List of ongoing armed conflicts

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Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year):

  Major wars (10,000 or more)

  Minor wars (1,000–9,999)

  Conflicts (100–999)

  Skirmishes and clashes (1–99)

The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.

Criteria

Stacked bar chart, one stack per year

Conflict deaths in the 17 deadliest conflicts 2015–2020

This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll associated with each conflict. The criteria of inclusion are the following:

• Armed conflicts consist in the use of armed force between two or more organized armed groups, governmental or non-governmental. Interstate, intrastate and non-state armed conflicts are listed.

• This is not a list of countries by intentional homicide rate, and criminal gang violence is generally not included unless there is also significant military or paramilitary involvement.

• Fatality figures include battle-related deaths (military and civilian) as well as civilians intentionally targeted by the parties to an armed conflict. Only direct deaths resulting from violence are included for the current and previous year; excess deaths indirectly resulting from famine, disease, or disruption of services are included along with violent deaths in the cumulative fatalities count when available.
• Listed conflicts have at least 100 cumulative deaths in total and at least 1 death in current or in the past calendar year.
• Fatality totals may be inaccurate or unavailable due to a lack of information. A figure with a plus symbol, indicates that at least that many people have died (e.g. 455+ indicates that at least 455 people have died).
• Location refers to the states where the main violence takes place, not to the warring parties. Italics indicate disputed territories and unrecognized states.
• A territorial dispute or a protest movement which has not experienced deliberate and systematic deaths due to state or paramilitary violence is not considered to be an armed conflict.

List of current wars and conflicts

Major wars (10,000 or more combat-related deaths in current or previous year)

The 6 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct, violent deaths per year in battles between identified groups, in the current or previous calendar year.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	2024 fatalities	2025 fatalities
1948	Template:Tree list Myanmar conflict Rohingya conflict Rakhine State conflict Karen conflict Kachin conflict Myanmar civil war	Asia	Myanmar	28,672–Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
1948	Template:Tree list Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Salafist insurgency in Gaza 2023 Gaza war Popular Forces–Hamas conflict Spillover insurgency in the West Bank Israeli–Lebanese conflict Hezbollah–Israel conflict 2023 Israel–Hezbollah conflict Israeli–Syrian border conflict Spillover of the Gaza war in Syria 2024 Israeli invasion of Syria Iran–Israel proxy conflict 2023 Middle Eastern crisis 2025 Iran–Israel war Red Sea crisis Operation Prosperity Guardian	Asia	Israel Template:Country data Palestine Lebanon Syria Jordan Iraq Iran Yemen	Template:Nts–268,000+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2002	Template:Tree list Jihadist insurgencies in the Maghreb/Sahel Boko Haram insurgency Insurgency in Mali Insurgency in Niger Insurgency in Burkina Faso Fulani-Mossi conflict Insurgency in Chad JNIM-ISGS war	Africa	Algeria Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Ghana Ivory Coast Libya Mali Mauritania Morocco Niger Nigeria Togo Tunisia	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2008	Template:Tree list Sudanese conflicts Sudanese nomadic conflicts Ethnic violence in South Sudan Abyei border conflict Sudanese civil war	Africa	Sudan South Sudan	Template:Nts–1,100,000	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2014	Template:Tree list Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine	Europe	Russia Ukraine	Template:Nts–390,000+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
2018	Template:Tree list Ethiopian civil conflict Oromo conflict OLA insurgency War in Amhara	Africa	Ethiopia	Template:Nts–Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

Minor wars (1,000–9,999 combat-related deaths in current or previous year)

The 10 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	2024 fatalities	2025 fatalities
1964	Template:Tree list Colombian conflict Catatumbo campaignTemplate:Tree list/end	South America	Colombia Venezuela Ecuador	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1978	Template:Tree list Afghan conflict Afghanistan–Pakistan border conflicts Spillover insurgency in Pakistan 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes Islamic State–Taliban conflict Republican insurgency in Afghanistan	Asia	Afghanistan Pakistan	Template:Nts–Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
1991	Template:Tree list Somali Civil War (current phase) Spillover in Kenya American intervention Islamic State insurgency in Puntland Puntland counter-terrorism operations Las Anod conflict Jubaland crisis 2025 Shabelle offensive	Africa	Somalia Kenya	Template:Nts–Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1998	Template:Tree list Civil conflicts in Nigeria Religious violence Boko Haram insurgency Herder–farmer conflicts Nigerian bandit conflict Niger Delta conflict (current phase) Southeast Nigerian insurgency Spillover in Bakassi, Cameroon	Africa	Nigeria Cameroon	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2004	Template:Tree list Congolese conflicts Katanga insurgency LRA insurgency ADF insurgency Kivu conflict Ituri conflict M23 offensive Western DR Congo clashes	Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Burundi Uganda Central African Republic	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts–8,500+
2006	Template:Tree list Mexican drug war Gulf Cartel infighting Los Zetas infighting Sinaloa Cartel Infighting	North America	Mexico	Template:Nts–415,200Template:Efn	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2011	Template:Tree list Syrian civil war Cross-border spillovers Israeli–Syrian border conflict Israeli invasion of Syria Hezbollah–Syria clashes Western Syria clashes Turkish intervention Turkey–Rojava conflict Rojava–Islamist conflict Eastern Syria insurgency Arab tribal insurgency in Eastern Syria Turkey–Islamic State conflict American intervention	Asia	Syria Israel Lebanon Iraq Turkey	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2012	Template:Tree list Cameroonian civil conflicts Boko Haram insurgency Anglophone Crisis Pro-Biafran insurgency in Bakassi	Africa	Cameroon Nigeria	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2014	Template:Tree list Yemeni civil war Al-Qaeda insurgency Saudi Arabian intervention Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict Red Sea crisis Operation Prosperity Guardian	Asia	Yemen Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Israel	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2018	Template:Tree list Haitian crisis Gang war in Haiti	North America	Haiti	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

Conflicts (100–999 combat-related deaths in current or previous year)

The 16 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100, and fewer than 1,000, direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	2024 fatalities	2025 fatalities
1918	Template:Tree list Kurdish separatist insurgencies Kurdish–Iranian conflict Iran–PJAK conflict Western Iran insurgency Kurdish–Turkish conflict Kurdish Hezbollah insurgency Turkey–Rojava conflict	Asia	Iran Iraq Syria Turkey	Template:Nts–Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1943	Jamaican political conflict	North America	Jamaica	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1947	Template:Tree list Indo-Pakistani wars Kashmir conflict Kashmir insurgency	Asia	India Pakistan	Template:Nts–2,000,000	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
1948	Template:Tree list Insurgencies in Pakistan Insurgency in Balochistan Spillover in Iran Islamist insurgency Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Insurgency in Sindh	Asia	Pakistan Afghanistan Iran	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
1954	Template:Tree list Insurgencies in India Insurgency in Northeast India Insurgency in Arunachal Pradesh Insurgency in Nagaland Insurgency in Manipur Insurgency in Assam Insurgency in Meghalaya Spillover in Myanmar Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir	Asia	India Myanmar Bhutan	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
1962	Papua conflict	Asia	Indonesia	Template:Nts–500,000	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
1969	Template:Tree list Civil conflict in the Philippines New People's Army rebellion Islamic State insurgency Philippine drug war	Asia	Philippines	Template:Nts–245,200	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
1975	Cabinda War	Africa	Angola	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1988	Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea	Oceania	Papua New Guinea	Template:Nts–20,000	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
1999	Template:Tree list Insurgencies in Bangladesh Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict Maoist insurgency in Bangladesh	Asia	Bangladesh	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts+
2003	Template:Tree list Iraqi conflict Islamic State insurgency in Iraq	Asia	Iraq	Template:Nts–1,215,000+Template:Efn	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2011	Template:Tree list Libyan crisis	Africa	Libya	Template:Nts–43,000	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2012	Template:Tree list Central African Republic Civil War LRA insurgency	Africa	Central African Republic Cameroon	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2017	Insurgency in Cabo Delgado	Africa	Mozambique Tanzania	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2017	Template:Tree list Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus	Europe	Russia Azerbaijan	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2022	Honduran gang crackdown	North America	Honduras	Template:Nts+–1,200	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

Skirmishes and clashes (fewer than 100 combat-related deaths in current and previous year)

The 10 conflicts in the following list have caused fewer than 100 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year.

Start of conflict	Conflict	Continent	Location	Cumulative fatalities	2024 fatalities	2025 fatalities
1948	Korean conflict	Asia	North Korea South Korea	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1970	Template:Tree list Western Sahara conflict Western Saharan clashes	Africa	Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic	Template:Nts–21,000+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1980	Peruvian conflict	South America	Peru	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1981	Template:Tree list Islamist insurgency in Egypt Islamist insurgency in Egypt (2013–present)	Africa	Egypt	Template:Nts–7,353+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1982	Casamance conflict	Africa	Senegal	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
1988	Template:Tree list Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis	Asia	Armenia Azerbaijan	Template:Nts–49,000+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2004	South Thailand insurgency	Asia	Thailand	Template:Nts	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2005	Insurgency in Paraguay	South America	Paraguay	Template:Nts+Template:Efn	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2018	Template:Tree list Ecuadorian drug war Ecuadorian security crisis Ecuadorian conflict (2024–present)Template:Tree list/end	South America	Ecuador	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts
2022	Salvadoran gang crackdown	North America	El Salvador	Template:Nts+	Template:Nts	Template:Nts

Deaths by country

Fatalities related to armed conflict, by country

Rank	2020Template:Efn		2021Template:Efn		2022Template:Efn		2023Template:Efn		2024Template:Efn
	Country	Deaths	Country	Deaths	Country	Deaths	Country	Deaths	Country	Deaths
1	Mexico	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:NtsTemplate:Efn	Afghanistan	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Ethiopia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts+	Ukraine	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts+	Ukraine	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts
2	Afghanistan	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Yemen	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Ukraine	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts+	Template:Country data Palestine	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts+	Template:Country data Palestine	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
3	Yemen	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Ethiopia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Myanmar	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Myanmar	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Myanmar	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
4	Syria	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Mexico	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:NtsTemplate:Efn	Mexico	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:NtsTemplate:Efn	Sudan	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Sudan	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
5	Nigeria	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Myanmar	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Yemen	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Nigeria	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Ethiopia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
6	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Nigeria	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Somalia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Burkina Faso	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Nigeria	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
7	Azerbaijan (including Nagorno-Karabakh)	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Somalia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Mexico	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
8	Somalia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Syria	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Syria	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Mexico	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Burkina Faso	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts
9	Mali	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Somalia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Mali	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Syria	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Syria	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
10	Iraq	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Iraq	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Burkina Faso	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Mali	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Somalia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
11	Burkina Faso	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Burkina Faso	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Iraq	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Russia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
12	South Sudan	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	South Sudan	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Afghanistan	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Ethiopia	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Mali	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts
13	Ethiopia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Mali	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Nigeria	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Yemen	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Lebanon	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
14	Mozambique	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Central African Republic	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Niger	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Pakistan	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts
15	Libya	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Sudan	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Colombia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Haiti	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Afghanistan	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts
16	Cameroon	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Niger	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	South Sudan	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Colombia	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Pakistan	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
17	Philippines	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Colombia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Sudan	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Israel	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Haiti	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
18	India	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Mozambique	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Cameroon	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Iraq	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Cameroon	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts
19	Colombia	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Cameroon	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Mozambique	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	South Sudan	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts	Yemen	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts
20	Myanmar	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Template:Country data Palestine	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Pakistan	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Cameroon	Template:IncreaseNegativeTemplate:Nts	Colombia	Template:DecreasePositiveTemplate:Nts

See also

• 2020s in military history
• List of wars: 2003–present
• List of wars by death toll
• List of number of conflicts per year
• List of civil wars
• List of proxy wars
• List of terrorist incidents
• Lists of active separatist movements
• List of active rebel groups
• List of rebel groups that control territory
• List of designated terrorist groups
• List of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity
• Frozen conflict
• Uppsala Conflict Data Program
• Casualty recording
• Failed state

External links

• "Major Episodes of Political Violence 1946–2019" – List of armed conflicts compiled by Monty G. Marshall, director of the Center for Systemic Peace, based on research sponsored by the Political Instability Task Force.
• UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia – Uppsala Conflict Data Program of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University.
• Armed Conflicts Report Interactive Map, by Project Ploughshares.
• Global Conflict Tracker Template:Webarchive, by the Council on Foreign Relations.
• CrisisWatch – Monthly bulletin, interactive map and database on ongoing conflicts by the International Crisis Group.
• Map of the world's conflicts Template:Webarchive, by IRIN.
• History Guy's coverage of 21st century wars
• Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research (HIIK)
  • Conflict Barometer Template:Webarchive – Describes recent trends in conflict development, escalations, and settlements
• Insight on Conflict Template:Webarchive – Database on peace-building initiatives in areas of conflict
• Mapped: Where are the World's Ongoing Conflicts Today? an infographic map on ongoing conflicts