Data for 2002

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2002

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2002
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
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Deaths in Organized Violence, 2002 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. DR Congo is highest, at 7,963; 143 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2001, 61 values changed (29 up, 32 down), 1 country joined.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2002

HighestDR Congo

7,963

Lowest143 countries share it

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

193countries
6measures per country
2002the year it describes
45distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7,963	114	2,981	4,868	7,620	11,368
2	Colombia`COL`South America	6,039	3,387	944	1,708	5,813	7,166
3	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4,432	3,946	0	486	3,259	4,603
4	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	3,207	2,312	173	722	3,181	5,299
5	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,031	1,933	64	1,034	2,988	3,310
6	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2,259	492	0	1,767	2,158	2,284
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1,990	1,349	0	641	1,631	2,573
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1,508	1,289	0	219	1,323	3,577
9	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1,316	722	17	577	1,316	1,405
10	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,157	900	246	11	1,123	1,646
11	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1,063	677	48	338	932	1,114
12	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1,058	539	0	519	1,056	1,076
13	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	892	627	2	263	885	977
14	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	809	50	724	35	809	3,058
15	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	763	684	1	78	763	849
16	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	762	466	26	270	694	893
17	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	638	114	524	0	611	958
18	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	629	0	517	112	544	927
19	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	579	521	0	58	550	1,073
20	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	543	293	0	250	529	652
21	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	297	294	0	3	297	353
22	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	234	167	0	67	234	260
23	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	174	148	0	26	174	189
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	152	131	0	21	150	340
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	138	53	85	0	138	228
26	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	79	0	79	0	79	79
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	67	0	61	6	67	74
28	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55	55	0	0	55	59
29	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	45	0	32	13	45	45
30	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	38	13	0	25	38	39
31	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36	0	36	0	25	40
32	Venezuela`VEN`South America	28	0	7	21	28	40
33	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27	0	27	0	27	28
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23	23	0	0	23	23
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	22	0	22	0	22	22
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	21	0	0	21	21	21
37	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17	6	9	2	17	17
38	Peru`PER`South America	13	12	0	1	13	21
=39	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	7	6	1	0	6	8
=39	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	7	0	7	0	7	10
=41	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5	0	5	0	5	5
=41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	5	5	0	0	5	5
43	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4	0	0	4	4	4
=44	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3	3	0	0	3	3
=44	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	3	0	0	3	3	4
=46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	2	0	0	2	2	3
=46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2	0	0	2	2	8
=46	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2	2	0	0	2	2
=49	Honduras`HND`Central America	1	0	1	0	1	1
=49	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=51	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	France`FRA`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	17
=51	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	1
=51	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	5
=51	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	United States`USA`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=51	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1DR Congo7,963
2Colombia6,039
3Nepal4,432
4Sudan3,207
5India3,031

Lowest

51Zimbabweshared0
51Zambiashared0
51Samoashared0
51Vanuatushared0
51Vietnamshared0

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
HighestNepal3,946
Lowest160 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestDR Congo2,981
Lowest167 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestDR Congo4,868
Lowest158 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestDR Congo7,620
Lowest143 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestDR Congo11,368
Lowest140 share it
Middle country: 0

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
61values changed, of 192 in both
29 · 32rose · fell
131unchanged

Rose most

DR Congo1,490 → 7,963+6,473
Nepal569 → 4,432+3,863
Liberia481 → 2,259+1,778
Colombia4,640 → 6,039+1,399
Uganda212 → 1,316+1,104

Fell most

Afghanistan5,553 → 1,157−4,396
United States2,986 → 0−2,986
Rwanda2,054 → 0−2,054
Nigeria2,437 → 629−1,808
Angola2,158 → 579−1,579

+ Timor-Leste

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

45 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published. 143 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 193 countries has every column.

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2002). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2002

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