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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991

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

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. A higher value is the worse result.

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

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +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. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 41 distinct values among 185

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

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 185 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: 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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

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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07Questions

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest civilian deaths in organised violence in Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991?

Iraq, at 4,731, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991 cover?

185.

Where can I download Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1991 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025.

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