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Most conflict events, last 12 months

Countries ranked by the number of organized-violence events recorded by UCDP in the last 12 months. Data through 31 Jul 2026.

Leading this ranking: 1. Ukraine (5,525), 2. Mexico (2,508), 3. Israel and Palestine (1,562). 48 countries qualify. Click a country for its regional breakdown, monthly trend and armed actors.

#	Country	Events, 12m	Events, 12m	Est. deaths, 12m
1	Ukraine	5,525	5,525	100,267
2	Mexico	2,508	2,508	3,565
3	Israel and Palestine	1,562	1,562	5,633
4	Nigeria	1,310	1,310	7,021
5	Pakistan	1,308	1,308	4,369
6	Colombia	923	923	1,466
7	Ethiopia	893	893	5,301
8	DR Congo	797	797	4,173
9	Mali	717	717	2,013
10	Sudan	673	673	68,275
11	Burkina Faso	654	654	2,912
12	Lebanon	605	605	4,584
13	Myanmar	598	598	2,030
14	Somalia	416	416	3,994
15	Syria	413	413	650
16	Yemen	372	372	1,109
17	Brazil	372	372	409
18	Russia	299	299	556
19	Cameroon	217	217	458
20	Iran	181	181	23,661
21	Afghanistan	165	165	895
22	India	164	164	369
23	Ecuador	156	156	472
24	Niger	146	146	1,244
25	Haiti	141	141	928
26	Mozambique	126	126	450
27	Iraq	78	78	251
28	Indonesia	77	77	152
29	Philippines	74	74	176
30	South Africa	65	65	108
31	Bangladesh	64	64	75
32	South Sudan	60	60	701
33	Costa Rica	57	57	56
34	Central African Republic	55	55	282
35	Tanzania	55	55	1,007
36	Thailand	50	50	72
37	Kenya	47	47	76
38	Burundi	35	35	38
39	Guatemala	32	32	49
40	Chad	25	25	222
41	Ghana	25	25	105
42	Argentina	20	20	24
43	Venezuela	18	18	111
44	Benin	17	17	45
45	Dominican Republic	12	12	11
46	Papua New Guinea	12	12	61
47	Belize	11	11	15
48	United Arab Emirates	10	10	12

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Only countries with at least 10 recorded events in the last 12 months are included. Source: UCDP; population from the World Bank. See methodology.