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Cross-National Time-Series (CNTS) Data Archive
SCELC is pleased to feature The Cross-National Time-Series Data Archive to both new and current subscribers. The archive is a data set comprised of 200 years of annual data from 1815 onwards for over 200 countries. Its 196 variables are used by academia, government, finance and media.
Unique to this archive are the Domestic Conflict Event variables and the corresponding live links to the source articles for each event. The 2015 Edition of the CNTS Data Archive contains over 1.7 million data points including Domestic Conflict, Political, Legislative and Economic variables.
Existing subscribers are eligible to renew this resource through SCELC.
The Cross-National Time-Series (CNTS) Data Archive contains 200 years of data, from 1815 for every country. Its 196 variables are of interest to social scientists, economists, historians, government, business and media. Of special interest, however are the unique Domestic Conflict Event variables: Anti-Government Demonstrations, Assassinations, General Strikes, Guerrilla Warfare, Major Government Crises, Revolutions, Riots and Purges.
The Domestic Conflict Event variables along with Population and Area variables are updated yearly, as are the World Bank codes and any errors found in prior year data. The Legislative and Political variables are updated about every other year. Other categories of variables are updated every few years. The Coverage File on our website shows what data for what years, variables and countries the Archive contains. Definitions of the variables can also be found on our website.
An optional add-on to the Archive are LINKS, which consist of live links to source articles for each Domestic Conflict Event counted in the Archive from 2011 forward.