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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991

Figures for 1991, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

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.

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991 covers 185 countries on 3 measures. Iraq is highest, at 4,731; 142 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 1990, 57 values changed (21 up, 36 down), 15 countries joined.

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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 1991

HighestIraq

4,731

Lowest142 countries share it

0

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 185 countries · select a heading to sort

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
IraqIRQWestern Asia4,73111,3288,444
SudanSDNNorthern Africa2,3051662,095
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa9503257,180
RwandaRWAEastern Africa93215317
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa700413112
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa5631,3935
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5602,959205
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia3645612
GuatemalaGTMCentral America358680
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa2723060
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia2546,35933
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia247684444
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa212199105
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa21211,1961,032
MaliMLIWestern Africa185593
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1811,8831,231
PeruPERSouth America1791,07794
UgandaUGAEastern Africa16382332
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia13631155
ColombiaCOLSouth America13369449
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa119289329
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7473195
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia70316
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia6536815
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa596015

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. Iraq4,731
  2. Sudan2,305
  3. Somalia950
  4. Rwanda932
  5. Sierra Leone700

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0
  2. Zambiashared0
  3. Yemenshared0
  4. Samoashared0
  5. Vanuatushared0

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Combatants killed (the warring sides)

    HighestIraq11,328

    Lowest142 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Killed, status unknown

    HighestIraq8,444

    Lowest141 share it

    Middle country: 0

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

  • +15 / −0countries joined / left
  • 57values changed, of 170 in both
  • 21 · 36rose · fell
  • 113unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Armenia+ Azerbaijan+ Belarus+ Estonia+ Georgia+ Kazakhstan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Lithuania+ Latvia+ Moldova+ North Macedonia+ Tajikistan+ Turkmenistan+ Ukraine+ Uzbekistan

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 41 distinct values among 185

    Values are stored exactly as published. 142 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 185 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (1991). Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/civilian-deaths/1991

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