The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2020.
Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2020.
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2020.
Start of conflict | Conflict | Continent | Location | Fatalities in 2020 |
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1978 | Afghanistan conflict | Asia | ![]() |
19,444[1][2][3][4] |
2006 | Mexican Drug War | North America | ![]() |
34,512[5] |
2011 | Yemeni Crisis | Asia | ![]() ![]() |
19,056[a][1][6] |
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2020.
Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.[7]
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2020.
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2020.
Main article: List of ongoing armed conflicts § Deaths by country |
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