Data for 2024

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2024

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2024
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
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Deaths in Organized Violence, 2024 covers 196 countries on 6 measures. Ukraine is highest, at 91,779; 135 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2023, 72 values changed (36 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2024

HighestUkraine

91,779

Lowest135 countries share it

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

196countries
6measures per country
2024the year it describes
53distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	91,779	91,762	0	17	72,626	119,391
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21,622	21,571	0	51	21,539	21,903
3	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11,036	0	10,918	118	3,189	11,202
4	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10,590	10,444	0	146	8,559	7,866
5	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7,103	4,680	107	2,316	6,090	7,465
6	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	5,446	1,166	331	3,949	4,706	7,963
7	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,339	4,339	0	0	3,985	5,160
8	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,251	2,199	20	2,032	3,691	5,260
9	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4,159	2,886	208	1,065	3,661	11,945
10	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,621	2,736	716	169	3,573	3,687
11	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3,201	1,483	1,310	408	2,454	3,576
12	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,896	2,352	0	544	2,800	5,209
13	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,437	2,187	162	88	2,420	2,563
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,969	1,568	233	168	1,875	2,527
15	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,901	1,008	274	619	1,783	2,644
16	Brazil`BRA`South America	1,676	0	1,563	113	1,610	1,710
17	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1,333	217	163	953	1,251	1,371
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,235	952	40	243	1,081	1,663
19	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,030	936	67	27	577	1,153
20	Colombia`COL`South America	786	233	247	306	657	928
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	697	25	633	39	623	702
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	552	439	29	84	537	595
23	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	522	151	45	326	409	770
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	498	196	34	268	454	802
25	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	440	431	0	9	433	601
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	421	254	23	144	387	439
27	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	404	2	365	37	177	436
28	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	357	264	0	93	258	736
29	Ecuador`ECU`South America	341	0	341	0	184	447
30	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	223	128	0	95	223	226
31	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	206	196	0	10	195	206
32	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	195	70	109	16	176	198
33	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	135	0	104	31	125	190
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	112	66	35	11	96	115
35	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	85	77	0	8	81	97
36	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	80	57	0	23	62	90
37	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	70	19	0	51	64	83
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	68	46	0	22	68	75
39	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	57	0	57	0	4	58
40	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	51	0	51	0	5	51
41	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	43	37	0	6	43	52
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42	0	10	32	40	51
43	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	39	34	0	5	32	42
=44	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	30	0	30	0	30	36
=44	Honduras`HND`Central America	30	0	6	24	18	49
46	Argentina`ARG`South America	26	0	0	26	26	26
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25	25	0	0	10	105
48	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12	0	0	12	8	12
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7	7	0	0	7	7
50	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	6	0	0	6	5	6
=51	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3	3	0	0	3	3
=51	France`FRA`Western Europe	3	0	3	0	3	3
=51	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3	0	0	3	3	3
=51	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3	3	0	0	3	3
=51	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3	3	0	0	3	3
=51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	3	0	0	3	2	3
=57	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2	2	0	0	2	3
=57	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2	0	0	2	0	2
=59	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=59	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1	0	0	1	1	1
=59	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1	1	0	0	1	6
=62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Peru`PER`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	United States`USA`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

1Ukraine91,779
2Israel21,622
3Mexico11,036
4Russia10,590
5Sudan7,103

Lowest

62Zimbabweshared0
62Zambiashared0
62Kosovoshared0
62Samoashared0
62Vanuatushared0

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
HighestUkraine91,762
Lowest153 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestMexico10,918
Lowest165 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestDR Congo3,949
Lowest148 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestUkraine72,626
Lowest136 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestUkraine119,391
Lowest135 share it
Middle country: 0

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
72values changed, of 196 in both
36 · 36rose · fell
124unchanged

Rose most

Ukraine76,467 → 91,779+15,312
Russia204 → 10,590+10,386
Lebanon123 → 4,339+4,216
Ethiopia2,383 → 4,159+1,776
Syria2,204 → 3,621+1,417

Fell most

Sudan14,770 → 7,103−7,667
Israel27,535 → 21,622−5,913
Burkina Faso6,346 → 4,251−2,095
Somalia4,216 → 2,437−1,779
Nigeria4,150 → 3,201−949

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. 135 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) (2024). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2024

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