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Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003

Figures for 2003, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Iraq is highest, at 8,035; 145 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2002, 55 values changed (23 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2003

HighestIraq

8,035

Lowest145 countries share it

0

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003, as published. UCDP ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 193 countries · select a heading to sort

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
derived
1IraqIRQWestern Asia8,0357,94366268,00914,173
2SudanSDNNorthern Africa5,0102,0081862,8164,91028,192
3ColombiaCOLSouth America4,6972,0982932,3064,6484,839
4DR CongoCODMiddle Africa4,33009563,3743,7596,026
5LiberiaLBRWestern Africa3,2811,78701,4943,2813,381
6IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,4421,783735862,3642,748
7NepalNPLSouthern Asia1,7321,34103911,6661,878
8UgandaUGAEastern Africa1,6286333606351,6272,557
9BurundiBDIEastern Africa1,283913643061,2511,927
10PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,1341,0510839891,432
11EthiopiaETHEastern Africa1,093505325111,0931,449
12IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1,06986802011,0371,829
13AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia944687243148611,322
14AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa714670044714731
15RussiaRUSEastern Europe548480068508696
16Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa493140165188493936
17IsraelISRWestern Asia4683140154468495
18NigeriaNGAWestern Africa449135395449541
19SomaliaSOMEastern Africa40504014388591
20MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia272529211272286
21PakistanPAKSouthern Asia242176066242294
22TürkiyeTURWestern Asia207162045207209
23AngolaAGOMiddle Africa842505981221
24EritreaERIEastern Africa5757005757
25BrazilBRASouth America5104385151

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Iraq8,035
  2. 2Sudan5,010
  3. 3Colombia4,697
  4. 4DR Congo4,330
  5. 5Liberia3,281

Lowest

  1. 49Zimbabweshared0
  2. 49Zambiashared0
  3. 49South Africashared0
  4. 49Samoashared0
  5. 49Vanuatushared0

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

    HighestIraq7,943

    Lowest160 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Non-state conflict

    HighestDR Congo956

    Lowest173 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • One-sided violence

    HighestDR Congo3,374

    Lowest157 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Low estimate

    HighestIraq8,009

    Lowest145 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • High estimate

    HighestSudan28,192

    Lowest144 share it

    Middle country: 0

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 55values changed, of 193 in both
  • 23 · 32rose · fell
  • 138unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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.

How values are stored

  • 43 distinct values among 193

    Values are stored exactly as published. 145 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.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2003). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2003

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07Questions

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest deaths in organised violence in Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003?

Iraq, at 8,035, of the 193 countries in the file.

What year does Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003 cover?

193.

Where can I download Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Deaths in Organized Violence, 2003 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025.

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