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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2003

Figures for 2003, 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, 2003 covers 193 countries on 5 measures. Iraq is highest, at 7,943; 160 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2002, 35 values changed (15 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict · Data for 2003

HighestIraq

7,943

Lowest160 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, 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 193 countries · select a heading to sort

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2003: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
IraqIRQWestern Asia7,943167,9277,94313,831
ColombiaCOLSouth America2,0982,09802,0712,126
SudanSDNNorthern Africa2,0082,00801,9082,865
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa1,7871,78701,7871,887
IndiaINDSouthern Asia1,7831,694891,7591,960
NepalNPLSouthern Asia1,3411,34101,2751,405
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1,0511,05109221,272
BurundiBDIEastern Africa91391308861,425
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia86886808391,365
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia68768706731,017
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa6706700670686
UgandaUGAEastern Africa63363306321,091
RussiaRUSEastern Europe4804800476626
IsraelISRWestern Asia3143140314333
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia17628148176226
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1621620162164
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa1401400140520
EritreaERIEastern Africa575705757
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia525205259
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa5050050336
SenegalSENWestern Africa393903839
ChadTCDMiddle Africa3737037189
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia292901746
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia262602627
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa2525022146

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Iraq7,943
  2. Colombia2,098
  3. Sudan2,008
  4. Liberia1,787
  5. India1,783

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)

    HighestColombia2,098

    Lowest160 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Between states (interstate)

    HighestIraq7,927

    Lowest190 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Low estimate

    HighestIraq7,943

    Lowest160 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • High estimate

    HighestIraq13,831

    Lowest160 share it

    Middle country: 0

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 35values changed, of 193 in both
  • 15 · 20rose · fell
  • 158unchanged

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

  • 32 distinct values among 193

    Values are stored exactly as published. 160 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 193 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2003). Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-based-conflict-deaths/2003

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