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Gabon

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

🟢 Calm

46.5 / 100

#114 of 206

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

Chance of a conflict escalation in Gabon 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 Gabon, or with Gabon 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

Population2.6M
CapitalLibreville
Area267.7k km²
GDP$21.4B (2025)
CurrencyXAF
LanguagesFrench
Armed forces7k (2020)
L1 Identity
n/a · identity, no pressure reading
L2 Economy
62.5
L3 Politics
67.25
L4 Events
35.5
L5 Information
66.68
L6 Society
62.5

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 88.2 (1946-1949); lowest 57.9 (1970s).

Details

Recorded events 36 · Country record

  • 2025election
  • 30 Aug 2023leadership break
  • 2023election
  • 1 Jul 2021external support
  • 2018election
  • 1 Jun 2017external support
  • 2016election
  • 2015sovereign stress
  • 7 Aug 2009street pressure
  • 2009election
  • 1 May 2007external support
  • 2005election
Show all 36
  • 1 May 2004external support
  • 2001election
  • 1 Oct 2000external support
  • 1998election
  • 1 Jan 1996capital controls
  • 1996election
  • 1 Nov 1995external support
  • 1 Mar 1994external support
  • 1994currency stress
  • 1993election
  • 1990election
  • 1986election
  • 1982currency stress
  • 1981currency stress
  • 1980sovereign stress
  • 1979election
  • 1978sovereign stress
  • 1975sovereign stress
  • 1973election
  • 1 Jan 1971capital controls
  • 1967election
  • 17 Feb 1964leadership break
  • 1964conflict escalation
  • 1961election

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.

Gabon · historical scale through 2025
YearMapped historical scoreHistorical bandRecord
194695.0Crisisarchive reading
194795.0Crisisarchive reading
194895.0Crisisarchive reading
194967.7Strainarchive reading
195076.0Strainarchive reading
195175.6Strainarchive reading
195275.2Strainarchive reading
195374.9Strainarchive reading
195474.9Strainarchive reading
195574.0Strainarchive reading
195673.3Strainarchive reading
195772.8Strainarchive reading
195869.5Strainarchive reading
195969.0Strainarchive reading
196070.8Strainarchive reading
196162.5Watcharchive reading
196262.1Watcharchive reading
196361.1Watcharchive reading
196475.0Strainarchive reading
196573.3Strainarchive reading
196688.1Crisisarchive reading
196766.5Strainarchive reading
196865.7Strainarchive reading
196956.9Watcharchive reading
197056.5Watcharchive reading
197155.8Watcharchive reading
197255.2Watcharchive reading
197353.1Calmarchive reading
197448.5Calmarchive reading
197563.6Watcharchive reading
197663.4Watcharchive reading
197763.1Watcharchive reading
197874.0Strainarchive reading
197945.7Calmarchive reading
198063.1Watcharchive reading
198163.1Watcharchive reading
198273.9Strainarchive reading
198362.9Watcharchive reading
198462.7Watcharchive reading
198573.4Strainarchive reading
198673.3Strainarchive reading
198775.2Strainarchive reading
198863.4Watcharchive reading
198963.3Watcharchive reading
199073.7Strainarchive reading
199166.1Strainarchive reading
199276.3Strainarchive reading
199381.7Crisisarchive reading
199477.2Strainarchive reading
199574.9Strainarchive reading
199674.5Strainarchive reading
199774.1Strainarchive reading
199877.2Strainarchive reading
199989.2Crisisarchive reading
200085.7Crisisarchive reading
200174.2Strainarchive reading
200285.6Crisisarchive reading
200374.1Strainarchive reading
200475.8Strainarchive reading
200577.5Strainarchive reading
200687.4Crisisarchive reading
200773.8Strainarchive reading
200885.4Crisisarchive reading
200987.3Crisisarchive reading
201068.7Strainarchive reading
201167.6Strainarchive reading
201266.9Strainarchive reading
201364.2Watcharchive reading
201444.9Calmarchive reading
201564.4Watcharchive reading
201666.9Strainarchive reading
201767.2Strainarchive reading
201867.0Strainarchive reading
201962.7Watcharchive reading
202064.2Watcharchive reading
202162.0Watcharchive reading
202261.5Watcharchive reading
202364.8Watcharchive reading
202459.2Watcharchive reading
202546.5Calmarchive reading
Gabon · 2026 snapshot, frozen 10 July 2026
Snapshot yearScore on the separate 2026 scaleIndependent archived crisis categoryRecord
202646.5Calmarchive reading

Years like now

3 similar years · Closest: Serbia, 1982

Details

SRB, 1982

Published archive distance 0.1217. This similarity is not a forecast.

ESP, 1984

Published archive distance 0.1434. This similarity is not a forecast.

HUN, 1978

Published archive distance 0.1737. This similarity is not a forecast.

Last cycles

Last change: 17 Oct 2026, 1 field.

Details
Country change history for Gabon
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 20262026-10-061Identity: 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 20262026-08-272Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 1Reconstructed from archived cycle files
14 Aug 20262026-08-143Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 2 · Information: 1 · Society: 0Reconstructed 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 Economy71%
L3 Politics74%
L4 Events54%
L5 Information73%
L6 Society68%

Source: Hendeka record audit, snapshot 28 Oct 2026

Phase 1Confidence 67.1

Gabon in this snapshot

Gabon (GAB) records Calm pressure at 46.5 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 67.1.

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.

Gabon has pressure score 46.5/100 in Calm. 113 of 206 public Atlas entries have a higher score; 1 share this score. Its competition rank is 114. This is the published snapshot, not the mapped historical scale.

Adjacent entries in score-descending order (ties by case-folded name, then ISO3): Bulgaria (BGR), 47.4/100, higher by 0.9; United Arab Emirates (ARE), 46/100, lower by 0.5.

Gabon's highest decade mean is recorded in 1946-1949 (4 readings, mean 88.2). The lowest is 1970-1979 (10 readings, mean 57.9). Calendar decades use available years only; edge decades are partial. These means are calculated from published mapped scores, not the latest pressure scores.

Gabon: published archive aggregates by calendar decade
Observed yearsReadingsMeanMinimumMaximumAt or above 80
1946-1949488.267.7953
1950-19591073.569760
1960-19691068.256.988.11
1970-19791057.945.7740
1980-19891067.462.775.20
1990-19991076.566.189.22
2000-20091080.773.887.45
2010-2019106444.968.70
2020-2025659.746.564.80

Across 80 annual readings (1946-2025), Gabon's mapped-score peak is 95 in 1946-1948; the minimum is 44.9 in 2014.

Gabon is at or above the historical threshold 55 in 75 of 80 readings: 1946-1972, 1975-1978, 1980-2013, 2015-2024. The remaining 5 are below 55.

Gabon is at or above the historical threshold 65 in 51 of 80 readings: 1946-1960, 1964-1968, 1978, 1982, 1985-1987, 1990-2012, 2016-2018. The remaining 29 are below 65.

Gabon is at or above the historical threshold 80 in 11 of 80 readings: 1946-1948, 1966, 1993, 1999-2000, 2002, 2006, 2008-2009. The remaining 69 are below 80.

The latest observed annual historical-band change for Gabon is 2024 to 2025: Watch (59.2) to Calm (46.5). This compares annual historical readings; it does not describe a change between published country snapshots.

Gabon 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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