South Sudan
Deaths in conflicts in South Sudan
Deaths in conflicts in South Sudan: 3,907 deaths in 1989 and 679 deaths in 2022, by UCDP estimates.
- Latest, 2022
- 679 deaths
- Since 1989
- −3,228 deaths
- Rank, 2022
- 19 of 198
- counting from the highest
deaths a year · UCDP
What the numbers say
- The highest was 5,877 deaths in 1993, the lowest 62 deaths in 2003.
Every year
deaths a year · UCDP
| Year | South Sudan |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 679 |
| 2021 | 885 |
| 2020 | 638 |
| 2019 | 585 |
| 2018 | 1,128 |
| 2017 | 1,224 |
| 2016 | 1,276 |
| 2015 | 1,104 |
| 2014 | 2,461 |
| 2013 | 1,699 |
| 2012 | 807 |
| 2011 | 3,037 |
| 2010 | 266 |
| 2009 | 1,716 |
| 2008 | 135 |
| 2007 | 275 |
| 2006 | 155 |
| 2005 | 168 |
| 2004 | 1,241 |
| 2003 | 62 |
| 2002 | 2,978 |
| 2001 | 2,809 |
| 2000 | 1,953 |
| 1999 | 558 |
| 1998 | 3,887 |
| 1997 | 3,574 |
| 1996 | 2,374 |
| 1995 | 1,162 |
| 1994 | 491 |
| 1993 | 5,877 |
| 1992 | 3,346 |
| 1991 | 4,206 |
| 1990 | 4,272 |
| 1989 | 3,907 |
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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South Sudan in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.43% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$103M in 2025
- Military spending per person$15 in 2025
- Military share of state spending18.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel53,000 people in 2020
- National power0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports10 million TIV in 2022