The rise of UN peacekeeping forces Total number of UN peacekeeping troops, military experts ana police deployed to
The number of United Nations peacekeeping forces around the world has peaked in recent months, after falling off in the late 1990s. Today, more than 100,000 uniformed peacekeepers are deployed under 16 different missions – with the highest numbers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan and South Sudan.
Peacekeeping activities were relatively infrequent for the next 25 years, but they spiked under the leadership of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who died in mid-February. During Boutros-Ghali’s January 1992 to December 1996 tenure, the number of ongoing missions rose from 10 to 18 – including high-profile operations in the former Yugoslavia, Somalia and Rwanda – while the number of peacekeeping forces reached a then high of nearly 79,000 in 1994, according to data from the UN, the Stimson Center and the International Peace Institute.
The rise of UN peacekeeping forces  | Total number of UN peacekeeping troops, military experts ana police deployed to  | 120K  | 100  | Latin Americal  | Caribbean  | 80  | Europe  | Sub Saharan  | 60  | Africa  | 40  | Asia  | 20  | Middle East/  | North Africa  | 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015  | Note: Lebanon, Does Sudan, not include civilian personnel Sahara or volunteers All Middle East/ gorized North Africa region includes UN missions to Iraq, Data Israel,  | Lebanon, Sudan, Syria and Weste rn Sahara All other missions cate gorized according to UN regional divisions. Data from  | 1945 1990 show midyear va lues; data Peacekeeping from 1991 2015 are monthly.  | Source: United Nations Depa rtment of Peacekeeping Operations; Inte rnational Peace Institute; Stimson Center  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 