Switzerland Conflict Events: Weekly Aggregates of Political Violence

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) maintains this weekly record of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration event counts in Switzerland. Data is provided as XLSX files aggregated by country-year and country-month intervals.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in Swiss political violence using country-month event counts
• Comparing annual demonstration frequency via country-year aggregates
• Monitoring civilian-targeting incidents for regional risk assessment

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• ACLED-standardized event categories
• Aggregated by country-year and country-month for longitudinal study

Limitations

• Lacks granular event-level data such as specific coordinates or dates
• Requires external registration for full event details
• Geographically restricted to Switzerland

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from primary conflict monitoring reports

Freshness

Updated weekly

Geography

Switzerland