Data Export Tool

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Due to the size of the full dataset (see Technical Notices below for more information), users are advised to download data for specific time periods and/or geographic areas.

To download all available ACLED data for a specific time period, enter your login information, select a date range in the ‘from’ and ‘to’ boxes, and click ‘export.’ To download all available ACLED data for a specific region, country, or location enter your login information, select a ‘region,’ ‘country,’ or ‘location’ from the relevant drop-down menus, and click ‘export.’ Note: ‘country’ selection will override ‘region’ selection, and only data for the selected country or countries will be downloaded. ‘Location’ selection requires a ‘country’ selection, and will result in an export of only data for that specific subnational location.

To download data for specific event types, select the relevant event types from that category in the ‘event type’ or ‘sub-event type’ boxes and leave all other categories as they are. All data for the selected event type(s) will be exported.

To download data for a specific actor type or a specific actor, select the ‘actor type’ or ‘actor’ in the relevant boxes and leave all other categories as they are. All data for the selected actor or actor type(s) or actor will be exported.

By default, the data are exported in a format where each row represents a single event, on a specific day and location, and involving distinct actors. An ‘actor based’ file displays events by single actors instead, meaning that events are often repeated if two actors are involved. To determine which of the two file types to use, you should consider whether the data are being used to analyze patterns over time, types of violence, conflict between groups, or locations (which the default file type is best for), or to analyze actor types or specific actors. For the former, the default format should be used, while for the latter, the ‘actor based’ file should be used.

For systems that use semi-colon separated values by default, you may wish to use the ‘compatibility mode’ option.