UCDP · Deaths in Non-State Conflict
Deaths in non-state conflict by country
How many people were killed in fighting between armed groups, with no government involved?
Of the 196 countries compared in 2025, 169 countries shared the lowest reading, 0, and Mexico had the highest reading, 7,827. In the middle country the figure was 0.
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Deaths in non-state conflict · 2025
Context statistic
169 countries share the lowest value, 0 — no single country is named first.
012025 · values only
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
169 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.
Afghanistan
Angola
Albania
Andorra
United Arab Emirates
Argentina
Armenia
Antigua and Barbuda
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Burundi
Belgium
Benin
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- and 129 more — every one is in the list below
02Every measured country
Deaths in non-state conflict 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.
- 0–7,827
- No reading in 2025
- Africa
0
the middle country, of 54 measured · 55 members
39 share 0
Nigeria1,531Lowest and highest reading in Africa.
- Americas
0
the middle country, of 35 measured · 48 members
28 share 0
Mexico7,827Lowest and highest reading in Americas.
- Asia
0
the middle country, of 48 measured · 52 members
44 share 0
Syria729Lowest and highest reading in Asia.
- Europe
0
the middle country, of 45 measured · 49 members
45 share 0
45 share 0
Lowest 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
13 share 0
13 share 0
Lowest 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 Africa
0
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
13 share 0
Somalia774Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Africa.
- 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
10 share 0
10 share 0
Lowest 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.
- Middle Africa
0
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
5 share 0
DR Congo803Lowest and highest reading in Middle Africa.
- Northern Africa
0
the middle country, of 6 measured · 6 members
5 share 0
Sudan130Lowest and highest reading in Northern Africa.
- 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
9 share 0
Brazil538Lowest and highest reading in South America.
- South-eastern Asia
0
the middle country, of 11 measured · 11 members
11 share 0
11 share 0
Lowest and highest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Southern Africa
0
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
4 share 0
South Africa17Lowest and highest reading in Southern Africa.
- Southern Asia
0
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
7 share 0
Bangladesh15Lowest and highest reading in Southern Asia.
- 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
12 share 0
Nigeria1,531Lowest and highest reading in Western Africa.
- Western Asia
0
the middle country, of 17 measured · 19 members
15 share 0
Syria729Lowest 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.
- Central America
2
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
4 share 0
Mexico7,827Lowest and highest reading in Central America.
- 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 0, and a quarter below 0. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 196 ever measured
Every country
In order, lowest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. A zero does not mean nobody was killed: a pair of groups enters UCDP's data only once their fighting reaches 25 deaths in a year, so low-level violence can continue below the line. Counts, not rates, so a large country tends to sit above a small one.
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, with UCDP's low and high estimates stored beside its best one.
- 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 – 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 196 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 195 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2009 | 195 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 195 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 194 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 194 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 193 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 193 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 193 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 193 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 192 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 191 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 188 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 185 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 170 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 169 | 0 | 0 – 0 | 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 → after- Mexico10,918 → 7,827−3,091
- Brazil1,563 → 538−1,025
- Bangladesh365 → 15−350
South Sudan633 → 361−272
Pakistan233 → 10−223
Worsened most
before → after- Somalia162 → 774+612
- DR Congo331 → 803+472
- Nigeria1,310 → 1,531+221
Yemen67 → 262+195
Burkina Faso20 → 142+122
196 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025.
07Across every edition
Deaths in non-state conflict in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
15,067
Deaths in non-state conflict (people)
Lowest reading on record
Reached 6245 times by 194 countries — shared, so no holder is named
0
Deaths in non-state conflict (people)
Biggest improvement between editions
−4,807
12,496 → 7,689
Biggest decline between editions
+9,186
1,227 → 10,413
Most improved since first measured
−1,888
2,018 → 130
08The measure
About deaths in non-state conflict
How many people were killed inside each country's borders in fighting between organised armed groups where no government is a side — cartels, militias and communal groups. The Uppsala Conflict Data Program counts it event by event, every year since 1989.
What the number is: Deaths in non-state conflict (people).
09Where 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 non-state conflict is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Deaths in Organized ViolenceUCDP · 196 countries in commonρ 0.66
- Civilian Deaths in Organized ViolenceUCDP · 196 countries in commonρ 0.60
- INFORM Risk IndexKeyEuropean Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee · 190 countries in commonρ 0.51
Moves against
Where deaths in non-state conflict is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Political Stability and Absence of ViolenceKeyWorld Bank Group · 195 countries in commonρ −0.46
- State Authority over TerritoryV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 174 countries in commonρ −0.44
- Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 187 countries in commonρ −0.42
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.
10Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
11Questions
Deaths in non-state conflict: questions and answers
Which country has the lowest deaths in non-state conflict?
169 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 non-state conflict?
Mexico, at 7,827, among the 196 countries compared in 2025.
How many countries does the Deaths in Non-State Conflict cover?
196 in 2025. The number measured varies from 169 to 196 between editions.
What is the world average deaths in non-state conflict?
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 ranking is shown. Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Deaths in Non-State Conflict 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 own country-year dataset on organised violence. It covers organised groups fighting each other; killing of civilians by those groups is counted separately by UCDP, as one-sided violence. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Deaths in Non-State Conflict — Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)
From UCDP's own country-year dataset on organised violence. It covers organised groups fighting each other; killing of civilians by those groups is counted separately by UCDP, as one-sided violence.
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 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- 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 non-state conflict by country: Deaths in Non-State Conflict, data from Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/non-state-conflict-deaths