UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset

The UCDP, Uppsala Conflict Data Program, contains information on a large number data on organised violence, armed violence, and peacemaking. There is information from 1946 up to today, and the datasets are updated continuously. The data can be downloaded for free. The UCDP Non-Sate Conflict Dataset is a conflict-year dataset with information of communal and organized armed conflict where none of the parties is the government of a state. The dataset has a temporal scope covering 1989-2013, and includes information on start and end dates, fatality estimates, and locations. The UCDP Non-State conflict project has been developed with support from the Human Security Report Project, Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver,Canada. Purpose: The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) collects information on a large number of aspects of armed violence since 1946. Cite as: Sundberg, Ralph, Kristine Eck and Joakim Kreutz, 2012, "Introducing the UCDP Non-State Conflict Dataset", Journal of Peace Research, March 2012, 49:351-362