Peru Conflict Events: Weekly Aggregated Political Violence and Demonstrations

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides weekly aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Peru. The data is organized into country-year and country-month summaries to track conflict intensity over time. This dataset is updated on a weekly basis to reflect ongoing developments.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in political violence counts to identify periods of instability in Peru
• Comparing civilian-targeting frequencies against demonstration counts to assess the nature of civil unrest
• Time-series forecasting of conflict levels using country-month aggregations

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Categorized by specific event types like civilian-targeting
• Standardized ACLED methodology

Limitations

• Aggregated data lacks granular event-level details
• Full dataset access requires external registration on the ACLED website

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from ACLED's primary event-based conflict monitoring

Freshness

Updated weekly as of March 2026.

Geography

Peru