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

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 17 persons for 2025, from Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

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

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Latest
17
persons · 2025
Previous
3
persons · 2024
Earliest held
645
persons · 1989
Readings shown
37
Every reading SOTW holds

South Africa · history

persons · Annual

Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Viewer read 2026-11-14T12:17:31.140Z (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): South Africa: 37 readings, newest first. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
PeriodValue (persons)
202517
20243
20235
20224
2021123
202031
20198
201812
20170
20163
20150
20140
20130
20120
20110
20101
20090
20080
20070
20060
20050
20040
20030
20022
20010
20000
199919
199844
199730
1996156
1995143
1994532
1993895
1992761
1991737
19901,459
1989645

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/