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Indonesia: events and estimated deaths in May 2025

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 11 events of organized violence in Indonesia in May 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 18. The low estimate is 11 and the high estimate is 32. UCDP counts 7 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for April 2025 was 7 events.

Among the 25 months with a report for Indonesia, May 2025 has the highest count of events. Indonesia holds 0 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in May 2025.

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.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Indonesia, May 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Papua Pegunungan province32
Papua Tengah province816
Figure 1. Events in Indonesia, May 2025. The map shows 11 events with 18 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.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Indonesia has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Indonesia: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of May 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Indonesia1118
OPM714

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.

Type of violence

Table 3. Indonesia: events by type of violence, May 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict764%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians436%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 4. Monthly reports of Indonesia, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20265P13PCandidate Events
August 20265P15PCandidate Events
July 20267P13PCandidate Events
June 20266P6PCandidate Events
May 202610P34PCandidate Events
April 20267P17PCandidate Events
March 20265P7PCandidate Events
February 20269P13PCandidate Events
December 202568GED
November 202546GED
October 2025927GED
September 2025914GED
August 2025810GED
July 202557GED
June 2025810GED
May 20251118GED
April 2025727GED
March 202533GED
February 202511GED
January 202566GED
December 20241014GED
November 202479GED
October 202422GED
September 202422GED
August 202444GED

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.

Indonesia: all figures

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ConflictStats. Indonesia: events and estimated deaths in May 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/indonesia/month/2025-05/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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