Data for 2005

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
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Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Iraq is highest, at 3,535; 142 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2004, 62 values changed (26 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2005

HighestIraq

3,535

Lowest142 countries share it

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

193countries
6measures per country
2005the year it describes
46distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 5, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3,535	2,631	1	903	3,459	4,613
2	Colombia`COL`South America	2,921	1,578	234	1,109	2,868	2,996
3	India`IND`Southern Asia	2,015	1,462	36	517	1,972	2,225
4	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,711	1,595	0	116	1,528	2,109
5	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,505	246	500	759	1,364	2,024
6	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1,399	1,104	0	295	1,395	1,523
7	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	922	610	91	221	922	1,047
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	688	682	0	6	656	742
9	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	494	208	0	286	490	514
10	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	487	470	0	17	472	549
11	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	485	298	1	186	485	567
12	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	449	141	110	198	415	491
13	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	436	0	0	436	436	461
14	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	393	393	0	0	391	424
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	340	0	340	0	319	410
16	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	305	34	0	271	283	339
17	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	290	83	183	24	264	1,023
18	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	267	100	0	167	267	530
19	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	242	213	0	29	242	246
20	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	233	0	221	12	183	256
21	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	232	217	0	15	231	265
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	215	0	208	7	212	318
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	214	146	0	68	198	241
24	Mexico`MEX`Central America	204	0	204	0	204	621
25	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	170	152	0	18	149	365
26	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	153	0	144	9	146	259
27	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	130	88	32	10	130	174
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	124	0	0	124	124	124
29	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	80	62	0	18	72	87
30	Brazil`BRA`South America	60	0	20	40	60	80
31	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	59	0	0	59	59	59
32	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	58	0	56	2	58	58
33	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	56	31	0	25	56	65
34	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	53	0	0	53	53	53
35	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46	1	0	45	41	51
36	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	40	0	0	40	40	74
37	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	31	31	0	0	30	53
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	30	0	0	30	19	45
39	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	24	24	0	0	24	25
=40	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	15	8	0	7	15	43
=40	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	15	11	0	4	15	51
42	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13	12	0	1	13	13
=43	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12	0	0	12	12	23
=43	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12	12	0	0	12	14
=45	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8	0	0	8	8	8
=45	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	8	0	0	8	8	9
=47	Ecuador`ECU`South America	3	0	0	3	3	3
=47	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3	0	0	3	0	3
=47	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3	3	0	0	3	3
=50	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=50	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	4
=52	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	France`FRA`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Honduras`HND`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Peru`PER`South America	0	0	0	0	0	6
=52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	United States`USA`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1Iraq3,535
2Colombia2,921
3India2,015
4Afghanistan1,711
5Sudan1,505

Lowest

52Zimbabweshared0
52Zambiashared0
52South Africashared0
52Yemenshared0
52Samoashared0

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
HighestIraq2,631
Lowest160 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestSudan500
Lowest177 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestColombia1,109
Lowest151 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestIraq3,459
Lowest143 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestIraq4,613
Lowest140 share it
Middle country: 0

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
62values changed, of 193 in both
26 · 36rose · fell
131unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan817 → 1,711+894
Togo0 → 436+436
Myanmar177 → 449+272
Kenya20 → 215+195
Chad80 → 267+187

Fell most

Sudan9,712 → 1,505−8,207
Nigeria2,136 → 233−1,903
Uganda2,004 → 922−1,082
Nepal2,456 → 1,399−1,057
Iraq4,393 → 3,535−858

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

46 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published. 142 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

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2005). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2005

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