Bulletin 2026-08UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.8Changes in the data

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Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 47 eventsP of organized violence in Myanmar in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 122P. The low estimate is 121 and the high estimate is 187P. UCDP counts 109P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 32 eventsP.

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 26.0.8, 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. Myanmar, August 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Ayeyarwady region12
Bago region48
Chin state58
Kachin state510
Kayah state38
Kayin state22
Magway region612
Mandalay region35
Rakhine state634
Sagaing region931

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

Figure 1. Events in Myanmar, August 2026. The map shows 47 events with 122 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 Myanmar has each event.

Table 2. Myanmar, August 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 47 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
10 Aug 2026Thandwe district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based161616
21 Aug 2026Sagaing district, Sagaing regionGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based151515

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. Myanmar: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Actor not identified by UCDP1P3P
CPU1P0P
Government of Myanmar (Burma)46P119P
PSLF1P1P
SCEF28P65P
ULA12P45P

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.

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

Type of violence

Table 4. Myanmar: events by type of violence, August 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict43P91%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians4P9%

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 Myanmar, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 202647P122PCandidate Events
July 202632P81PCandidate Events
June 202639P104PCandidate Events
May 202651P187PCandidate Events
April 202646P128PCandidate Events
March 202650P268PCandidate Events
February 202652P145PCandidate Events
January 202649P217PCandidate Events
December 202546191GED
November 20255098GED
October 202556200GED
September 202559181GED
August 202569245GED
July 202558196GED
June 202553110GED
May 202570236GED
April 202568242GED
March 202547202GED
February 202564164GED
January 202570252GED
December 202473172GED
November 202472152GED
October 202494281GED
September 202437176GED
August 202463264GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

Myanmar: all figures

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ConflictStats. Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/myanmar/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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