Joined the list of countries experiencing war inĢ016. Pakistan to the point where they are no longerĬonsidered to be experiencing war but rather Casualty numbers decreased in Ukraine, South Sudan, and Syria represented 46% of the world’s battle deaths in 2016,Īfghanistan 21%, and Iraq 13%. Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia had continuations of ongoing wars in 2016. Is stability in the pattern of the largest conflicts: Of the twelve wars, nine were also categorized as wars in 2015. The twelve wars in 2016 accounted for 94% ofĪll battle deaths, whereas the 37 minor conflicts accounted for only 6% of the total. Number of minor armed conflicts (25,999 battledeaths) decreased from 41 to 37, a decrease of 4 That passed the threshold to war (1,000 battledeaths) – Syria-IS and Somalia-Al Shabaab –īecame significantly more violent in 2016. With more than 1,000 battle deaths – increasedįrom 11 in 2015 to 12 in 2016. In 2014 to 52 in 2015, and decreased only slightly to 49 in 2016. The total number of conflicts increased from 41 Seen upsurges in both the number of conflictsĪnd in the severity of war. Since the end of the Cold War, the trend inĪrmed conflict has been generally downward,Īs seen in Figure 1. The trend in the increasing internationalization of conflicts is concerning, as these conflicts, on average, last The internationalized conflicts in Syria, PO Box 9229 Grønland, NO-0134 Oslo, Norway

Number of armed conflict by type 1946