Domestic and international conflicts by intensity 2021

In 2021, there were 233 intrastate conflicts worldwide in total. Out of that number, 126 conflicts were classified as violent crises.

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).

Number of domestic and international conflicts worldwide in 2021, by conflict intensity

Characteristic	Disputes	Non-violent crises	Violent crises	Limited wars	Wars
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Release date

March 2022

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

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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