Correction to: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01559-4, published online 25 February 2023.

During the typesetting process an incorrect competing interests statement was introduced into the paper by the publishing staff, despite the authors having provided a full statement in their final accepted draft. The authors’ correct statement has now been corrected. It reads as follows:

Competing interests

The authors declare that they created one of the datasets under consideration. They note that ACLED is a 501c(3) designated non-profit NGO. None of the authors profit from this or other articles concerning data comparisons.