Jordan

Last updated: 26 June 2018

 

Casualties[1]

All known mine/unexploded remnants of war (ERW) casualties (between 1948 and 2017)

950 casualties: 122 killed; 799 injured; 29 unknown

 

The last known mine/ERW casualties in Jordan were in 2011, when six casualties were recorded.[2]

The National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR) has recorded 950 mine/ERW casualties (122 killed; 799 injured; 29 unknown) since 1948.[3]



[1] Casualty data for 2017 is based on an email from Mohammad Breikat, National Director, The National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR), 7 March 2018.

[2] Casualty data and statistics for the period 2000 to 2013 provided by Adnan Telfah, NCDR, 10 March 2014. Between 2000 and 2013, 67 casualties were caused by antipersonnel mines, while 61 were caused by ERW.

[3] Email from Adnan Telfah, NCDR, June 2012; and casualty data and statistics for the period 2000 to 2013 provided by Adnan Telfah, NCDR, 10 March 2014.