Data for 2017

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2017

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2017
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
License: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/

Figures for 2017, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2017 covers 196 countries on 6 measures. Syria is highest, at 38,532; 137 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2016, 66 values changed (27 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2017

HighestSyria

38,532

Lowest137 countries share it

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

196countries
6measures per country
2017the year it describes
52distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	38,532	25,055	12,496	981	36,416	43,081
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	19,784	19,022	419	343	18,902	21,785
3	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	11,437	10,248	0	1,189	11,188	13,629
4	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,722	0	9,713	9	9,719	9,850
5	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5,981	3,718	763	1,500	5,690	8,191
6	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,667	3,190	473	4	3,463	4,155
7	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,594	1,879	974	741	3,561	4,497
8	Brazil`BRA`South America	3,062	0	3,052	10	3,062	3,071
9	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,395	531	0	1,864	2,270	2,555
10	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,071	1,918	49	104	1,921	2,761
11	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1,865	73	1,084	708	1,743	2,190
12	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1,713	1,627	0	86	1,686	1,839
13	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,271	484	533	254	1,254	1,559
14	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1,096	404	691	1	1,006	1,277
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	960	713	3	244	960	995
16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	902	497	0	405	787	1,082
17	India`IND`Southern Asia	847	667	11	169	846	861
18	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	612	383	176	53	592	890
19	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	548	166	316	66	526	764
20	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	488	0	315	173	470	546
21	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	467	420	0	47	467	481
22	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	447	447	0	0	422	497
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	410	121	62	227	410	499
24	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	297	74	223	0	296	323
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	248	234	0	14	248	255
26	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	228	85	69	74	226	269
27	Colombia`COL`South America	221	65	8	148	199	311
28	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91	60	28	3	90	268
29	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	77	77	0	0	77	91
30	Venezuela`VEN`South America	76	0	0	76	76	113
31	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	58	58	0	0	58	82
32	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	54	12	6	36	24	59
33	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	53	53	0	0	53	81
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	50	43	0	7	50	51
35	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	48	47	0	1	48	56
36	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	45	45	0	0	45	53
37	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	43	5	0	38	42	67
38	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	36	36	0	0	36	37
=39	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	26	25	0	1	17	112
=39	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	26	24	0	2	26	26
41	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20	20	0	0	19	35
42	United States`USA`Northern America	18	0	5	13	18	18
43	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	16	0	0	16	16	16
44	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15	15	0	0	12	21
45	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10	0	0	10	10	10
46	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8	0	0	8	8	8
=47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7	0	0	7	7	7
=47	Peru`PER`South America	7	7	0	0	7	7
=49	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	6	6	0	0	6	6
=49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	6	0	0	6	6	6
51	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5	0	0	5	5	5
52	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3	0	0	3	3	7
=53	France`FRA`Western Europe	2	2	0	0	2	2
=53	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2	2	0	0	2	6
=55	Honduras`HND`Central America	1	0	0	1	1	1
=55	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=55	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=55	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1	0	0	1	1	1
=55	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	1
=60	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=60	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1Syria38,532
2Afghanistan19,784
3Iraq11,437
4Mexico9,722
5DR Congo5,981

Lowest

60Zimbabweshared0
60Zambiashared0
60South Africashared0
60Kosovoshared0
60Samoashared0

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
HighestSyria25,055
Lowest153 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestSyria12,496
Lowest173 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestMyanmar1,864
Lowest151 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestSyria36,416
Lowest137 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestSyria43,081
Lowest136 share it
Middle country: 0

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
66values changed, of 196 in both
27 · 39rose · fell
130unchanged

Rose most

Mexico4,306 → 9,722+5,416
DR Congo2,188 → 5,981+3,793
Brazil156 → 3,062+2,906
Myanmar183 → 2,395+2,212
Central African Republic688 → 1,865+1,177

Fell most

Syria53,893 → 38,532−15,361
Sudan1,997 → 548−1,449
Libya2,349 → 1,096−1,253
Türkiye1,565 → 467−1,098
Iraq12,033 → 11,437−596

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. 137 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) (2017). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2017

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