New Study Says More Than 238,000 People Died In Global Conflicts Last Year

DW: Global conflicts: Death toll at highest in 21st century  

Conflict deaths are higher than they have ever been this century with over 238,000 people killed in conflicts last year. 

Since the 21st century began, war has never cost humanity so much. The number of conflict deaths almost doubled in 2022 compared to the previous year. And war caused a 13% loss of global GDP, according to the Global Peace Index, released on Wednesday by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP). 

The major new survey by the global think tank said that the average level of "global peacefulness" had sunk for the ninth year in a row, with conflict deaths topping the previous global peak reached in 2014 during the Syrian Civil War. 

The dramatic increase in death rates was mostly driven by the war in Ukraine, where 83,000 people were killed in the past year, though the bloodiest conflict was in Ethiopia, where 100,000 people lost their lives.  

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Update #1: Global Peace Index 2023 (Relief Web)   

Update #2: Ukraine and Russia ranked among the ten least peaceful countries in the world (Euronews) 

Update #3: The State Of Global Peace (Zero Hedge)  

WNU Editor: No kidding .... A historic rise in global conflict deaths suggests a violent new era (Washington Post). 

The report is here .... Global Peace Index 2023.