Data for 2015

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2015

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2015
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
License: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/

Figures for 2015, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2015 covers 196 countries on 6 measures. Syria is highest, at 59,616; 142 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2014, 59 values changed (34 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2015

HighestSyria

59,616

Lowest142 countries share it

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

196countries
6measures per country
2015the year it describes
52distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 5, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Deaths in Organized Violence, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	59,616	51,105	6,509	2,002	57,306	62,024
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	18,018	17,304	534	180	16,922	21,759
3	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11,303	10,138	26	1,139	11,208	12,762
4	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9,121	4,637	822	3,662	8,941	11,016
5	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	8,167	7,761	387	19	7,615	9,287
6	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4,527	0	4,511	16	3,814	4,620
7	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	2,558	1,264	923	371	2,466	3,885
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2,454	2,164	47	243	2,452	2,540
9	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1,894	1,894	0	0	1,739	1,951
10	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,594	275	1,201	118	1,517	1,688
11	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,263	924	0	339	1,263	1,662
12	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,254	1,201	2	51	966	2,548
13	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,137	493	291	353	1,127	1,376
14	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1,061	915	0	146	1,056	1,250
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	993	767	0	226	979	1,173
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	764	35	297	432	764	791
17	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	737	256	5	476	653	904
18	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	705	675	0	30	703	3,260
19	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	628	572	17	39	615	812
20	India`IND`Southern Asia	622	540	0	82	554	732
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	533	368	6	159	493	702
22	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	397	275	3	119	396	437
23	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	389	48	167	174	387	533
24	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	307	49	0	258	282	505
25	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	265	185	0	80	262	290
26	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	256	185	69	2	245	346
27	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	200	79	121	0	131	300
28	Colombia`COL`South America	180	139	0	41	166	194
29	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	137	77	0	60	137	139
30	France`FRA`Western Europe	133	3	0	130	133	133
31	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	113	81	0	32	113	151
32	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	110	110	0	0	107	117
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	86	84	0	2	79	91
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	84	57	0	27	78	90
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	83	0	82	1	83	83
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	79	0	68	11	11	79
37	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	63	63	0	0	56	99
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	32	0	0	32	32	39
39	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26	0	0	26	26	26
40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	25	25	0	0	24	67
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	24	0	24	0	7	24
42	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	17	10	0	7	17	22
43	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	16	9	0	7	16	29
44	United States`USA`Northern America	15	0	1	14	15	16
45	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	10	1	2	7	10	10
46	Peru`PER`South America	9	9	0	0	9	9
47	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6	0	0	6	6	6
48	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	5	5	0	0	5	5
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4	0	0	4	4	6
50	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	3	0	0	3	3	3
=51	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1	1	0	0	1	9
=51	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1	0	0	1	1	1
=51	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=51	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=55	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	1
=55	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	1
=55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	1
=55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=55	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1Syria59,616
2Afghanistan18,018
3Iraq11,303
4Nigeria9,121
5Yemen8,167

Lowest

55Zimbabweshared0
55Zambiashared0
55South Africashared0
55Kosovoshared0
55Samoashared0

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
HighestSyria51,105
Lowest153 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestSyria6,509
Lowest172 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestNigeria3,662
Lowest153 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestSyria57,306
Lowest142 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestSyria62,024
Lowest139 share it
Middle country: 0

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
59values changed, of 196 in both
34 · 25rose · fell
137unchanged

Rose most

Yemen2,404 → 8,167+5,763
Afghanistan12,549 → 18,018+5,469
Mexico3,357 → 4,527+1,170
Türkiye11 → 1,061+1,050
Egypt250 → 993+743

Fell most

Syria78,709 → 59,616−19,093
Iraq16,437 → 11,303−5,134
Ukraine4,946 → 1,894−3,052
Central African Republic3,493 → 764−2,729
Israel2,412 → 17−2,395

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

52 distinct values among 196
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 196 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2015). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2015

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