Iraq - Battle related deaths

Battle-related deaths (number of people)

The value for Battle-related deaths (number of people) in Iraq was 858.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 31 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 23,038.00 in 1991 and a minimum value of 26.00 in 2002.

Definition: Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Typically, battle-related deaths occur in warfare involving the armed forces of the warring parties. This includes traditional battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities, and all kinds of bombardments of military units, cities, and villages, etc. The targets are usually the military itself and its installations or state institutions and state representatives, but there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in crossfire, in indiscriminate bombings, etc. All deaths--military as well as civilian--incurred in such situations, are counted as battle-related deaths.

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, http://www.pcr.uu.se/research/ucdp/.

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Year Value
1989 50.00
1990 94.00
1991 23,038.00
1992 327.00
1993 118.00
1994 149.00
1995 657.00
1996 572.00
1997 2,020.00
1998 32.00
1999 270.00
2000 53.00
2001 36.00
2002 26.00
2003 7,927.00
2004 4,094.00
2005 2,608.00
2006 3,928.00
2007 2,217.00
2008 2,200.00
2009 1,043.00
2010 1,118.00
2011 1,072.00
2012 638.00
2013 1,882.00
2014 12,221.00
2015 10,200.00
2016 9,624.00
2017 10,204.00
2018 1,257.00
2019 742.00
2020 858.00

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Conflict & fragility