States involved in wars by country

State was a major participant in at least one conventional war that year.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
1
France
Lowest
0
Taiwan
Median
0
Years covered
196
1816–2011
Data points
16,415

What the numbers show

States involved in wars is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 1 in France; the lowest is 0 in Taiwan.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.0212.

States involved in wars: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 1 2011 volatile
1 United Kingdom 1 2011 volatile
1 Libya 1 2011 volatile
1 United States 1 2011 unchanged volatile
5 Afghanistan 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Angola 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Albania 0 2011 flat
5 Andorra 0 2011 flat
5 United Arab Emirates 0 2011 flat
5 Argentina 0 2011 volatile
5 Armenia 0 2011 volatile
5 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2011 flat
5 Australia 0 2011 volatile
5 Austria 0 2011 flat
5 Azerbaijan 0 2011 volatile
5 Burundi 0 2011 flat
5 Belgium 0 2011 volatile
5 Benin 0 2011 flat
5 Burkina Faso 0 2011 flat
5 Bangladesh 0 2011 flat
5 Bulgaria 0 2011 volatile
5 Bahrain 0 2011 flat
5 Bahamas 0 2011 flat
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2011 volatile
5 Belarus 0 2011 flat
5 Belize 0 2011 flat
5 Bolivia 0 2011 volatile
5 Brazil 0 2011 volatile
5 Barbados 0 2011 flat
5 Brunei 0 2011 flat
5 Bhutan 0 2011 flat
5 Botswana 0 2011 flat
5 Central African Republic 0 2011 flat
5 Canada 0 2011 volatile
5 Switzerland 0 2011 flat
5 Chile 0 2011 volatile
5 China 0 2011 volatile
5 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2011 flat
5 Cameroon 0 2011 flat
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Congo 0 2011 flat
5 Colombia 0 2011 volatile
5 Comoros 0 2011 flat
5 Cape Verde 0 2011 flat
5 Costa Rica 0 2011 volatile
5 Cuba 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Cyprus 0 2011 volatile
5 Czechia 0 2011 flat
5 Germany 0 2011 volatile
5 Djibouti 0 2011 flat
5 Dominica 0 2011 flat
5 Denmark 0 2011 volatile
5 Dominican Republic 0 2011 volatile
5 Algeria 0 2011 volatile
5 Ecuador 0 2011 volatile
5 Egypt 0 2011 volatile
5 Eritrea 0 2011 volatile
5 Spain 0 2011 volatile
5 Estonia 0 2011 volatile
5 Ethiopia 0 2011 volatile
5 Finland 0 2011 volatile
5 Fiji 0 2011 flat
5 Micronesia (country) 0 2011 flat
5 Gabon 0 2011 flat
5 Georgia 0 2011 volatile
5 Ghana 0 2011 volatile
5 Guinea 0 2011 flat
5 Gambia 0 2011 flat
5 Guinea-Bissau 0 2011 flat
5 Equatorial Guinea 0 2011 flat
5 Greece 0 2011 volatile
5 Grenada 0 2011 flat
5 Guatemala 0 2011 volatile
5 Guyana 0 2011 flat
5 Honduras 0 2011 volatile
5 Croatia 0 2011 volatile
5 Haiti 0 2011 volatile
5 Hungary 0 2011 volatile
5 Indonesia 0 2011 flat
5 India 0 2011 volatile
5 Iran 0 2011 volatile
5 Iraq 0 2011 volatile
5 Iceland 0 2011 flat
5 Israel 0 2011 volatile
5 Italy 0 2011 volatile
5 Jamaica 0 2011 flat
5 Jordan 0 2011 volatile
5 Japan 0 2011 volatile
5 Kazakhstan 0 2011 flat
5 Kenya 0 2011 flat
5 Kyrgyzstan 0 2011 flat
5 Cambodia 0 2011 volatile
5 Kiribati 0 2011 flat
5 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 2011 flat
5 South Korea 0 2011 volatile
5 Kuwait 0 2011 volatile
5 Laos 0 2011 volatile
5 Lebanon 0 2011 volatile
5 Liberia 0 2011 flat
5 Saint Lucia 0 2011 flat
5 Sri Lanka 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Lesotho 0 2011 flat
5 Lithuania 0 2011 volatile
5 Latvia 0 2011 volatile
5 Morocco 0 2011 volatile
5 Monaco 0 2011 flat
5 Moldova 0 2011 volatile
5 Madagascar 0 2011 volatile
5 Maldives 0 2011 flat
5 Mexico 0 2011 volatile
5 Marshall Islands 0 2011 flat
5 North Macedonia 0 2011 flat
5 Mali 0 2011 flat
5 Myanmar 0 2011 volatile
5 Montenegro 0 2011 volatile
5 Mongolia 0 2011 flat
5 Mozambique 0 2011 flat
5 Mauritania 0 2011 flat
5 Mauritius 0 2011 flat
5 Malawi 0 2011 flat
5 Malaysia 0 2011 flat
5 Namibia 0 2011 flat
5 Niger 0 2011 flat
5 Nigeria 0 2011 volatile
5 Nicaragua 0 2011 volatile
5 Netherlands 0 2011 volatile
5 Norway 0 2011 volatile
5 Nepal 0 2011 volatile
5 Nauru 0 2011 flat
5 New Zealand 0 2011 volatile
5 Oman 0 2011 flat
5 Pakistan 0 2011 volatile
5 Panama 0 2011 flat
5 Peru 0 2011 volatile
5 Philippines 0 2011 flat
5 Palau 0 2011 flat
5 Papua New Guinea 0 2011 flat
5 Poland 0 2011 volatile
5 North Korea 0 2011 volatile
5 Portugal 0 2011 volatile
5 Paraguay 0 2011 volatile
5 Qatar 0 2011 flat
5 Romania 0 2011 volatile
5 Russia 0 2011 volatile
5 Rwanda 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Saudi Arabia 0 2011 volatile
5 Sudan 0 2011 volatile
5 Senegal 0 2011 flat
5 Singapore 0 2011 flat
5 Solomon Islands 0 2011 flat
5 Sierra Leone 0 2011 flat
5 El Salvador 0 2011 volatile
5 San Marino 0 2011 flat
5 Somalia 0 2011 volatile
5 Serbia 0 2011 volatile
5 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2011 flat
5 Suriname 0 2011 flat
5 Slovakia 0 2011 flat
5 Slovenia 0 2011 flat
5 Sweden 0 2011 flat
5 Eswatini 0 2011 flat
5 Seychelles 0 2011 flat
5 Syria 0 2011 volatile
5 Chad 0 2011 volatile
5 Togo 0 2011 flat
5 Thailand 0 2011 volatile
5 Tajikistan 0 2011 flat
5 Turkmenistan 0 2011 flat
5 East Timor 0 2011 flat
5 Tonga 0 2011 flat
5 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2011 flat
5 Tunisia 0 2011 flat
5 Turkey 0 2011 volatile
5 Tuvalu 0 2011 flat
5 Tanzania 0 2011 volatile
5 Uganda 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Ukraine 0 2011 flat
5 Uruguay 0 2011 volatile
5 Uzbekistan 0 2011 flat
5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2011 flat
5 Venezuela 0 2011 volatile
5 Vietnam 0 2011 volatile
5 Vanuatu 0 2011 flat
5 Samoa 0 2011 flat
5 Yemen 0 2011 flat
5 South Africa 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Zambia 0 2011 flat
5 Zimbabwe 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Taiwan 0 2011 volatile

About this data

Indicator
States involved in wars
Source
Jason Lyall, Project Mars (2020) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
193 places, 16,415 data points, 1816–2011
Last refreshed

State was a major participant in at least one conventional war that year.