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Indonesia: events and estimated deaths in February 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 9 eventsP of organized violence in Indonesia in February 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 13P. The low estimate is 11 and the high estimate is 13P. UCDP counts 8P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. UCDP recorded no eventsP in January 2026.

The count for February 2025 was 1 event. The change from February 2025 to February 2026 is up 800 percentP. Among the 25 months with a report for Indonesia, February 2026 has the 4th highest count of events. Indonesia holds 1 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in February 2026. In February 2025, the share was 0 percent.

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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Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Indonesia, February 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Maluku province11
Papua Barat province11
Papua Pegunungan province11
Papua Selatan province12
Papua Tengah province58

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

Figure 1. Events in Indonesia, February 2026. The map shows 9 events with 13 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 each event of the month. The CSV file of Indonesia has each event.

Table 2. Indonesia, February 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Feb 2026Intan Jaya regency, Papua Tengah provinceGovernment of Indonesia; OPMState-based202
2 Feb 2026Intan Jaya regency, Papua Tengah provinceGovernment of Indonesia; CiviliansOne-sided111
2 Feb 2026Yahukimo regency, Papua Pegunungan provinceOPM; CiviliansOne-sided111
4 Feb 2026Kaimana regency, Papua Barat provinceGovernment of Indonesia; CiviliansOne-sided111
11 Feb 2026Boven Digoel regency, Papua Selatan provinceGovernment of Indonesia; OPMState-based222
11 Feb 2026Mimika regency, Papua Tengah provinceGovernment of Indonesia; OPMState-based222
12 Feb 2026Puncak Jaya regency, Papua Tengah provinceOPM; CiviliansOne-sided111
19 Feb 2026Kota Tual, Maluku provinceGovernment of Indonesia; CiviliansOne-sided111
21 Feb 2026Nabire regency, Papua Tengah provinceGovernment of Indonesia; OPMState-based222

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

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Indonesia: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of February 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Indonesia7P11P
OPM6P10P

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.

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Indonesia: events by type of violence, February 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict4P44%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians5P56%

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

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. 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 February 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/indonesia/month/2026-02/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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