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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021

Figures for 2021, as UCDP published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021 covers 196 countries on 5 measures. Ethiopia is highest, at 124,553; 149 countries share the lowest reading, 0. The middle country reads 0. Against 2020, 49 values changed (27 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict · Data for 2021

HighestEthiopia

124,553

Lowest149 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 Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP).
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa124,553124,5530123,986128,170
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia35,78735,787033,79840,068
YemenYEMWestern Asia23,36923,369022,11433,667
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa2,1742,17402,1652,755
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa2,0022,00201,7763,016
SyriaSYRWestern Asia1,5441,3761681,5271,758
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa1,0801,08001,0401,128
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia1,0731,07309465,496
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa99199108581,100
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa9069060743916
IraqIRQWestern Asia87487407961,069
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa86786704961,179
MaliMLIWestern Africa7267260688789
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa6036030586802
ChadTCDMiddle Africa4864860486713
IndiaINDSouthern Asia4594527450476
NigerNERWestern Africa4594590317549
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia4254241403456
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia2922920292292
IsraelISRWestern Asia2732730273273
UkraineUKREastern Europe2082080167213
South SudanSSDEastern Africa1881880188209
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1351350135153
ColombiaCOLSouth America1331330133143
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa112112099204

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Ethiopia124,553
  2. Afghanistan35,787
  3. Yemen23,369
  4. Somalia2,174
  5. Nigeria2,002

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)

    HighestEthiopia124,553

    Lowest151 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Between states (interstate)

    HighestSyria168

    Lowest191 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • Low estimate

    HighestEthiopia123,986

    Lowest149 share it

    Middle country: 0

  • High estimate

    HighestEthiopia128,170

    Lowest148 share it

    Middle country: 0

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 49values changed, of 196 in both
  • 27 · 22rose · fell
  • 147unchanged

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

  • 44 distinct values among 196

    Values are stored exactly as published. 149 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) (2021). Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/state-based-conflict-deaths/2021

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07Questions

Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest deaths in state-based armed conflict in Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021?

Ethiopia, at 124,553, of the 196 countries in the file.

What year does Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021 cover?

196.

Where can I download Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021?

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

Is Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2021 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Deaths in State-Based Armed Conflict, 2025.

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