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Bahrain

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

🟢 Calm

53.1 / 100

#105 of 206

Chance of a conflict escalation in Bahrain in November or December 2026: <0.1% · remote

Chance of a conflict escalation in Bahrain 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 Bahrain, or with Bahrain 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
<0.1% · remote
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

Population1.6M
CapitalManama
Area765 km²
GDP$49B (2025)
CurrencyBHD
LanguagesArabic
Armed forces19k (2020)
L1 Identity
n/a · identity, no pressure reading
L2 Economy
56.6
L3 Politics
69.75
L4 Events
36.6
L5 Information
61.47
L6 Society
47.33

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 73.6 (1946-1949); lowest 41.9 (2000s).

Details

Recorded events 8 · Country record

  • 2022election
  • 2018election
  • 2014election
  • 15 Mar 2011state of emergency
  • 2010election
  • 2006election
  • 1 Jan 1996capital controls
  • 1972election

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.

Bahrain · historical scale through 2025
YearMapped historical scoreHistorical bandRecord
194678.3Strainarchive reading
194778.3Strainarchive reading
194878.3Strainarchive reading
194959.5Watcharchive reading
195059.7Watcharchive reading
195159.5Watcharchive reading
195259.5Watcharchive reading
195359.5Watcharchive reading
195459.5Watcharchive reading
195559.5Watcharchive reading
195659.5Watcharchive reading
195759.5Watcharchive reading
195859.7Watcharchive reading
195959.5Watcharchive reading
196059.9Watcharchive reading
196159.7Watcharchive reading
196259.9Watcharchive reading
196359.5Watcharchive reading
196459.5Watcharchive reading
196559.5Watcharchive reading
196659.5Watcharchive reading
196759.5Watcharchive reading
196859.5Watcharchive reading
196959.5Watcharchive reading
197048.9Calmarchive reading
197158.0Watcharchive reading
197257.0Watcharchive reading
197358.0Watcharchive reading
197459.9Watcharchive reading
197572.0Strainarchive reading
197663.1Watcharchive reading
197761.6Watcharchive reading
197859.9Watcharchive reading
197956.8Watcharchive reading
198056.6Watcharchive reading
198167.5Strainarchive reading
198267.2Strainarchive reading
198355.7Watcharchive reading
198455.6Watcharchive reading
198566.1Strainarchive reading
198655.3Watcharchive reading
198755.1Watcharchive reading
198854.7Calmarchive reading
198953.5Calmarchive reading
199053.1Calmarchive reading
199152.5Calmarchive reading
199252.0Calmarchive reading
199351.4Calmarchive reading
199464.4Watcharchive reading
199541.0Calmarchive reading
199656.8Watcharchive reading
199763.3Watcharchive reading
199863.2Watcharchive reading
199956.5Watcharchive reading
200038.0Calmarchive reading
200135.8Calmarchive reading
200235.5Calmarchive reading
200341.7Calmarchive reading
200441.6Calmarchive reading
200542.1Calmarchive reading
200641.9Calmarchive reading
200755.4Watcharchive reading
200843.6Calmarchive reading
200943.5Calmarchive reading
201058.9Watcharchive reading
201158.8Watcharchive reading
201260.2Watcharchive reading
201368.8Strainarchive reading
201465.2Strainarchive reading
201561.5Watcharchive reading
201660.3Watcharchive reading
201761.9Watcharchive reading
201859.0Watcharchive reading
201955.5Watcharchive reading
202060.7Watcharchive reading
202153.1Calmarchive reading
202253.1Calmarchive reading
202353.1Calmarchive reading
202453.1Calmarchive reading
202553.1Calmarchive reading
Bahrain · 2026 snapshot, frozen 10 July 2026
Snapshot yearScore on the separate 2026 scaleIndependent archived crisis categoryRecord
202653.1Calmarchive reading

Years like now

3 similar years · Closest: Japan, 1961

Details

JPN, 1961

Published archive distance 0.128. This similarity is not a forecast.

MLT, 1973

Published archive distance 0.1292. This similarity is not a forecast.

ITA, 1958

Published archive distance 0.1305. This similarity is not a forecast.

Last cycles

Last change: 17 Oct 2026, 1 field.

Details
Country change history for Bahrain
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: 3 · 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 20262026-08-145Identity: 0 · Economy: 1 · Politics: 0 · Events: 2 · 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 Events42%
L5 Information73%
L6 Society52%

Source: Hendeka record audit, snapshot 28 Oct 2026

Phase 1Confidence 60.3

Bahrain in this snapshot

Bahrain (BHR) records Calm pressure at 53.1 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 60.3.

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; 81 archive readings. Identity is descriptive; absent readings are named beside each layer.

Bahrain has pressure score 53.1/100 in Calm. 104 of 206 public Atlas entries have a higher score; 1 share this score. Its competition rank is 105. This is the published snapshot, not the mapped historical scale.

Adjacent entries in score-descending order (ties by case-folded name, then ISO3): Tuvalu (TUV), 54/100, higher by 0.9; Comoros (COM), 52.3/100, lower by 0.8.

Bahrain's highest decade mean is recorded in 1946-1949 (4 readings, mean 73.6). The lowest is 2000-2009 (10 readings, mean 41.9). Calendar decades use available years only; edge decades are partial. These means are calculated from published mapped scores, not the latest pressure scores.

Bahrain: published archive aggregates by calendar decade
Observed yearsReadingsMeanMinimumMaximumAt or above 80
1946-1949473.659.578.30
1950-19591059.559.559.70
1960-19691059.659.559.90
1970-19791059.548.9720
1980-19891058.753.567.50
1990-19991055.44164.40
2000-20091041.935.555.40
2010-2019106155.568.80
2020-2025654.453.160.70

Across 80 annual readings (1946-2025), Bahrain's mapped-score peak is 78.3 in 1946-1948; the minimum is 35.5 in 2002.

Bahrain is at or above the historical threshold 55 in 58 of 80 readings: 1946-1969, 1971-1987, 1994, 1996-1999, 2007, 2010-2020. The remaining 22 are below 55.

Bahrain is at or above the historical threshold 65 in 9 of 80 readings: 1946-1948, 1975, 1981-1982, 1985, 2013-2014. The remaining 71 are below 65.

Bahrain never reaches the historical threshold 80 in the 80 published annual readings.

The latest observed annual historical-band change for Bahrain is 2020 to 2021: Watch (60.7) to Calm (53.1). This compares annual historical readings; it does not describe a change between published country snapshots.

Bahrain 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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