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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1999

Figures for 1999, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

How many people were killed inside each country's borders in armed conflict where at least one side is a government — civil wars, insurgencies and wars between states. The Uppsala Conflict Data Program counts it event by event, every year since 1989.

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1999 covers 192 countries on 5 measures. Ethiopia is highest, at 30,729; 153 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 1998, 47 values changed (19 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict · Data for 1999

HighestEthiopia

30,729

Lowest153 countries share it

0

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1999, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 192 countries · select a heading to sort

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1999: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa30,72971530,01430,41833,536
EritreaERIEastern Africa17,2032517,17817,20317,417
RussiaRUSEastern Europe5,8545,85405,81912,208
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia4,6294,62904,5944,945
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa3,2543,25402,7273,530
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa3,1533,15303,1535,650
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa2,2722,27202,2726,434
IndiaINDSouthern Asia2,0731,1719022,0272,683
ColombiaCOLSouth America1,9881,98801,9642,398
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia1,8821,88201,8822,616
SudanSDNNorthern Africa1,4081,40801,4081,597
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1,3781,37801,3233,045
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1,1161,11601,1161,193
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa1,0401,04001,0401,068
BurundiBDIEastern Africa7817810545953
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa62662606261,516
ChadTCDMiddle Africa39439403941,149
UgandaUGAEastern Africa3523520352352
IraqIRQWestern Asia2742740274281
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia2642640212440
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2052050172248
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa1991990154225
NepalNPLSouthern Asia1561560147306
PeruPERSouth America757507575
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia525205255

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Ethiopia30,729
  2. Eritrea17,203
  3. Russia5,854
  4. Afghanistan4,629
  5. DR Congo3,254

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0
  2. Zambiashared0
  3. South Africashared0
  4. Yemenshared0
  5. Samoashared0

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Within the state (intrastate)

    HighestRussia5,854

    Lowest154 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Between states (interstate)

    HighestEthiopia30,014

    Lowest188 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Low estimate

    HighestEthiopia30,418

    Lowest153 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • High estimate

    HighestEthiopia33,536

    Lowest151 share it

    Middle country: 0

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 47values changed, of 192 in both
  • 19 · 28rose · fell
  • 145unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • 38 distinct values among 192

    Values are stored exactly as published. 153 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 192 countries has every column.

05The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (1999). Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-based-conflict-deaths/1999

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