Guatemala Conflict Events: Weekly Aggregated Political Violence Counts

Delivering weekly counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Guatemala, aggregated by month and year. Produced by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), the data tracks conflict trends with updates provided through March 2026. The records are delivered in XLSX format for longitudinal analysis of national stability.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in political violence using the country-month aggregation
• Comparing annual demonstration counts in Guatemala via country-year summaries
• Monitoring civilian-targeting event frequency to assess humanitarian risk

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Standardized event categories (political violence, civilian-targeting, demonstrations)
• Produced by ACLED, a specialized conflict monitoring organization

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents granular geospatial mapping of specific incidents
• Full event-level details require external registration and API access

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from primary conflict event monitoring and reporting

Time Range

Updated through March 2026

Freshness

Updated weekly as of March 2026.

Geography

Guatemala