Netherlands Conflict Events: Aggregated Weekly Political Violence and Demonstrations

Aggregated weekly counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in the Netherlands are provided by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). The data is organized into country-year and country-month summaries and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in political violence over time using country-year aggregates
• Monitoring monthly fluctuations in demonstration frequency in the Netherlands
• Correlating civilian-targeting event counts with national policy changes

Strengths

• Aggregated by country-year and country-month for longitudinal analysis
• Produced by ACLED, a specialized conflict monitoring organization
• Categorizes events into specific types such as civilian-targeting and demonstrations

Limitations

• Does not contain granular event-level details such as coordinates or specific actors
• Requires external registration for full raw data access

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from ACLED's primary conflict event monitoring

Freshness

Weekly updates

Geography

Netherlands