Tonga Conflict and Demonstration Events Aggregated by Month and Year

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides weekly aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Tonga. The data is structured into country-year and country-month summaries, with the latest update occurring in March 2026. It serves as a high-level monitoring tool for political instability and civil unrest within the country.

Use Cases

• Analyzing temporal trends in political violence using country-month event counts
• Comparing annual demonstration frequency via country-year aggregations
• Monitoring the frequency of civilian-targeting incidents over time in the Tongan context

Strengths

• Produced by ACLED, a specialized authority in conflict event monitoring
• Weekly update frequency ensures current trend monitoring
• Categorizes events into specific types like civilian-targeting and demonstrations

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents geospatial mapping of specific incidents
• Requires external registration on the ACLED website for access to full event-level data
• Small geographic scope limited strictly to Tonga

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from ACLED's primary event monitoring and reporting system

Freshness

Updated weekly.

Geography

Tonga