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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2019

Figures for 2019, 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, 2019 covers 196 countries on 5 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 29,940; 152 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2018, 48 values changed (22 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict · Data for 2019

HighestAfghanistan

29,940

Lowest152 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, 2019, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 196 countries · select a heading to sort

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2019: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia29,94029,940028,05134,779
SyriaSYRWestern Asia7,5717,4131587,3988,037
YemenYEMWestern Asia2,6412,64102,1073,546
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa1,9461,94601,6962,437
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa1,6311,63101,4241,707
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa1,3261,32601,1621,966
IraqIRQWestern Asia8248240823885
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa7967960749903
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa7147140702819
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa6376370259652
IndiaINDSouthern Asia605494111604618
MaliMLIWestern Africa6036030595761
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia56356304351,140
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa3493490258541
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia3133130300356
UkraineUKREastern Europe3113110259311
NigerNERWestern Africa3003000297339
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa2912910261317
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia2842840284299
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia26721453267282
ColombiaCOLSouth America1491490149153
ChadTCDMiddle Africa1461460146176
South SudanSSDEastern Africa1151150107196
IsraelISRWestern Asia808008088
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa686806574

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Afghanistan29,940
  2. Syria7,571
  3. Yemen2,641
  4. Somalia1,946
  5. Libya1,631

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0
  2. Zambiashared0
  3. South Africashared0
  4. Kosovoshared0
  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)

    HighestAfghanistan29,940

    Lowest152 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Between states (interstate)

    HighestSyria158

    Lowest192 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Low estimate

    HighestAfghanistan28,051

    Lowest152 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • High estimate

    HighestAfghanistan34,779

    Lowest151 share it

    Middle country: 0

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 48values changed, of 196 in both
  • 22 · 26rose · fell
  • 148unchanged

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

  • 42 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published. 152 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

05The files

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Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2019). Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-based-conflict-deaths/2019

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