Data for 1998

Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
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Figures for 1998, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998 covers 192 countries on 6 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 12,174; 132 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 1997, 64 values changed (33 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 1998

HighestAfghanistan

12,174

Lowest132 countries share it

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

192countries
6measures per country
1998the year it describes
53distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 5, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998, as published. UCDP ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12,174	6,256	109	5,809	10,016	15,196
2	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7,719	3,441	326	3,952	6,828	16,674
3	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	5,958	4,891	407	660	5,758	7,434
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5,155	3,287	0	1,868	5,153	6,120
5	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3,830	3,762	0	68	3,830	4,508
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3,763	3,272	0	491	3,763	5,132
7	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3,284	3,032	143	109	3,284	4,440
8	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	2,058	2,033	0	25	2,057	2,064
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,797	843	0	954	1,596	2,274
10	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1,774	1,095	0	679	1,772	2,635
11	Colombia`COL`South America	1,648	940	189	519	1,647	2,346
12	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,623	929	161	533	1,594	1,957
13	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1,446	1,235	0	211	862	2,772
14	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,214	767	138	309	1,214	1,491
15	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1,191	1,087	0	104	1,158	2,520
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	1,027	258	766	3	448	2,854
17	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	792	792	0	0	10	10
18	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	600	600	0	0	600	617
19	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	581	65	86	430	560	597
20	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	505	505	0	0	501	702
=21	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	357	250	0	107	225	413
=21	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	357	0	315	42	357	438
23	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	343	242	7	94	343	353
24	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	330	0	330	0	304	377
25	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	322	0	322	0	322	459
26	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	274	246	0	28	272	451
27	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	198	34	0	164	198	201
28	Niger`NER`Western Africa	147	0	0	147	147	148
29	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	138	99	30	9	138	144
30	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	131	56	0	75	70	204
31	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	121	58	38	25	121	162
32	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	97	51	3	43	97	185
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	85	54	31	0	85	95
34	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	78	78	0	0	78	78
35	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	52	1	51	0	52	68
36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	44	0	44	0	44	141
=37	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	40	0	40	0	40	60
=37	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	40	0	40	0	40	40
39	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	38	0	38	0	38	38
40	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	34	34	0	0	34	38
41	Peru`PER`South America	33	25	0	8	33	33
42	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	31	29	0	2	31	31
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	29	27	0	2	29	31
44	Canada`CAN`Northern America	27	0	27	0	27	27
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	21	0	16	5	16	22
=46	Brazil`BRA`South America	16	0	14	2	16	16
=46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	16	16	0	0	16	19
=48	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	13	13	0	0	13	17
=48	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	13	0	0	13	13	13
=50	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	12	0	0	12	12	12
=50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12	12	0	0	12	12
52	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10	0	0	10	10	17
53	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9	0	0	9	9	9
=54	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7	6	0	1	7	7
=54	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	7	7	0	0	7	11
=54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7	7	0	0	7	7
57	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	6	5	0	1	6	6
58	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2	0	2	0	2	2
=59	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1	0	0	1	1	1
=59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	1
=61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	France`FRA`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Honduras`HND`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	United States`USA`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	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

1Afghanistan12,174
2DR Congo7,719
3Sudan5,958
4Sierra Leone5,155
5Sri Lanka3,830

Lowest

61Zambiashared0
61Yemenshared0
61Samoashared0
61Vanuatushared0
61Vietnamshared0

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

Each measure’s ends

State-based conflict
HighestAfghanistan6,256
Lowest150 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestEthiopia766
Lowest166 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestAfghanistan5,809
Lowest152 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestAfghanistan10,016
Lowest132 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestDR Congo16,674
Lowest131 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
64values changed, of 192 in both
33 · 31rose · fell
128unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan6,721 → 12,174+5,453
Sierra Leone1,233 → 5,155+3,922
Serbia9 → 1,446+1,437
Algeria2,008 → 3,284+1,276
Angola105 → 1,191+1,086

Fell most

Republic of the Congo10,412 → 3,763−6,649
DR Congo13,897 → 7,719−6,178
Rwanda7,201 → 1,774−5,427
Burundi4,395 → 1,797−2,598
Iraq1,664 → 97−1,567

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

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

How values are stored

53 distinct values among 192
Values are stored exactly as published. 132 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UCDP publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 192 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (1998). Deaths in Organized Violence, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/1998

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