Where Is War

Is there a war in Indonesia?

Yes. UCDP lists 1 active armed conflict with fighting recorded in Indonesia.

None at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Indonesia: West Papua, 104 deaths in 2025.

Updated 30 October 2026 · UCDP data through 30 September 2026 · View on map →

Deaths recorded in Indonesia in 2025

104in state-based fighting
0in fighting between armed groups
33in attacks on civilians (one-sided violence)

UCDP GED Global 26.1: best estimates for events located in Indonesia (as UCDP places them), by type of violence. The three are shown separately, as UCDP counts them, and are not added together here.

The conflict

Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change. UCDP does not record who started each clash.

Armed conflictState-based conflict · UCDP start year 1965

Indonesia: West Papua

104deaths in 2025UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
71deaths in Jan–Sep 2026preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
411total 2018–2025sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (8 years listed)

Who is fighting: Government of Indonesia vs OPM

1989: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1990: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1991: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1992: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1993: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1994: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1995: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1996: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1997: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1998: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)1999: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2000: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2001: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2002: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2003: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2004: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2005: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2006: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2007: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2008: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2009: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2010: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2011: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2012: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2013: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2014: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2015: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2016: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2017: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data)2018: 282019: 342020: 312021: 522022: 462023: 592024: 572025: 1042026: 71 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary)
1989highest: 1042026*

* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).

Latest recorded fighting: September 2026

Figures by year
YearDeaths (best estimate)
Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary71
2025104
202457
202359
202246
202152
202031
201934
201828

UCDP conflict page · CrisisWatch: Indonesia · View on map →

Military personnel

676,000own armed forces (2020)World Bank / IISS · active + paramilitary

Foreign military personnel in Indonesia

United States27

assigned · 31 Aug 2026 · DoD DMDC

Other countries may have forces here; only official, reusable figures are shown.

Protests reported in news media

11reports from 9 outlets, 1 report coded as violent25 Oct 2026 – 29 Oct 2026

Places named: Jakarta, Kalimantan

Topics named in the headlines: environmenteducationgovernment / corruption

Automatically coded from news reports by The GDELT Project (GDELT 2.0 Event Database (export files), 25 Oct 2026 to 31 Oct 2026); may contain errors; not verified by whereiswar.com. Protests are not part of the UCDP conflict figures above.

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