United Nations peacekeepers on active missions
Peacekeepers include troops, civilian police, experts on mission, and staff officers. Missions include peacekeeping, conflict resolution, peacemaking,peace-building and enforcement. The UN does not have its own military and relies on contributions from member states.
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- Civilian and combatant deaths in armed conflictsRegional data
- Civilian and combatant deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurredCountry-level data
- Countries where armed conflicts took place
- Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place
- Death rate from conflict and terrorismIHME, crude
- Death rate from conflict and terrorismIHME, age-standardized
- Death rate in armed conflictsRegional data
- Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurredCountry-level data
- Death rate in armed conflicts based on where they occurred
- Death rate in state-based conflicts
- Death rate in warsCorrelates of War
- Death rate in warsProject Mars
- Death rates from violence in non-state societies
- Death rates from violence in state societies
- Death rates in armed conflicts based on where they occurred, 1989-2023
- Deaths from conflict and terrorismIHME, GBD
- Deaths from one-sided violence based on where they occurred
- Deaths in armed conflictsRegional data
- Deaths in armed conflictsRegional data, stacked bars
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurredCountry-level data
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurredCountry-level data, stacked bars
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred, 1989-2023
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred, by type, 1989-2023Stacked bar chart
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred, by type, 1989-2023Bar chart
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region
- Deaths in interstate conflicts
- Deaths in interstate conflicts based on where they occurred
- Deaths in interstate conflicts by region
- Deaths in intrastate conflicts based on where they occurred
- Deaths in non-state conflicts based on where they occurred
- Deaths in state-based conflicts
- Deaths in state-based conflicts by region
- Deaths in state-based conflicts by type
- Deaths in warsProject Mars
- Deaths in wars
- Deaths in warsCorrelates of War
- Deaths in wars by regionProject Mars
- Global death rate in violent political conflicts over the long run
- Global deaths in violent political conflicts over the long run
- Number of active United Nations peacekeeping missions
- Number of armed conflicts
- Number of countries where armed conflicts took place
- Number of interstate conflicts
- Number of new armed conflicts
- Number of new state-based conflicts
- Number of new wars
- Number of state-based conflicts
- Number of states involved in state-based conflicts
- Number of warsProject Mars
- Number of warsCorrelates of War
- Peaceful and hostile relationships between states
- Peaceful and hostile relationships between statescountry-pairs without relationships included
- Rate of armed conflicts
- Rate of interstate conflicts
- Rate of state-based conflicts
- Rate of warsCorrelates of War
- Rate of warsProject Mars
- Share of deaths from violence at prehistoric archaeological sites
- Share of deaths from violence in non-state societies
- Share of deaths from violence in state societies
- Share of member states in international organizations
- Share of small arms and light weapons with illicit origin
- Share of voting rights in international organizations
- States involved in interstate conflicts
- States involved in state-based conflictsMap
- States involved in wars
- United Nations peacekeepers on active missions by type
- Wars ranked by death toll, 1800-2011Bar chart