Data for 2024

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2024

Name: Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2024
Creator: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
License: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/

Figures for 2024, 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, 2024 covers 196 countries on 5 measures. Ukraine is highest, at 91,762; 153 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2023, 50 values changed (24 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict · Data for 2024

HighestUkraine

91,762

Lowest153 countries share it

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

196countries
5measures per country
2024the year it describes
39distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2024: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).

Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	91,762	0	91,762	72,613	119,372
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21,571	21,568	3	21,488	21,851
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10,444	86	10,358	8,413	7,720
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4,680	4,680	0	4,356	4,969
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4,339	4,339	0	3,985	5,160
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	2,886	2,886	0	2,857	10,393
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2,736	2,197	539	2,688	2,769
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2,352	2,352	0	2,307	4,564
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,199	2,199	0	2,071	2,648
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2,187	2,187	0	2,172	2,307
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,568	1,560	8	1,550	2,011
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1,483	1,483	0	1,265	1,712
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1,166	1,166	0	982	2,993
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1,008	1,008	0	984	1,317
Niger`NER`Western Africa	952	952	0	829	1,366
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	936	801	135	506	1,031
India`IND`Southern Asia	439	439	0	432	476
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	431	425	6	424	592
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	264	211	53	207	578
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	254	254	0	235	265
Colombia`COL`South America	233	233	0	227	237
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	217	217	0	185	230
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	196	196	0	178	471
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	196	196	0	185	196
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	151	151	0	108	321
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	128	124	4	128	131
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	77	77	0	73	83
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	70	70	0	69	72
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	66	66	0	50	67
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	57	57	0	39	63
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	46	46	0	46	53
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37	37	0	37	46
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34	34	0	28	36
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	25	25	0	10	91
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	25	25	0	25	25
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	19	19	0	16	19
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7	7	0	7	7
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	3	3	0	3	3
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3	0	3	3	3
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3	3	0	3	3
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2	2	0	2	2
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2	2	0	2	3
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1	1	0	1	1
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Argentina`ARG`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0	0	0	0	0
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Brazil`BRA`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0
Chile`CHL`South America	0	0	0	0	0
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0	0	0	0	0
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0	0	0	0	0
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
France`FRA`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana`GUY`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Honduras`HND`Central America	0	0	0	0	0
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0
Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0	0	0	0	0
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0	0	0	0	0
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0	0	0	0	0
Panama`PAN`Central America	0	0	0	0	0
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Peru`PER`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0
San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Suriname`SUR`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0	0	0	0	0
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	0	0	0	0	0
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0	0	0	0	0
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
United States`USA`Northern America	0	0	0	0	0
Uruguay`URY`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0	0	0	0	0
Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	0	0	0	0	0
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0	0	0	0	0
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0	0	0	0	0
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0	0	0	0	0

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

Ukraine91,762
Israel21,571
Russia10,444
Sudan4,680
Lebanon4,339

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0
Zambiashared0
South Africashared0
Kosovoshared0
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)
HighestIsrael21,568
Lowest155 share it
Middle country: 0
Between states (interstate)
HighestUkraine91,762
Lowest186 share it
Middle country: 0
Low estimate
HighestUkraine72,613
Lowest153 share it
Middle country: 0
High estimate
HighestUkraine119,372
Lowest153 share it
Middle country: 0

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

+0 / −0countries joined / left
50values changed, of 196 in both
24 · 26rose · fell
146unchanged

Rose most

Ukraine76,154 → 91,762+15,608
Russia204 → 10,444+10,240
Lebanon123 → 4,339+4,216
Ethiopia1,725 → 2,886+1,161
Syria1,677 → 2,736+1,059

Fell most

Sudan11,760 → 4,680−7,080
Israel26,816 → 21,571−5,245
Burkina Faso4,806 → 2,199−2,607
Somalia3,862 → 2,187−1,675
Nigeria2,084 → 1,483−601

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

04Caveats

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How values are stored

39 distinct values among 196
Values are stored exactly as published. 153 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) (2024). Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-based-conflict-deaths/2024

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