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Benin: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Population 14,814,460 (World Bank, 2025)

Search engines are asked not to list this page. They list a country page at 25 or more events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. This page has 13.

Coverage ends on . Figures that include Candidate Events are preliminary. Compare the two recorded 12-month windows.

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Benin in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in this event is 0P. The low estimate is 0 and the high estimate is 1P. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 13 eventsP in Benin. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 42P. The low estimate is 41 and the high estimate is 67P. UCDP counts 9P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 49 countries with a page, Benin has the 45th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the UCDP region Africa, Benin has the 19th highest count of events of the 20 countries with a page. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 34 events in Benin. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 13P, which is down 62 percent. Over the same periods, the count for all countries with a page together went from 27,291 to 22,144P, which is down 19 percent.

Table 1. Benin: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events1013
Estimated deaths, best estimate0042
Low estimate of deaths0041
High estimate of deaths1067
Deaths of civilians009

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Since the last update

The log has no change for Benin on record. ConflictStats read the UCDP files on . The data cover events through . Changes in the data

24 months

Source: UCDP GED to December 2025, UCDP Candidate Events from January 2026.

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Figure 1. Events in Benin by month. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 7.
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Figure 2. Estimated deaths in Benin by month, best estimate. A hollow column is a preliminary month. The line marks the change of dataset: GED to the left, Candidate Events from Jan 2026 to the right. The two datasets are not made in the same way, so a step at the line is not only a change in the events. The figures are in Table 7.
Figure 3. Events in Benin, 3 Jul 2026 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 2 events with 6 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Regions

A region is a first-level area in the UCDP data. A region needs 5 or more events in the last 12 months to have a page. Search engines list a region page at 30 or more.

Table 2. Regions of Benin with a page, in name order: the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
RegionEventsEstimated deathsLast event
Alibori department5P22P9 Sep 2026
Borgou department5P13P7 May 2026

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. 2 regions of Benin have a page. 2 more regions have events and no page.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them. The glossary has the UCDP definition of an actor and of a dyad.

Table 3. Benin: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Benin12P33P
JNIM13P42P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Table 4. Benin: UCDP dyads in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Dyad, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Government of Benin - JNIM12P33P
JNIM - Civilians19

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 5. Benin: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict12P92%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians18%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

State-based conflict

A state-based armed conflict is a contested incompatibility that concerns government and/or territory where the use of armed force between two parties, of which at least one is the government of a state, results in at least 25 battle-related deaths in one calendar year.

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Definitions, copied on .

Non-state conflict

The use of armed force between two organised armed groups, neither of which is the government of a state, which results in at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year.

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Definitions, copied on .

One-sided violence

The deliberate use of armed force by the government of a state or by a formally organised group against civilians which results in at least 25 deaths in a year.

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Definitions, copied on .

Years

Years to 2025 are from the UCDP GED. The year 2026 is from Candidate Events and is not complete.

Table 6. Benin: events and estimated deaths by year
YearEventsEstimated deathsDataset
201911GED
202011GED
2021611GED
2022830GED
20232046GED
20242985GED
202531160GED
2026, to 30 Sep 20269P28PCandidate Events

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Monthly reports

One report for each month with events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events.

Table 7. Monthly reports of Benin, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20261P0PCandidate Events
July 20261P6PCandidate Events
May 20261P0PCandidate Events
March 20262P20PCandidate Events
February 20263P2PCandidate Events
January 20261P0PCandidate Events
October 2025414GED
September 202543GED
August 202510GED
July 202513GED
June 20251330GED
April 2025267GED
February 202549GED
January 2025234GED
December 2024515GED
November 202411GED
October 202412GED
September 202436GED
August 202412GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Other countries of the UCDP region Africa

Comparisons

Refugees and asylum seekers

Not UCDP data. Source: UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database, CC BY 4.0, figures for the end of 2025.

Table 8. People from Benin who are in other countries, end of 2025 (UNHCR)
GroupPeople
Refugees1,279
Asylum seekers3,408

These figures come from UNHCR. They are not a part of the UCDP counts of events and deaths. UNHCR has not endorsed this site. Read the UNHCR terms of use for datasets.

Official channels

These links go to the sites of the organisations. The UCDP and World Bank links were checked on .

Cite and download

ConflictStats. Benin: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/benin/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

The address of this page does not change. UCDP asks for a citation of its publications: Data sources and licences has it.

The files are made from UCDP data, CC BY 4.0. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. The rate for the 12 months is 0.9 (preliminary) events for each million inhabitants.

Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Benin in September 2026?

UCDP recorded 1 eventP of organized violence in Benin in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

How does UCDP count deaths?

UCDP gives a best estimate, a low estimate and a high estimate for each event. This page uses the best estimate. For Benin in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 42P. The low estimate is 41 and the high estimate is 67P.

Are the figures of the latest months final?

No. The figures from January 2026 are from UCDP Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them. UCDP releases the reviewed dataset, the GED, one time each year.

Where are the events of Benin as a CSV file?

The file has one row for each event from 1 Sep 2024 to 30 Sep 2026. It has 50 rows. Download the events (CSV)