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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence

37 years, 1989–2025 · 196 countries · 3 measures

How many civilians were killed inside each country's borders in armed conflict and organised violence — in fighting that involved a government, in fighting between armed groups, and in deliberate attacks on civilians. The Uppsala Conflict Data Program has coded it, event by event, every year since 1989.

This site holds every year from 1989 to 2025, read from UCDP’s own data and stored exactly as published.

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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence · the file

Newest
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025
Held
37 years · 7,124 rows
Licence
CC BY 4.0

0137 years

Every year

Newest first. Each opens the full table for that year, and each downloads as a CSV.

1989bar height: countries covered, up to 1962025
Every year of Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025Newest196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2024196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2023196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2022196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2021196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2020196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2019196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2018196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2017196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2016196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2015196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2014196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Show all 37 years
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2013196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2012196±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2011196+1September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2010195±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2009195±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2008195+1September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2007194±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2006194+1September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005193±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2004193±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003193±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2002193+1September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2001192±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2000192±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1999192±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998192±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1997192±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1996192±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1995192±0September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1994192+1September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1993191+3September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1992188+3September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991185+15September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1990170+1September 29, 2026CSV
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1989169—September 29, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: civilian-deaths-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

025 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Every column in the newest file of Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2025DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—1960
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—1960
Civilians killed in organized violencedeaths_civiliansHeadlineThe headline figure: Civilians killed in organized violence (people).Number · whole numbers0145 share it65,911Sudanmiddle 0450
Combatants killed (the warring sides)deaths_partiesMeasureCombatants killed — members of the warring sides — in the same year's organised violence, UCDP's best estimate.Number · whole numbers0145 share it87,661Ukrainemiddle 0450
Killed, status unknowndeaths_unknownMeasurePeople killed whose status UCDP could not establish; with civilians and combatants they make up UCDP's total for organised violence.Number · whole numbers0153 share it10,626Israelmiddle 0430

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.

03196 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, by continent.
201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Africa545454545454545454545454
Americas353535353535353535353535
Asia484848484848484848484848
Europe454545454545454545454545
Oceania141414141414141414141414
All196196196196196196196196196196196196

The newest 12 of 37 years.

Who joined and who left

  • 2011
    + South Sudan
  • 2008
    + Kosovo
  • 2006
    + Montenegro
  • 2002
    + Timor-Leste
  • 1994
    + Palau
  • 1993
    + Czechia+ Eritrea+ Slovakia
  • 1992
    + Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Croatia+ Slovenia
  • 1991
    + Armenia+ Azerbaijan+ Belarus+ Estonia+ Georgia+ Kazakhstan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Lithuania+ Latvia+ Moldova+ North Macedonia+ Tajikistan+ Turkmenistan+ Ukraine+ Uzbekistan

Not in this dataset · 29 places this site covers

UCDP gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

American SamoaAnguillaArubaBermudaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman IslandsChannel IslandsCook IslandsCuraçaoFaroe IslandsFrench PolynesiaGibraltarGreenlandGuamHong KongIsle of ManMacauMontserratNew CaledoniaNiueNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsPalestinePuerto RicoSaint MartinSint MaartenSomalilandTurks and Caicos IslandsUnited States Virgin Islands

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method

  1. 1 · Publisher

    Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)

    ucdp.uu.se

  2. 2 · Their file

    Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence 2025

    organizedviolencecy-261-csv.zip

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    September 29, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

  4. 4 · Stored as

    37 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as civilian-deaths-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

    /statistics/civilian-deaths

Precision

The headline is stored in whole numbers, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

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.

From UCDP's own country-year dataset on organised violence, the same file as the total death count; nothing is added up by this site. UCDP's country list has Israel and no Palestine, so deaths in Gaza and the West Bank are counted under Israel.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked September 29, 2026

CC BY 4.0

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially
  • Credit the publisher
  • Say what you changed

Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

A credit line

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1989–2025 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/civilian-deaths

The publisher’s own citation: Uppsala Conflict Data Program. UCDP Country-Year Dataset on Organized Violence within Country Borders, version 26.1. Uppsala: Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Where it is used

Around the site

Where these numbers appear on this site, and the datasets nearest to it.

07Questions

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence: questions and answers

What is the Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence?

How many civilians were killed inside each country's borders in armed conflict and organised violence — in fighting that involved a government, in fighting between armed groups, and in deliberate attacks on civilians. The Uppsala Conflict Data Program has coded it, event by event, every year since 1989.

Which years of the Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence can I download?

All 37, from 1989 to 2025, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does UCDP rank countries on it?

No, and this site does not order it either. The files hold values only.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under CC BY 4.0, with credit to UCDP. The licence text is linked on this page.

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