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Organized Violence Deaths by African country

2025

UCDP best estimate of deaths from state-based conflict, non-state conflict, and one-sided violence within the country's borders.

Africa, 202554 of 54 countries
109ktotal across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2025Sudan · 75kLowest in 2025Zimbabwe · 0Reported in 20250 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
050k100k150k200kSudan75kDemocratic Republic of the Congo9kEthiopia5kBurkina Faso4kNigeria4kSomalia4kMali2kNiger1kTanzania1kSouth Sudan661Mozambique610Cameroon375Central African Republic362Chad174Benin160Ghana98Kenya80Togo69Burundi62Angola25South Africa17Morocco7Rwanda6Uganda4Egypt3Eswatini1Algeria0Botswana0Cabo Verde0Comoros0Cote d'Ivoire0Djibouti0Equatorial Guinea0Eritrea0Gabon0Gambia0Guinea0Guinea-Bissau0Lesotho0Liberia0Libya0Madagascar0Malawi0Mauritania0Mauritius0Namibia0Republic of the Congo0Sao Tome and Principe0Senegal0Seychelles0Sierra Leone0Tunisia0Zambia0Zimbabwe0
20142025
UCDP · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries75k
Western Africa16 of 16 countries12k
Eastern Africa18 of 18 countries12k
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries10k
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries18
Africaall 54 countries · 54 with a 2025 figure109k

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
54 countries have a modelled 2025 figureThe provider estimated or projected it rather than measuring it that year. Those points are tagged Modelled in the table and drawn like any other on the map — read the tag before you quote the number.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Organized Violence DeathsUCDP best estimate of deaths from state-based conflict, non-state conflict, and one-sided violence within the country's borders.
SourceUCDP, with processing by Africa API
Unitdeaths
Last updated1 Jan 2025
Next expected updateJan 2026
Date range1989–2025
Coverage54 of 54 countries · 0 reported, 54 modelled, 0 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 0 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Organized Violence Deaths". Data adapted from UCDP. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/organized-violence-deaths
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=organized_violence_deaths_estimate&year=2025&limit=100

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Organized Violence Deaths: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

54 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryOrganized Violence DeathsPeriod
1Sudan75.17K deaths2025
2Democratic Republic of the Congo9.17K deaths2025
3Ethiopia5.46K deaths2025
4Burkina Faso4.44K deaths2025
5Nigeria4.16K deaths2025
6Somalia3.87K deaths2025
7Mali2.16K deaths2025
8Niger1.12K deaths2025
9Tanzania1.01K deaths2025
10South Sudan661 deaths2025
11Mozambique610 deaths2025
12Cameroon375 deaths2025
13Central African Republic362 deaths2025
14Chad174 deaths2025
15Benin160 deaths2025
16Ghana98 deaths2025
17Kenya80 deaths2025
18Togo69 deaths2025
19Burundi62 deaths2025
20Angola25 deaths2025
21South Africa17 deaths2025
22Morocco7 deaths2025
23Rwanda6 deaths2025
24Uganda4 deaths2025
25Egypt3 deaths2025
26Eswatini1 deaths2025
27Algeria0 deaths2025
28Botswana0 deaths2025
29Cabo Verde0 deaths2025
30Comoros0 deaths2025
31Cote d'Ivoire0 deaths2025
32Djibouti0 deaths2025
33Equatorial Guinea0 deaths2025
34Eritrea0 deaths2025
35Gabon0 deaths2025
36Gambia0 deaths2025
37Guinea0 deaths2025
38Guinea-Bissau0 deaths2025
39Lesotho0 deaths2025
40Liberia0 deaths2025
41Libya0 deaths2025
42Madagascar0 deaths2025
43Malawi0 deaths2025
44Mauritania0 deaths2025
45Mauritius0 deaths2025
46Namibia0 deaths2025
47Republic of the Congo0 deaths2025
48Sao Tome and Principe0 deaths2025
49Senegal0 deaths2025
50Seychelles0 deaths2025
51Sierra Leone0 deaths2025
52Tunisia0 deaths2025
53Zambia0 deaths2025
54Zimbabwe0 deaths2025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 54 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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