Locations of conflicts worldwide in 2017
Major wars, 10,000+ deaths in 2017
Wars, 1,000–9,999 deaths in 2017
Min or conflicts, 100–999 deaths in 2017
Skirmishes and clashes, fewer than 100 deaths in 2017
← 2016 2018 →
The followin g 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 havin g done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim durin g the year 2017.
10,000+ deaths in 2017[ edit ]
Conflicts in the followin g list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017.
1,000–9,999 deaths in 2017[ edit ]
Conflicts in the followin g list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2017. Conflicts causin g at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program .[ 10]
Start of conflict
Conflict
Contin ent
Location
Fatalities in 2017
1948
In ternal conflict in Myanmar
Asia
Myanmar
6,700+[ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14]
1969
Moro conflict
Asia
Philippin es
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
In surgency in the Maghreb
Africa
Algeria Burkin a Faso Libya Mali Niger Tunisia
2,835[ 30] [ c]
2003
War in Darfur
Africa
Sudan
1,109[ 30]
2009
Boko Haram in surgency
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
Sin ai in surgency
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 followin g 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 followin g 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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