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ACLED conflict event data

ACLED completed worldwide geographic expansion in 2022, while country start dates vary and the earliest listed coverage begins in January 1997. Events are coded in real time and published weekly, with corrections and supplemental data added later. API responses default to at most 5,000 events, so larger results need pagination.

Open acleddata.com
Signal Scoredraft model
79
Access
Account · free account and OAuth token
9
Licence clarity
Provider terms · terms linked
13
Evidence
6 source links checked
20
Freshness
verified 2026-11-01
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage · attribution
17

// Terms and limits

Access
free account and OAuth token
Free tier
Non-commercial use only. A free myACLED account provides API and export access for permitted non-commercial use. API calls return at most 5,000 events by default; use pagination for larger results.
Rate limits
Not stated
Licence
Provider termsterms
Licence note
Non-commercial use only. ACLED's EULA says "Commercial entities may not access or use the Content and/or Platforms without first obtaining a corporate license from the Licensor." and bars use of its content as "training data, embeddings, or knowledge-base input for any model or system" without ACLED's express prior written consent. Link to ACLED rather than mirroring its data.
Attribution
“ACLED as the source of the data must be clearly and prominently acknowledged.” Include the access date, filters and any manipulation or amendments.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-01

  1. 01acleddata.com/eula
  2. 02acleddata.com/contentusage
  3. 03acleddata.com/attributionpolicy
  4. 04acleddata.com/methodology/acled-codebook
  5. 05acleddata.com/knowledge-base/country-time-period-coverage/
  6. 06acleddata.com/api-documentation/getting-started

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osintevent-datageospatialhistorical-datarisk

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
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Reply · selected fields
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  "name": "ACLED conflict event data",
  "slug": "acled",
  "domain": "OSINT",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Freemium",
  "auth": "free account and OAuth token",
  "rateLimits": "Not stated",
  "license": "Provider terms",
  "licenseUrl": "https://acleddata.com/eula",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://acleddata.com/eula",
    "https://acleddata.com/contentusage",
    "https://acleddata.com/attributionpolicy",
    "https://acleddata.com/methodology/acled-codebook",
    "https://acleddata.com/knowledge-base/country-time-period-coverage/",
    "https://acleddata.com/api-documentation/getting-started"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "osint",
    "event-data",
    "geospatial",
    "historical-data",
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  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://acleddata.com/"
}

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