# List of coups and coup attempts since 2010

Coups d'état, coup attempts and coup plots since 2010 include:

## Coups and coup attempts since 2010
### Africa

| Event | Date | Type | Country | Coup leaders | Head of state/government | Notes | Refs |
| 2010 Nigerien coup d'état | 18 February 2010 | Coup | Niger | Chef d'escadron Salou Djibo | President Mamadou Tandja | President kidnapped and opposition leader elected into power. | |
| 2010 Guinea-Bissau unrest | 1 April 2010 | Attempt | Guinea-Bissau | Admiral Bubo Na Tchuto Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army Antonio Ndjai | Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior | The head of the army was captured and the Prime Minister was briefly arrested by military officers. | |
| 2010 Madagascar coup attempt | 17 – 18 November 2010 | Attempt | Madagascar | Ex-Defence Minister N. Rakotonandrasanana and Col. C. Andrianasoaviana, Head of the Special Intervention Force | President Andry Rajoelina | | |
| 2011 Egyptian coup d'état | 11 February | Coup | Egypt | Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Mohamed Hussein Tantawi | President Hosni Mubarak | Following mass protests and an army’s communiqué, Mubarak resigned. According to art.84 of 1971 Egyptian constitution, speaker of the People's Assembly Sorour should have succeeded him, but Tantawi took power instead. | |
| 2011 DR Congo coup d'état attempt | 27 February 2011 | Attempt | DR Congo | Unknown | President Joseph Kabila | Six people were killed in an attack on a residence of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo. | |
| 2011 Nigerien coup attempt | 26 July 2011 | Attempt | Niger | Unknown | President Mahamadou Issoufou | Five soldiers were arrested. | |
| 2011 Guinea-Bissau coup attempt | 26 December 2011 | Attempt | Guinea-Bissau | Navy Chief Natchuto Bubo | President Malam Bacai Sanhá | | |
| 2012 Malian coup d'état | 22 March 2012 | Coup | Mali | Capt. Amadou Sanogo | President Amadou Toumani Touré | | |
| 2012 Malawian constitutional crisis | 5 April 2012 | Attempt | Malawi | Peter Mutharika | President Joyce Banda | | |
| 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état | 12 April 2012 | Coup | Guinea-Bissau | Military Command | Interim President Raimundo Pereira | | |
| 2012 Malian counter-coup attempt | 30 April – 1 May 2012 | Attempt | Mali | Amadou Toumani Touré's loyalists | Acting President Dioncounda Traoré, Acting Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra and coup leader and Chairperson of the National Committee for the Restoration of Democracy and State of Mali, Capt. Amadou Sanogo | | |
| 2012 Ivorian coup attempt | 13 June 2012 | Attempt | Ivory Coast | Laurent Gbagbo loyalists | President Alassane Ouattara | | |
| 2012 Sudanese coup d'état attempt | 22 November 2012 | Attempt | Sudan | Unknown | President Omar al-Bashir | | |
| 2013 Eritrean Army mutiny | 21 January 2013 | Attempt | Eritrea | Unknown | President Isaias Afwerki | | |
| 2013 Benin coup d'état attempt | 4 March 2013 | Attempt | Benin | Col. Pamphile Zomahoun | President Thomas Boni Yayi | | |
| 2013 Central African Republic coup d'état | 23–24 March 2013 | Coup | Central African Republic | Michel Djotodia | President François Bozizé | | |
| April 2013 Libyan coup d'état attempt | 17 April 2013 | Attempt | Libya | Muammar Gaddafi loyalists | Prime Minister Ali Zeidan | | |
| 2013 Comorian coup attempt | 20 April 2013 | Attempt | Comoros | Unknown | President Ikililou Dhoinine | | |
| 2013 Chadian coup attempt | 1 May 2013 | Attempt | Chad | Unknown | President Idriss Déby | At least four soldiers killed. Arrest of two generals and an MP. | |
| 2013 Egyptian coup d'état | 3 July 2013 | Coup | Egypt | Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | President Mohamed Morsi | Military coup ousts President Mohamed Morsi and his elected government and kills more than 1,150 government supporters. | ​​​ |
| October 2013 Libyan coup d'état attempt | 10 October 2013 | Attempt | Libya | Abdel-Moneim al-Hour | Prime Minister Ali Zeidan | | |
| 2013 DR Congo coup d'état attempt | 30 December 2013 | Attempt | DR Congo | Paul-Joseph Mukungubila | President Joseph Kabila | | |
| February 2014 Libyan coup d'état attempt | 14 February 2014 | Attempt | Libya | Maj. Gen. Khalifa Haftar | Prime Minister Ali Zeidan | | |
| May 2014 Libyan coup d'état attempt | 18 May 2014 | Attempt | Libya | Maj. Gen. Khalifa Haftar | Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani | | |
| 2014 Lesotho political crisis | 30 August 2014 | Attempt | Lesotho | Lt. Gen. Kennedy Tlai Kamoli and Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing | Prime Minister Tom Thabane | Failed coup lead to early elections. | |
| 2014 Gambian coup attempt | 30 December 2014 | Attempt | The Gambia | Lt. Col. Lamin Sanneh | President Yahya Jammeh | | |
| 2015 Burundian coup attempt | 13 May 2015 | Attempt | Burundi | Gen. Godefroid Niyombare | President Pierre Nkurunziza | Three coup leaders arrested whilst Niyombare remains on the run. | |
| 2015 Burkina Faso coup attempt | 17 September 2015 | Attempt | Burkina Faso | Gen. Gilbert Diendéré | President Michel Kafando | Coup fails and the Regiment of Presidential Security is dissolved. | ​​ |
| 2015 Central African Republic coup d'état attempt | 26 September – 3 October 2015 | Attempt | Central African Republic | Eugene Ngaïkosset and Haroun Gaye | President Catherine Samba-Panza | Coup fails | |
| 2016 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt | 8 October 2016 | Attempt | Burkina Faso | Gaston Coulibaly | President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | Failed coup attempt | ​​ |
| 2016–18 Libyan coup d'état attempt | 14 October 2016 – 14 November 2018 | Attempt | Libya | Prime Minister Khalifa al-Ghawil (claimed) | Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj (claimed) | | |
| 2016–2017 Gambian constitutional crisis | 9 December 2016 – 21 January 2017 | Attempt | The Gambia | Government of Gambia | President Yahya Jammeh | The dispute President Yahya Jammeh surrendered presidential duties in favour of Barrow and left the country to exile in Equatorial Guinea after two days after his Presidency deadline. | |
| 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état | 14 – 21 November 2017 | Coup | Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe defence forces under Maj. Gen. Constantino Chiwenga | President Robert Mugabe | After military movements are seen and explosions heard in government districts in northern Harare, the ZDF takes over state television and says that President Mugabe is in its custody, but denies mounting a coup. On 21 November, the coup ended with the resignation of Robert Mugabe. | |
| 2017 Equatorial Guinea coup attempt | 27 – 28 December 2017 | Attempt | Equatorial Guinea | Unknown | President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | | |
| 2019 Gabonese coup d'état attempt | 7 January 2019 | Attempt | Gabon | Lt. Kelly Ondo Obiang | President Ali Bongo Ondimba | Gabonese soldiers seize the national radio and television station declaring the establishment of a "restoration council". The plotters were soon arrested by the Gabonese government. | |
| 2019 Sudanese coup d'état | 10 April 2019 | Coup | Sudan | Lt. Gen. Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf | President Omar al-Bashir | Sudanese soldiers, led by the former First Vice President, attacked the presidential palace and overthrew the President and his government, resulting in the new government being formed. | |
| 2019 Ethiopian coup d'état attempt | 22 June 2019 | Attempt | Ethiopia | Brig. Gen. Asaminew Tsige | Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed President of the Amhara Region Ambachew Mekonnen † | On 22 June Gen. Seare Mekonnen was shot by his bodyguard Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says that he and another officer tried to prevent the coup. A couple of hours before in Bahir Dar, Amhara Region the local governor Ambachew Mekonnen and an adviser were killed. | |
| 2020 Malian coup d'état | 18 – 19 August 2020 | Coup | Mali | Col. Assimi Goïta | President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Prime Minister Boubou Cissé | Keïta and Cissé were seized by soldiers in Bamako on 18 August. | |
| 2020–21 Central African Republic coup d'état attempt | 17 December 2020 – 13 January 2021 | Attempt | Central African Republic | Ex-president François Bozizé | President Faustin-Archange Touadéra | In December 2020 major rebel groups in Central African Republic led by former president François Bozizé formed Coalition of Patriots for Change. On 13 January they attacked Bangui but were repelled by security forces. Clashes continue. | |
| 2021 Nigerien coup d'état attempt | 31 March 2021 | Attempt | Niger | Captain Sani Saley Gourouza | Mahamadou Issoufou | The coup attempt took place while Niger was mired in the War in the Sahel, with marked terrorism and inter-ethnic violence. | |
| 2021 Malian coup d'état | 24 May 2021 | Coup | Mali | Col. Assimi Goïta | President Bah Ndaw Prime Minister Moctar Ouane | After the successful coup in 2020, led by Assimi Goïta, Bah N'Daw was installed as president of the temporary government, called the National Committee for the Salvation of the People (CNSP). In May 2021, two members of the cabinet, appointed after the 2020 coup, were replaced by N'Daw, sparking simmering tensions. | |
| 2021 Tunisian self-coup | 25 July 2021 | Self-Coup | Tunisia | President Kais Saied | Tunisian Parliament | | |
| 2021 Guinean coup d'état | 5 September 2021 | Coup | Guinea | Col. Mamady Doumbouya | President Alpha Condé | | |
| September 2021 Sudanese coup d'état attempt | 21 September 2021 | Attempt | Sudan | Unknown | Sovereignty Council of Sudan | | |
| October–November 2021 Sudanese coup d'état | 25 October 2021 | Coup | Sudan | Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | Abdalla Hamdok | Following the unsuccessful coup a month earlier, military forces led by Abdel Fattah al-Burhan arrested the prime minister and other government officials, dissolved the government and established a state of emergency. | |
| January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état | 24 January 2022 | Coup | Burkina Faso | Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba | Roch Marc Christian Kaboré | | |
| 2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt | 1 February 2022 | Attempt | Guinea Bissau | Unknown | Umaro Sissoco Embaló | | |
| 2022 Malian coup d'état attempt | 16–17 May 2022 | Attempt | Mali | Western Backed military officers | Assimi Goïta | | |
| September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état | 30 September 2022 | Coup | Burkina Faso | Capt. Ibrahim Traoré | Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba | | |
| 2022 São Tomé and Príncipe coup d'état attempt | 24–25 November 2022 | Attempt | São Tomé and Príncipe | Arlecio Costa Delfim Neves | Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada | Former president of the National Assembly of São Tomé and Príncipe Delfim Neves was arrested after initiating an attack against the headquarters of the Armed Forces of São Tomé and Príncipe. 12 soldiers were involved in the attack, while 4 people were killed in a gunfight. | |
| 2022 Gambian coup d'état attempt | 20 December 2022 | Attempt | The Gambia | LCpl Sanna Fadera | President Adama Barrow | Four soldiers arrested on suspicion of involvement. | |
| 2023 Sudan conflict | 15 April 2023 – ongoing | Attempt | Sudan | Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo | Abdel Fattah al-Burhan | Clashes broke out between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, and the Sudanese Armed Forces. The fighting began with attacks from the Rapid Support Forces on key government sites, including several different military bases located around the country. | |
| 2023 Nigerien coup d'état | 26–28 July 2023 | Coup | Niger | Col Amadou Abdramane and Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani | President Mohamed Bazoum | President Mohamed Bazoum was ousted in a coup led by Colonel Amadou Abdramane. The reasoning for the coup announced by Abdramane via national television was dissatisfaction "due to the deteriorating security situation and bad governance." | |
| 2023 Sierra Leone coup plot | 31 July 2023 | Attempt | Sierra Leone | Unknown | President Julius Maada Bio | The police arrested 19 people, including fourteen serving personnel of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces, two officers of the Sierra Leone Police and one retired chief superintendent of police who were allegedly planning a coup between August 7 and 10. In addition, five military officers and three police officers have a search and capture warrant. | |
| 2023 Gabonese coup d'état | 30 August 2023 | Coup | Gabon | Gen. Brice Oligui | President Ali Bongo Ondimba | Following the 2023 Gabonese general election, and president of Gabon's Ali Bongo Ondimba's declaration of victory, soldiers from the presidential guard announced the cancellation of the election, and the "dissolution of the regime." | |
| 2023 Burkina Faso coup d’état attempt | 26 September 2023 | Attempt | Burkina Faso | Dissidents of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces | President Ibrahim Traoré | Burkina Faso’s junta announced on 27 September that a coup d’état attempt was foiled the previous day. Four of the six plotters of the coup were arrested. | |
| 2023 Sierra Leone coup attempt | 26 November 2023 | Attempt | Sierra Leone | Unknown | President Julius Maada Bio | Militants attacked several locations in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. The attacks were repelled by security forces. Sierra Leone’s information minister stated that the attacks were performed to "subvert and overthrow" the country’s government. | |
| 2023 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état attempt | 30 November - 1 December 2023 | Attempt | Guinea Bissau | Victor Tchongo | President Umaro Sissoco Embaló | | |
| 2024 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup attempt | 19 May 2024 | Attempt | DR Congo | Christian Malanga | President Félix Tshisekedi | | |

### Asia

| Event | Date | Type | Country | Coup leaders | Head of state/government | Notes |
| 2011 Bangladesh coup d'état attempt | December 2011 | Attempt | Bangladesh | Maj. Syed Ziaul Haque | Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina | |
| 2014 Thai coup d'état | 22 May 2014 | Coup | Thailand | Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha | Acting Prime Minister Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan | 2013–2014 Thai political crisis and subsequent military coup oust Thai elected government, replaced by the National Council for Peace and Order. |
| 2014–2015 Yemeni coup d'état | 21 September 2014 – 6 February 2015 | Coup | Yemen | Houthis | President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi | Coup resulted in Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) |
| 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt | 15 – 16 July 2016 | Attempt | Turkey | Peace at Home Council | President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Failed attempt by factions of different branches of the armed forces at gaining control of the government. |
| Filipino coup plot in 2016 | 20 September 2016 | Attempt | Philippines | Loida Nicolas Lewis (Alleged) | President Rodrigo Duterte | The Filipino Government claimed that a coup is being plotted against President Rodrigo Duterte by Filipino-Americans living in New York City. |
| 2018 Yemeni coup d'état | 28 – 31 January 2018 | Coup | Yemen | Southern Transitional Council | President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi | |
| 2021 Myanmar coup d'état | 1 February 2021 – 2 February 2021 | Coup | Myanmar | Gen. Min Aung Hlaing | State Councillor Aung San Suu Kyi | The coup resulted in the Myanmar protests (2021–present) and the Myanmar civil war (2021–present) |
| 2024 Bangladesh alleged judicial coup attempt | 10 August 2024 | Attempt | Bangladesh | Chief Justice of Bangladesh | Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus | Failed attempt by judges of Supreme court to overthrow the interim government. |
| 2024 South Korean martial law | 3 December 2024 | Attempt | South Korea | Yoon Suk Yeol | National Assembly (South Korea) | The President announced the proclamation of martial law, the end of all political activities and forbid the members of the National Assembly to meet.The National Assembly immediately voted 190-0 to remove the law, and Yoon complied hours later, ending the self-coup attempt. |

### Europe

| Event | Date | Type | Country | Coup leaders | Head of state/government |
| Revolution of Dignity | 18–23 February 2014 | Coup | Ukraine | Maidan People's Union | President Viktor Yanukovych Prime Minister Mykola Azarov |
| Abkhaz Revolution of 2014 | 27 May – 1 June | Coup | Abkhazia | Raul Khadjimba | President Aleksandr Ankvab |
| 2016 Montenegrin coup attempt allegations | 16 October 2016 | Attempt | Montenegro | Pro-Russian loyalists | President Filip Vujanović Prime Minister Duško Marković |
| 2021 Ukrainian coup attempt allegations | November 2021 | Attempt | Ukraine | Pro-Russian loyalists | President Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| 2022 Ukrainian coup d'état attempt | February 2022 | Attempt | Ukraine | Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) | President Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| 2022 German coup d'état plot | December 2022 | Attempt | Germany | Heinrich Prinz Reuss | President Frank-Walter Steinmeier Chancellor Olaf Scholz |
| 2023 Moldovan coup attempt allegations | February 2023 | Attempt | Moldova | Pro-Russian loyalists | President Maia Sandu |
| Wagner Group rebellion | 23 – 24 June 2023 | Attempt | Russia | Yevgeny Prigozhin | President Vladimir Putin |
| 2024 Ukrainian coup attempt allegations | June 2024 | Attempt | Ukraine | Pro-Russian loyalists | President Volodymyr Zelenskyy |

### Oceania

| Event | Date | Type | Country | Coup leaders | Head of state/government | Notes | Refs |
| 2012 PNG Defence Force mutiny | 26 January 2012 | Small-scale mutiny, described by some as a coup attempt. | Papua New Guinea | Col. Yaura Sasa | Prime Minister Peter O'Neill | | |

### North America

| Event | Date | Type | Country | Coup leaders | Head of state/government | Notes | Refs |
| January 6 United States Capitol attack | 6 January 2021 | Attempt | United States | President Donald Trump | President Donald Trump | On 6 January 2021, President Donald Trump attempted a coup according to Congressman Bennie Thompson, Chair of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack. Several intelligence agencies for NATO countries also described the events as an attempted coup.Further, as early as January 2021, several European security officials described the events as an attempted coup. Federal Judge David O Carter ruled that Trump's efforts to overturn the election were a "coup in search of a legal theory". In a televised hearing on 9 June 2022, Congressman Bennie Thompson, Chair of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, described Trump's campaign to overturn the 2021 presidential election as an attempted coup. On 4 January 2021, Steve Bannon stated on The War Room podcast, while discussing the planning for the upcoming events and speech by Trump on 6 January at The Ellipse, said: "Live from our nation's capital, you're in the field headquarters of one of the small divisions of the bloodless coup." | |

### South America

| Event | Date | Type | Country | Coup leaders | Head of state/government | Notes |
| 2010 Ecuador crisis | 30 September | Attempt | Ecuador | Unknown | President Rafael Correa | President Correa was attacked, then temporarily trapped in a hospital in what the secretary-general of the Organization of American States called "a coup d'etat in the making". He was later rescued by loyal troops. |
| 2019 Venezuelan uprising attempt | 30 April 2019 | Attempt | Venezuela | Juan Guaidó, IV National Assembly of Venezuela | President Nicolás Maduro | Juan Guaidó unsuccessfully attempted to overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro during the Venezuelan presidential crisis. |
| 2019 Bolivian political crisis | 10 November 2019 | Coup | Bolivia | Armed Forces of Bolivia | President Evo Morales | The Armed Forces of Bolivia suggested that President Evo Morales resign, leading to Jeanine Áñez assuming the presidency following the resignation of Morales. |
| 2022 Peruvian self-coup d'état attempt | 7 December 2022 | Attempt | Peru | President Pedro Castillo | Government of Peru | President Pedro Castillo attempted to dissolve the Peruvian Congress in the face of imminent impeachment by the legislative body. His decision of dissolving congress was rejected by both the Armed Forces and the Constitutional Court which resulted to Castillo being impeached and detained by Congress. He was replaced later that day by Vice President Dina Boluarte as the President of Peru. |
| 2023 Brazilian Congress attack | 8 January 2023 | Attempt | Brazil | Ongoing investigation | President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | |
| 2024 Bolivian coup attempt | 26 June 2024 | Attempt | Bolivia | General Juan José Zúñiga | President Luis Arce | The Bolivian Army blocked Plaza Murillo and stormed the presidential palace Casa Grande del Pueblo in an attempt to overthrow President Luis Arce but later withdrew. |