Data for 2008

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2008

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2008
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
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Deaths in Organized Violence, 2008 covers 195 countries on 6 measures. Sri Lanka is highest, at 8,453; 142 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2007, 57 values changed (37 up, 20 down), 1 country joined.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2008

HighestSri Lanka

8,453

Lowest142 countries share it

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

195countries
6measures per country
2008the year it describes
49distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8,453	8,262	6	185	8,453	10,121
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5,661	5,553	0	108	5,185	7,194
3	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	4,631	3,542	757	332	4,587	5,716
4	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3,793	0	3,779	14	3,786	3,992
5	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2,791	2,265	0	526	2,728	3,605
6	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,863	1,136	87	640	1,766	1,999
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,751	1,521	145	85	1,671	2,434
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,743	770	87	886	1,743	2,189
9	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,241	620	289	332	1,241	2,533
10	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	994	991	0	3	994	1,366
11	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	783	0	483	300	758	893
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	738	708	18	12	647	787
13	Colombia`COL`South America	638	232	0	406	585	648
14	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	621	621	0	0	621	859
15	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	566	504	0	62	566	1,006
16	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	558	541	0	17	544	579
17	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	432	0	286	146	432	440
18	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	410	404	0	6	285	460
19	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	345	339	0	6	345	416
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	328	148	0	180	328	331
21	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	311	50	260	1	311	852
22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	257	226	0	31	257	270
23	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	253	0	0	253	253	317
24	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	124	54	62	8	120	202
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	118	117	0	1	118	255
26	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	113	112	0	1	113	128
27	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	102	46	1	55	101	119
28	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	87	36	0	51	87	190
29	Niger`NER`Western Africa	68	47	12	9	68	125
30	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	55	0	55	0	54	57
31	Ecuador`ECU`South America	53	50	0	3	53	53
32	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41	0	41	0	41	42
33	Peru`PER`South America	40	40	0	0	40	40
34	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	38	0	38	0	23	64
35	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	35	35	0	0	35	44
36	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	32	0	31	1	31	74
37	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	30	30	0	0	30	43
38	Guyana`GUY`South America	29	0	0	29	29	30
39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	27	0	0	27	27	63
40	Brazil`BRA`South America	20	0	13	7	20	20
41	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13	10	0	3	13	14
42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12	12	0	0	12	12
43	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11	11	0	0	11	14
44	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	8	0	0	8	8	13
=45	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6	5	0	1	5	6
=45	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	6	0	6	0	6	6
=47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4	4	0	0	4	29
=47	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4	0	0	4	4	4
=49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2	2	0	0	2	2
=49	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2	0	2	0	2	2
=49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2	2	0	0	2	2
=52	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1	1	0	0	1	1
=52	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	26
=54	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	14
=54	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	France`FRA`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Honduras`HND`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	17
=54	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	United States`USA`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

1Sri Lanka8,453
2Afghanistan5,661
3Pakistan4,631
4Mexico3,793
5Iraq2,791

Lowest

54Zambiashared0
54South Africashared0
54Kosovoshared0
54Samoashared0
54Vanuatushared0

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
HighestSri Lanka8,262
Lowest157 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestMexico3,779
Lowest174 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestDR Congo886
Lowest158 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestSri Lanka8,453
Lowest142 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestSri Lanka10,121
Lowest139 share it
Middle country: 0

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
57values changed, of 194 in both
37 · 20rose · fell
137unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka2,564 → 8,453+5,889
Pakistan1,382 → 4,631+3,249
Mexico1,978 → 3,793+1,815
DR Congo934 → 1,743+809
Georgia0 → 621+621

Fell most

Iraq4,513 → 2,791−1,722
Afghanistan7,037 → 5,661−1,376
Myanmar704 → 102−602
Thailand518 → 328−190
Ethiopia500 → 311−189

+ Kosovo

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

49 distinct values among 195
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 195 countries has every column.

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2008). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2008

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