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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2020

Figures for 2020, 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, 2020 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Ethiopia is highest, at 3,210; 143 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2019, 65 values changed (30 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2020

HighestEthiopia

3,210

Lowest143 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, 2020, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 196 countries · select a heading to sort

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2020: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa3,21020,787433
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa2,3851,334285
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia1,64719,056131
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa80873881
SyriaSYRWestern Asia7324,89666
YemenYEMWestern Asia6935,106970
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa5832,255282
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa56550795
MaliMLIWestern Africa552658333
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa43230951
NigerNERWestern Africa2935252
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa2661,747107
IranIRNSouthern Asia205410
HaitiHTICaribbean16702
ColombiaCOLSouth America1633717
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia161451
IndiaINDSouthern Asia14759216
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia1427,3860
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa13551837
MexicoMEXCentral America11710313,214
IraqIRQWestern Asia11178565
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa9488117
South SudanSSDEastern Africa8996563
BurundiBDIEastern Africa85600
BrazilBRASouth America76582,538

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Ethiopia3,210
  2. DR Congo2,385
  3. Afghanistan1,647
  4. Mozambique808
  5. Syria732

Lowest

  1. Zambiashared0
  2. Kosovoshared0
  3. Samoashared0
  4. Vanuatushared0
  5. Vietnamshared0

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)

    HighestEthiopia20,787

    Lowest149 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Killed, status unknown

    HighestMexico13,214

    Lowest157 share it

    Middle country: 0

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 65values changed, of 196 in both
  • 30 · 35rose · fell
  • 131unchanged

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

  • 43 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published. 143 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2020). Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/civilian-deaths/2020

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