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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2022

Figures for 2022, 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, 2022 covers 196 countries on 5 measures. Ethiopia is highest, at 163,210; 144 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2021, 53 values changed (27 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict · Data for 2022

HighestEthiopia

163,210

Lowest144 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa163,210163,2100163,017169,934
UkraineUKREastern Europe99,4726699,40672,534172,383
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa3,0403,04003,0123,441
YemenYEMWestern Asia2,9402,94002,1473,622
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa2,1052,10501,8622,356
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia2,0542,05401,87610,659
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa1,7551,75501,7232,097
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa1,5361,53601,1302,473
MaliMLIWestern Africa1,4401,44001,4221,682
IraqIRQWestern Asia1,0251,02411,0161,054
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia1,0101,00376501,867
SyriaSYRWestern Asia973918559701,175
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa6776770677803
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia6406319594776
NigerNERWestern Africa5165160394569
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa4154150352501
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa3783780212592
IndiaINDSouthern Asia3153150315317
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2412410238241
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa2312310213232
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia1541540154153
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia1541540154157
ColombiaCOLSouth America1331330133134
IsraelISRWestern Asia979709497
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia9696096109

02In 2022

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Ethiopia163,210
  2. Ukraine99,472
  3. Somalia3,040
  4. Yemen2,940
  5. Burkina Faso2,105

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)

    HighestEthiopia163,210

    Lowest147 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Between states (interstate)

    HighestUkraine99,406

    Lowest187 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Low estimate

    HighestEthiopia163,017

    Lowest145 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • High estimate

    HighestUkraine172,383

    Lowest143 share it

    Middle country: 0

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 53values changed, of 196 in both
  • 27 · 26rose · fell
  • 143unchanged

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

  • 46 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published. 144 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) (2022). Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-based-conflict-deaths/2022

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