Luxembourg: Political Violence and Demonstration Event Aggregates

Weekly counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Luxembourg are provided by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). These records are structured as country-year and country-month aggregates to track longitudinal trends in civil unrest.

Use Cases

• Analyze monthly trends in demonstration events to identify periods of high civil unrest
• Compare annual counts of civilian-targeting events against historical political shifts
• Correlate political violence event totals with national policy changes or economic indicators

Strengths

• Expert-curated by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
• Weekly update frequency ensures data reflects recent developments
• Standardized categorization of events into political violence and demonstrations

Limitations

• Aggregated format lacks specific geographic coordinates for individual events
• Luxembourg's low-conflict profile likely results in many zero-value records
• Access to granular event descriptions requires external registration on the ACLED website

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Expert-led monitoring and aggregation of reported political and conflict events.

Freshness

Updated on a weekly basis.

Geography

Luxembourg