Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place was 0 in 2010. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2010)
0
Change on year
down 100.0%
World rank
4th
of 192 countries
All-time high
1
in 1971
All-time low
0
in 1948
Years of data
63
1948–2010
Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in Sri Lanka, 1948–2010
Source: Chupilkin and Kóczán (2022); Correlates of War – Wars (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in Sri Lanka is 0, measured in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% on the previous year.
Over the whole period, countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in Sri Lanka peaked at 1 in 1971 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1948.
Sri Lanka ranks 4th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 0 | — |
| 1949 | 0 | — |
| 1950 | 0 | — |
| 1951 | 0 | — |
| 1952 | 0 | — |
| 1953 | 0 | — |
| 1954 | 0 | — |
| 1955 | 0 | — |
| 1956 | 0 | — |
| 1957 | 0 | — |
| 1958 | 0 | — |
| 1959 | 0 | — |
| 1960 | 0 | — |
| 1961 | 0 | — |
| 1962 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | — |
| 1968 | 0 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | — |
| 1971 | 1 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1973 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | — |
| 1981 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | 1 | — |
| 1984 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1987 | 1 | — |
| 1988 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1996 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 1 | — |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0 | -100.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 1 Colombia 1 compare
- 1 Iraq 1 compare
- 1 Pakistan 1 compare
- 4 Afghanistan 0 compare
- 4 Albania 0
- 4 Algeria 0 compare
- 4 Andorra 0
- 4 Angola 0 compare
- 4 Antigua and Barbuda 0
- 4 Argentina 0 compare
- 4 Armenia 0 compare
- 4 Australia 0
- 4 Austria 0
- 4 Azerbaijan 0 compare
- 4 Bahamas 0
- 4 Bahrain 0
- 4 Bangladesh 0
- 4 Barbados 0
- 4 Belarus 0
- 4 Belgium 0 compare
- 4 Belize 0
- 4 Benin 0
- 4 Bhutan 0
- 4 Bolivia 0 compare
- 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 compare
- 4 Botswana 0
- 4 Brazil 0 compare
- 4 Brunei 0
- 4 Bulgaria 0 compare
- 4 Burkina Faso 0
- 4 Burundi 0 compare
- 4 Cambodia 0 compare
- 4 Cameroon 0
- 4 Canada 0
- 4 Cape Verde 0
- 4 Central African Republic 0
- 4 Chad 0 compare
- 4 Chile 0 compare
- 4 China 0 compare
- 4 Comoros 0
- 4 Congo 0 compare
- 4 Costa Rica 0 compare
- 4 Cote d'Ivoire 0 compare
- 4 Croatia 0 compare
- 4 Cuba 0 compare
- 4 Cyprus 0 compare
- 4 Czechia 0
- 4 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 compare
- 4 Denmark 0 compare
- 4 Djibouti 0
- 4 Dominica 0
- 4 Dominican Republic 0 compare
- 4 East Timor 0
- 4 Ecuador 0 compare
- 4 Egypt 0 compare
- 4 El Salvador 0 compare
- 4 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 4 Eritrea 0 compare
- 4 Estonia 0 compare
- 4 Eswatini 0
- 4 Ethiopia 0 compare
- 4 Fiji 0
- 4 Finland 0 compare
- 4 France 0 compare
- 4 Gabon 0
- 4 Gambia 0
- 4 Georgia 0 compare
- 4 Germany 0 compare
- 4 Ghana 0
- 4 Greece 0 compare
- 4 Grenada 0
- 4 Guatemala 0 compare
- 4 Guinea 0 compare
- 4 Guinea-Bissau 0 compare
- 4 Guyana 0
- 4 Haiti 0 compare
- 4 Honduras 0 compare
- 4 Hungary 0 compare
- 4 Iceland 0
- 4 India 0 compare
- 4 Indonesia 0 compare
- 4 Iran 0 compare
- 4 Ireland 0
- 4 Israel 0 compare
- 4 Italy 0 compare
- 4 Jamaica 0
- 4 Japan 0 compare
- 4 Jordan 0 compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 0
- 4 Kenya 0
- 4 Kiribati 0
- 4 Kuwait 0 compare
- 4 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 4 Laos 0 compare
- 4 Latvia 0 compare
- 4 Lebanon 0 compare
- 4 Lesotho 0
- 4 Liberia 0 compare
- 4 Libya 0
- 4 Liechtenstein 0
- 4 Lithuania 0 compare
- 4 Luxembourg 0
- 4 Madagascar 0
- 4 Malawi 0
- 4 Malaysia 0
- 4 Maldives 0
- 4 Mali 0
- 4 Malta 0
- 4 Marshall Islands 0
- 4 Mauritania 0
- 4 Mauritius 0
- 4 Mexico 0 compare
- 4 Micronesia (country) 0
- 4 Moldova 0 compare
- 4 Monaco 0
- 4 Mongolia 0 compare
- 4 Montenegro 0
- 4 Morocco 0 compare
- 4 Mozambique 0 compare
- 4 Myanmar 0 compare
- 4 Namibia 0
- 4 Nauru 0
- 4 Nepal 0 compare
- 4 Netherlands 0 compare
- 4 New Zealand 0
- 4 Nicaragua 0 compare
- 4 Niger 0
- 4 Nigeria 0 compare
- 4 North Korea 0 compare
- 4 North Macedonia 0
- 4 Norway 0 compare
- 4 Oman 0 compare
- 4 Palau 0
- 4 Panama 0
- 4 Papua New Guinea 0 compare
- 4 Paraguay 0 compare
- 4 Peru 0 compare
- 4 Philippines 0 compare
- 4 Poland 0 compare
- 4 Portugal 0 compare
- 4 Qatar 0
- 4 Romania 0 compare
- 4 Russia 0 compare
- 4 Rwanda 0 compare
- 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0
- 4 Saint Lucia 0
- 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0
- 4 Samoa 0
- 4 San Marino 0
- 4 Sao Tome and Principe 0
- 4 Saudi Arabia 0 compare
- 4 Senegal 0
- 4 Seychelles 0
- 4 Sierra Leone 0 compare
- 4 Singapore 0
- 4 Slovakia 0
- 4 Slovenia 0
- 4 Solomon Islands 0
- 4 Somalia 0 compare
- 4 South Africa 0
- 4 South Korea 0 compare
- 4 Spain 0 compare
- 4 Sudan 0 compare
- 4 Suriname 0
- 4 Sweden 0
- 4 Switzerland 0
- 4 Syria 0 compare
- 4 Taiwan 0 compare
- 4 Tajikistan 0 compare
- 4 Tanzania 0 compare
- 4 Thailand 0 compare
- 4 Togo 0
- 4 Tonga 0
- 4 Trinidad and Tobago 0
- 4 Tunisia 0 compare
- 4 Turkey 0 compare
- 4 Turkmenistan 0
- 4 Tuvalu 0
- 4 Uganda 0 compare
- 4 Ukraine 0
- 4 United Arab Emirates 0
- 4 United Kingdom 0 compare
- 4 United States 0 compare
- 4 Uruguay 0 compare
- 4 Uzbekistan 0
- 4 Vanuatu 0
- 4 Venezuela 0 compare
- 4 Vietnam 0 compare
- 4 Yemen 0 compare
- 4 Zambia 0
- 4 Zimbabwe 0 compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in Sri Lanka?
- Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in Sri Lanka was 0 in 2010, according to Chupilkin and Kóczán (2022); Correlates of War – Wars (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1971.
- What is the lowest countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1948.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place?
- Sri Lanka ranks 4th out of 192 countries with data for 2010.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Chupilkin and Kóczán (2022); Correlates of War – Wars (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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At least one interstate, intrastate, or extrasystemic war event took place in this country in a given year.