UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset: Jamaica Conflict Events

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset covers individual events of organized violence in Jamaica. Events are geo-coded to the village level and have temporal durations disaggregated to single days. The dataset is based on research from Uppsala University and is licensed under CC-BY-3.0-IGO.

Use Cases

• Predict conflict hotspots based on georeferenced event locations.
• Analyze temporal patterns of organized violence based on daily event disaggregation.
• Train models for event classification using features of lethal violence.
• Conduct spatial analysis of conflict dynamics 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 based on peer-reviewed research published in the Journal of Peace Research.

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 and temporal bias inherent to the source.

Provenance

Source

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

Collection Method

Data collection and coding of individual events of organized violence, as described in the UCDP GED Codebook.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:25:19.722230; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jamaica