UN Death tolls - Syria, Palestine, Ukraine

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Conflict - Syria

Syrian Observatory for Human Rights estimate of death toll

The Syrian human rights group ‘Syrian Observatory for Human Rights’ issues its estimates in a 14-year retrospective on the 14 years of the Syrian Civil War/Revolution.

Data

• deaths : 656,493
• civilian deaths: 199,068

Source

“14th anniversary of Syrian Revolution | Nearly 657,000 persons killed since the onset of the revolution in March 2011”. SOHR. 20 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024. https://www.syriahr.com/en/358243/

U.N. estimated death toll of Syrian Civil War 2014-2021

This is a conservative estimate

Data

• deaths : 350,209

Source

“Oral update on the extent of conflict-related deaths in the Syrian Arab Republic”. United Nations-OHCHR. 24 September 2021. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022.

Syria Civil War, UN reported death toll

“Syria war: UN calculates new death toll”. BBC News. September 24, 2021. Archived from the original on October 1, 2021. Retrieved October 1, 2021. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-58664859

Data

• civilian deaths : 207,000

Source

https://www.statista.com/statistics/697138/civilian-deaths-in-syria-by-party-responsible/

Conflict - Ukraine war

Statista UN High Commission report on Ukraine

Statista analysis of United Nations High Commission for Human Rights dataset (2/24/2022 - 5/31/2025) produces a confirmed death toll for civilian losses in Ukraine

Data

Ukraine Civilian

• casualties : 46,085
• injuries : 32,744
• deaths : 13,341

Source

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293492/ukraine-war-casualties/

Conflict genocide - Palestine

United Nations RWA estimate of death toll.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency estimate of death toll and injuries to date of the Palestinian ‘conflict’

Data

• injuries : 132239
• deaths : 56156

Source

United Nations Relief and Works Agency https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-177-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem

Gaza Ministry of Health via TechForPalestine

Gaza Ministry of Health reports similar number (to UNRWA from Gaza Ministry of Health) in death toll

Data

• deaths : 50,020

Source

Gaza Ministry of Health via TechForPalestine https://data.techforpalestine.org/docs/killed-in-gaza/