The number of people killed in military conflicts around the world increased to almost 171,000 in 2023, despite a decrease in the number of states where they are being waged to 52, according to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

"Despite the decrease in the number of states where military conflicts are being waged: from 55 in 2022 to 52 in 2023, the number of people killed in conflicts worldwide has increased from 153,000 to almost 171,000," Mykola Sunhurovskyi, director of military programmes at the Razumkov Center, said at the presentation of the Ukrainian edition of the SIPRI Yearbook 2023: Arms, Disarmament and International Security at the Interfax-Ukraine press center on Wednesday.

According to the director of military programmes at the Razumkov Center, this was due to four "major" conflicts (with over 10,000 victims per year): the Russian war against Ukraine, Israel and Hamas, and the civil wars in Myanmar and Sudan.

The SIPRI Yearbook: Arms, Disarmament and International Security is prepared by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). It has been published since 1969 with the aim of familiarizing specialists and the public with events, phenomena and trends in the sphere of international security, primarily in its military-political and military-economic aspects.

The SIPRI Yearbook (in Ukrainian) has been distributed by the Razumkov Center since 2000 among government and parliamentary structures, central government bodies, leading universities, and public libraries in a volume of about 1,000 copies annually. The yearbook is published with the financial support of the Swiss government.