Deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre in Rwanda
Rwanda: Deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre was 0 units per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre in Rwanda, 1989–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 0 units per square kilometre for deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre in Rwanda peaked at 31.31 units per square kilometre in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0 units per square kilometre, in 1989.
That places Rwanda 55th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1990 | 0.1073 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.044 units per square kilometre | -59.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0262 units per square kilometre | -40.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0396 units per square kilometre | +51.0% |
| 1994 | 31.31 units per square kilometre | +78959.6% |
| 1995 | 0.1715 units per square kilometre | -99.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0355 units per square kilometre | -79.3% |
| 1997 | 0.2919 units per square kilometre | +722.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0719 units per square kilometre | -75.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | -97.5% |
| 2000 | 0 units per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0833 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2002 | 0 units per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2003 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2004 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2005 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2006 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2007 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2008 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2009 | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2010 | 0 units per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2012 | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2013 | 0 units per square kilometre | -92.3% |
| 2014 | 0 units per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2015 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2016 | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2017 | 0 units per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2019 | 0.0008 units per square kilometre | +111.1% |
| 2020 | 0 units per square kilometre | -100.0% |
| 2021 | 0 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2022 | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | — |
| 2023 | 0 units per square kilometre | -100.0% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 0 units per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0003 units per square kilometre. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre in Rwanda changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +78959.6% | 0.0396 units per square kilometre | 31.31 units per square kilometre |
| 1997 | +722.0% | 0.0355 units per square kilometre | 0.2919 units per square kilometre |
| 2019 | +111.1% | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 0.0008 units per square kilometre |
| 1993 | +51.0% | 0.0262 units per square kilometre | 0.0396 units per square kilometre |
| 1992 | -40.4% | 0.044 units per square kilometre | 0.0262 units per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 1 |
| 1990s | 3.21 units per square kilometre | 0.0018 units per square kilometre | 31.31 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0083 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0.0833 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 units per square kilometre | 0 units per square kilometre | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 52 Venezuela 0 units per square kilometre compare
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- 55 Andorra 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 United Arab Emirates 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Argentina 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Antigua and Barbuda 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Australia 0 units per square kilometre compare
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- 55 Bangladesh 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Bulgaria 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Bahrain 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Bahamas 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Belarus 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Belize 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Barbados 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Brunei 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Bhutan 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Botswana 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Canada 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Switzerland 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Chile 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Cote d'Ivoire 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Congo 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Comoros 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Cape Verde 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Costa Rica 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Cuba 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Cyprus 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Czechia 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Germany 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Djibouti 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Dominica 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Denmark 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Dominican Republic 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Algeria 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Egypt 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Eritrea 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Estonia 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Finland 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Fiji 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Gabon 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 United Kingdom 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Guinea 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Gambia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Guinea-Bissau 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Equatorial Guinea 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Greece 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Grenada 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Greenland 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Guyana 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Croatia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Hungary 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Ireland 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Iceland 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Italy 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Jamaica 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Jordan 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Japan 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Kazakhstan 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Kyrgyzstan 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Cambodia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Kiribati 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 South Korea 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Kuwait 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Laos 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Liberia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Libya 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Saint Lucia 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Liechtenstein 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Sri Lanka 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Lesotho 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Lithuania 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Luxembourg 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Latvia 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Morocco 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Monaco 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Moldova 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Madagascar 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Maldives 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Marshall Islands 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 North Macedonia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Malta 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Montenegro 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Mongolia 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Mauritania 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Mauritius 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Malawi 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Malaysia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Namibia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Nicaragua 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Netherlands 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Norway 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Nepal 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Nauru 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 New Zealand 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Oman 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Panama 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Peru 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Palau 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Poland 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 North Korea 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Portugal 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Paraguay 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Qatar 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Romania 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Senegal 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Singapore 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Solomon Islands 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Sierra Leone 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 El Salvador 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 San Marino 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Serbia 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Sao Tome and Principe 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Suriname 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Slovakia 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Slovenia 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Sweden 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Eswatini 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Seychelles 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Tajikistan 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Turkmenistan 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 East Timor 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Tonga 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Trinidad and Tobago 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Tunisia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Tuvalu 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Tanzania 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Uruguay 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 United States 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Uzbekistan 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Vietnam 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Vanuatu 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 Samoa 0 units per square kilometre
- 55 South Africa 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Zambia 0 units per square kilometre compare
- 55 Zimbabwe 0 units per square kilometre compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre in Rwanda?
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre in Rwanda was 0 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 31.31 units per square kilometre in 1994.
- What is the lowest deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per square kilometre in 1989.
- How does Rwanda rank for deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre?
- Rwanda ranks 55th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Deaths in armed conflicts by region, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Deaths in armed conflicts by region divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Deaths in armed conflicts by region ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region Uppsala Conflict Data Program (2026); geoBoundaries (2023) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Deaths in armed conflicts by region divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.