Data for 1998
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998
Figures for 1998, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998 covers 192 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 6,349; 140 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 1997, 57 values changed (34 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 1998
HighestAfghanistan
6,349Lowest140 countries share it
0Shaded 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, 1998, 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
| 6,349 | 2,382 | 3,443 | |
| 4,417 | 2,169 | 1,133 | |
| 1,872 | 2,403 | 880 | |
| 1,544 | 3,918 | 496 | |
| 997 | 700 | 100 | |
| 690 | 1,084 | 0 | |
| 621 | 869 | 133 | |
| 558 | 868 | 222 | |
| 498 | 124 | 3,141 | |
| 432 | 57 | 92 | |
| 355 | 847 | 12 | |
| 286 | 668 | 492 | |
| 214 | 165 | 812 | |
| 167 | 31 | 0 | |
| 147 | 0 | 0 | |
| 123 | 3,009 | 152 | |
| 117 | 3,199 | 514 | |
| 111 | 264 | 130 | |
| 107 | 32 | 218 | |
| 107 | 215 | 21 | |
| 76 | 48 | 7 | |
| 70 | 22 | 29 | |
| 69 | 22 | 183 | |
| 44 | 51 | 2 | |
| 42 | 4 | 311 | |
| 41 | 27 | 10 | |
| 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| 30 | 2,028 | 0 | |
| 20 | 18 | 0 | |
| 20 | 337 | 243 | |
| 19 | 93 | 218 | |
| 18 | 87 | 33 | |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 163 | 855 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 73 | 4 | |
| 8 | 23 | 2 | |
| 7 | 12 | 2 | |
| 5 | 24 | 0 | |
| 3 | 7 | 30 | |
| 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| 1 | 15 | 0 | |
| 1 | 9 | 782 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 10 | 2 | |
| 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1 | 191 | 130 | |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 51 | |
| 0 | 8 | 19 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 0 | 40 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 0 | 7 | 0 | |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 0 | 1 | 43 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 0 | 9 | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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| 0 | 0 | 0 |
02In 1998
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
Afghanistan6,349
DR Congo4,417
Sierra Leone1,872
Sudan1,544
Burundi997
Lowest
Zambiashared0
South Africashared0
Yemenshared0
Samoashared0
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)
Highest
Sudan3,918
Lowest141 share it
Middle country: 0
Killed, status unknown
Highest
Afghanistan3,443
Lowest151 share it
Middle country: 0
031997 → 1998
Since 1997
What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 57values changed, of 192 in both
- 34 · 23rose · fell
- 135unchanged
Rose most
Afghanistan353 → 6,349+5,996
Sierra Leone616 → 1,872+1,256
Sudan369 → 1,544+1,175
Serbia0 → 286+286
India364 → 621+257
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.
41 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published. 140 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 192 countries has every column.
05The files
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UCDP’s own file, on its own site.
organizedviolencecy-261-csv.zip
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.
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Cite this edition
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (1998). Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/civilian-deaths/1998
0637 held
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‹ The year before
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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence: every year37 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998: questions and answers
Which country has the highest civilian deaths in organised violence in Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998?
Afghanistan, at 6,349, of the 192 countries in the file.
What year does Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998 describe?
1998.
How many countries does Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998 cover?
192.
Where can I download Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998?
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, 1998 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025.