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Colombia: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Population 53,425,635 (World Bank, 2025)

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

UCDP recorded 203 eventsP of organized violence in Colombia in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 242P. The low estimate is 241 and the high estimate is 242P. The count for August 2026 was 213 eventsP.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 1,260 eventsP in Colombia. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 1,834P. The low estimate is 1,755 and the high estimate is 1,906P. UCDP counts 340P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 49 countries with a page, Colombia has the 5th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the UCDP region Americas, Colombia has the 2nd highest count of events of the 11 countries with a page. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded 626 events in Colombia. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 1,260P, which is up 101 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. Events of state-based armed conflict are 10 percentP of the events in Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. For all countries with a page, the share is 63 percentP.

Table 1. Colombia: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events2032131,260
Estimated deaths, best estimate2422741,834
Low estimate of deaths2412691,755
High estimate of deaths2422861,906
Deaths of civilians4038340

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.

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  • UCDP recorded 1,260 events in Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 (preliminary). The count for the 12 months to 31 Aug 2026 was 1,068 (preliminary).

All changes recorded on 28 Oct 2026

24 months

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

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Figure 1. Events in Colombia 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 Colombia 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 Colombia, 3 Jul 2026 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 606 events with 742 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 Colombia with a page, in name order: the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
RegionEventsEstimated deathsLast event
Antioquia department99P140P22 Sep 2026
Arauca department21P35P14 Jul 2026
Atlántico department406P457P29 Sep 2026
Bogotá district14P17P24 Sep 2026
Bolívar department40P47P30 Sep 2026
Caquetá department9P21P7 Aug 2026
Cauca department43P103P30 Sep 2026
Cesar department63P82P29 Sep 2026
Guaviare department9P175P30 Aug 2026
Huila department51P58P29 Sep 2026
La Guajira department22P30P16 Jul 2026
Magdalena department92P106P29 Sep 2026
Meta department7P13P9 Aug 2026
Nariño department14P39P6 Sep 2026
Norte de Santander department126P190P28 Sep 2026
Risaralda department78P82P30 Sep 2026
Santander department6P7P10 Sep 2026
Sucre department5P5P6 Jun 2026
Tolima department12P16P20 Sep 2026
Valle del Cauca department112P146P29 Sep 2026

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. 20 regions of Colombia have a page. 12 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. Colombia: 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
Actor not identified by UCDP727P852P
Autodefensas Campesinas de Nariño1P3P
Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada29P51P
EGC99P152P
El Ajizal1P1P
ELN90P183P
EMBF32P186P
FARC - Segunda Marquetalia11P18P
FARC-EMC84P348P
Government of Colombia108P268P
Group named for a person (name not shown)15P17P
Guerrilla Coordinadora Nacional Ejército Bolivariano1P3P
La Cordillera gang1P1P
La Nueva Generación del Freseo21P23P
La Terraza16P21P
Los Costenos206P233P
Los Espartanos3P4P
Los Flacos3P10P
Los Innombrables2P2P
Los Pepes163P186P
Los Shottas4P6P
Los Venezolanos1P1P
Lovaina1P1P
Norteños2P2P
Nueva Generación Gang3P10P
Renacer ERPAC1P1P
Tren de Aragua6P7P

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. Names are as UCDP writes them, with two labels that the site writes. UCDP does not identify some actors: the site writes "Actor not identified by UCDP" for each of them. UCDP names some groups for a person: the site writes "Group named for a person (name not shown)" for each of them. A line with a label can hold more than one actor.

Table 4. Colombia: UCDP dyads in the events of the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, in name order
Dyad, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths
Actor not identified by UCDP - Actor not identified by UCDP639P751P
Actor not identified by UCDP - Civilians88P101P
Autodefensas Campesinas de Nariño - FARC-EMC1P3P
Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada - Civilians14P24P
EGC - Autodefensas Conquistadoras de la Sierra Nevada15P27P
EGC - Civilians40P51P
EGC - ELN13P27P
EGC - EMBF2P5P
EGC - Group named for a person (name not shown)4P6P
EGC - La Terraza15P20P
EGC - Los Costenos2P2P
EGC - Norteños2P2P
El Ajizal - Los Venezolanos1P1P
ELN - Civilians18P28P
ELN - EMBF9P20P
ELN - FARC - Segunda Marquetalia1P1P
EMBF - Civilians6P7P
FARC - Segunda Marquetalia - Civilians2P4P
FARC-EMC - Civilians25P52P
FARC-EMC - EGC4P10P
FARC-EMC - ELN5P14P
FARC-EMC - EMBF3P125P
FARC-EMC - FARC - Segunda Marquetalia4P9P
Government of Colombia - Civilians3P2P
Government of Colombia - EGC1P1P
Government of Colombia - ELN44P93P
Government of Colombia - EMBF12P29P
Government of Colombia - FARC - Segunda Marquetalia4P4P
Government of Colombia - FARC-EMC42P135P
Government of Colombia - Group named for a person (name not shown)1P1P
Government of Colombia - Guerrilla Coordinadora Nacional Ejército Bolivariano1P3P
Group named for a person (name not shown) - Civilians6P6P
La Cordillera gang - EGC1P1P
La Nueva Generación del Freseo - Civilians2P2P
La Nueva Generación del Freseo - Los Costenos19P21P
La Terraza - Civilians1P1P
Los Costenos - Civilians28P30P
Los Costenos - Group named for a person (name not shown)4P4P
Los Costenos - Los Pepes153P176P
Los Flacos - Nueva Generación Gang3P10P
Los Innombrables - Tren de Aragua2P2P
Los Pepes - Civilians10P10P
Los Shottas - Civilians1P2P
Los Shottas - Los Espartanos3P4P
Lovaina - Civilians1P1P
Renacer ERPAC - Civilians1P1P
Tren de Aragua - Civilians4P5P

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

Type of violence

Table 5. Colombia: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict132P10%
Non-state conflict878P70%
One-sided violence against civilians250P20%

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. Colombia: events and estimated deaths by year
YearEventsEstimated deathsDataset
2017218221GED
2018274412GED
2019115248GED
2020147217GED
2021172308GED
2022173361GED
2023422543GED
2024479786GED
2025575986GED
2026, to 30 Sep 20261,167P1,676PCandidate 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 Colombia, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 2026203P242PCandidate Events
August 2026213P274PCandidate Events
July 2026205P240PCandidate Events
June 2026228P286PCandidate Events
May 202673P204PCandidate Events
April 202658P108PCandidate Events
March 202639P77PCandidate Events
February 202678P113PCandidate Events
January 202670P132PCandidate Events
December 20254164GED
November 20252865GED
October 20252429GED
September 20254687GED
August 20255989GED
July 20255257GED
June 20255388GED
May 20255676GED
April 20254685GED
March 20256492GED
February 20252533GED
January 202581221GED
December 20243971GED
November 202459103GED
October 20244682GED
September 20243153GED
August 20244768GED

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 Americas

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 Colombia who are in other countries, end of 2025 (UNHCR)
GroupPeople
Refugees79,669
Asylum seekers303,273

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

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

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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 23.6 (preliminary) events for each million inhabitants.

Questions

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

UCDP recorded 203 eventsP of organized violence in Colombia in September 2026. The count for August 2026 was 213 eventsP.

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 Colombia in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 1,834P. The low estimate is 1,755 and the high estimate is 1,906P.

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 Colombia as a CSV file?

The file has one row for each event from 1 Sep 2024 to 30 Sep 2026. It has 1,917 rows. Download the events (CSV)