Table 23 - Public Violence

 

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Algeria

35.2

31.3

37.6

43.0

37.8

35.0

15.4

5.5

19.2

10.7

12.8

14.8

10.8

11.0

5.8

15.3

6.3

Angola

13.5

0.8

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.5

1.3

1.3

1.3

Benin

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

1.0

0.5

Botswana

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Burkina Faso

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

6.0

2.3

Burundi

6.3

2.8

2.3

4.3

3.0

6.0

2.3

Cameroon

4.8

14.2

0.3

0.0

0.7

0.4

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.9

1.8

1.3

1.3

3.3

0.0

3.5

1.3

Cape Verde

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Central Afr. Rep.

6.0

2.8

2.5

7.3

9.0

4.5

8.3

Chad

2.4

2.4

1.3

6.4

7.7

4.7

3.0

4.5

1.0

3.2

13.8

8.3

3.4

3.0

1.3

1.3

0.5

Comoros

0.0

1.5

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

Congo

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

Congo, Dem. Rep.

4.5

4.5

12.0

17.3

10.3

18.8

11.5

4.8

12.0

Côte d'Ivoire

4.5

0.0

0.0

1.7

6.2

1.2

3.1

4.7

6.0

5.7

7.0

1.3

1.0

1.0

2.5

10.8

7.3

Djibouti

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.0

Egypt

6.5

10.8

0.0

0.5

2.0

1.0

0.0

1.2

1.3

2.3

3.5

2.0

4.3

4.1

1.3

12.3

16.8

Equatorial Guinea

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

Eritrea

1.5

0.0

Ethiopia

13.3

4.1

0.0

7.2

2.0

1.5

12.4

4.7

8.1

3.6

7.4

7.9

4.2

5.0

2.0

1.8

2.8

Gabon

0.5

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.5

2.5

Gambia

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Ghana

1.1

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.5

1.0

1.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

Guinea

0.0

0.5

1.3

0.3

2.0

3.3

2.5

Guinea-Bissau

1.5

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.5

0.5

Kenya

3.0

5.3

6.5

0.0

0.0

2.8

0.5

1.5

0.5

2.3

8.3

6.3

8.3

4.8

0.8

3.3

17.8

Lesotho

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Liberia

2.5

0.3

0.8

0.8

0.5

0.3

0.8

Libya

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

15.0

22.3

Madagascar

1.3

1.3

0.8

0.0

0.0

2.8

0.5

0.3

4.0

Malawi

0.0

2.5

2.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.3

1.0

0.3

1.3

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

Mali

0.6

2.3

0.0

2.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.6

1.0

2.3

4.2

2.6

1.0

4.0

12.3

Mauritania

0.0

1.3

1.5

1.3

0.8

2.5

2.5

Mauritius

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

Morocco

1.5

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.3

0.0

1.3

1.0

0.0

0.0

2.5

2.0

Mozambique

9.5

0.0

0.0

0.3

1.5

0.0

0.0

0.8

1.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.3

0.8

0.0

4.0

Namibia

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.0

Niger

1.0

0.3

0.3

7.3

5.5

2.8

0.3

3.3

0.5

Nigeria

12.8

16.6

5.7

16.0

12.4

12.7

6.4

6.0

11.3

0.8

16.4

22.5

12.9

13.8

12.5

31.5

34.8

Rwanda

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.5

0.8

1.0

1.5

5.0

São Tomé & Príncipe

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

Senegal

0.0

4.2

0.6

1.4

1.6

1.4

2.2

1.9

2.1

0.3

1.9

1.9

0.3

4.1

4.8

7.5

6.0

Seychelles

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

Sierra Leone

0.0

0.5

0.0

1.5

0.0

0.5

0.8

South Africa

20.0

7.0

4.5

8.3

4.5

0.0

0.5

0.3

2.0

0.3

0.5

0.0

4.3

4.3

0.5

4.3

8.3

South Sudan

16.0

8.3

Sudan

8.8

9.5

9.5

24.0

18.3

17.5

15.0

Swaziland

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.5

0.3

Tanzania

1.0

0.5

0.0

 

0.0

1.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.3

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

2.0

1.8

Togo

1.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

2.8

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

1.0

0.0

Tunisia

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.3

0.0

7.0

11.5

Uganda

21.0

4.0

2.8

2.5

0.0

6.3

3.8

4.5

10.3

1.8

3.8

2.5

1.8

3.5

0.0

2.8

1.0

Zambia

0.8

0.8

0.5

0.5

0.0

2.8

0.0

0.8

0.0

0.3

0.5

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.0

1.3

0.5

Zimbabwe

0.0

1.5

1.0

0.0

3.8

3.0

3.8

0.3

0.8

0.8

0.0

0.0

8.0

0.8

0.8

2.3

0.0

  • Sources: Authors' calculations based on Marchés Tropicaux et Méditerranéens, between 1996 and 2007, and Agence France Presse for 2008 onwards. The change in the source might affect the comparability of 2008 indicator to its historical values. For more details about the sources and computation, see note on methodology.
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