Data for 2023

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2023

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2023
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
License: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/

Figures for 2023, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2023 covers 196 countries on 6 measures. Ukraine is highest, at 76,467; 132 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2022, 75 values changed (37 up, 38 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2023

HighestUkraine

76,467

Lowest132 countries share it

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

196countries
6measures per country
2023the year it describes
55distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	76,467	76,154	0	313	70,986	135,417
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	27,535	26,816	0	719	27,416	27,651
3	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	14,770	11,760	692	2,318	14,648	21,730
4	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10,899	0	10,851	48	3,781	11,726
5	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6,346	4,806	178	1,362	6,034	7,622
6	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4,383	729	886	2,768	4,113	5,789
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4,216	3,862	312	42	4,197	5,377
8	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,150	2,084	1,651	415	3,534	5,345
9	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	3,073	2,464	0	609	2,966	10,226
10	Brazil`BRA`South America	2,482	0	2,305	177	2,478	2,524
11	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,383	1,725	189	469	2,318	7,895
12	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,204	1,677	471	56	2,203	2,380
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,118	1,238	375	505	2,087	2,897
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,183	1,056	29	98	1,061	1,312
15	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	935	816	107	12	831	4,764
16	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	638	358	17	263	573	754
17	Colombia`COL`South America	543	92	140	311	521	656
18	Ecuador`ECU`South America	540	0	540	0	266	762
19	Niger`NER`Western Africa	513	337	21	155	447	910
20	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	512	483	0	29	512	628
21	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	456	0	76	380	452	463
22	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	442	442	0	0	442	442
23	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	426	284	103	39	418	455
24	India`IND`Southern Asia	406	223	110	73	388	487
25	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	379	270	0	109	230	653
26	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	273	176	30	67	153	407
27	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	269	245	0	24	267	295
=28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	224	202	0	22	219	259
=28	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	224	2	184	38	187	256
30	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	204	204	0	0	157	291
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	126	0	102	24	70	132
32	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	125	86	0	39	61	131
33	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	123	123	0	0	123	124
34	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	115	61	45	9	115	133
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	108	106	0	2	108	114
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	94	59	0	35	74	110
37	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	79	22	0	57	74	86
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	76	29	0	47	76	95
39	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	67	0	66	1	62	78
40	France`FRA`Western Europe	48	0	47	1	48	48
41	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	46	28	0	18	46	59
42	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	43	40	0	3	43	43
43	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	31	30	0	1	19	33
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23	0	14	9	17	23
45	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	20	20	0	0	20	20
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16	0	0	16	16	17
47	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15	0	15	0	9	24
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13	0	13	0	0	13
=49	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12	0	3	9	12	12
=49	Peru`PER`South America	12	12	0	0	12	12
51	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9	9	0	0	9	9
=52	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	6	1	0	5	6	6
=52	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6	6	0	0	6	6
=54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5	5	0	0	5	5
=54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	5	0	3	2	1	5
=56	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3	0	0	3	3	3
=56	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3	3	0	0	3	3
=58	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2	0	0	2	2	2
=58	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2	2	0	0	2	2
=58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2	0	2	0	2	2
=61	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1	1	0	0	1	1
=61	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1	0	1	0	1	1
=61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1	1	0	0	1	1
=61	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1	0	0	1	1	1
=65	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	5
=65	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	United States`USA`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

1Ukraine76,467
2Israel27,535
3Sudan14,770
4Mexico10,899
5Burkina Faso6,346

Lowest

65Zimbabweshared0
65Zambiashared0
65Kosovoshared0
65Samoashared0
65Vanuatushared0

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
HighestUkraine76,154
Lowest150 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestMexico10,851
Lowest164 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestDR Congo2,768
Lowest149 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestUkraine70,986
Lowest133 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestUkraine135,417
Lowest131 share it
Middle country: 0

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
75values changed, of 196 in both
37 · 38rose · fell
121unchanged

Rose most

Israel100 → 27,535+27,435
Sudan1,407 → 14,770+13,363
Burkina Faso2,716 → 6,346+3,630
Nigeria2,970 → 4,150+1,180
Somalia3,115 → 4,216+1,101

Fell most

Ethiopia165,025 → 2,383−162,642
Ukraine100,604 → 76,467−24,137
Yemen3,225 → 935−2,290
Mexico12,554 → 10,899−1,655
Mali3,656 → 2,118−1,538

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. 132 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) (2023). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2023

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