Deaths from organised violence, best estimate, counted where they happen (UCDP): Nigeria

The latest reading SOTW holds for Nigeria is 4,158 persons for 2025, from Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

Source series · Listed tier · Security · Annual · persons · UCDP.L.DEATHS.ORGANISED.VIOLENCE.A · NGA

Listed tier: bulk-loaded from the publisher's file as published; not individually reviewed by SOTW.

Latest
4,158
persons · 2025
Previous
3,201
persons · 2024
Earliest held
0
persons · 1989
Readings shown
37
Every reading SOTW holds

Nigeria · history

persons · Annual

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Viewer read 2026-11-13T04:34:54.294Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

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Deaths from organised violence, best estimate, counted where they happen (UCDP): Nigeria: 37 readings, newest first. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
PeriodValue (persons)
20254,158
20243,201
20234,150
20222,970
20213,234
20203,120
20192,481
20183,244
20173,594
20163,951
20159,121
201410,346
20133,391
20122,022
20111,831
2010980
2009533
2008432
2007157
2006231
2005233
20042,136
2003449
2002629
20012,437
20002,104
19993,519
1998357
1997595
199687
19951
199490
19931,185
1992943
1991380
199089
19890

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program. All 37 readings held, 1989 to 2025. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program (Davies, Pettersson and Oberg 2026; Sundberg and Melander 2013), CC BY 4.0.

Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Reuse remains subject to the source terms. Publisher page: https://ucdp.uu.se/downloads/