Bulletin 2026-09UCDP data through GED 26.1, Candidate Events 26.0.9Changes in the data

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Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in September 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 56 eventsP of organized violence in Myanmar in September 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 177P. The low estimate is 177 and the high estimate is 181P. UCDP counts 142P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for August 2026 was 52 eventsP.

The count for September 2025 was 59 events. The change from September 2025 to September 2026 is down 5 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Myanmar, September 2026 has the 12th highest count of events. Myanmar holds 3 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in September 2026. In September 2025, the share was 2 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.

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, September 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Ayeyarwady region34
Bago region28
Kayah state422
Kayin state22
Magway region820
Mandalay region715
Mon state33
Rakhine state1062
Sagaing region1132
Tanintharyi region33

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

Figure 1. Events in Myanmar, September 2026. The map shows 56 events with 177 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, September 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (2 of 56 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
1 Sep 2026Kayah stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); SCEFState-based151515
28 Sep 2026Mrauk-U district, Rakhine stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); ULAState-based505050

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 September 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Myanmar (Burma)56P177P
SCEF38P106P
ULA11P62P

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. Myanmar: events by type of violence, September 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict49P88%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians7P13%

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
September 202656P177PCandidate Events
August 202652P129PCandidate Events
July 202635P87PCandidate Events
June 202640P106PCandidate Events
May 202651P187PCandidate Events
April 202645P127PCandidate Events
March 202650P268PCandidate Events
February 202652P145PCandidate Events
January 202650P217PCandidate 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. 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.

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ConflictStats. Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in September 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/myanmar/month/2026-09/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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