Suriname Conflict and Political Violence Events Aggregated by Month and Year

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides this weekly updated dataset tracking political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Suriname. The records are aggregated into country-year and country-month summaries to facilitate longitudinal analysis of conflict trends.

Use Cases

• Time-series forecasting of political violence using country-month aggregates
• Annual trend analysis of civilian-targeting events in Suriname
• Statistical correlation of demonstration frequency with national policy changes

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Data sourced from ACLED expert monitoring
• Categorizes events into specific types like civilian-targeting and demonstrations

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents granular spatial or tactical analysis
• Full event details require external registration and API access
• Unknown total record count

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

Suriname