Events and estimated deaths by UCDP region

Data through 30 Sep 2026Source: UCDP

In the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026, UCDP recorded 22,144P events in the 49 countries with a page. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 240,922P. The UCDP region Africa has the highest count of events: 6,532P, or 29 percent of the total. The count of events is higher than in the 12 months before in 2 of the 5 regions.

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 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through 30 Sep 2026. The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Table 1. Events and estimated deaths by UCDP region, the 12 months to 30 Sep 2026 and the 12 months before, highest count of events first
UCDP region	Countries with a page	Events	Events, 12 months before	Change	Estimated deaths	Share of all events
Africa	20	6,532P	5,978	+9%	97,178P	29%P
Europe	2	4,982P	7,702	-35%	90,535P	22%P
Americas	11	4,792P	5,164	-7%	7,739P	22%P
Middle East	7	3,269P	5,980	-45%	36,846P	15%P
Asia	9	2,569P	2,467	+4%	8,624P	12%P

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

How the figures are made

A count of events is not a measure of danger. The table gives counts that UCDP records and no advice.

UCDP assigns each country to one of its world regions. These are not the regions of the page of a country. A change can come from the way the GED and Candidate Events are made.

UCDP define an event as: 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 GED Codebook, version 26.1, section 2, copied on 2 Oct 2026.

a best estimate, containing the most reliable estimate of deaths identified in the source material;

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5, Definitions, copied on 2 Oct 2026.

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October 2026: the first row was Africa (6,532P).

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ConflictStats. Events and estimated deaths by UCDP region. https://conflictstats.com/findings/events-by-ucdp-region/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

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