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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025

Figures for 2025, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025 covers 196 countries on 3 measures. Sudan is highest, at 65,911; 145 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2024, 56 values changed (28 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence · Data for 2025

HighestSudan

65,911

Lowest145 countries share it

0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025, 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

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
SudanSDNNorthern Africa65,9114,1425,121
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa4,9142,2342,024
IsraelISRWestern Asia3,43350410,626
UkraineUKREastern Europe2,63587,66149
SyriaSYRWestern Asia2,0921,27087
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,885143289
HaitiHTICaribbean1,39896981
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa1,3522,730359
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa1,00900
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa9483,650860
MaliMLIWestern Africa9011,129127
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa8912,698569
YemenYEMWestern Asia5521,07294
NigerNERWestern Africa47062918
IranIRNSouthern Asia463485320
ColombiaCOLSouth America377348261
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia3422,866123
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa30727330
RussiaRUSEastern Europe2454,1817
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa14921412
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa14416751
MexicoMEXCentral America1332357,536
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia12416345
South SudanSSDEastern Africa121200340
BrazilBRASouth America11754448

02In 2025

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Sudan65,911
  2. DR Congo4,914
  3. Israel3,433
  4. Ukraine2,635
  5. Syria2,092

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

  • Combatants killed (the warring sides)

    HighestUkraine87,661

    Lowest145 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Killed, status unknown

    HighestIsrael10,626

    Lowest153 share it

    Middle country: 0

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 56values changed, of 196 in both
  • 28 · 28rose · fell
  • 140unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 45 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published. 145 countries share 0. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 196 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (2025). Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/civilian-deaths/2025

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07Questions

Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025: questions and answers

Which country has the highest civilian deaths in organised violence in Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025?

Sudan, at 65,911, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025 describe?

2025.

How many countries does Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025 cover?

196.

Where can I download Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Civilian Deaths in Organized Violence, 2025 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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