States involved in wars by country

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

Countries reporting
95
Highest
1
Libya
Lowest
0
Egypt
Median
0
Years covered
196
1816–2011
Data points
16,415

What the numbers show

States involved in wars is currently reported for 95 countries. The highest value is 1 in Libya; the lowest is 0 in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.0421.

States involved in wars: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Libya 1 2011 volatile
1 United States 1 2011 unchanged volatile
1 France 1 2011 volatile
1 United Kingdom 1 2011 volatile
5 Mexico 0 2011 volatile
5 Peru 0 2011 volatile
5 Pakistan 0 2011 volatile
5 New Zealand 0 2011 volatile
5 Nepal 0 2011 volatile
5 Norway 0 2011 volatile
5 Netherlands 0 2011 volatile
5 Nicaragua 0 2011 volatile
5 Nigeria 0 2011 volatile
5 Montenegro 0 2011 volatile
5 Myanmar 0 2011 volatile
5 North Korea 0 2011 volatile
5 Madagascar 0 2011 volatile
5 Moldova 0 2011 volatile
5 Morocco 0 2011 volatile
5 Latvia 0 2011 volatile
5 Lithuania 0 2011 volatile
5 Sri Lanka 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Lebanon 0 2011 volatile
5 Laos 0 2011 volatile
5 Kuwait 0 2011 volatile
5 Syria 0 2011 volatile
5 Taiwan 0 2011 volatile
5 Zimbabwe 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 South Africa 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Vietnam 0 2011 volatile
5 Venezuela 0 2011 volatile
5 Uruguay 0 2011 volatile
5 Uganda 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Tanzania 0 2011 volatile
5 Turkey 0 2011 volatile
5 Thailand 0 2011 volatile
5 Chad 0 2011 volatile
5 Poland 0 2011 volatile
5 Serbia 0 2011 volatile
5 Somalia 0 2011 volatile
5 El Salvador 0 2011 volatile
5 Sudan 0 2011 volatile
5 Saudi Arabia 0 2011 volatile
5 Rwanda 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Russia 0 2011 volatile
5 Romania 0 2011 volatile
5 Paraguay 0 2011 volatile
5 Portugal 0 2011 volatile
5 Cambodia 0 2011 volatile
5 Canada 0 2011 volatile
5 Algeria 0 2011 volatile
5 Dominican Republic 0 2011 volatile
5 Denmark 0 2011 volatile
5 Germany 0 2011 volatile
5 Cyprus 0 2011 volatile
5 Cuba 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Costa Rica 0 2011 volatile
5 Colombia 0 2011 volatile
5 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 China 0 2011 volatile
5 Chile 0 2011 volatile
5 Ecuador 0 2011 volatile
5 Brazil 0 2011 volatile
5 Bolivia 0 2011 volatile
5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 2011 volatile
5 Bulgaria 0 2011 volatile
5 Belgium 0 2011 volatile
5 Azerbaijan 0 2011 volatile
5 Australia 0 2011 volatile
5 Armenia 0 2011 volatile
5 Argentina 0 2011 volatile
5 Angola 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Honduras 0 2011 volatile
5 Afghanistan 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
5 Japan 0 2011 volatile
5 Jordan 0 2011 volatile
5 Italy 0 2011 volatile
5 Israel 0 2011 volatile
5 Iraq 0 2011 volatile
5 Iran 0 2011 volatile
5 India 0 2011 volatile
5 Hungary 0 2011 volatile
5 Haiti 0 2011 volatile
5 Croatia 0 2011 volatile
5 South Korea 0 2011 volatile
5 Guatemala 0 2011 volatile
5 Greece 0 2011 volatile
5 Ghana 0 2011 volatile
5 Georgia 0 2011 volatile
5 Finland 0 2011 volatile
5 Ethiopia 0 2011 volatile
5 Estonia 0 2011 volatile
5 Spain 0 2011 volatile
5 Eritrea 0 2011 volatile
5 Egypt 0 2011 volatile

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