# List of ongoing armed conflicts

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world.

## Criteria

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 | Myanmar conflict Rohingya conflict Rakhine State conflict Karen conflict Kachin conflict Myanmar civil war | Asia | Myanmar | 28,672–199,000+ | 19,715 | 3,311 |
| 1948 | Arab–Israeli conflict Israeli–Palestinian conflict Gaza–Israel conflict Gaza war Israeli–Lebanese conflict Hezbollah–Israel conflict Israeli invasion of Lebanon Israeli–Syrian border conflict Spillover of the Gaza war in Syria Israeli invasion of Syria Iran–Israel proxy conflict 2023 Middle Eastern crisis 2024 Iran–Israel conflict Red Sea crisis Operation Prosperity Guardian | Asia | Israel Palestine Lebanon Syria Iraq Iran Yemen | 258,000–267,000+ | 30,386 | 3,091+ |
| 2002 | Insurgency in the Maghreb/Sahel Boko Haram insurgency Mali War Azawad conflict Insurgency in Niger Insurgency in Burkina Faso Insurgency in Chad JNIM-ISGS war | Africa | Burkina Faso Mali Niger Benin Togo Algeria Tunisia Chad Ivory Coast Mauritania Ghana Nigeria Cameroon Morocco Libya | 464,345+ | 20,667 | 3,895 |
| 2008 | Sudanese conflicts Sudanese nomadic conflicts Ethnic violence in South Sudan Abyei border conflict Sudanese civil war | Africa | Sudan South Sudan | 600,000–1,100,000 | 16,575 | 4,610 |
| 2014 | Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine | Europe | Russia Ukraine | 172,226–350,000+ | 77,633 | 17,252 |
| 2018 | Ethiopian civil conflict Oromo conflict OLA insurgency Gambela conflict Afar–Somali clashes War in Amhara | Africa | Ethiopia | 500,000–610,000+ | 10,179 | 2,036 |

### 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 | Colombian conflict Catatumbo campaign | South America | Colombia Venezuela Ecuador | 43,000–457,700+ | 2,273 | 626 |
| 1978 | Afghan conflict Afghanistan–Pakistan border conflicts Islamist insurgency in Pakistan Islamist insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Islamist insurgency in Balochistan Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes (2024–present) Islamic State–Taliban conflict Republican insurgency in Afghanistan | Asia | Afghanistan Pakistan | 380,000–2,800,000+ | 3,208 | 671+ |
| 1991 | Somali Civil War Current phase Islamic State insurgency in Puntland Puntland counter-terrorism operations Las Anod conflict Jubaland crisis Spillover in Kenya American intervention | Africa | Somalia Kenya | 365,500–1,000,000+ | 6,206 | 2,552 |
| 1998 | Civil conflicts in Nigeria Religious violence Boko Haram insurgency Herder–farmer conflicts Nigerian bandit conflict Conflict in the Niger Delta Bakassi conflict 2016 Niger Delta conflict Insurgency in Southeastern Nigeria | Africa | Nigeria Cameroon | 104,200+ | 3,374 | 450 |
| 2004 | Congolese conflicts Katanga insurgency LRA insurgency ADF insurgency Kivu conflict Ituri conflict DR Congo–Rwanda conflict M23 offensive DR Congo attacks Western DR Congo clashes | Africa | Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwanda Burundi Uganda Central African Republic | 211,600+ | 4,471 | 2,261-8,500+ |
| 2006 | Mexican drug war Gulf Cartel infighting Los Zetas infighting Sinaloa Cartel Infighting | North America | Mexico | 127,000-415,200 | 8,260 | 1,631 |
| 2011 | Syrian civil war Cross-border spillovers Israeli–Syrian border conflict Israeli invasion of Syria Lebanon–Syria border clashes Hezbollah–Syria clashes Turkish intervention Turkey–Rojava conflict Rojava–Islamist conflict Eastern Syria insurgency Turkey–Islamic State conflict US intervention Assad loyalist insurgency | Asia | Syria Israel Lebanon Iraq Turkey | 410,000–625,800+ | 6,887 | 3,800+ |
| 2014 | 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 | 382,100 | 1,826 | 441+ |
| 2017 | Anglophone Crisis | Africa | Cameroon Nigeria | 9,200+ | 2,228 | 117 |
| 2018 | Haitian crisis Gang war in Haiti | North America | Haiti | 10,000+ | 5,601 | 391 |

### 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 | Kurdish separatist insurgencies Kurdish–Iranian conflict Iran–PJAK conflict Western Iran clashes (2016–present) Kurdish–Turkish conflict Turkey–PKK conflict Turkey–PKK conflict (2015–present) | Asia | Iran Iraq Syria Turkey | 135,650–178,150+ | 409 | 17 |
| 1943 | Jamaican political conflict | North America | Jamaica | 1,700+ | 332 | 61 |
| 1947 | Indo-Pakistani wars Kashmir conflict Insurgency in Kashmir | Asia | India Pakistan | 201,300–2,000,000 | 680 | 155+ |
| 1948 | Balochi insurgency in Pakistan Balochi insurgency in Iran | Asia | Pakistan Iran | 22,200+ | 860 | 182+ |
| 1954 | 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 | 80,500 | 850 | 185+ |
| 1962 | Papua conflict | Asia | Indonesia | 100,200–500,000 | 154 | 18+ |
| 1969 | Civil conflict in the Philippines New People's Army rebellion Islamic State insurgency Philippine drug war | Asia | Philippines | 166,100–245,200 | 647 | 83+ |
| 1975 | Cabinda War | Africa | Angola | 30,100 | 112 | 55 |
| 1988 | Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea | Oceania | Papua New Guinea | 15,300–20,000 | 335 | 19+ |
| 1999 | Internal conflict in Bangladesh Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict | Asia | Bangladesh | 79,780+ | 925 | 58+ |
| 2003 | Iraqi conflict Islamic State insurgency in Iraq | Asia | Iraq | 334,200–1,215,000+ | 962 | 174 |
| 2011 | Libyan crisis | Africa | Libya | 30,100–43,000 | 150 | 54 |
| 2012 | Central African Republic Civil War LRA insurgency | Africa | Central African Republic Cameroon | 15,100+ | 663 | 271 |
| 2017 | Insurgency in Cabo Delgado | Africa | Mozambique Tanzania | 7,000+ | 693 | 119 |
| 2017 | Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus | Europe | Russia Azerbaijan | 160,000+ | 204 | 0 |
| 2022 | Honduran gang crackdown | North America | Honduras | 100+–1,200 | 504 | 122 |

### 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 | 3,000,000 | 30 | 0 |
| 1970 | Western Sahara conflict Western Saharan clashes | Africa | Morocco Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | 14,000–21,000+ | 42 | 9 |
| 1980 | Peruvian conflict | South America | Peru | 70,000 | 43 | 10 |
| 1981 | Islamist insurgency in Egypt Islamist insurgency in Egypt (2013–present) | Africa | Egypt | 6,000–7,353+ | 15 | 13 |
| 1982 | Casamance conflict | Africa | Senegal | 5,000+ | 19 | 2 |
| 1988 | Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis | Asia | Armenia Azerbaijan | 39,800–49,000+ | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | South Thailand insurgency | Asia | Thailand | 7,300 | 49 | 10 |
| 2005 | Insurgency in Paraguay | South America | Paraguay | 150+ | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | Ecuadorian drug war Ecuadorian security crisis | South America | Ecuador | 14,250+ | 77 | 8 |
| 2022 | Salvadoran gang crackdown | North America | El Salvador | 470+ | 22 | 0 |

## Deaths by country

Fatalities related to armed conflict, by country :
| Rank | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 | 2022 | 2022 | 2023 | 2023 | 2024 | 2024 |
| Rank | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths | Country | Deaths |
| 1 | Mexico | 34,512 | Afghanistan | 42,223 | Ethiopia | 109,600+ | Ukraine | 95,088+ | Ukraine | 72,960 |
| 2 | Afghanistan | 30,974 | Yemen | 31,048 | Ukraine | 100,000+ | Palestine | 22,205+ | Palestine | 29,772 |
| 3 | Yemen | 19,561 | Ethiopia | 22,800 | Myanmar | 20,206 | Myanmar | 15,773 | Myanmar | 19,771 |
| 4 | Syria | 7,620 | Mexico | 18,811 | Mexico | 14,254 | Sudan | 13,225 | Sudan | 15,526 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 7,172 | Myanmar | 11,114 | Yemen | 7,133 | Nigeria | 8,505 | Ethiopia | 10,180 |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,162 | Nigeria | 9,687 | Somalia | 6,484 | Burkina Faso | 8,486 | Nigeria | 9,155 |
| 7 | Azerbaijan (including Nagorno-Karabakh) | 6,110 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,283 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,254 | Somalia | 8,342 | Mexico | 8,208 |
| 8 | Somalia | 2,950 | Syria | 5,828 | Syria | 5,639 | Mexico | 7,168 | Burkina Faso | 7,522 |
| 9 | Mali | 2,734 | Somalia | 3,532 | Mali | 4,793 | Syria | 6,211 | Syria | 6,847 |
| 10 | Iraq | 2,436 | Iraq | 2,605 | Burkina Faso | 4,700 | Mali | 4,285 | Somalia | 5,472 |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 2,268 | Burkina Faso | 2,358 | Iraq | 4,181 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,902 | Russia | 4,737 |
| 12 | South Sudan | 2,245 | South Sudan | 1,986 | Afghanistan | 3,930 | Ethiopia | 3,830 | Mali | 4,001 |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 1,813 | Mali | 1,911 | Nigeria | 3,780 | Yemen | 3,169 | Lebanon | 3,813 |
| 14 | Mozambique | 1,696 | Central African Republic | 1,704 | Niger | 3,000 | Pakistan | 2,116 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,785 |
| 15 | Libya | 1,484 | Sudan | 1,584 | Colombia | 2,276 | Haiti | 2,014 | Afghanistan | 3,208 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 1,447 | Niger | 1,454 | South Sudan | 1,731 | Colombia | 1,932 | Pakistan | 2,964 |
| 17 | Philippines | 1,316 | Colombia | 1,399 | Sudan | 1,327 | Israel | 1,410 | Haiti | 2,441 |
| 18 | India | 783 | Mozambique | 1,194 | Cameroon | 943 | Iraq | 1,335 | Cameroon | 2,186 |
| 19 | Colombia | 765 | Cameroon | 790 | Mozambique | 916 | South Sudan | 1,240 | Yemen | 1,794 |
| 20 | Myanmar | 650 | Palestine | 484 | Pakistan | 900 | Cameroon | 1,042 | Colombia | 1,708 |