Ethiopia
Deaths in conflicts in Ethiopia
Deaths in conflicts in Ethiopia: 18,770 deaths in 1989 and 102,900 deaths in 2022, by UCDP estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 102,900 deaths
- Since 1989
- +84,130 deaths
- Rank, 2022
- 1 of 198
- counting from the highest
deaths a year · UCDP
What the numbers say
- The highest was 102,900 deaths in 2022, the lowest 2 deaths in 1997.
Every year
deaths a year · UCDP
| Year | Ethiopia |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 102,900 |
| 2021 | 13,530 |
| 2020 | 4,819 |
| 2019 | 412 |
| 2018 | 672 |
| 2017 | 450 |
| 2016 | 570 |
| 2015 | 318 |
| 2014 | 26 |
| 2013 | 274 |
| 2012 | 391 |
| 2011 | 57 |
| 2010 | 31 |
| 2009 | 834 |
| 2008 | 275 |
| 2007 | 471 |
| 2006 | 597 |
| 2005 | 247 |
| 2004 | 462 |
| 2003 | 1,064 |
| 2002 | 801 |
| 2001 | 370 |
| 2000 | 442 |
| 1999 | 2,786 |
| 1998 | 1,123 |
| 1997 | 2 |
| 1996 | 52 |
| 1995 | 1,029 |
| 1994 | 75 |
| 1993 | 124 |
| 1992 | 1,014 |
| 1991 | 6,388 |
| 1990 | 19,190 |
| 1989 | 18,770 |
Good to know
- Soldiers and civilians killed in the year’s armed conflicts fought in the country, by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program’s best estimate.
- Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 198 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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Ethiopia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.49% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$785M in 2025
- Military spending per person$4 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel138,000 people in 2020
- National power0.85% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.28% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports63 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports17 million TIV in 1997