Kosovo-0.280 → 1.005+1.285
Kuwait-2.644 → -1.399+1.245
Somalia1.594 → 2.715+1.121
Ecuador-0.477 → 0.520+0.997

Fell most

Madagascar0.669 → -0.967−1.636
Uzbekistan-1.171 → -2.275−1.104
Ukraine2.117 → 1.080−1.037
Argentina0.019 → -0.959−0.978
Chile-0.102 → -1.013−0.911

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 2023.
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 (2023). Political Violence by Non-State Actors, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-violence/2023

0636 held

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