Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2017
Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2017
Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2017
Minor conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2017
Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2017
← 2016 2018 →
The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2017 .
Conflict-related fatalities in the world's 15 deadliest countries in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2017.
10,000+ deaths in 2017[ edit ]
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.
1,000–9,999 deaths in 2017[ edit ]
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017. Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program .[ 10]
Start of conflict
Conflict
Continent
Location
Fatalities in 2017
1948
Internal conflict in Myanmar
Asia
Myanmar
6,700+[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
1969
Moro conflict
Asia
Philippines
1,384[ n 2]
1973
Oromo conflict
Africa
Ethiopia
1,011[ 30]
1991
Somali Civil War
Africa
Somalia Kenya
5,154[ 30] [ b]
1998
Communal conflicts in Nigeria
Africa
Nigeria
1,097[ 30]
2002
Insurgency in the Maghreb
Africa
Algeria Burkina Faso Libya Mali Niger Tunisia
2,835[ 30] [ c]
2003
War in Darfur
Africa
Sudan
1,109[ 30]
2009
Boko Haram insurgency
Africa
Nigeria Cameroon Niger Chad
3,110[ 30] [ d]
2011
Libyan Crisis
Africa
Libya
1,564[ 30]
2011
Yemeni Crisis
Asia
Yemen Saudi Arabia
1,438[ 31] [ e]
2011
Sinai insurgency
Africa
Egypt
1,342[ 30]
2011
South Kordofan conflict
Africa
Sudan
1,225[ 30]
2011
Ethnic violence in South Sudan
Africa
South Sudan Ethiopia
3,646[ 30] [ f]
2012
Central African Republic conflict
Africa
Central African Republic
1,723[ 30]
100–999 deaths in 2017[ edit ]
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.
Fewer than 100 deaths in 2017 [ edit ]
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2017.
Notes
^ 55,691 minus 40,920 at the end of 2016
^ 4,969 in Somalia and 185 in Kenya
^ 129 in Algeria, 93 in Burkina Faso, 1564 in Libya, 926 in Mali, 101 in Niger, 32 in Tunisia
^ 2,335 in Nigeria, 404 in Cameroon, 225 in Chad, 145 in Niger
^ 1,319 in Yemen and 119 in Saudi Arabia
^ 3,528 in South Sudan and 118 in Ethiopia
^ 343 in Pakistan, 10 in Iran
^ 694 in Turkey and 46 in Iraq
^ 565 in DRC, 1 in Angola
^ 36 in DRC, 34 in CAR
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^ 79 in Ethiopia, 0 in Eritrea
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