ACLED: Philippines slips in Conflict Index, now classified as ‘turbulent’
The Philippines fell two places to 31st out of 244* countries in the 2025 release of the Conflict Index by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data (ACLED). The country was reclassified as “turbulent,” down from “high” in the previous edition. The index assesses conflict using four key indicators: deadliness (fatality rates), danger (the number of violent events targeting civilians), diffusion (the geographic distribution of conflict), and fragmentation (the number of organized violent non-state groups).
