United States Minor Outlying Islands: Political Violence and Conflict Aggregates

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) provides weekly aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events for the United States Minor Outlying Islands. The records are organized into country-year and country-month summaries, with the most recent update occurring in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing trends in political violence counts across different years
• Comparing civilian-targeting event frequencies on a monthly basis
• Monitoring demonstration event volumes to identify periods of high social unrest

Strengths

• Standardized ACLED methodology for event categorization
• Weekly update frequency ensures data reflects recent developments
• Aggregated by country-year and country-month for high-level trend analysis

Limitations

• Aggregated format lacks granular event-level coordinates or specific incident dates
• Requires external registration on the ACLED website for full event-level data access
• Geographic scope is limited to the United States Minor Outlying Islands

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from primary event reports.

Freshness

Updated weekly.

Geography

United States Minor Outlying Islands