In 2023, the highest number of conflicts worldwide were related to system or ideology, reaching 154 conflicts. Conflicts about resources were the second most common type. According to the source, disputes and non-violent crises are defined as a non-violent conflict, thus having a low intensity. The source further differentiates between medium intensity conflicts (violent crises) and high intensity conflicts (limited wars and wars in general).
* A secession is the separating of particular parts of a country from a nation in order to obtain independence.
The source defines a conflict as follows: "a political conflict is a positional difference, regarding values relevant to a society (the conflict items), between at least two decisive and directly involved actors, which is being carried out using observable and interrelated conflict measures that lie outside established regulatory procedures and threaten core state functions, the international order or hold our the prospect to do so."
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HIIK. (December 20, 2024). Number of conflicts worldwide in 2023, by type and intensity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/262941/global-conflicts-by-reason-and-intensity/
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HIIK. (2024). Number of conflicts worldwide in 2023, by type and intensity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/262941/global-conflicts-by-reason-and-intensity/
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