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Sri Lanka: Deaths in one-sided violence against civilians

0deaths · 2025

Civilians killed deliberately by a government or organised group. Summed from UCDP's events by country and year (best estimate). Events in Gaza and the West Bank, which UCDP files under Israel, are counted under West Bank and Gaza. From a country's first recorded event onward, a year with no events is zero. Annual figures for Sri Lanka from 1989 to 2025.

19892025

Every year

YearValue (deaths)Note
20250
20240
20230
20220
20210
20200
2019255
20180
20171
20160
20150
20140
20135
20120
20112
20100
2009248
2008185
200759
2006106
200510
20047
20031
20022
200118
200044
199962
199868
199722
1996229
1995216
199426
19939
1992353
1991214
19901,154
1989454

Source

Published by UCDP, produced by Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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UCDP (2026). Deaths in one-sided violence against civilians. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ucdp-deaths-one-sided (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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