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Hidden Killers 1998: The Global Landmine Crisis Annex A: Country Landmine and Demining Data |
Table A-1. Mine-Affected Countries
|
Hidden Killers 1998 |
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|
Country (1) |
Region |
UN Landmine Database 1997 |
Hidden Killers 1994 |
DOS Cable Latest Estimates |
Low Range |
High Range |
|
Afghanistan |
Asia |
10,000,000 |
10M |
UN Est |
5,000,000 |
7,000,000 |
|
Algeria |
Africa |
|
|
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Angola |
Africa |
15,000,000 |
9-20 M |
6 M |
6,000,000 |
15,000,000 |
|
Armenia |
Europe |
|
A |
|
|
|
|
Austria |
Europe |
Unk |
A |
NMA |
|
|
|
Azerbaijan |
Europe |
100,000 |
A |
NR |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Belarus |
Europe |
Unk |
|
NMA |
|
|
|
Belgium |
Europe |
Unk |
NR |
NR |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Europe |
3,000,000 |
A |
600K-1M |
600,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
Burma (Myanmar) |
Asia |
Unk |
A |
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Burundi |
Asia |
Unk |
A |
Unk |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Cambodia |
Asia |
6,000,000 |
7-9 M |
4 - 6 M |
4,000,000 |
6,000,000 |
|
Chad |
Africa |
70,000 |
A |
<1 M |
50,000 |
70,000 |
|
Chile |
Latin America |
|
|
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
|
China |
Asia |
10,000,000 |
A |
Millions ? |
10,000,000 |
10,000,000 |
|
Colombia |
Latin America |
1,500 |
A |
APL (17K) & UXO |
1,500 |
1,500 |
|
Costa Rica |
Latin America |
Unk |
1-2K |
3 - 4 K |
1,000 |
2,000 |
|
Croatia |
Europe |
3,000,000 |
1 M |
MAC Est |
400,000 |
400,000 |
|
Cuba |
Latin America |
|
A |
|
|
|
|
Cyprus |
Europe |
17,000 |
A |
17 K |
17,000 |
17,000 |
|
Czech Republic |
Europe |
Unk |
|
NMA |
|
|
|
Denmark |
Europe |
9,900 |
|
Unk |
9,900 |
9,900 |
|
Djibouti |
Africa |
Unk |
|
NMA |
|
|
|
Ecuador |
Latin America |
60,000 |
|
Unk |
60,000 |
80,000 |
|
Egypt |
ME |
23,000,000 |
A |
> 20 M |
22,500,000 |
22,500,000 |
|
El Salvador |
Latin America |
10,000 |
(UXO) A |
NMA |
|
|
|
Eritrea |
Africa |
1,000,000 |
1-2M |
500K-1M |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
Estonia |
Europe |
|
|
UXO |
|
|
|
Ethiopia |
Africa |
500,000 |
500K |
2 - 4 M |
500,000 |
500,000 |
|
Falkland Is (Malvinas) |
Latin America |
25,000 |
25-30K |
|
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
Georgia |
Europe |
150,000 |
A |
Unk |
150,000 |
150,000 |
|
Germany |
Europe |
Unk |
A |
UXO |
|
|
|
Guatemala |
Latin America |
1,500 |
A |
UXO |
1,500 |
2,000 |
|
Greece |
Europe |
|
A |
NMA |
|
|
|
Guinea-Bissau |
Africa |
|
A |
NMA |
|
|
|
Honduras |
Latin America |
35,000 |
A |
Unk |
15,000 |
35,000 |
|
India (2) |
Asia |
Unk |
|
|
|
|
|
Iran |
ME |
16,000,000 |
|
Not Tasked |
16,000,000 |
16,000,000 |
|
Iraq (Kurdistan) |
ME |
10,000,000 |
A |
Not Tasked |
10,000,000 |
10,000,000 |
|
Israel |
ME |
|
A |
NR |
260,000 |
260,000 |
|
Jammu/Kashmir (2) |
Asia |
Unk |
|
|
Unk |
Unk |
|
Jordan (3) |
ME |
206,193 |
A |
437,000 |
206,193 |
206,193 |
|
Korea (ROK) (4) |
Asia |
206,193 |
A |
|
250,000 |
250,000 |
|
Kuwait |
ME |
Unk |
A |
UXO |
|
|
|
Laos |
Asia |
Unk |
A |
UXO |
|
|
|
Latvia |
Europe |
17,000 |
A |
NMA |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Lebanon |
ME |
8,795 |
20 K |
NR |
8,795 |
35,000 |
|
Liberia |
Africa |
18,250 |
1K |
NMA |
|
|
|
Libya |
Africa |
Unk |
A |
Not Tasked |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Lithuania |
Europe |
|
A |
NMA |
|
|
|
Luxembourg |
Europe |
Unk |
|
NMA |
|
|
|
Mauritania |
Africa |
Unk |
A |
|
10,000 |
10,000 |
|
Mexico |
Latin America |
|
A |
NMA |
|
|
|
Micronesia (Federated States of) |
Asia |
|
|
UXO |
|
|
|
Moldova |
Europe |
|
A |
NR |
|
|
|
Mongolia |
Asia |
|
A |
NMA |
|
|
|
Morocco |
Africa |
|
A |
Unk |
200,000 |
200,000 |
|
Mozambique |
Africa |
3,000,000 |
>1M |
New est. |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
Namibia |
Africa |
50,000 |
A |
50K |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Netherlands |
Europe |
Unk |
|
NMA |
|
|
|
Nicaragua |
Latin America |
108,297 |
132K |
85K |
85,000 |
85,000 |
|
Niger |
Africa |
|
|
Unk |
|
|
|
Oman |
ME |
Unk |
|
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Palestinian Authority (West Bank) |
ME |
|
|
UXO/APL |
|
|
|
Panama |
Latin America |
|
|
NR |
|
(UXO/APL) 5,000 |
|
Peru |
Latin America |
Unk |
|
A |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Philippines |
Asia |
Unk |
|
NMA |
|
|
|
Poland |
Europe |
Unk |
|
UXO |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Russian Federation (5) |
Europe |
Unk |
|
NR |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Rwanda |
Africa |
250,000 |
50K |
50-100 K |
100,000 |
250,000 |
|
Senegal |
Africa |
Unk |
|
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Sierra Leone |
Africa |
|
A |
Not Tasked |
|
|
|
Slovenia |
Europe |
Unk |
|
NMA |
|
|
|
Somalia |
Africa |
1,000,000 |
A |
Not Tasked |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
South Africa |
Africa |
|
|
NMA |
250,000 |
250,000 |
|
Sri Lanka |
Asia |
Unk |
A |
100 K |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
Sudan |
Africa |
1,000,000 |
A |
Not Tasked |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
Swaziland |
Africa |
|
NMA |
A |
|
|
|
Syria (6) |
ME |
Unk |
A |
NMA |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Tadjikistan |
Europe |
Unk |
A |
50- 60K |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Taiwan |
Asia |
|
|
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Thailand |
Asia |
Unk |
A |
|
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Tunisia |
Africa |
Unk |
A |
Unk |
Unk |
Unk |
|
Turkey |
Europe |
Unk |
A |
|
Unk |
Unk |
|
Uganda |
Africa |
Unk |
A |
Unk |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Ukraine |
Europe |
1,000,000 |
|
NR |
1,000,000 |
1,000,000 |
|
Vietnam |
Asia |
3,500,000 |
|
NR |
3,500,000 |
3,500,000 |
|
Western Sahara (7) |
Africa |
Unk |
|
|
|
|
|
Yemen |
ME |
100,000 |
20K |
>85K |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Yugoslavia (8) |
Europe |
500,000 |
|
|
500,000 |
500,000 |
|
Zaire |
Africa |
Unk |
|
NR |
50,000 |
50,000 |
|
Zambia |
Africa |
|
|
NR |
100,000 |
100,000 |
|
Zimbabwe |
Africa |
Unk |
A |
2.2 M |
200,000 |
2,200,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of Countries |
93 |
70 |
59 |
|
64 |
64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
|
108,738,377 |
|
|
86,830,830 |
102,468,593 |
SOURCES: UN Landmine Database (Demining Program and country reports); U.S. Army National Ground Intelligence Center estimates; and U.S. Department of State Hidden Killers 1998 cables from embassies and consulates.
NOTES:
1. Hidden Killers 1998 case study data are in bold
2. Contested areas of Jammu/Kashmir are mined
3. UN Landmine Database Country Report number. UN Mine-affected Country Table for Jordan shows 0; that figure will be changed to read 206,193
4. UN Mine-affected Country Table is in error; that figure will be changed to read 0
5. Russian Federation includes Chechnya
6. Syria may have AP and AT mines deployed in highly restricted areas along its borders where military troops are located and claims that it has no landmine or UXO problem
7. The number of mines in Western Sahara is included with those for Morocco
8. Yugoslavia includes Serbia-Montenegro
LEGEND:
A -- Affected (degree varies)
MAC -- Mine Action Center
NMA -- Not mine-affected
NR -- No response to DOS request for information
Unk -- Quantity of landmines is unknown
UXO -- Unexploded ordnance problem
Table A-2. Demining Measures of Performance
|
Country (1) |
Total Landmines (AT+AP) Cleared |
Total UXO Cleared (2) |
Area Mined (km (2)) |
Nr Areas Mined |
Casualties (3,4) |
Casualties per month (5) |
Roads Cleared (km) |
Area Cleared (km (2)) |
|
Afghanistan |
158,000 |
540,000 |
550-780 |
4,015 |
|
300-360 |
|
202 |
|
Angola |
10,000 |
70,000 |
|
1,766 |
|
120-200 |
5000 |
2.4 |
|
Belgium |
|
2,300 tons |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bosnia-Herzegovina |
49,010 |
|
300 |
18,086 |
|
50 |
|
84 |
|
Cambodia |
83,000 |
444,018 |
3,000 |
3,131 |
38,786 |
100 |
|
73.3 |
|
Chad |
3,000 |
40 tons |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
China |
280K-1M |
|
30 |
386 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
Colombia |
|
|
|
|
515 (1991-1994) |
|
|
|
|
Costa Rica |
300-1200 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
0.07 |
|
Croatia |
8,000 |
4-6 tons |
11,910 |
6,000 |
677 |
|
|
30 |
|
Cyprus |
|
|
1,350 |
132 |
Unk |
|
|
0 |
|
Denmark |
1,600 |
14,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
13.482 |
|
Ecuador |
2,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Egypt |
11,000,000 |
|
3,910 |
|
8,301 |
|
|
924 |
|
Eritrea |
|
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
87 |
2.48 |
|
Estonia |
|
3,107 |
20 |
|
29 |
|
|
0 |
|
Ethiopia |
|
|
|
100 |
305 |
5-10 |
|
84.03 |
|
Falkland Is (Malvinas) |
4,220 |
2,713,658 |
20 |
101 |
14 |
|
|
0.31 |
|
Honduras |
2,001 |
|
|
|
12-200 |
|
|
0.182115 |
|
Iran |
200,000 |
5,207,600 |
40,000 |
|
6,000 |
|
|
0 |
|
Iraq (Kurdistan) |
37,000 |
143,493 |
|
2,200 |
6,715 |
|
|
1.25 |
|
Jordan |
11K cleared from 2 minefields in FY 97 |
|
51 |
399 |
Since 1967, 327 (50 fatalities; 1 per 1600 mines removed) |
|
|
>1.22 |
|
Laos |
251 |
43,098 |
|
|
10,649 |
16-18 |
|
1.58 |
|
Latvia |
11,200 |
2,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Lebanon |
17,292 |
104,660 |
|
144 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
Mauritania |
7,000 |
5,000 |
|
3 regions in north |
19 |
|
|
|
|
Mozambique |
*58,000 |
|
|
1,759 |
|
20 |
6000 |
28 |
|
Namibia |
*101,500 |
|
352 |
10 |
323 |
|
|
352.4 |
|
Nicaragua |
31,000 |
|
|
841 |
424 |
|
|
0.13 |
|
Niger |
|
|
|
0 |
11 (1997) |
|
|
|
|
Oman |
|
|
|
|
|
<10/year |
|
|
|
Palestinian Authority (West Bank) |
|
|
|
|
464 |
|
|
|
|
Poland |
|
384,740 in 1997 |
73.9% of country |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rwanda |
213 |
7,415 |
5,000 |
7 |
Unk |
|
|
|
|
Serbia |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
Slovenia |
|
48,800 kg |
14 |
18 |
3 |
|
|
15 |
|
Somalia |
32,511 |
72,749 |
|
|
4,500 |
|
438 |
127 |
|
Sri Lanka |
|
|
|
|
1000s |
15 |
|
2700 |
|
Sudan |
|
|
800,000 |
|
700,000 |
|
|
0 |
|
Tadjikistan |
|
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
|
Ukraine |
3,000,000 |
24,000,000 |
|
|
1,630 |
|
|
0 |
|
Vietnam |
58,747 |
|
|
|
|
180 |
|
65 |
|
Yemen |
65,000 |
|
|
66 |
52 |
|
|
86 |
|
Zimbabwe |
|
|
210 |
|
1000s |
|
|
0 |
SOURCES: UN Landmine Database (Demining Program and country reports); U.S. Army National Ground Intelligence Center estimates; and U.S. Department of State Hidden Killers 1998 cables from embassies and consulates.
NOTES:
*Combined landmines (AT+AP) and UXO as reported by country or MAC
1. Hidden Killers 1998 case study countries are in bold
2. UXO data reported in varying formats (tons, pieces, kilograms) and, therefore, are not totaled
3. Casualty reporting varies drastically among countries; estimates provided by UN, host government or NGOs
4. Casualty data date from establishment of MAC and may not reflect total casualties
5. Some casualty-per-month figures have been calculated based on data reported
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