UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset: Individual Conflict Events in Iraq

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset covers individual events of organized violence, geo-coded down to the village level with temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is sourced from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program and is documented in the Journal of Peace Research and a UCDP codebook. It was last updated on the HDX platform in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling conflict intensity and spread based on georeferenced event locations.
• Analyzing temporal patterns of violence based on daily-duration events.
• Training predictive models for conflict risk based on fine-grained historical data.
• Conducting spatial analysis of organized violence at the village level.

Strengths

• Events are geo-coded down to the level of individual villages.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single, individual days.
• Dataset is described as UCDP's most disaggregated dataset.
• Documentation is cited from peer-reviewed academic publications.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to its focus on Iraq.

Provenance

Source

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from news reports, eyewitness accounts, and other conflict monitoring sources.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 03 14:25:13.626169; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Iraq