Congo vs Mali: Number of state-based conflicts

Congo

2 conflicts

in 2025

Mali

3 conflicts

in 2025

Congo rank

2nd

Mali rank

1st

Number of state-based conflicts over time

Mali currently reports 3 conflicts against 2 conflicts in Congo, a difference of 1 conflicts.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.5 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Mali ahead.

Congo ranks 2nd and Mali ranks 1st of 196 countries.

Indicator: Number of state-based conflicts
Unit: conflicts
Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 196 places, 7,252 data points, 1989–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Included are internationalized intrastate conflicts that were ongoing that year.