Battle-related deaths (number of people)

Definition

Battle-related deaths are deaths in battle-related conflicts between warring parties in the conflict dyad (two conflict units that are parties to a conflict). Battle-related deaths refer to those deaths caused by the warring parties that can be directly related to combat. This includes battlefield fighting, guerrilla activities (e.g. hit and-run attacks/ambushes) and all kinds of bombardments of military bases, cities and villages etc. The target for the attacks is either the military forces or representatives for the parties, though there is often substantial collateral damage in the form of civilians being killed in the crossfire, indiscriminate bombings, etc. All fatalities, military as well as civilian, incurred in such situations are counted as battle-related deaths.

Type of figure

International estimate. Estimated by an international organisation from several national sources.

Updated

Yearly

SDG target

16.1.2

Compiled from

UCDP Battle-related Deaths Dataset , Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP)

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators (VC.BTL.DETH)

Licence

CC-BY-4.0

Version

Dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026

Cite this

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator VC.BTL.DETH. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset wb-wdi-nigeria, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

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