Data for 2012

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2012

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2012
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
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Figures for 2012, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2012 covers 196 countries on 6 measures. Syria is highest, at 53,699; 143 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2011, 59 values changed (35 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2012

HighestSyria

53,699

Lowest143 countries share it

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

196countries
6measures per country
2012the year it describes
42distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	53,699	50,485	110	3,104	51,500	59,441
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7,783	7,690	10	83	7,610	8,618
3	Mexico`MEX`Central America	5,960	0	5,902	58	5,880	6,168
4	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,583	3,062	236	285	3,583	4,024
5	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2,997	2,462	533	2	2,728	3,153
6	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,989	2,624	257	108	2,788	3,325
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,022	811	544	667	1,843	2,459
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,862	861	233	768	1,782	2,713
9	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,525	1,411	64	50	1,475	2,854
10	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,407	638	0	769	1,274	1,443
11	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	971	732	134	105	918	2,509
12	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	864	266	528	70	850	1,024
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	801	443	140	218	771	850
14	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	789	788	0	1	789	802
15	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	525	516	0	9	523	737
16	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	391	50	253	88	385	1,150
=17	Colombia`COL`South America	378	211	151	16	378	477
=17	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	378	1	377	0	378	406
19	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	359	218	118	23	350	735
20	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	311	296	6	9	304	347
21	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	309	29	247	33	305	383
22	Brazil`BRA`South America	275	0	275	0	275	275
23	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	264	256	0	8	258	320
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	253	252	0	1	253	262
25	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	244	131	0	113	242	266
26	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	132	59	0	73	132	132
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	75	0	75	0	75	75
28	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57	0	57	0	57	57
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	53	0	52	1	53	56
30	Venezuela`VEN`South America	33	0	25	8	33	65
31	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	21	0	2	19	20	21
=32	Honduras`HND`Central America	19	0	18	1	19	19
=32	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	19	15	0	4	19	19
34	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17	17	0	0	17	17
35	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	16	16	0	0	16	18
36	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	15	0	0	15	15	15
37	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	14	9	0	5	14	15
38	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13	13	0	0	9	14
=39	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9	9	0	0	9	9
=39	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9	0	0	9	9	9
41	France`FRA`Western Europe	4	0	0	4	4	4
42	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3	3	0	0	3	3
=43	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2	0	0	2	1	12
=43	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2	0	2	0	1	5
=43	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2	2	0	0	2	2
=43	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2	2	0	0	2	2
=47	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1	0	0	1	1	3
=47	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1	0	0	1	1	9
=47	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1	0	0	1	1	1
=47	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=47	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1	1	0	0	1	1
=47	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	1	0	0	1	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	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	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	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	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	0
=54	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	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	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	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	Ecuador`ECU`South America	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	0
=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	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	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	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	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	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	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	0
=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	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Peru`PER`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	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	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern 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	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	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	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 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1Syria53,699
2Afghanistan7,783
3Mexico5,960
4Pakistan3,583
5Yemen2,997

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
HighestSyria50,485
Lowest162 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestMexico5,902
Lowest170 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestSyria3,104
Lowest156 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestSyria51,500
Lowest143 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestSyria59,441
Lowest143 share it
Middle country: 0

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
59values changed, of 196 in both
35 · 24rose · fell
137unchanged

Rose most

Syria4,347 → 53,699+49,352
DR Congo602 → 1,862+1,260
Mexico4,921 → 5,960+1,039
Somalia2,118 → 2,989+871
Yemen2,615 → 2,997+382

Fell most

Libya3,914 → 378−3,536
Côte d’Ivoire1,256 → 21−1,235
Sudan2,567 → 1,525−1,042
South Sudan1,194 → 864−330
Iran220 → 17−203

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

42 distinct values among 196
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 196 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2012). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2012

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