Data for 2025

Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025

Name: Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
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Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025 covers 196 countries on 6 measures. Ukraine is highest, at 90,345; 138 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2024, 65 values changed (32 up, 33 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2025

HighestUkraine

90,345

Lowest138 countries share it

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

196countries
6measures per country
2025the year it describes
54distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
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1	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	90,345	90,323	0	22	83,725	137,336
2	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	75,174	12,269	130	62,775	20,890	90,837
3	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	14,563	14,472	0	91	13,947	15,244
4	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9,172	4,525	803	3,844	8,305	29,659
5	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7,904	0	7,827	77	2,720	8,088
6	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5,458	4,331	303	824	3,319	17,924
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4,441	3,031	142	1,268	4,370	6,319
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	4,433	4,431	0	2	3,611	3,595
9	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,158	1,864	1,531	763	3,548	4,774
10	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3,872	3,095	774	3	3,808	4,535
11	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3,449	735	729	1,985	3,141	3,753
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3,331	3,096	10	225	3,090	5,018
13	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2,448	1,211	0	1,237	2,311	2,587
14	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,317	2,109	0	208	2,280	3,322
15	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2,157	1,357	168	632	2,062	2,750
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1,718	1,410	262	46	1,048	2,056
17	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1,268	1,249	0	19	1,123	1,283
18	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1,117	724	0	393	1,082	1,277
19	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1,009	0	0	1,009	408	2,692
20	Colombia`COL`South America	986	307	333	346	817	1,193
21	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	661	282	361	18	621	825
22	India`IND`Southern Asia	623	540	0	83	611	643
23	Brazil`BRA`South America	619	0	538	81	499	636
24	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	610	296	25	289	446	769
25	Ecuador`ECU`South America	439	0	439	0	347	571
26	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	375	240	2	133	341	406
27	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	362	197	69	96	358	387
28	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	347	347	0	0	347	349
29	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	332	306	0	26	180	870
30	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	197	164	0	33	190	197
31	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	175	175	0	0	175	342
32	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	174	19	133	22	150	190
33	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	160	149	0	11	151	204
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	142	0	142	0	34	158
=35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	137	104	0	33	100	165
=35	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	137	132	0	5	133	180
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	122	113	0	9	101	146
38	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	98	0	98	0	65	104
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	80	44	26	10	77	133
40	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	69	69	0	0	18	69
41	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	62	0	0	62	53	63
42	Argentina`ARG`South America	45	0	0	45	45	45
43	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38	0	24	14	38	41
44	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	31	0	31	0	31	31
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25	25	0	0	5	87
=46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	17	0	15	2	17	17
=46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17	0	17	0	17	17
48	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11	10	0	1	10	11
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7	7	0	0	7	7
=50	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	6	6	0	0	6	6
=50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	6	6	0	0	6	16
52	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5	5	0	0	5	5
=53	Honduras`HND`Central America	4	0	4	0	4	4
=53	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4	4	0	0	4	4
55	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	3	3	0	0	3	3
56	Venezuela`VEN`South America	2	0	0	2	0	2
=57	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1	0	0	1	0	1
=57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1	0	0	1	1	1
=59	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	1
=59	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	France`FRA`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	2
=59	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Peru`PER`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	United States`USA`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
=59	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2025

At either end

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

Highest

1Ukraine90,345
2Sudan75,174
3Israel14,563
4DR Congo9,172
5Mexico7,904

Lowest

59Zimbabweshared0
59Zambiashared0
59Kosovoshared0
59Samoashared0
59Vanuatushared0

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
HighestUkraine90,323
Lowest154 share it
Middle country: 0
Non-state conflict
HighestMexico7,827
Lowest169 share it
Middle country: 0
One-sided violence
HighestSudan62,775
Lowest154 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestUkraine83,725
Lowest140 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestUkraine137,336
Lowest136 share it
Middle country: 0

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
65values changed, of 196 in both
32 · 33rose · fell
131unchanged

Rose most

Sudan7,103 → 75,174+68,071
DR Congo5,446 → 9,172+3,726
Somalia2,437 → 3,872+1,435
Pakistan1,969 → 3,331+1,362
Ethiopia4,159 → 5,458+1,299

Fell most

Israel21,622 → 14,563−7,059
Russia10,590 → 4,433−6,157
Lebanon4,339 → 347−3,992
Mexico11,036 → 7,904−3,132
Ukraine91,779 → 90,345−1,434

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

54 distinct values among 196
Values are stored exactly as published. 138 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) (2025). Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/organized-violence/2025

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