UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Database

Summary

The UCDP/PRIO [1] armed conflict database is an initiative of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). It collects, analyzes, and provides free access to over 17 variables and indicators by country and year from 1946 for internal and external armed conflicts "wjhere are at least one party is the government of a state in the time period." With its systematic collection and longevity of time series, the Armed Conflict Database is one of the most important in peace and conflict monitoring and research from academia to across the UN system. Additionally, UCDP/PRIO's new dissemination system allows users to download in Excel, R, and Stata, and the data is made available yearly.

The International Futures model uses the Armed Conflict Database for a number of series including a series that classifies conflict type (interstate, extra state, internal, and external conflict), and another that classifies intensity (minor, intermediate, and war). To pull data, please follow the instructions below.

Tables In IFs

Variable	Definition	Ext Source Def	Years	UsedInPreprocessor	UsedInPreprocessorFileName
SecConflictUppsType3	Internal conflict between govt and internal opposition group(s)-UCDP/PRIO	Type 3 conflict is defined as: Internal armed conflict occurs between the government of a state and one or more internal opposition group(s) with intervention from other states (secondary parties)	10/31/2012	0
SecConflictUppsType4	Internationalized internal conflict between govt and internal opposition group(s) -UCDP/PRIO	Type 4 conflict is defined as: Internationalized internal armed conflict occurs between the government of a state and one or more internal opposition group(s) with intervention from other states (secondary parties)	10/31/2012	0
SecConflictUppsTypes34Intensity	Intensity of internal conflict (0=none;1=25-999 deaths;2=1000+ deaths) -UCDP/PRIO		10/31/2012	0
SecConflictUppsTypes34Object	Object of internal conflict (0=none;1=regime;2=territory;3=both) -UCDP/PRIO		10/31/2012	0
SFUCDPConsolidatedEv	Consolidated event occurrence (1 = yes, 0 = no), conflict type 3=intrastate & 4=internationalized intrastate. Use start_date2 as the starting year when a conflict has a cumulative intensity of 2 (reaching 1000 dths)	Data is Binary 1 = event presence 0 = no event; Events of United States are manually removed	7/15/2024	1	STFAILURE

Data Pulling Instructions

Step 1.) Navigate to the home page of UCDP/PRIO [2],

Step 2.) In the left then middle of the page, click on the tab labeled "Download."

UCDP-PRIO's Homepage

Step 3.) Navigate to Yearly Datasets covering 1946-X Year, click on the hyperlink labeled "UCDP/PRIO Armed Conflict Dataset version X"

UCDP-PRIO's Datasets

THIS WILL SCROLL DOWN WHERE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE DATA

Step 4.) Download the data in your preferred format. Now you can format the data to upload it into IFs. To import data into IFs, please follow the instructions found in the Importing Data (general instructions) page