Data for 2013

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2013

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2013
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
License: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/

Figures for 2013, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2013 covers 196 countries on 6 measures. Syria is highest, at 76,500; 147 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2012, 59 values changed (26 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2013

HighestSyria

76,500

Lowest147 countries share it

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

196countries
6measures per country
2013the year it describes
46distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	76,500	72,013	1,227	3,260	72,686	81,693
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8,131	8,056	10	65	7,690	10,272
3	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,480	0	4,456	24	4,375	4,514
4	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,028	1,885	13	2,130	3,795	4,147
5	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3,396	417	289	2,690	2,847	4,120
6	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,391	1,629	918	844	3,210	4,172
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,914	1,865	224	825	2,914	3,058
8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2,197	1,543	115	539	2,159	2,813
9	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,959	597	1,335	27	1,692	6,115
10	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,827	927	215	685	1,827	3,835
11	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,045	913	0	132	826	1,888
12	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	881	823	28	30	881	1,074
13	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	874	599	275	0	732	1,040
14	India`IND`Southern Asia	702	439	79	184	639	747
15	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	537	516	0	21	537	643
16	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	365	321	0	44	330	582
17	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	358	281	50	27	346	440
18	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	267	29	175	63	253	459
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	249	189	0	60	248	252
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	244	0	161	83	192	266
21	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	222	169	27	26	222	240
22	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	179	2	130	47	174	196
23	Colombia`COL`South America	140	140	0	0	140	183
24	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	98	0	98	0	98	98
25	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	88	77	0	11	80	1,017
26	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	75	20	3	52	23	80
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	70	70	0	0	68	88
28	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	54	0	44	10	38	59
29	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	45	42	0	3	32	119
30	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	36	31	5	0	22	66
31	Niger`NER`Western Africa	31	31	0	0	31	31
32	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	29	29	0	0	29	30
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	28	0	27	1	28	28
34	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20	20	0	0	20	20
35	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	16	0	0	16	16	16
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	12	12	0	0	12	12
=37	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11	11	0	0	11	14
=37	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11	11	0	0	11	19
39	Venezuela`VEN`South America	9	0	0	9	9	57
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8	8	0	0	8	8
41	Honduras`HND`Central America	6	0	6	0	6	6
42	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5	0	0	5	5	6
=43	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4	0	0	4	4	6
=43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	4	1	0	3	4	5
=45	Peru`PER`South America	3	3	0	0	3	3
=45	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3	3	0	0	3	3
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2	2	0	0	2	2
=48	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=48	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	France`FRA`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	United States`USA`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

1Syria76,500
2Afghanistan8,131
3Mexico4,480
4Iraq4,028
5Central African Republic3,396

Lowest

50Zimbabweshared0
50Zambiashared0
50South Africashared0
50Kosovoshared0
50Samoashared0

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
HighestSyria72,013
Lowest158 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestMexico4,456
Lowest172 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestSyria3,260
Lowest164 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestSyria72,686
Lowest147 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestSyria81,693
Lowest147 share it
Middle country: 0

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
59values changed, of 196 in both
26 · 33rose · fell
137unchanged

Rose most

Syria53,699 → 76,500+22,801
Central African Republic132 → 3,396+3,264
Iraq1,407 → 4,028+2,621
Nigeria2,022 → 3,391+1,369
South Sudan864 → 1,827+963

Fell most

Yemen2,997 → 874−2,123
Somalia2,989 → 1,045−1,944
Mexico5,960 → 4,480−1,480
Türkiye789 → 75−714
Pakistan3,583 → 2,914−669

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 196
Values are stored exactly as published. 147 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) (2013). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2013

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