Vatican City: Aggregated Political Violence and Demonstration Events

Aggregated counts of political violence, civilian-targeting, and demonstration events in Vatican City are provided in this weekly updated dataset from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). The records are organized by country-year and country-month intervals, with the latest update recorded in March 2026. It serves as a high-level summary of conflict activity within the microstate.

Use Cases

• Tracking the frequency of 'demonstration events' over multiple years
• Monitoring 'civilian-targeting' trends within specific 'country-month' periods
• Comparing 'political violence' counts against historical Vatican City stability metrics

Strengths

• Weekly update frequency
• Standardized ACLED event categorization
• Aggregated by country-month and country-year

Limitations

• Aggregated data lacks specific event-level narratives or actor names
• Extremely limited geographic scope likely results in sparse data or zero-value entries

Provenance

Source

Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)

Collection Method

Aggregated from primary conflict event reports

Time Range

Up to March 2026

Freshness

Updated weekly

Geography

Vatican City