Number of conflicts worldwide, by region and intensity of conflict 2022

Published by Statista Research Department, Jun 6, 2023
In 2022, Asia and Oceania was the world region with the highest number of conflicts, registering 53 violent crises and one full-scale war. On the other hand, the lowest number of conflicts were recorded in Europe, with 17 non-violent and 15 violent conflicts. The classifications "high intensity", "medium intensity" and "low intensity" are defined as follows by the source:
Low intensity conflicts are non-violent crises or disputes, medium intensity conflicts are violent crises and high intensity conflicts are limited wars and wars in general.

Number of conflicts worldwide in 2022, by region and intensity of conflict

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May 2023

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Worldwide

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2022

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The source defines a conflict as follows: "a political conflict is a positional difference, regarding values relevant to a society (the conflict items), between at least two decisive and directly involved actors, which is being carried out using observable and interrelated conflict measures that lie outside established regulatory procedures and threaten core state functions, the international order or hold our the prospect to do so."

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