Number of conflicts worldwide, by region and intensity of conflict 2023

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 18, 2024

In 2023, Asia and Oceania was the world region with the highest number of conflicts, registering 54 violent crises and three full-scale wars, all three involving the Government of Myanmar. Meanwhile, the highest number of wars was recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa. On the other hand, the lowest number of conflicts was recorded in Europe, with 19 non-violent conflicts and two full-out wars, the Russia-Ukraine war and the war in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Number of conflicts worldwide in 2023, by region and intensity of conflict

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November 2024

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Worldwide

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2023

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The source defines a conflict as follows: "a political conflict is a positional difference, regarding values relevant to a society (the conflict items), between at least two decisive and directly involved actors, which is being carried out using observable and interrelated conflict measures that lie outside established regulatory procedures and threaten core state functions, the international order or hold our the prospect to do so."

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