States involved in interstate conflicts by country

State participated in at least one conflict with another state where force was threatened, displayed, or used that year.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
1
Afghanistan
Lowest
0
Zimbabwe
Median
0
Years covered
199
1816–2014
Data points
14,631

What the numbers show

States involved in interstate conflicts is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 1 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 in Zimbabwe.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.2646.

States involved in interstate conflicts: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Armenia 1 2014 unchanged rising
1 Azerbaijan 1 2014 unchanged rising
1 Bangladesh 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Canada 1 2014 volatile
1 China 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Germany 1 2014 volatile
1 Denmark 1 2014 volatile
1 Egypt 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Spain 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Estonia 1 2014 volatile
1 Finland 1 2014 volatile
1 France 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 United Kingdom 1 2014 volatile
1 Georgia 1 2014 unchanged rising
1 Greece 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Indonesia 1 2014 volatile
1 India 1 2014 unchanged rising
1 Iran 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Iraq 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Israel 1 2014 unchanged falling
1 Japan 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Kyrgyzstan 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Cambodia 1 2014 volatile
1 South Korea 1 2014 unchanged flat
1 Lebanon 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Lithuania 1 2014 volatile
1 Myanmar 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Malaysia 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Netherlands 1 2014 volatile
1 Norway 1 2014 volatile
1 Pakistan 1 2014 unchanged rising
1 Philippines 1 2014 volatile
1 Poland 1 2014 volatile
1 North Korea 1 2014 unchanged rising
1 Portugal 1 2014 volatile
1 Russia 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Rwanda 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Sudan 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Sweden 1 2014 volatile
1 Syria 1 2014 unchanged falling
1 Thailand 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Tajikistan 1 2014 volatile
1 Turkmenistan 1 2014 volatile
1 Turkey 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Ukraine 1 2014 volatile
1 United States 1 2014 unchanged volatile
1 Vietnam 1 2014 volatile
1 Taiwan 1 2014 unchanged volatile
51 Angola 0 2014 volatile
51 Albania 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Andorra 0 2014 flat
51 United Arab Emirates 0 2014 volatile
51 Argentina 0 2014 volatile
51 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2014 volatile
51 Australia 0 2014 volatile
51 Austria 0 2014 volatile
51 Burundi 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Belgium 0 2014 volatile
51 Benin 0 2014 volatile
51 Burkina Faso 0 2014 volatile
51 Bulgaria 0 2014 volatile
51 Bahrain 0 2014 volatile
51 Bahamas 0 2014 volatile
51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2014 volatile
51 Belarus 0 2014 volatile
51 Belize 0 2014 volatile
51 Bolivia 0 2014 volatile
51 Brazil 0 2014 volatile
51 Barbados 0 2014 volatile
51 Brunei 0 2014 flat
51 Bhutan 0 2014 volatile
51 Botswana 0 2014 volatile
51 Central African Republic 0 2014 volatile
51 Switzerland 0 2014 volatile
51 Chile 0 2014 volatile
51 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Cameroon 0 2014 volatile
51 Congo 0 2014 volatile
51 Colombia 0 2014 volatile
51 Comoros 0 2014 volatile
51 Cape Verde 0 2014 flat
51 Costa Rica 0 2014 volatile
51 Cuba 0 2014 volatile
51 Cyprus 0 2014 volatile
51 Czechia 0 2014 volatile
51 Djibouti 0 2014 volatile
51 Dominica 0 2014 volatile
51 Dominican Republic 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Algeria 0 2014 volatile
51 Ecuador 0 2014 volatile
51 Eritrea 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Ethiopia 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Fiji 0 2014 flat
51 Micronesia (country) 0 2014 flat
51 Gabon 0 2014 volatile
51 Ghana 0 2014 volatile
51 Guinea 0 2014 volatile
51 Gambia 0 2014 volatile
51 Guinea-Bissau 0 2014 volatile
51 Equatorial Guinea 0 2014 volatile
51 Grenada 0 2014 volatile
51 Guatemala 0 2014 volatile
51 Guyana 0 2014 volatile
51 Honduras 0 2014 volatile
51 Croatia 0 2014 volatile
51 Haiti 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Hungary 0 2014 volatile
51 Iceland 0 2014 volatile
51 Italy 0 2014 volatile
51 Jamaica 0 2014 volatile
51 Jordan 0 2014 volatile
51 Kazakhstan 0 2014 volatile
51 Kenya 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Kiribati 0 2014 flat
51 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2014 flat
51 Kuwait 0 2014 volatile
51 Laos 0 2014 volatile
51 Liberia 0 2014 volatile
51 Libya 0 2014 volatile
51 Saint Lucia 0 2014 volatile
51 Sri Lanka 0 2014 volatile
51 Lesotho 0 2014 volatile
51 Latvia 0 2014 volatile
51 Morocco 0 2014 volatile
51 Monaco 0 2014 flat
51 Moldova 0 2014 volatile
51 Madagascar 0 2014 volatile
51 Maldives 0 2014 flat
51 Mexico 0 2014 volatile
51 Marshall Islands 0 2014 flat
51 North Macedonia 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Mali 0 2014 volatile
51 Montenegro 0 2014 volatile
51 Mongolia 0 2014 volatile
51 Mozambique 0 2014 volatile
51 Mauritania 0 2014 volatile
51 Mauritius 0 2014 flat
51 Malawi 0 2014 volatile
51 Namibia 0 2014 volatile
51 Niger 0 2014 volatile
51 Nigeria 0 2014 volatile
51 Nicaragua 0 2014 volatile
51 Nepal 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Nauru 0 2014 flat
51 New Zealand 0 2014 volatile
51 Oman 0 2014 volatile
51 Panama 0 2014 volatile
51 Peru 0 2014 volatile
51 Palau 0 2014 flat
51 Papua New Guinea 0 2014 volatile
51 Paraguay 0 2014 volatile
51 Qatar 0 2014 volatile
51 Romania 0 2014 volatile
51 Saudi Arabia 0 2014 volatile
51 Senegal 0 2014 volatile
51 Singapore 0 2014 volatile
51 Solomon Islands 0 2014 volatile
51 Sierra Leone 0 2014 volatile
51 El Salvador 0 2014 volatile
51 San Marino 0 2014 flat
51 Somalia 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Serbia 0 2014 volatile
51 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2014 flat
51 Suriname 0 2014 volatile
51 Slovakia 0 2014 volatile
51 Slovenia 0 2014 volatile
51 Eswatini 0 2014 volatile
51 Seychelles 0 2014 flat
51 Chad 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Togo 0 2014 volatile
51 East Timor 0 2014 flat
51 Tonga 0 2014 flat
51 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2014 volatile
51 Tunisia 0 2014 volatile
51 Tuvalu 0 2014 flat
51 Tanzania 0 2014 volatile
51 Uganda 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Uruguay 0 2014 volatile
51 Uzbekistan 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2014 volatile
51 Venezuela 0 2014 volatile
51 Vanuatu 0 2014 flat
51 Samoa 0 2014 flat
51 Yemen 0 2014 down 100.0% volatile
51 South Africa 0 2014 volatile
51 Zambia 0 2014 volatile
51 Zimbabwe 0 2014 volatile

About this data

Indicator
States involved in interstate conflicts
Source
Gibler and Miller - Militarized Interstate Events (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 14,631 data points, 1816–2014
Last refreshed

State participated in at least one conflict with another state where force was threatened, displayed, or used that year.