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Data shows global conflict surged in 2024 | The Washington Post
Conflicts have doubled over five years, leading to a significant increase in global conflict-related deaths in 2024.
Source: The Washington Post | 12 December 2024
Conflicts have doubled over five years, according to a report published by Armed Conflict Location and Event Data.
The world saw a staggering surge in conflicts over the past year. At least 233,000 people are estimated to have been killed in conflicts in 2024, according to new data released Thursday by a prominent nonprofit analysis and crisis mapping project.
The data, released by Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED), shows in raw numbers how the level of conflict around the world has doubled over the past five years, amid wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Myanmar and elsewhere.
Among the data for this year, ACLED found that the number of people killed in conflicts in 2024 had grown by 30 percent since the preceding year, from 179,099 deaths in 2023 to 233,597 in 2024.
The war in Ukraine was the deadliest in 2024, with 67,000 reported deaths, while 35,000 deaths were reported in the Palestinian territories of Gaza and the West Bank.
By the end of the year, the number of acts of violence recorded by ACLED is projected to reach almost 200,000, about 25 percent higher than last year and double what it was five years ago, with sharp increases found in Lebanon (958 percent), as Israel staged a large-scale military intervention, and Russia (349 percent), which has seen more attacks amid its ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
