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Indonesia: events and estimated deaths in March 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

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UCDP recorded 5 eventsP of organized violence in Indonesia in March 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 7P. UCDP counts 5P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for February 2026 was 9 eventsP.

The count for March 2025 was 3 events. The change from March 2025 to March 2026 is up 67 percentP. Among the 25 months with a report for Indonesia, March 2026 has the 16th highest count of events. Indonesia holds 0 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in March 2026. In March 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, March 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Papua Barat Daya province24
Papua Tengah province33

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

Figure 1. Events in Indonesia, March 2026. The map shows 5 events with 7 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, March 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
2 Mar 2026Mimika regency, Papua Tengah provinceGovernment of Indonesia; OPMState-based111
16 Mar 2026Tambrauw regency, Papua Barat Daya provinceGovernment of Indonesia; OPMState-based222
22 Mar 2026Maybrat regency, Papua Barat Daya provinceGovernment of Indonesia; OPMState-based222
31 Mar 2026Dogiyai regency, Papua Tengah provinceGovernment of Indonesia; CiviliansOne-sided111
31 Mar 2026Dogiyai regency, Papua Tengah provinceGovernment of Indonesia; CiviliansOne-sided111

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 March 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Indonesia5P7P
OPM3P5P

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, March 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict3P60%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians2P40%

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 March 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/indonesia/month/2026-03/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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