The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) has recorded ongoing violent conflicts since the 1970s. The data provided is one of the most accurate and well-used data-sources on global armed conflicts and its definition of armed conflict is becoming a standard in how conflicts are systematically defined and studied.
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UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset v.5-2011, 1989-2010
Content: a conflict-year and dyad-year dataset with information on the number of battle-related deaths in the conflicts from 1989-2010 that appear in the UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset. The most recent version is version 5.0.
Latest presentation of the data: Sundberg, Ralph. 2008. "Collective Violence 2002 - 2007: Global and Regional Trends." In Harbom, Lotta and Ralph Sundberg (eds.). States in Armed Conflict 2007. Uppsala: Universitetstryckeriet.
Using the data: When using the data, please cite the "UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset v.5-2011, Uppsala Conflict Data Program, www.ucdp.uu.se, Uppsala University", and, when applicable, the UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset Codebook.
Latest update: 2 August 2011
Older versions
UCDP Battle-related deaths dataset v5-2010, 1989-2008
UCDP Battle-related deaths dataset v5 2002-2007
UCDP Battle-Deaths Dataset v.4.1, 2002-2005
Latest update: 1 December 2006
UCDP Battle-Deaths Dataset 2002-2003
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Latest News
New UCDP GED YouTube-video!
A short video of organized violence in 1989-2010, over time and space. A derivative of the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset (out now!)
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Major UCDP data release
On 8 December, 2011, the UCDP released its latest addition to its vast number of datasets; the UCDP GED version 1.0-2011. The UCDP GED is an event-based and georeferenced dataset on organized violence, detailing all of the UCDP’s categories of violence (state-based conflict, non-state conflict and one-sided violence) in Africa between 1989 and 2010 at the level of the individual event of violence.
Also on 8 December, 2011, the UCDP released new data on external support in internal armed conflicts for the time period 1975-2009.
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The Arab Spring in the UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia
The events of the Arab Spring will shortly be added in the UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia. Click on the links below for a background note on the Arab Spring and a timeline including events until late December 2011.
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