List of armed conflicts in 2016



The following is a list of armed conflicts with victims in 2016.

The Heidelberg Institute for International Conflict Research estimated that there were 226 politically motivated armed conflicts (of which 38 estimated as highly violent: 18 full-scale wars, 20 limited wars) worldwide during 2016.

List guidelines
Listed are the armed conflicts having done globally at least 100 victims and at least 1 victim during the year 2016.

10,000+ deaths in 2016
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.

1,000–9,999 deaths in 2016
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct violent deaths in 2016. Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.

100–999 deaths in 2016
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 100 and fewer than 1,000 direct violent deaths in 2016.

Fewer than 100 deaths in 2016
Conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1 and fewer than 100 direct violent deaths in 2016.