Global conflicts by reason and intensity 2021

In 2021, seven disputes and 12 non-violent crises worldwide had sub-national predominance. According to the source, disputes and non-violent crises are defined as a non-violent conflict, thus having a low intensity. The source further differentiates between medium intensity conflicts (violent crises) and high intensity conflicts (limited wars and wars in general). System/ideology related conflicts were the most numerous in 2021.

Number of conflicts worldwide in 2021, by type and intensity

Characteristic	Dispute	Non-violent Crisis	Violent Crisis	Limited War	War
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Release date

March 2022

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

* A secession is the separating of particular parts of a country from a nation in order to obtain independence.

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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