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Armed conflicts worldwide reached historic highs in 2025, confirming the deterioration of the global security environment. According to new data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, 65 active conflicts were recorded, while interstate conflicts doubled to 8, reaching their highest level since records began in 1946.
The increase concerns not only the number of conflicts, but also their lethality. Deaths from organised violence rose from around 187,000 in 2024 to 244,600 in 2025, mainly due to the violence in Sudan, where the civil war and attacks against civilians have caused one of the world’s most serious humanitarian crises. According to the analysis, these levels point to the deadliest recorded conflict since the genocide in Rwanda in 1994.
The economic cost of armed conflicts in 2025 exceeded $20 trillion, an amount equal to 10.5% of global GDP.
At the same time, the 2026 Global Peace Index records a deterioration in global peace for the 12th consecutive year. In total, 119 countries, or 73% of the sample, are less peaceful than they were in 2007, when the index was first published. This deterioration also carries a heavy economic toll: the global cost of violence in 2025 exceeded $20 trillion, an amount equivalent to 10.5% of global GDP.
Sources: UCDP, Vision of Humanity
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