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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan has a Calm pressure reading, in the middle half.

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54 / 100

#91 of 206

Chance of a conflict escalation in Azerbaijan in November or December 2026: 3.7% · unlikely

Chance of a conflict escalation in Azerbaijan in November or December 2026

Government attribution notice published 26 October 2026

What counts
In November or December 2026, organised violence on the territory of Azerbaijan, or with Azerbaijan as an active party, must cause at least 25 battle-related deaths in a calendar month and at least twice the monthly average of the preceding three months. A conflict continuing at a steady high intensity does not meet this escalation threshold.
Months measured
the whole of November 2026 and the whole of December 2026.
Decided by
UCDP Candidate Events data (Uppsala Conflict Data Program), best estimate of battle-related deaths, monthly release. The question will be resolved by 5 Feb 2027 if the required UCDP data are available.
Resolution convention
For records spanning calendar months, deaths are allocated in proportion to inclusive calendar days. Events not assigned to a territory under the frozen UCDP place table are excluded from both the target month's total and the average of its preceding three months. Active party means the country's government is coded as a side by UCDP. Certain active-party attribution is retained, and each event is counted once per country.
Published
25 Oct 2026
Our estimate
3.7% · unlikely
If data are unavailable
If the required UCDP data are unavailable by 5 Feb 2027, the question is recorded as Unresolved.

Earlier issues in the forecast record

22 Oct 2026 · October or November 2026

24 Oct 2026 · November or December 2026

Population10.2M
CapitalBaku
Area86.6k km²
GDP$75.9B (2025)
CurrencyAZN
LanguagesAzerbaijani, Russian
Armed forces82k (2020)
L1 Identity
n/a · identity, no pressure reading
L2 Economy
50
L3 Politics
74
L4 Events
19.4
L5 Information
67.08
L6 Society
43.33

Layer readings: method v1.1, from each layer's documented record, same 0-100 scale as country score. Snapshot 28 Oct 2026.

Since 1946

Highest decade mean 84 (1990s); lowest 59.2 (2010s).

Details

Recorded events 58 · Country record

  • 2024election
  • Sep 2023conflict escalation
  • Sep 2022conflict escalation
  • 27 Sep 2020state of emergency
  • Sep 2020conflict escalation
  • 2020sovereign stress
  • 2018election
  • Apr 2016conflict escalation
  • 2016currency stress
  • 2015currency stress
  • 2013election
  • 1 Jan 2009capital controls
Show all 58
  • 2008election
  • 13 Nov 2005street pressure
  • 27 Aug 2005street pressure
  • 1 Jan 2004capital controls
  • 2004sovereign stress
  • 12 Oct 2003street pressure
  • 9 Aug 2003street pressure
  • 18 May 2003street pressure
  • 13 Apr 2003street pressure
  • 2003election
  • 5 Oct 2002street pressure
  • 14 Sep 2002street pressure
  • 1 Jul 2001external support
  • 19 Nov 2000street pressure
  • 29 Sep 1998street pressure
  • 15 Aug 1998street pressure
  • 1998election
  • 1 Dec 1996external support
  • 1996currency stress
  • 1996election
  • 1 Nov 1995external support
  • Mar 1995conflict escalation
  • 1995currency stress
  • 1995election
  • Jan 1994conflict escalation
  • 1994currency stress
  • 1994sovereign stress
  • Dec 1993conflict escalation
  • Jul 1993conflict escalation
  • 18 Jun 1993leadership break
  • Jun 1993conflict escalation
  • 7 Mar 1993street pressure
  • Feb 1993conflict escalation
  • 1993currency stress
  • 1993election
  • 18 May 1992leadership break
  • 15 May 1992street pressure
  • Feb 1992conflict escalation
  • Jan 1992conflict escalation
  • 1992currency stress
  • 1992election
  • 24 Nov 1991street pressure
  • 26 Oct 1991street pressure
  • 1991currency stress
  • 1991election
  • 1990election

public country snapshot archive, frozen 10 July 2026. The chart shows mapped historical scores through 2025, with bands at 55, 65 and 80. The 2026 snapshot uses a separate score scale. Its archived crisis category is independent of that number. No numerical change from 2025 to 2026 is implied.

Azerbaijan · historical scale through 2025
YearMapped historical scoreHistorical bandRecord
197382.3Crisisarchive reading
198081.9Crisisarchive reading
198179.8Strainarchive reading
198278.3Strainarchive reading
198377.3Strainarchive reading
198475.4Strainarchive reading
198574.5Strainarchive reading
198674.0Strainarchive reading
198772.3Strainarchive reading
198870.7Strainarchive reading
198961.3Watcharchive reading
199084.7Crisisarchive reading
199185.9Crisisarchive reading
199295.0Crisisarchive reading
199395.0Crisisarchive reading
199495.0Crisisarchive reading
199595.0Crisisarchive reading
199671.4Strainarchive reading
199782.2Crisisarchive reading
199873.8Strainarchive reading
199962.3Watcharchive reading
200059.8Watcharchive reading
200158.4Watcharchive reading
200269.7Strainarchive reading
200366.1Strainarchive reading
200465.0Strainarchive reading
200573.0Strainarchive reading
200656.1Watcharchive reading
200754.7Calmarchive reading
200864.9Watcharchive reading
200953.8Calmarchive reading
201048.6Calmarchive reading
201162.1Watcharchive reading
201264.9Watcharchive reading
201348.4Calmarchive reading
201462.8Watcharchive reading
201562.8Watcharchive reading
201674.7Strainarchive reading
201764.9Watcharchive reading
201855.2Watcharchive reading
201947.5Calmarchive reading
202092.9Crisisarchive reading
202162.7Watcharchive reading
202264.3Watcharchive reading
202363.9Watcharchive reading
202455.7Watcharchive reading
202555.5Watcharchive reading
Azerbaijan · 2026 snapshot, frozen 10 July 2026
Snapshot yearScore on the separate 2026 scaleIndependent archived crisis categoryRecord
202654.0Calmarchive reading

Years like now

3 similar years · Closest: Bhutan, 2011

Details

BTN, 2011

Published archive distance 0.3069. This similarity is not a forecast.

LBN, 2012

Published archive distance 0.3379. This similarity is not a forecast.

CYP, 1980

Published archive distance 0.3388. This similarity is not a forecast.

Last cycles

Last change: 17 Oct 2026, 1 field.

Details
Country change history for Azerbaijan
CycleDateFields changedLayer distance from baselineRecord
date unavailable2026-10-280Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Original public record
17 Oct 20262026-10-171Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Original public record
6 Oct 20262026-10-063Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 2 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Original public record
25 Sep 20262026-09-250Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Original public record
14 Sep 20262026-09-140Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Original public record
4 Sep 20262026-09-040Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Original public record
27 Aug 20262026-08-271Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Reconstructed from archived cycle files
14 Aug 20262026-08-144Identity: 0 · Economy: 1 · Politics: 0 · Events: 1 · Information: 1 · Society: 1Reconstructed from archived cycle files
2 Aug 20262026-08-020Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Reconstructed from archived cycle files
29 Jul 20262026-07-29T13:40:26Z3Identity: 0 · Economy: 2 · Politics: 0 · Events: 1 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Reconstructed from archived cycle files
10 Jul 20262026-07-10T00:30:00Z0Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Original public record
🟢 Calm <55🟡 Watch 55-<65🟠 Strain 65-<80🔴 Crisis 80-100

Snapshot 28 Oct 2026 · Public country snapshot · Data notices

Technical detail

Field sources carry their own dates (shown in each detail).

Record support

How well documented each layer of this country's record is (share of confirmed and sourced fields). Not a pressure reading.

L1 Identity60%
L2 Economy49%
L3 Politics89%
L4 Events48%
L5 Information73%
L6 Society70%

Source: Hendeka record audit, snapshot 28 Oct 2026

Phase 1Confidence 64.3

Azerbaijan in this snapshot

Azerbaijan (AZE) records Calm pressure at 54.0 of 100 and touches 0 mapped pressure points.

The recorded country pattern is stable; its numbered pressure band is 1. The source confidence score is 64.3.

Snapshot 28 Oct 2026. Dataset published 2026-11-05T08:17:49Z. Source: public country snapshot public country index.

5 public layer readings; 0 mapped pressure points in this dated snapshot; 11 country change records; 48 archive readings. Identity is descriptive; absent readings are named beside each layer.

Azerbaijan has pressure score 54/100 in Calm. 90 of 206 public Atlas entries have a higher score; 14 share this score. Its competition rank is 91. This is the published snapshot, not the mapped historical scale.

Adjacent entries in score-descending order (ties by case-folded name, then ISO3): Tunisia (TUN), 55/100, higher by 1; Belarus (BLR), 54/100, tied.

Azerbaijan's highest decade mean is recorded in 1990-1999 (10 readings, mean 84). The lowest is 2010-2019 (10 readings, mean 59.2). Calendar decades use available years only; edge decades are partial. These means are calculated from published mapped scores, not the latest pressure scores.

Azerbaijan: published archive aggregates by calendar decade
Observed yearsReadingsMeanMinimumMaximumAt or above 80
1973-1973182.382.382.31
1980-19891074.561.381.91
1990-1999108462.3957
2000-20091062.153.8730
2010-20191059.247.574.70
2020-2025665.855.592.91

Across 47 annual readings (1973-2025), Azerbaijan's mapped-score peak is 95 in 1992-1995; the minimum is 47.5 in 2019.

Azerbaijan is at or above the historical threshold 55 in 42 of 47 readings: 1973, 1980-2006, 2008, 2011-2012, 2014-2018, 2020-2025. The remaining 5 are below 55.

Azerbaijan is at or above the historical threshold 65 in 25 of 47 readings: 1973, 1980-1988, 1990-1998, 2002-2005, 2016, 2020. The remaining 22 are below 65.

Azerbaijan is at or above the historical threshold 80 in 10 of 47 readings: 1973, 1980, 1990-1995, 1997, 2020. The remaining 37 are below 80.

The latest observed annual historical-band change for Azerbaijan is 2020 to 2021: Crisis (92.9) to Watch (62.7). This compares annual historical readings; it does not describe a change between published country snapshots.

Azerbaijan records no changed fields against the previous measured cycle at date unavailable (2026-10-28); previous cycle: 17 Oct 2026. Layer counts are distances from baseline, not cycle-change components.

Pressure point readings and their own snapshot date are shown in Pressure points.

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