Spain Political Violence and Demonstration Counts by Month and Year

A source of weekly aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Spain, curated by the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). The data is organized into country-year and country-month summaries to track conflict trends over time. It serves as a high-level monitoring tool for political instability and civil unrest within the country.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the monthly frequency of civilian-targeting events in Spain
• Comparing annual trends of political violence versus peaceful demonstrations
• Forecasting future conflict levels based on historical country-month aggregates

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Categorized into three distinct event types
• Sourced from ACLED expert monitoring

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents spatial analysis below the national level
• Full event-level data requires external registration and API access
• Limited feature set restricted to event counts and time periods

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Expert-led monitoring and aggregation of conflict reports

Freshness

Updated weekly as of March 2026.

Geography

Spain