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Dominican Republic: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP

Data through Population 11,520,487 (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 no eventsP of organized violence in Dominican Republic in September 2026. UCDP recorded no eventsP in August 2026.

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 13 eventsP in Dominican Republic. The best estimate of deaths in the events of the 12 months is 12P. The low estimate is 12 and the high estimate is 13P. UCDP counts 5P of these deaths as deaths of civilians.

Among the 49 countries with a page, Dominican Republic has the 45th highest count of events in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026. In the UCDP region Americas, Dominican Republic has the 10th highest count of events of the 11 countries with a page. In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2025, UCDP recorded no events in Dominican Republic. The count for the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 is 13P, which is up from no events. 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. Dominican Republic: events and estimated deaths that UCDP records
FigureSeptember 2026PAugust 2026P12 months to 30 Sep 2026P
Events0013
Estimated deaths, best estimate0012
Low estimate of deaths0012
High estimate of deaths0013
Deaths of civilians005

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 Dominican Republic 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 Dominican Republic 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 6.
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Figure 2. Estimated deaths in Dominican Republic 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 6.
Figure 3. Events in Dominican Republic, 3 Jul 2026 to 30 Sep 2026. The map shows 2 events with 1 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 Dominican Republic with a page, in name order: the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
RegionEventsEstimated deathsLast event
Santo Domingo province6P6P3 Jul 2026

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. 1 region of Dominican Republic has a page. 4 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. Dominican Republic: 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 UCDP11P11P
Government of Dominican Republic2P1P

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. Dominican Republic: 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 UCDP10P10P
Actor not identified by UCDP - Civilians1P1P
Government of Dominican Republic - Civilians2P1P

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

Type of violence

Table 5. Dominican Republic: events by type of violence, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict00%
Non-state conflict10P77%
One-sided violence against civilians3P23%

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 .

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 6. Monthly reports of Dominican Republic, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
July 20262P1PCandidate Events
May 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20264P4PCandidate Events
February 20264P4PCandidate Events
January 20262P2PCandidate Events

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.

Refugees and asylum seekers

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

Table 7. People from Dominican Republic who are in other countries, end of 2025 (UNHCR)
GroupPeople
Refugees1,240
Asylum seekers20,783

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. Dominican Republic: events and estimated deaths recorded by UCDP. https://conflictstats.com/country/dominican-republic/. 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 1.1 (preliminary) events for each million inhabitants.

Questions

How many events did UCDP record in Dominican Republic in September 2026?

UCDP recorded no eventsP of organized violence in Dominican Republic 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 Dominican Republic in the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, the best estimate is 12P. The low estimate is 12 and the high estimate is 13P.

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 Dominican Republic as a CSV file?

The file has one row for each event from 1 Sep 2024 to 30 Sep 2026. It has 13 rows. Download the events (CSV)