UCDP · Deaths in Organized Violence
Deaths in organised violence by country
How many people were killed in armed conflict and organised violence?
Of the 196 countries compared in 2025, 138 countries shared the lowest reading, 0, and Ukraine had the highest reading, 90,345. In the middle country the figure was 0.
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Part ofPeace & Security
Deaths in organised violence · 2025
Context statistic
138 countries share the lowest value, 0 — no single country is named first.
012025 · position · derived
Who leads
The three countries at the lowest end of 196 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
Lowest in 2025 · shared
138 countries share the lowest reading, 0
No single country is named first: picking one from a shared value would be a choice the data does not make.
Albania
Andorra
United Arab Emirates
Armenia
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Belgium
Bulgaria
Bahrain
Bahamas
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Belarus
Belize
Bolivia
Barbados
Brunei
Bhutan
Botswana
Canada
Switzerland
Chile
China
Côte d’Ivoire
Republic of the Congo
Comoros
Cabo Verde
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia
Germany
Djibouti
Dominica
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Algeria
Eritrea
Spain
Estonia- and 98 more — every one is in the list below
02Every measured country
Deaths in organised violence on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a lower value — the better end.
- 69–90,345
- 0–62
- No reading in 2025
- Africa
0
the middle country, of 54 measured · 55 members
28 share 0
Sudan75,174Lowest and highest reading in Africa.
- Americas
0
the middle country, of 35 measured · 48 members
25 share 0
Mexico7,904Lowest and highest reading in Americas.
- Asia
0
the middle country, of 48 measured · 52 members
29 share 0
Israel14,563Lowest and highest reading in Asia.
- Europe
0
the middle country, of 45 measured · 49 members
43 share 0
Ukraine90,345Lowest and highest reading in Europe.
- Oceania
0
the middle country, of 14 measured · 21 members
13 share 0
Papua New Guinea31Lowest and highest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, lowest middle country first
- Caribbean
0
the middle country, of 13 measured · 24 members
12 share 0
Haiti2,448Lowest and highest reading in Caribbean.
- Central Asia
0
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
5 share 0
5 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in Central Asia.
- Eastern Asia
0
the middle country, of 6 measured · 8 members
6 share 0
6 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Eastern Europe
0
the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members
8 share 0
Ukraine90,345Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Micronesia
0
the middle country, of 5 measured · 7 members
5 share 0
5 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern Europe
0
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
10 share 0
10 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in Northern Europe.
- South America
0
the middle country, of 12 measured · 12 members
7 share 0
Colombia986Lowest and highest reading in South America.
- South-eastern Asia
0
the middle country, of 11 measured · 11 members
6 share 0
Myanmar2,317Lowest and highest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Southern Africa
0
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
3 share 0
South Africa17Lowest and highest reading in Southern Africa.
- Southern Europe
0
the middle country, of 16 measured · 17 members
16 share 0
16 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in Southern Europe.
- Western Africa
0
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
9 share 0
Burkina Faso4,441Lowest and highest reading in Western Africa.
- Western Asia
0
the middle country, of 17 measured · 19 members
9 share 0
Israel14,563Lowest and highest reading in Western Asia.
- Western Europe
0
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
9 share 0
9 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in Western Europe.
- Northern Africa
2
the middle country, of 6 measured · 6 members
3 share 0
Sudan75,174Lowest and highest reading in Northern Africa.
- Central America
2
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
4 share 0
Mexico7,904Lowest and highest reading in Central America.
- Eastern Africa
2
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
9 share 0
Ethiopia5,458Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Southern Asia
17
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
3 share 0
Pakistan3,331Lowest and highest reading in Southern Asia.
- Middle Africa
25
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
4 share 0
DR Congo9,172Lowest and highest reading in Middle Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
2 share 0
2 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Melanesia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
3 share 0
Papua New Guinea31Lowest and highest reading in Melanesia.
- Northern America
2 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Canada, United States.
2 share 0
2 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
3 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu.
3 share 0
3 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in Polynesia.
03The whole field at once
The spread
196 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 0; a quarter are above 6, and a quarter below 0. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 196 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first — position 1 is the highest value, the way UCDP’s own tables read. “=” marks a position shared with another country. Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. These are absolute counts, not rates — there is no population denominator in UCDP’s file, so large countries sit worse than small ones and this cannot be read as how dangerous a place is to live. Most of the world is at zero: 138 of 196 countries in 2025.
Showing 25 of 196 countries
Values for 2025. The change column compares 2025 with 2024 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051989–2025 · 37 editions
Over time
Each point is one year. UCDP’s three components and its own low and high estimates are stored beside the headline, so the uncertainty behind a spike is visible rather than implied.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 169 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 6 | 0 |
| 2023 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 12 | 0 |
| 2022 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 17 | 0 |
| 2021 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 12 | 0 |
| 2020 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 5 | 0 |
| 2018 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 16 | 0 |
| 2015 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 |
| 2011 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 195 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 195 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 |
| 2008 | 195 | 0 | 0 – 2 | 0 |
| 2007 | 194 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 194 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 193 | 0 | 0 – 3 | 0 |
| 2004 | 193 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 193 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 193 | 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 6 | 0 |
| 1999 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 10 | 0 |
| 1998 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 11 | 0 |
| 1996 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 13 | 0 |
| 1994 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 191 | 0 | 0 – 34 | 0 |
| 1992 | 188 | 0 | 0 – 32 | 0 |
| 1991 | 185 | 0 | 0 – 32 | 0 |
| 1990 | 170 | 0 | 0 – 31 | 0 |
| 1989 | 169 | 0 | 0 – 29 | 0 |
062024 → 2025
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Improved most
before → after196 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025.
07Across every edition
Deaths in organised violence in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
772,463
Deaths in organized violence (people)
Lowest reading on record
Reached 5057 times by 179 countries — shared, so no holder is named
0
Deaths in organized violence (people)
Biggest improvement between editions
−768,231
772,463 → 4,232
Biggest decline between editions
+771,486
977 → 772,463
Most improved since first measured
−25,171
25,171 → 0
08The parts of the index
Inside the number
Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) publishes the parts the headline is built from. Each part’s highest and lowest country, and its middle value.
| Part | Highest | Lowest | Middle country |
|---|---|---|---|
| State-based conflict196 countries | Ukraine90,323 | 154 countries share 0 | 0 |
| Non-state conflict196 countries | Mexico7,827 | 169 countries share 0 | 0 |
| One-sided violence196 countries | Sudan62,775 | 154 countries share 0 | 0 |
09The measure
About deaths in organised violence
Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s count of deaths in organized violence is the best estimate of everyone killed inside a country’s borders in state-based conflict, non-state conflict and one-sided violence against civilians. UCDP has coded it, event by event, every year since 1989.
What the number is: Deaths in organized violence (people).
10Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Peace & Security, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where deaths in organised violence is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Civilian Deaths in Organized ViolenceUCDP · 196 countries in commonρ 0.94
- Deaths in State-Based Armed ConflictUCDP · 196 countries in commonρ 0.85
- INFORM Risk IndexKeyEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee · 190 countries in commonρ 0.68
Moves against
Where deaths in organised violence is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Political Stability and Absence of ViolenceKeyWorld Bank Group · 195 countries in commonρ −0.67
- Postnatal Care for Newborns Within Two DaysUNICEF · 97 countries in commonρ −0.58
- Women's Empowerment IndexUNDP Human Development Report Office and UN Women · 114 countries in commonρ −0.54
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 382 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
11Analysis
Charts and analysis on deaths in organised violence
12Keep reading
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The subject
13Questions
Deaths in organised violence: questions and answers
Which country has the lowest deaths in organised violence?
138 countries share the lowest reading, 0, among the 196 compared in 2025, so no single country is named.
Which country has the highest deaths in organised violence?
Ukraine, at 90,345, among the 196 countries compared in 2025.
How many countries does the Deaths in Organized Violence cover?
196 in 2025. The number measured varies from 169 to 196 between editions.
What is the world average deaths in organised violence?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 196 compared in 2025, the figure was 0.
Is this Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)’s own ranking?
No. Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Deaths in Organized Violence published?
This site holds 37 editions, describing 1989 to 2025.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), under CC BY 4.0. From UCDP’s Organized Violence country-year dataset. UCDP’s country list carries Israel and no Palestine, so deaths in the territories are counted under Israel — the publisher’s coding decision, and essential context for reading that figure. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
14Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Deaths in Organized Violence — Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
From UCDP’s Organized Violence country-year dataset. UCDP’s country list carries Israel and no Palestine, so deaths in the territories are counted under Israel — the publisher’s coding decision, and essential context for reading that figure.
Newest edition
Report year 2025Data year 2025
Cite the source as: Uppsala Conflict Data Program. UCDP Country-Year Dataset on Organized Violence within Country Borders, version 26.1. Uppsala: Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-05.
How this page reads the numbers
- Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Deaths in organised violence by country: Deaths in Organized Violence, data from Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/organized-violence