List of number of conflicts per year explained

This page tracks the number of military conflicts with more than 1,000 fatalities, a categorization used by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.^[1] It covers past years. For a list of ongoing conflicts, see: List of ongoing armed conflicts.

Number of conflicts per year

Year	+10,000	+1,000	Map and evolution	Armed conflict-related fatalities by country
2018	4 Mexican Drug War Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan Yemeni Civil War	7 Boko Haram insurgency Communal conflicts in Nigeria Mali War Mexican Drug War South Sudanese Civil War War in Somalia Iraqi insurgency		Rank Country Deaths 1 Afghanistan 35,941 2 Mexico 33,341 3 Yemen 22,201 4 20,130 5 Iraq 4,920 6 Nigeria 4,850 7 Somalia 3,862 8 Saudi Arabia 3,509 9 1,757 10 Mali 1,285 11 1,166 12 India 988 13 Cameroon 945 14 Ethiopia 886 15 842 16 Pakistan 736 17 Libya 727 18 Colombia 709 19 Sudan 600 20 Turkey 530
2017	4 Mexican Drug War Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan War in Iraq	15 Boko Haram insurgency Central African Republic Civil War Communal conflicts in Nigeria Internal conflict in Myanmar Northern Rakhine State clashes Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) Moro conflict Oromo conflict Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South Kordofan conflict South Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur War in Somalia Yemeni Civil War		Rank Country Deaths 1 39,000 2 Mexico 31,174* 3 Afghanistan 23,065 4 Iraq 13,187 5 Myanmar 6,700+ 6 Somalia 4,969 7 3,528 8 Nigeria 3,432 9 Sudan 2,450 10 1,857 11 1,757 12 Libya 1,564 13 Egypt 1,506 14 Ethiopia 1,445 15 Philippines 1,429 16 Yemen 1,319 17 Pakistan 1,269^[2] 18 Mali 926 19 Turkey 802 20 India 700
2016	3 War in Iraq Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan	11 Boko Haram insurgency Communal conflicts in Nigeria Kurdish–Turkish conflict (2015–present) Mexican Drug War Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South Kordofan conflict South Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur War in Somalia Yemeni Civil War		Rank Country Deaths 1 49,742 2 Mexico 23,953*^[3] 3 Iraq 23,898 4 Afghanistan 23,539 5 Somalia 5,575 6 Nigeria 4,684 7 Sudan 3,891 8 3,544 9 Libya 2,865 10 Turkey 2,013 11 Pakistan 1,803^[4] 12 Egypt 1,707 13 1,565 14 Yemen 1,375 15 Ethiopia 1,114 16 India 905^[5] 17 Ukraine 902 18 623 19 Burundi 461 20 Algeria 128
2015	4 Boko Haram insurgency Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan War in Iraq	10 Mexican Drug War Second Libyan Civil War Sinai insurgency South Kordofan conflict South Sudanese Civil War 2015 PKK rebellion War in Donbass Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa War in Somalia Yemeni Civil War		Rank Country Deaths 1 55,219 2 Afghanistan 36,345 3 Iraq 24,113 4 Nigeria 10,677 5 Mexico 8,122 6 Yemen 6,425 7 Pakistan 4,612^[6] 8 Ukraine 4,344 9 Somalia 4,087 10 3,258 11 Sudan 3,216 12 Egypt 2,836 13 Libya 2,706 14 1,699 15 Cameroon 1,429 16 Niger 986 17 Myanmar 881 18 Ethiopia 602 19 Burundi 551 20 India 534 21 Philippines 501 22 475 23 Mali 414 24 Colombia 410 25 Thailand 246 26 209 27 China 197 28 Israel/ 190 29 Lebanon 91 30 64
2014	5 Boko Haram insurgency^[7] War in Iraq^[8] South Sudanese Civil War Syrian Civil War^[9] War in Afghanistan^[10]	10 Central African Republic War Communal conflicts in Nigeria Israeli–Palestinian conflict Second Libyan Civil War Mexican Drug War War in Darfur War in Donbass^[11] Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa War in Somalia Yemeni Civil War		Rank Country Deaths^[12] ^[13] 1 76,021 2 50,000 3 Iraq 24,000 4 Afghanistan 14,638 5 Nigeria 11,360 6 Mexico 7,504 ^[14] ^[15] 7 Ukraine 5,798 8 Pakistan 5,496 9 Somalia 4,447 10 Sudan 3,892 11 Central African Republic 3,347 12 Libya 2,825 13 Israel/ 2,365 14 Yemen 1,500 15 Cameroon 1,366 16 1,235 17 Egypt 1,176 18 India 976 19 Kenya 618 20 China 500 21 Colombia 459 22 Philippines 386 23 Mali 380 24 341 25 Thailand 330 26 Ethiopia 309 27 Lebanon 297 28 Algeria 242 29 Bangladesh 76 30 Armenia/ Azerbaijan 71
2013	3 Mexican Drug War^[16] Syrian Civil War War in Afghanistan^[17]	10 Boko Haram insurgency^[18] Central African Republic conflict^[19] Communal conflicts in Nigeria Iraqi insurgency^[20] Kivu conflict South Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa^[21] War in Somalia^[22]		Rank Country Deaths 1 73,447 2 Mexico 11,324^[23] ^[24] 3 Afghanistan 10,172 4 Iraq 9,742 5 Sudan 6,816 6 Pakistan 5,739 ^[25] 7 Nigeria 4,727 8 4,168 9 Somalia 3,153 10 Central African Republic 2,364 11 1,976 12 India 885 ^[26] 13 Mali 870 14 Egypt 730 15 Kenya 705 16 Libya 643 17 Yemen 600 18 529 ^[27] 19 Thailand 455 20 Algeria 340 21 Philippines 322 22 Colombia 124 23 Myanmar 62
2012	2 Mexican Drug War Syrian Civil War	6 Iraqi Insurgency War in Afghanistan War in Darfur Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa War in Somalia Yemeni Crisis		Rank Country Deaths 1 Mexico 18,061 ^[28] 2 14,825 ^[29] 3 Afghanistan 7,225 ^[30] 4 Iraq 4,622 ^[31] 5 Pakistan 5,211 6 Somalia 2,445 ^[32] 7 Yemen 2,328 ^[33] 8 Sudan 1,119 ^[34] 9 Nigeria 812 ^[35] 10 Turkey 811 ^[36] 11 India 803 12 700 13 611 ^[37] 14 Algeria 244 ^[38] 15 Colombia 211 ^[39] 16 137 ^[40]
2011	1 Mexican Drug War	3 Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Libyan Civil War Iraqi insurgency		align=center Rank align=center Country align=center Deaths 1 Mexico 24,068 2 Libya 9,400 3 Pakistan 6,303 4 Iraq 4,153 5 India 1,073 6 750 7 Nepal 19 ^[41]
2010				align=center Rank align=center Country align=center Deaths 1 Pakistan 7,435 2 Iraq 4,167 3 India 1,902 4 749 5 Nepal 38
2009				align=center Rank align=center Country align=center Deaths 1 Sri Lanka 15,565 ^[42] 2 Pakistan 11,704 3 Iraq 5,369 4 India 2,232 5 Nepal 50
2008				align=center Rank align=center Country align=center Deaths 1 Sri Lanka 11,144 2 Iraq 10,271 3 Pakistan 6,715 4 India 2,619 5 Nepal 81
2007				align=center Rank align=center Country align=center Deaths 1 Iraq 26,036 2 Sri Lanka 4,377 3 Pakistan 3,598 4 India 2,615 5 Nepal 99
2006				align=center Rank align=center Country align=center Deaths 1 Iraq 29,451 2 Sri Lanka 4,126 3 India 2,770 4 Pakistan 1,471 5 Nepal 480
2005				align=center Rank align=center Country align=center Deaths 1 Iraq 16,583 2 India 3,259 3 Nepal 1,845 4 Pakistan 648 5 Sri Lanka 330
2004				align=center Rank align=center Country align=center Deaths 1 Iraq 11,736 2 Nepal 2,451 3 Pakistan 863 4 Sri Lanka 109
2003				align=center Rank align=center Country align=center Deaths 1 Iraq 12,125 2 Nepal 2,105 3 Pakistan 189 4 Sri Lanka 59

References

Notes

Notes and References

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