United Arab Emirates: Aggregated Political Violence and Demonstration Events

ACLED provides weekly aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events within the United Arab Emirates. The data is structured into country-year and country-month summaries, with the most recent update recorded in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Trend analysis of civilian-targeting events using monthly aggregate counts
• Year-over-year comparison of political violence frequency in the UAE
• Monitoring fluctuations in demonstration activity levels

Strengths

• Expert-curated data from ACLED
• Weekly update frequency
• Categorizes events into three specific types: political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstrations

Limitations

• Aggregated format prevents spatial analysis below the country level
• Requires registration on ACLED website for granular incident-level data
• Limited geographic scope to the United Arab Emirates

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Expert annotation and aggregation of reported conflict events

Time Range

Up to March 2026

Freshness

Weekly updates

Geography

United Arab Emirates