Data for 2018

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2018

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2018
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
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Figures for 2018, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2018 covers 196 countries on 6 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 26,895; 136 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2017, 68 values changed (33 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2018

HighestAfghanistan

26,895

Lowest136 countries share it

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

196countries
6measures per country
2018the year it describes
53distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	26,895	25,702	631	562	25,152	31,458
2	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	21,735	13,248	7,689	798	20,222	23,228
3	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11,247	0	11,224	23	10,934	13,105
4	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	5,056	4,704	350	2	4,889	7,232
5	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,244	1,173	1,535	536	2,920	4,191
6	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	3,147	858	1,777	512	2,676	3,238
7	Brazil`BRA`South America	2,662	0	2,652	10	2,661	2,681
8	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,507	2,213	160	134	2,182	3,544
9	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,468	1,294	0	174	1,450	1,526
10	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,281	521	209	551	1,179	1,501
11	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	1,229	543	492	194	1,172	1,470
12	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1,013	800	1	212	1,009	1,323
13	India`IND`Southern Asia	952	835	4	113	942	1,028
14	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	713	18	509	186	627	922
15	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	692	680	0	12	542	695
16	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	670	44	620	6	638	821
17	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	643	103	318	222	632	679
18	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	483	253	0	230	483	507
19	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	460	453	7	0	458	472
20	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	436	420	0	16	360	448
21	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	432	254	103	75	375	699
22	Colombia`COL`South America	412	194	28	190	374	458
23	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	243	243	0	0	168	257
24	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	195	98	5	92	165	243
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	181	76	29	76	175	253
26	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	171	51	0	120	164	179
27	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	168	150	0	18	168	216
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	164	69	58	37	151	245
29	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	122	118	0	4	92	253
30	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	116	7	0	109	97	123
31	Venezuela`VEN`South America	94	0	0	94	94	127
32	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	92	91	0	1	81	142
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	78	67	0	11	77	90
34	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	71	0	0	71	71	71
35	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	61	36	0	25	52	64
36	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	56	52	0	4	56	67
37	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	38	32	0	6	38	38
38	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	37	28	0	9	34	54
39	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	35	33	0	2	35	39
40	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28	2	23	3	27	29
41	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	25	24	0	1	23	25
42	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	24	1	0	23	24	32
43	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	18	9	0	9	18	19
44	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	16	16	0	0	15	20
45	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15	0	0	15	15	15
46	France`FRA`Western Europe	13	4	0	9	12	14
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	12	0	11	1	11	12
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11	11	0	0	9	20
49	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	6	0	6	0	0	6
=50	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4	3	0	1	4	4
=50	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	4	0	0	4	4	4
=50	Honduras`HND`Central America	4	0	1	3	3	4
=50	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	4	0	0	4	4	4
=54	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2	1	0	1	2	2
=54	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2	2	0	0	2	2
=54	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2	0	0	2	2	2
=54	United States`USA`Northern America	2	0	1	1	2	3
=58	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=58	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1	0	0	1	1	1
=58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Peru`PER`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=61	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Afghanistan26,895
2Syria21,735
3Mexico11,247
4Yemen5,056
5Nigeria3,244

Lowest

61Zambiashared0
61Kosovoshared0
61Samoashared0
61Vanuatushared0
61Vietnamshared0

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
HighestAfghanistan25,702
Lowest150 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestMexico11,224
Lowest170 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestSyria798
Lowest143 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestAfghanistan25,152
Lowest137 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestAfghanistan31,458
Lowest136 share it
Middle country: 0

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
68values changed, of 196 in both
33 · 35rose · fell
128unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan19,784 → 26,895+7,111
Mexico9,722 → 11,247+1,525
Yemen3,667 → 5,056+1,389
Mali612 → 1,281+669
Cameroon410 → 1,013+603

Fell most

Syria38,532 → 21,735−16,797
Iraq11,437 → 1,468−9,969
DR Congo5,981 → 3,147−2,834
Myanmar2,395 → 122−2,273
Philippines1,713 → 436−1,277

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

53 distinct values among 196
Values are stored exactly as published. 136 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.

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2018). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2018

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