El Salvador Conflict and Demonstration Events Aggregated by Month and Year

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides weekly aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in El Salvador. The data is structured into country-year and country-month summaries to track conflict trends over time. This version reflects reporting through March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing longitudinal trends in civilian-targeting events across El Salvador
• Correlating monthly political violence counts with socio-economic indicators
• Monitoring the frequency of demonstration events to assess civil unrest levels

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Expert-monitored data from ACLED
• Specific categorization of civilian-targeting events

Limitations

• Aggregated format hides granular spatial and temporal details
• Requires registration on ACLED's site for full event-level data

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Expert monitoring and aggregation of conflict reports

Time Range

Up to March 2026

Freshness

Updated weekly.

Geography

El Salvador