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Djibouti

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

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51 / 100

#108 of 206

Chance of a conflict escalation in Djibouti in November or December 2026: 1.2% · unlikely

Chance of a conflict escalation in Djibouti 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 Djibouti, or with Djibouti 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
1.2% · 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

Population1.2M
CapitalDjibouti
Area23.2k km²
GDP$4.6B (2025)
CurrencyDJF
LanguagesArabic, French
Armed forces13k (2020)
L1 Identity
n/a · identity, no pressure reading
L2 Economy
62.5
L3 Politics
69.25
L4 Events
20.6
L5 Information
64.81
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 88 (1946-1949); lowest 67 (2020-2025).

Details

Recorded events 16 · Country record

  • 2021election
  • 2016election
  • 2011election
  • 1 Sep 2008external support
  • 2005election
  • 1 Oct 1999external support
  • 1999election
  • 1 Apr 1996external support
  • Mar 1994conflict escalation
  • 1993election
  • 1988sovereign stress
  • 1987election
Show all 16
  • 1986sovereign stress
  • 1984sovereign stress
  • 1981election
  • 1977election

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.

Djibouti · historical scale through 2025
YearMapped historical scoreHistorical bandRecord
194695.0Crisisarchive reading
194795.0Crisisarchive reading
194895.0Crisisarchive reading
194967.2Strainarchive reading
195084.2Crisisarchive reading
195184.0Crisisarchive reading
195284.0Crisisarchive reading
195383.9Crisisarchive reading
195483.7Crisisarchive reading
195583.6Crisisarchive reading
195683.6Crisisarchive reading
195783.5Crisisarchive reading
195883.5Crisisarchive reading
195983.3Crisisarchive reading
196082.2Crisisarchive reading
196182.1Crisisarchive reading
196282.2Crisisarchive reading
196382.2Crisisarchive reading
196482.2Crisisarchive reading
196582.3Crisisarchive reading
196682.2Crisisarchive reading
196784.7Crisisarchive reading
196879.5Strainarchive reading
196979.5Strainarchive reading
197078.3Strainarchive reading
197167.9Strainarchive reading
197268.2Strainarchive reading
197367.9Strainarchive reading
197486.3Crisisarchive reading
197567.7Strainarchive reading
197667.7Strainarchive reading
197795.0Crisisarchive reading
197892.7Crisisarchive reading
197970.9Strainarchive reading
198069.7Strainarchive reading
198169.2Strainarchive reading
198268.6Strainarchive reading
198367.9Strainarchive reading
198480.1Crisisarchive reading
198585.1Crisisarchive reading
198694.9Crisisarchive reading
198766.6Strainarchive reading
198878.9Strainarchive reading
198975.4Strainarchive reading
199067.8Strainarchive reading
199190.7Crisisarchive reading
199280.3Crisisarchive reading
199379.8Strainarchive reading
199489.3Crisisarchive reading
199565.5Strainarchive reading
199673.8Strainarchive reading
199765.1Strainarchive reading
199874.1Strainarchive reading
199985.2Crisisarchive reading
200083.5Crisisarchive reading
200180.5Crisisarchive reading
200284.3Crisisarchive reading
200381.5Crisisarchive reading
200480.8Crisisarchive reading
200585.5Crisisarchive reading
200680.6Crisisarchive reading
200780.3Crisisarchive reading
200883.0Crisisarchive reading
200979.1Strainarchive reading
201078.9Strainarchive reading
201180.3Crisisarchive reading
201278.1Strainarchive reading
201379.8Strainarchive reading
201466.8Strainarchive reading
201577.5Strainarchive reading
201677.2Strainarchive reading
201777.3Strainarchive reading
201866.3Strainarchive reading
201975.9Strainarchive reading
202075.2Strainarchive reading
202165.0Strainarchive reading
202275.0Strainarchive reading
202374.7Strainarchive reading
202460.9Watcharchive reading
202551.0Calmarchive reading
Djibouti · 2026 snapshot, frozen 10 July 2026
Snapshot yearScore on the separate 2026 scaleIndependent archived crisis categoryRecord
202651.0Calmarchive reading

Years like now

3 similar years · Closest: Uzbekistan, 2014

Details

UZB, 2014

Published archive distance 0.2303. This similarity is not a forecast.

IRN, 2003

Published archive distance 0.2521. This similarity is not a forecast.

POL, 1979

Published archive distance 0.2529. This similarity is not a forecast.

Last cycles

Last change: 17 Oct 2026, 1 field.

Details
Country change history for Djibouti
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 20262026-10-060Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · 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 20262026-07-29T13:40:26Z2Identity: 0 · Economy: 2 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · 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 Politics84%
L4 Events54%
L5 Information73%
L6 Society70%

Source: Hendeka record audit, snapshot 28 Oct 2026

Phase 1Confidence 64.3

Djibouti in this snapshot

Djibouti (DJI) records Calm pressure at 51.0 of 100 and touches 0 mapped pressure points.

The recorded country pattern is drifting; 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; 81 archive readings. Identity is descriptive; absent readings are named beside each layer.

Djibouti has pressure score 51/100 in Calm. 107 of 206 public Atlas entries have a higher score; 1 share this score. Its competition rank is 108. This is the published snapshot, not the mapped historical scale.

Adjacent entries in score-descending order (ties by case-folded name, then ISO3): Slovenia (SVN), 52.3/100, higher by 1.3; Spain (ESP), 50/100, lower by 1.

Djibouti's highest decade mean is recorded in 1946-1949 (4 readings, mean 88). The lowest is 2020-2025 (6 readings, mean 67). Calendar decades use available years only; edge decades are partial. These means are calculated from published mapped scores, not the latest pressure scores.

Djibouti: published archive aggregates by calendar decade
Observed yearsReadingsMeanMinimumMaximumAt or above 80
1946-194948867.2953
1950-19591083.783.384.210
1960-19691081.979.584.78
1970-19791076.367.7953
1980-19891075.666.694.93
1990-19991077.265.190.74
2000-20091081.979.185.59
2010-20191075.866.380.31
2020-20256675175.20

Across 80 annual readings (1946-2025), Djibouti's mapped-score peak is 95 in 1946-1948, 1977; the minimum is 51 in 2025.

Djibouti is at or above the historical threshold 55 in 79 of 80 readings: 1946-2024. The remaining 1 are below 55.

Djibouti is at or above the historical threshold 65 in 78 of 80 readings: 1946-2023. The remaining 2 are below 65.

Djibouti is at or above the historical threshold 80 in 41 of 80 readings: 1946-1948, 1950-1967, 1974, 1977-1978, 1984-1986, 1991-1992, 1994, 1999-2008, 2011. The remaining 39 are below 80.

The latest observed annual historical-band change for Djibouti is 2024 to 2025: Watch (60.9) to Calm (51). This compares annual historical readings; it does not describe a change between published country snapshots.

Djibouti 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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