Data for 2010

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2010

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2010
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
License: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/

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Deaths in Organized Violence, 2010 covers 195 countries on 6 measures. Pakistan is highest, at 7,251; 148 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2009, 55 values changed (21 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2010

HighestPakistan

7,251

Lowest148 countries share it

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

195countries
6measures per country
2010the year it describes
40distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7,251	6,100	405	746	6,868	8,887
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7,151	6,864	99	188	6,995	8,605
3	Mexico`MEX`Central America	6,297	0	6,199	98	6,278	6,726
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,722	2,150	554	18	2,457	3,048
5	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,858	1,120	0	738	1,543	1,944
6	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,790	1,056	652	82	1,790	2,893
7	India`IND`Southern Asia	1,633	1,074	3	556	1,545	1,879
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,173	332	0	841	1,146	1,278
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	980	18	869	93	902	1,651
10	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	759	716	43	0	644	932
11	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	481	418	0	63	472	699
12	Colombia`COL`South America	442	419	0	23	442	448
13	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	372	334	0	38	372	516
14	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	252	236	0	16	252	293
15	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	234	234	0	0	225	292
16	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	221	83	0	138	219	225
17	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	185	160	0	25	169	189
18	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	152	151	1	0	149	2,036
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	148	47	0	101	138	251
20	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	101	96	0	5	101	104
21	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98	98	0	0	93	244
22	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	87	0	87	0	87	88
23	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	80	6	25	49	76	179
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	75	65	0	10	75	80
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	74	0	0	74	74	76
=26	Honduras`HND`Central America	44	0	44	0	44	50
=26	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	44	0	44	0	44	468
28	Peru`PER`South America	29	28	0	1	29	29
29	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	28	28	0	0	26	40
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27	0	4	23	27	27
31	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23	0	0	23	23	55
32	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	20	20	0	0	20	28
33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	19	16	0	3	19	19
34	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10	7	0	3	10	30
=35	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7	0	0	7	7	7
=35	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7	0	0	7	7	7
37	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5	1	3	1	4	11
=38	Brazil`BRA`South America	4	0	4	0	4	8
=38	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4	4	0	0	4	4
40	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3	3	0	0	3	7
41	United States`USA`Northern America	2	0	2	0	2	2
=42	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1	1	0	0	1	1
=42	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1	0	1	0	0	1
=42	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1	1	0	0	1	1
=42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=42	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=48	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	France`FRA`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

1Pakistan7,251
2Afghanistan7,151
3Mexico6,297
4Somalia2,722
5Iraq1,858

Lowest

48Zimbabweshared0
48Zambiashared0
48Kosovoshared0
48Samoashared0
48Vanuatushared0

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
HighestAfghanistan6,864
Lowest162 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestMexico6,199
Lowest177 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestDR Congo841
Lowest165 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestAfghanistan6,995
Lowest149 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestPakistan8,887
Lowest148 share it
Middle country: 0

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
55values changed, of 195 in both
21 · 34rose · fell
140unchanged

Rose most

Mexico5,642 → 6,297+655
Afghanistan6,499 → 7,151+652
Somalia2,204 → 2,722+518
Nigeria533 → 980+447
Iraq1,735 → 1,858+123

Fell most

Sri Lanka10,418 → 0−10,418
DR Congo5,313 → 1,173−4,140
Sudan2,689 → 1,790−899
Yemen1,446 → 759−687
Israel751 → 75−676

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

40 distinct values among 195
Values are stored exactly as published. 148 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) (2010). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2010

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