Data Page

The Integrated Network for Societal Conflict Research (INSCR) was established to coordinate and integrate information resources produced and used by the Center for Systemic Peace. The following data resources were prepared by researchers associated with the Center for Systemic Peace and are generated and/or compiled using open source information. These resources are made available as a service to the research community. All CSP/INSCR data resources have been cross-checked with other data resources to ensure, as far as possible, that the information recorded is accurate, reliable, and comprehensive.

All resources listed on this page are copyrighted by the Center for Systemic Peace. Use of any of these resources in published work must provide proper citation. Reproduction or redistribution of these resources, or substantial portions thereof, is prohibited without prior, written permission from the Center for Systemic Peace; contact information is provided on the CSP Contact Page. The INSCR data resources cover all independent countries with a total population of 500,000 persons in the most recent year (167 countries in 2021). Most of the CSP data resources are considered living data resources, that is, they are updated and revised on an annual cycle and re-examined whenever new sources of information become available. Some of the data resources may be embargoed for a short period of time before the most recent version is released to the public. Researchers with an immediate interest in the most recent update of an embargoed resource should contact CSP directly. New information resources are under development; please check the Research and Development Page (under Analysis in the tool bar, above) for more information on these projects.

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), World Refugee Survey series, annual, cross-national, time-series data: numbers of "source" and "host" refugees and internally displaced persons (time-series and country data formats; PDF codebook). Data on internally displaced persons is (since 2006) provided separately by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC).

Forcibly Displaced Populations, 1964-2008

Center for Systemic Peace, Major Episodes of Political Violence, 1946-2018 (War List), Annual Set lists annual, cross-national, time-series data on interstate, societal, and communal warfare magnitude scores (independence, interstate, ethnic, and civil; violence and warfare) for all countries; Full Set (1946-2012) includes both country data and scores for neighboring countries and regional context for all independent countries (does not include independence wars).

Center for Systemic Peace, High Casualty Terrorist Bombings (HCTB), September 11, 1989-September 10, 2021, case list of bomb attacks on non-combatant (civilian and political) targets by non-state actors resulting in 15 or more deaths (1409 cases).

Center for System Peace, Memberships in Conventional Intergovernmental Organiza-tions (CIO), country data coded every fifth year, 1952-1997, denotes individual country membership in a) federations of intergovernment organizations (1); b) universal membership organ-izations (39); c) inter-continental membership organizations (52); and d) regionally-defined membership organizations (288) (SPSS and Excel data; PDF codebook)

Polity5 Project, Political Regime Characteristics and Transitions, 1800-2018, annual, cross-national, time-series and polity-case formats coding democratic and autocratic "patterns of authority" and regime changes in all independent countries with total population greater than 500,000 in 2018 (167 countries in 2018) (SPSS and Excel data; PDF codebook) Click here for changes made for 2018 annual data update (Excel file). Polity5 refined data covers mainly the period, 1946-2018; data for years 1800-1945 are Polity IV values.

Center for Systemic Peace, Coups d'Etat, 1946-2021, event list includes successful, attempted, plotted, and alleged coup events reported in Keesings Record of World Events (Keesings Online) and other sources; successful coups are cross-referenced to the Polity IV data series to distinguish "adverse regime changes" from "autocratic coups"; also listed in the codebook are cases of leadership change that are not considered coups: assassinations, ousters by foreign forces, victory by rebel forces, forced resignations of executives, and presidential coups. (Excel coup list and Excel time-series; PDF codebook).

State Fragility Index and Matrix 2018. This document provides the State Fragility Indices and the eight component indicators for the most recent year available for 167 countries with populations greater than 500,000 in 2018. It also includes detailed technical notes describing each of the indicators and indices in the matrix and the information sources used. The year 2016 State Fragility Matrix is featured in Global Report 2017. A copy of Global Report 2017 is available below on the left and at the top of this page.

State Fragility Index and Matrix, 1995-2018, provides annual state fragility, effectiveness, and legitimacy indices and the eight component indicators for the world's 167 countries with populations greater than 500,000 in 2018 (SPSS and Excel data files). Technical information on the sources and construction of the indices and indicators is provided with the State Fragility Matrix 2018 (above) and in Global Report 2017 (link on left).

Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, National Crime Records Bureau, Crime in India annual series, 1954-2006, compiles country, state, and district (beginning in 1971) figures on annual numbers of riots, murders, and dacoity events (also, cases of arson beginning in 1996); includes annual state numbers of civil and armed police and area and population figures (SPSS and Excel data; PDF codebook).

Center for Systemic Peace, India Sub-National Problem Set, 1960-2004, compiles events data drawn from representative news accounts of violent conflicts in India to identify and delineate spatial, temporal, and intensity parameters of societal conflict processes (Excel data; PDF codebook).