The historic record: coup attempts worldwide from 1950 to the present. Explore events on the map, over time, and as a searchable list.
The events below are the Global Coups dataset(Powell & Thyne), current as of August 2026. Case-level details like actors and notes are not yet included.
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497 events across 96 countries in the selected range.
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Coup attempts per year
Events
| Niger | 2026-08-29 | Failed |
| Benin | 2025-12-07 | Failed |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2025-11-26 | Successful |
| Madagascar | 2025-10-12 | Successful |
| Bangladesh | 2024-08-05 | Successful |
| Bolivia | 2024-06-26 | Failed |
| Gabon | 2023-08-30 | Successful |
| Niger | 2023-07-26 | Successful |
| Sudan | 2023-04-15 | Failed |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2022-11-25 | Failed |
| Burkina Faso | 2022-09-30 | Successful |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2022-02-01 | Failed |
| Burkina Faso | 2022-01-23 | Successful |
| Sudan | 2021-10-25 | Successful |
| Sudan | 2021-09-21 | Failed |
| Guinea | 2021-09-05 | Successful |
| Mali | 2021-05-21 | Successful |
| Chad | 2021-04-20 | Successful |
| Niger | 2021-03-31 | Failed |
| Myanmar | 2021-02-01 | Successful |
| Mali | 2020-08-18 | Successful |
| Sudan | 2019-04-11 | Successful |
| Gabon | 2019-01-07 | Failed |
| Zimbabwe | 2017-11-15 | Successful |
| Turkey | 2016-07-15 | Failed |