DR Congo vs Nigeria

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

Nigeria recorded 1,310 organized-violence events in the last 12 months against 797 in DR Congo, about 1.6 times as many. Estimated deaths: 4,173 in DR Congo and 7,021 in Nigeria. Adjusted for population, DR Congo had 7.1 events per million people and Nigeria 5.5.

	DR Congo	Nigeria
Events, last 90 days	204	448
Change vs prior 90 days	+62%	+7%
Events, last 12 months	797	1,310
Est. deaths, last 12 months	4,173	7,021
Civilian deaths, last 12 months	3,066	2,050
Events per million people	7.1	5.5
Deaths per million people	37	29.6
Regions with 5+ events	6	27
Main type of violence	One-sided	State-based
Most recorded party	AFC	Unidentified armed group

DR Congo

Events per month in DR Congo

Nigeria

Events per month in Nigeria

Population: World Bank. See methodology.