Number of armed conflicts in South Sudan
South Sudan: Number of armed conflicts was 0 conflicts in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0 conflicts
Change on year
down 100.0%
World rank
34th
of 197 countries
All-time high
4 conflicts
in 2013
All-time low
0 conflicts
in 1989
Years of data
37
1989–2025
Number of armed conflicts in South Sudan, 1989–2025
Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in conflicts.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of armed conflicts in South Sudan is 0 conflicts, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 37 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of armed conflicts in South Sudan peaked at 4 conflicts in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0 conflicts, in 1989.
That places South Sudan 34th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Number of armed conflicts in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | conflicts | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0 conflicts | — |
| 1990 | 1 conflicts | — |
| 1991 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3 conflicts | +200.0% |
| 1993 | 3 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1 conflicts | -66.7% |
| 1995 | 2 conflicts | +100.0% |
| 1996 | 2 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3 conflicts | +50.0% |
| 1998 | 3 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2 conflicts | -33.3% |
| 2000 | 2 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3 conflicts | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 2 conflicts | -33.3% |
| 2004 | 3 conflicts | +50.0% |
| 2005 | 2 conflicts | -33.3% |
| 2006 | 2 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 conflicts | -50.0% |
| 2008 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2 conflicts | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 3 conflicts | +50.0% |
| 2013 | 4 conflicts | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 2 conflicts | -50.0% |
| 2015 | 3 conflicts | +50.0% |
| 2016 | 3 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 conflicts | -66.7% |
| 2018 | 2 conflicts | +100.0% |
| 2019 | 2 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 conflicts | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 conflicts | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0 conflicts | -100.0% |
South Sudan compared with similar countries
- South Sudan's 0 conflicts is below the median for low income countries, which is 1 conflicts. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 conflicts | 0 conflicts | 0 conflicts | 1 |
| 1990s | 2.1 conflicts | 1 conflicts | 3 conflicts | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.9 conflicts | 1 conflicts | 3 conflicts | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.3 conflicts | 1 conflicts | 4 conflicts | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8333 conflicts | 0 conflicts | 1 conflicts | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 34 Albania 0 conflicts
- 34 Algeria 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Andorra 0 conflicts
- 34 Angola 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Antigua and Barbuda 0 conflicts
- 34 Armenia 0 conflicts
- 34 Australia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Austria 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Azerbaijan 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Bahamas 0 conflicts
- 34 Bahrain 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Bangladesh 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Barbados 0 conflicts
- 34 Belarus 0 conflicts
- 34 Belgium 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Belize 0 conflicts
- 34 Bhutan 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Bolivia 0 conflicts
- 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Botswana 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Brunei 0 conflicts
- 34 Bulgaria 0 conflicts
- 34 Cambodia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Canada 0 conflicts
- 34 Cape Verde 0 conflicts
- 34 Chile 0 conflicts
- 34 China 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Comoros 0 conflicts
- 34 Costa Rica 0 conflicts
- 34 Cote d'Ivoire 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Croatia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Cuba 0 conflicts
- 34 Cyprus 0 conflicts
- 34 Czechia 0 conflicts
- 34 Denmark 0 conflicts
- 34 Djibouti 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Dominica 0 conflicts
- 34 Dominican Republic 0 conflicts
- 34 East Timor 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Ecuador 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Egypt 0 conflicts compare
- 34 El Salvador 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Equatorial Guinea 0 conflicts
- 34 Eritrea 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Estonia 0 conflicts
- 34 Eswatini 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Fiji 0 conflicts
- 34 Finland 0 conflicts
- 34 France 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Gabon 0 conflicts
- 34 Gambia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Georgia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Germany 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Ghana 0 conflicts
- 34 Greece 0 conflicts
- 34 Greenland 0 conflicts
- 34 Grenada 0 conflicts
- 34 Guatemala 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Guinea 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 0 conflicts
- 34 Guyana 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Honduras 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Hungary 0 conflicts
- 34 Iceland 0 conflicts
- 34 Indonesia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Ireland 0 conflicts
- 34 Italy 0 conflicts
- 34 Jamaica 0 conflicts
- 34 Japan 0 conflicts
- 34 Jordan 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Kazakhstan 0 conflicts
- 34 Kenya 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Kiribati 0 conflicts
- 34 Kuwait 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Kyrgyzstan 0 conflicts
- 34 Laos 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Latvia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Lebanon 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Lesotho 0 conflicts
- 34 Liberia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Libya 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Liechtenstein 0 conflicts
- 34 Lithuania 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Luxembourg 0 conflicts
- 34 Madagascar 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Malawi 0 conflicts
- 34 Malaysia 0 conflicts
- 34 Maldives 0 conflicts
- 34 Malta 0 conflicts
- 34 Marshall Islands 0 conflicts
- 34 Mauritania 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Mauritius 0 conflicts
- 34 Moldova 0 conflicts
- 34 Monaco 0 conflicts
- 34 Mongolia 0 conflicts
- 34 Montenegro 0 conflicts
- 34 Morocco 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Namibia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Nauru 0 conflicts
- 34 Nepal 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Netherlands 0 conflicts
- 34 New Zealand 0 conflicts
- 34 Nicaragua 0 conflicts
- 34 North Korea 0 conflicts
- 34 North Macedonia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Norway 0 conflicts
- 34 Oman 0 conflicts
- 34 Palau 0 conflicts
- 34 Panama 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Papua New Guinea 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Paraguay 0 conflicts
- 34 Peru 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Poland 0 conflicts
- 34 Portugal 0 conflicts
- 34 Qatar 0 conflicts
- 34 Romania 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Rwanda 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 conflicts
- 34 Saint Lucia 0 conflicts
- 34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 conflicts
- 34 Samoa 0 conflicts
- 34 San Marino 0 conflicts
- 34 Sao Tome and Principe 0 conflicts
- 34 Saudi Arabia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Senegal 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Serbia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Seychelles 0 conflicts
- 34 Sierra Leone 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Singapore 0 conflicts
- 34 Slovakia 0 conflicts
- 34 Slovenia 0 conflicts
- 34 Solomon Islands 0 conflicts
- 34 Somalia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 South Africa 0 conflicts compare
- 34 South Korea 0 conflicts
- 34 Spain 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Sri Lanka 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Suriname 0 conflicts
- 34 Sweden 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Switzerland 0 conflicts
- 34 Taiwan 0 conflicts
- 34 Tajikistan 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Thailand 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Togo 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Tonga 0 conflicts
- 34 Trinidad and Tobago 0 conflicts
- 34 Tunisia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Turkey 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Turkmenistan 0 conflicts
- 34 Tuvalu 0 conflicts
- 34 Uganda 0 conflicts compare
- 34 United Arab Emirates 0 conflicts
- 34 United Kingdom 0 conflicts compare
- 34 United States 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Uruguay 0 conflicts
- 34 Uzbekistan 0 conflicts
- 34 Vanuatu 0 conflicts
- 34 Venezuela 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Vietnam 0 conflicts
- 34 Western Sahara 0 conflicts
- 34 Zambia 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Zimbabwe 0 conflicts compare
- 34 Micronesia (country) 0 conflicts
More social development data for South Sudan
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 601,818 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.39 million (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.1958 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2.39 million (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0494 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of armed conflicts in South Sudan?
- Number of armed conflicts in South Sudan was 0 conflicts in 2025, according to Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest number of armed conflicts recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 4 conflicts in 2013.
- What is the lowest number of armed conflicts recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 conflicts in 1989.
- How does South Sudan rank for number of armed conflicts?
- South Sudan ranks 34th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of armed conflicts rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Peace Research Institute Oslo (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of armed conflicts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Included is one-sided violence that was ongoing that year.