2026-04-11 · estimated annual battle deaths
African conflicts account for most battle deaths
State-based wars concentrate fatalities in a handful of regions.
How to read: 1 cell = 100 estimated annual battle deaths (0.1% of state-based conflict deaths). 1,000 cells total.
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Context
Our World in Data’s battle-death series attributes a majority of recent state-based fatalities to African conflicts.
UCDP/PRIO data underlie the regional totals.