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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1997

Figures for 1997, 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, 1997 covers 192 countries on 3 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 9,586; 148 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 1996, 51 values changed (22 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 1997

HighestDR Congo

9,586

Lowest148 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, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 192 countries · select a heading to sort

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1997: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa9,5863,765546
RwandaRWAEastern Africa6,307483411
BurundiBDIEastern Africa2,3387921,265
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa616430187
UgandaUGAEastern Africa58968441
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa503679,842
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia466106216
SudanSDNNorthern Africa3693,757746
IndiaINDSouthern Asia364934150
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa3611,397250
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia3531,9924,376
ColombiaCOLSouth America31454837
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa81620
SenegalSENWestern Africa663000
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa54645
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia542,77870
MexicoMEXCentral America48100
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia451860
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia442,5515
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia412774
ChadTCDMiddle Africa37295
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia34121289
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia30242175
IraqIRQWestern Asia271,54196
IsraelISRWestern Asia2410

02In 1997

At either end

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

Highest

  1. DR Congo9,586
  2. Rwanda6,307
  3. Burundi2,338
  4. Sierra Leone616
  5. Uganda589

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0
  2. Zambiashared0
  3. South Africashared0
  4. Yemenshared0
  5. Samoashared0

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)

    HighestDR Congo3,765

    Lowest141 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Killed, status unknown

    HighestRepublic of the Congo9,842

    Lowest155 share it

    Middle country: 0

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 51values changed, of 192 in both
  • 22 · 29rose · fell
  • 141unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 35 distinct values among 192

    Values are stored exactly as published. 148 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 192 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (1997). Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/civilian-deaths/1997

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