Sint Maarten: Political Violence and Demonstration Event Aggregates

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides weekly aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Sint Maarten. The data is organized into country-year and country-month summary files to track conflict trends over time. These records are updated weekly to reflect the most recent reported incidents.

Use Cases

• Analyzing annual trends in political violence using country-year aggregate counts
• Monitoring monthly fluctuations in demonstration frequency
• Assessing civilian risk levels through civilian-targeting event totals

Strengths

• Expert-curated by ACLED
• Weekly update frequency
• Categorized by specific event types including civilian-targeting and demonstrations

Limitations

• Aggregated format lacks specific incident-level coordinates or descriptions
• Requires external registration on the ACLED website for full raw data access
• Small geographic scope limited to Sint Maarten

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Expert-coded from media reports and secondary sources

Time Range

Up to March 2026

Freshness

Updated weekly as of March 2026.

Geography

Sint Maarten