Benin vs Ghana

Organized violence recorded by UCDP, 12 months to 31 Jul 2026. Both countries are in the Africa region.

Ghana recorded 25 organized-violence events in the last 12 months against 17 in Benin, about 1.5 times as many. Estimated deaths: 45 in Benin and 105 in Ghana. Adjusted for population, Benin had 1.1 events per million people and Ghana 0.7.

	Benin	Ghana
Events, last 90 days	2	2
Change vs prior 90 days	-60%	-78%
Events, last 12 months	17	25
Est. deaths, last 12 months	45	105
Civilian deaths, last 12 months	9	4
Events per million people	1.1	0.7
Deaths per million people	3	3
Regions with 5+ events	2	1
Main type of violence	State-based	Non-state
Most recorded party	JNIM	Unidentified armed group

Benin

Events per month in Benin

Ghana

Events per month in Ghana

Population: World Bank. See methodology.