UCDP Georeferenced Event Data for Trinidad and Tobago

UCDP's most disaggregated dataset on organized violence, with events geo-coded to individual villages and temporal durations to single days. The dataset is based on research from Uppsala University and published under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license. It was last updated on 2026-04-03.

Use Cases

• Predict conflict escalation patterns based on georeferenced event data.
• Analyze temporal clustering of violence based on daily-level event disaggregation.
• Map conflict hotspots at the village level based on geo-coding detail.
• Study organized violence dynamics in Trinidad and Tobago based on the dataset's geographic focus.

Strengths

• Events are geo-coded down to the level of individual villages.
• Temporal durations are disaggregated to single, individual days.
• Dataset is UCDP's most disaggregated dataset for conflict events.
• Based on peer-reviewed research published in the Journal of Peace Research.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Uppsala University Department of Peace and Conflict Research (UCDP).

Collection Method

Data collection methodology described in the UCDP GED Codebook and related journal publications.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-03 14:26:54.992180; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Trinidad and Tobago.