Welcome to the UN Peacekeeping Personnel Data Project.
The goal of this data project is to provide scholars with fine-grained data on the composition of United Nations peacekeeping missions. The data published here records information on the type and number of peacekeeping personnel deployed to all UN missions in the post-Cold War era.
The data come in two formats, each meant to allow scholars to answer different research questions on peacekeeping processes. First, the Mission Personnel Data (i.e. the aggregated data) is recorded at the mission-month unit of analysis and includes data on the number of UN troops, police, and military observers deployed to all UN missions. Data are taken from the UN's own monthly mission personnel summaries.
Second, the Mission Contributor Personnel Data (i.e. the disaggregated data) is recorded at the mission-contributor-month unit of analysis. These data are take from the same monthly UN peacekeeping summary reports but for which each individual UN member state's contribution to each mission is recorded according to each of the three personnel types mentioned above.
In the menu above, you will find links to both versions of the data.
The data was first introduced in an article published in Conflict Management and Peace Science. The article serves as the data's codebook, as it describes both formats of the data, including coding rules and compatibility with other commonly used peace and conflict datasets.
The original data spanned 1990 to 2011 and can be found on Jake Kathman's Research Page. The most recent update, linked in the menu above, pushes the data forward through 2019 for the Mission Personnel Data and 2018 for the Mission Contributor Personnel Data. Future updates will occur regularly, as data is made available by the UN.
Please use the following to cite the data: Kathman, Jacob D. "United Nations Peacekeeping Personnel Commitments, 1990-2011." 2013. Conflict Management and Peace Science 30(5): 532-549.
If you have any questions about the data or note any errors to be corrected, please contact Jake Kathman using the "Contact" link in the menu above.
The goal of this data project is to provide scholars with fine-grained data on the composition of United Nations peacekeeping missions. The data published here records information on the type and number of peacekeeping personnel deployed to all UN missions in the post-Cold War era.
The data come in two formats, each meant to allow scholars to answer different research questions on peacekeeping processes. First, the Mission Personnel Data (i.e. the aggregated data) is recorded at the mission-month unit of analysis and includes data on the number of UN troops, police, and military observers deployed to all UN missions. Data are taken from the UN's own monthly mission personnel summaries.
Second, the Mission Contributor Personnel Data (i.e. the disaggregated data) is recorded at the mission-contributor-month unit of analysis. These data are take from the same monthly UN peacekeeping summary reports but for which each individual UN member state's contribution to each mission is recorded according to each of the three personnel types mentioned above.
In the menu above, you will find links to both versions of the data.
The data was first introduced in an article published in Conflict Management and Peace Science. The article serves as the data's codebook, as it describes both formats of the data, including coding rules and compatibility with other commonly used peace and conflict datasets.
The original data spanned 1990 to 2011 and can be found on Jake Kathman's Research Page. The most recent update, linked in the menu above, pushes the data forward through 2019 for the Mission Personnel Data and 2018 for the Mission Contributor Personnel Data. Future updates will occur regularly, as data is made available by the UN.
Please use the following to cite the data: Kathman, Jacob D. "United Nations Peacekeeping Personnel Commitments, 1990-2011." 2013. Conflict Management and Peace Science 30(5): 532-549.
If you have any questions about the data or note any errors to be corrected, please contact Jake Kathman using the "Contact" link in the menu above.