Data for 2022

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2022

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2022
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
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Deaths in Organized Violence, 2022 covers 196 countries on 6 measures. Ethiopia is highest, at 165,025; 129 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2021, 73 values changed (39 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2022

HighestEthiopia

165,025

Lowest129 countries share it

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

196countries
6measures per country
2022the year it describes
55distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	165,025	163,210	21	1,794	164,719	173,192
2	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	100,604	99,472	0	1,132	73,210	174,074
3	Mexico`MEX`Central America	12,554	0	12,468	86	3,341	13,671
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5,920	1,755	776	3,389	5,709	6,594
5	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3,656	1,440	755	1,461	3,540	4,462
6	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	3,225	2,940	259	26	2,386	3,936
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3,115	3,040	4	71	3,083	3,568
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2,970	1,536	1,041	393	2,310	4,185
9	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,761	2,054	5	702	2,583	11,415
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,716	2,105	44	567	2,440	3,023
11	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,711	0	1,565	146	1,703	1,725
12	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,677	973	612	92	1,674	2,077
13	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1,653	1,010	0	643	1,008	3,031
14	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	1,407	54	1,279	74	1,399	1,809
15	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1,039	1,025	0	14	1,030	1,068
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	773	677	0	96	773	899
17	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	741	23	625	93	727	1,001
=18	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	728	378	36	314	466	1,042
=18	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	728	640	0	88	682	872
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	667	415	1	251	557	789
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	664	516	52	96	538	732
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	393	315	6	72	390	395
23	Colombia`COL`South America	361	133	75	153	361	388
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	251	40	0	211	243	383
25	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	248	241	0	7	245	248
=26	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	236	231	0	5	218	237
=26	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	236	0	131	105	236	237
=28	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	154	154	0	0	154	153
=28	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	154	154	0	0	154	157
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	138	0	0	138	138	138
31	Ecuador`ECU`South America	118	0	114	4	118	126
32	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	115	45	57	13	114	146
33	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	109	0	104	5	78	110
34	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	107	96	4	7	107	120
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	101	72	5	24	100	178
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	100	97	0	3	97	100
37	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	88	0	0	88	88	88
38	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	87	87	0	0	75	94
39	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	68	63	0	5	64	70
40	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	67	67	0	0	62	67
41	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	64	46	0	18	53	65
42	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	62	34	0	28	47	87
43	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	48	10	0	38	48	54
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	39	0	9	30	38	40
45	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36	29	0	7	24	37
46	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	30	30	0	0	30	33
47	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	25	25	0	0	25	28
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	21	20	0	1	2	115
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	19	0	12	7	18	19
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	16	0	16	0	16	19
=51	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14	14	0	0	14	14
=51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	14	14	0	0	14	14
=51	Peru`PER`South America	14	13	0	1	14	14
=54	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13	6	0	7	13	14
=54	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13	2	11	0	13	17
=56	Honduras`HND`Central America	8	0	1	7	6	8
=56	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8	6	0	2	8	8
=58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	4	4	0	0	0	503
=58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4	0	4	0	1	5
=58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4	2	0	2	4	4
=61	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3	3	0	0	3	10
=61	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3	3	0	0	3	3
=61	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	3	3	0	0	3	3
=64	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2	0	0	2	1	2
=64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2	2	0	0	2	2
=66	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1	0	0	1	1	1
=66	United States`USA`Northern America	1	0	1	0	1	1
=68	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	France`FRA`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=68	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

1Ethiopia165,025
2Ukraine100,604
3Mexico12,554
4DR Congo5,920
5Mali3,656

Lowest

68Zimbabweshared0
68Zambiashared0
68Kosovoshared0
68Samoashared0
68Vanuatushared0

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
HighestEthiopia163,210
Lowest144 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestMexico12,468
Lowest165 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestDR Congo3,389
Lowest146 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestEthiopia164,719
Lowest130 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestUkraine174,074
Lowest129 share it
Middle country: 0

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
73values changed, of 196 in both
39 · 34rose · fell
123unchanged

Rose most

Ukraine208 → 100,604+100,396
Ethiopia129,516 → 165,025+35,509
Mali1,287 → 3,656+2,369
DR Congo3,742 → 5,920+2,178
Burkina Faso1,458 → 2,716+1,258

Fell most

Afghanistan36,386 → 1,653−34,733
Yemen23,466 → 3,225−20,241
Mexico15,123 → 12,554−2,569
Mozambique1,918 → 728−1,190
Brazil2,661 → 1,711−950

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

55 distinct values among 196
Values are stored exactly as published. 129 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) (2022). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2022

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