Somalia
Deaths in conflicts in Somalia
Deaths in conflicts in Somalia: 1,067 deaths in 1989 and 3,110 deaths in 2022, by UCDP estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 3,110 deaths
- Since 1989
- +2,043 deaths
- Rank, 2022
- 7 of 198
- counting from the highest
deaths a year · UCDP
What the numbers say
- The highest was 8,455 deaths in 1991, the lowest 171 deaths in 2000.
Every year
deaths a year · UCDP
| Year | Somalia |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 3,110 |
| 2021 | 2,259 |
| 2020 | 2,095 |
| 2019 | 2,180 |
| 2018 | 2,430 |
| 2017 | 2,065 |
| 2016 | 2,074 |
| 2015 | 1,263 |
| 2014 | 1,291 |
| 2013 | 1,037 |
| 2012 | 2,991 |
| 2011 | 2,125 |
| 2010 | 2,817 |
| 2009 | 2,146 |
| 2008 | 1,732 |
| 2007 | 1,585 |
| 2006 | 1,187 |
| 2005 | 388 |
| 2004 | 666 |
| 2003 | 395 |
| 2002 | 624 |
| 2001 | 445 |
| 2000 | 171 |
| 1999 | 522 |
| 1998 | 312 |
| 1997 | 268 |
| 1996 | 939 |
| 1995 | 460 |
| 1994 | 625 |
| 1993 | 478 |
| 1992 | 4,729 |
| 1991 | 8,455 |
| 1990 | 2,760 |
| 1989 | 1,067 |
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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Somalia in numbers
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Military
- Military spending1.54% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$193M in 2025
- Military spending per person$10 in 2025
- Military share of state spending20.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel14,000 people in 2020
- National power0.13% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.47% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports2 million TIV in 2025