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Nigeria has a Strain pressure reading, in the highest quarter.

🟠 Strain

70 / 100

#31 of 206

Chance of a conflict escalation in Nigeria in November or December 2026: 20% · real chance

Chance of a conflict escalation in Nigeria 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 Nigeria, or with Nigeria 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
20% · real chance
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

Population237.5M
CapitalAbuja
Area923.8k km²
GDP$290.8B (2025)
CurrencyNGN
LanguagesEnglish
Armed forces223k (2020)
L1 Identity
n/a · identity, no pressure reading
L2 Economy
89.01
L3 Politics
68.79
L4 Events
50.5
L5 Information
67.51
L6 Society
No reading in this snapshot

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 93.8 (2010s); lowest 67.5 (1950s).

Details

Recorded events 88 · Country record

  • May 2025conflict escalation
  • Aug 2024conflict escalation
  • Apr 2024conflict escalation
  • Nov 2023conflict escalation
  • 2023election
  • Sep 2022conflict escalation
  • 2022sovereign stress
  • Mar 2020conflict escalation
  • Jan 2020conflict escalation
  • 2019sovereign stress
  • 2019election
  • Jun 2017conflict escalation
Show all 88
  • Jan 2017conflict escalation
  • 2017currency stress
  • 2016currency stress
  • Feb 2015conflict escalation
  • 2015currency stress
  • 2015election
  • Mar 2014conflict escalation
  • Sep 2013conflict escalation
  • Apr 2013conflict escalation
  • 2013sovereign stress
  • 9 Jan 2012street pressure
  • Jan 2012conflict escalation
  • Nov 2011conflict escalation
  • Apr 2011conflict escalation
  • Jan 2011conflict escalation
  • 2011sovereign stress
  • 2011election
  • Dec 2010conflict escalation
  • Oct 2010conflict escalation
  • Jan 2010conflict escalation
  • Dec 2009conflict escalation
  • Jul 2009conflict escalation
  • 2009currency stress
  • Nov 2008conflict escalation
  • Jul 2007conflict escalation
  • 2007election
  • Feb 2006conflict escalation
  • 1 Oct 2005external support
  • Apr 2005conflict escalation
  • May 2004conflict escalation
  • Feb 2004conflict escalation
  • Jan 2004conflict escalation
  • Apr 2003conflict escalation
  • 2003election
  • Nov 2002conflict escalation
  • Sep 2001conflict escalation
  • Jun 2001conflict escalation
  • Apr 2001conflict escalation
  • 1 Aug 2000external support
  • 23 Feb 2000street pressure
  • Nov 1999conflict escalation
  • Jul 1999conflict escalation
  • May 1999conflict escalation
  • Apr 1999conflict escalation
  • Jan 1999conflict escalation
  • 1999election
  • Aug 1998conflict escalation
  • Jul 1998conflict escalation
  • Aug 1997conflict escalation
  • Apr 1996conflict escalation
  • 1996currency stress
  • 1995currency stress
  • 1994currency stress
  • Sep 1993conflict escalation
  • Jul 1993conflict escalation
  • 1993currency stress
  • 1993election
  • May 1992conflict escalation
  • 1992currency stress
  • 1991currency stress
  • Oct 1990conflict escalation
  • 1 Jan 1989capital controls
  • 1989currency stress
  • 1987currency stress
  • 1 Jan 1986external support
  • 1986currency stress
  • 1 Jan 1983external support
  • 1983election
  • 1979election
  • 1970sovereign stress
  • 1970conflict escalation
  • 1969conflict escalation
  • 1968conflict escalation
  • 1967sovereign stress
  • 1967conflict escalation
  • 1966conflict escalation

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.

Nigeria · historical scale through 2025
YearMapped historical scoreHistorical bandRecord
194682.5Crisisarchive reading
194782.5Crisisarchive reading
194882.5Crisisarchive reading
194961.0Watcharchive reading
195078.3Strainarchive reading
195164.8Watcharchive reading
195264.7Watcharchive reading
195364.7Watcharchive reading
195464.6Watcharchive reading
195564.6Watcharchive reading
195679.1Strainarchive reading
195764.7Watcharchive reading
195864.8Watcharchive reading
195964.9Watcharchive reading
196071.8Strainarchive reading
196185.5Crisisarchive reading
196269.5Strainarchive reading
196368.5Strainarchive reading
196468.0Strainarchive reading
196583.5Crisisarchive reading
196682.0Crisisarchive reading
196795.0Crisisarchive reading
196887.7Crisisarchive reading
196985.9Crisisarchive reading
197089.6Crisisarchive reading
197176.7Strainarchive reading
197276.1Strainarchive reading
197375.9Strainarchive reading
197481.6Crisisarchive reading
197580.7Crisisarchive reading
197679.7Strainarchive reading
197779.0Strainarchive reading
197891.0Crisisarchive reading
197989.1Crisisarchive reading
198076.7Strainarchive reading
198187.6Crisisarchive reading
198287.2Crisisarchive reading
198386.2Crisisarchive reading
198495.0Crisisarchive reading
198586.1Crisisarchive reading
198682.7Crisisarchive reading
198776.6Strainarchive reading
198876.3Strainarchive reading
198976.2Strainarchive reading
199073.3Strainarchive reading
199181.3Crisisarchive reading
199295.0Crisisarchive reading
199395.0Crisisarchive reading
199489.7Crisisarchive reading
199577.2Strainarchive reading
199686.6Crisisarchive reading
199787.1Crisisarchive reading
199881.7Crisisarchive reading
199995.0Crisisarchive reading
200095.0Crisisarchive reading
200195.0Crisisarchive reading
200287.1Crisisarchive reading
200383.1Crisisarchive reading
200495.0Crisisarchive reading
200578.1Strainarchive reading
200673.3Strainarchive reading
200761.9Watcharchive reading
200868.5Strainarchive reading
200975.6Strainarchive reading
201089.6Crisisarchive reading
201195.0Crisisarchive reading
201292.5Crisisarchive reading
201395.0Crisisarchive reading
201495.0Crisisarchive reading
201590.8Crisisarchive reading
201695.0Crisisarchive reading
201795.0Crisisarchive reading
201895.0Crisisarchive reading
201995.0Crisisarchive reading
202095.0Crisisarchive reading
202192.4Crisisarchive reading
202295.0Crisisarchive reading
202389.7Crisisarchive reading
202487.0Crisisarchive reading
202580.7Crisisarchive reading
Nigeria · 2026 snapshot, frozen 10 July 2026
Snapshot yearScore on the separate 2026 scaleIndependent archived crisis categoryRecord
202670Calmarchive reading

Pressure points

3 points · Pressure mostly rising

Point snapshot:

Details
supply

Crude oil: export supply

Point snapshot:

Country stress mapped to an export supply link.

Point score: 11.1 low · upward pressure

India · Iran · Nigeria · Mexico · Russia · China · Venezuela

armed conflict activity · humanitarian pressure · information disruption · protest activity

supply

Liquefied natural gas: export supply

Point snapshot:

Country stress mapped to an export supply link.

Point score: 6.0 low · upward pressure

Nigeria

armed conflict activity · information disruption

supply

Cocoa: export supply

Point snapshot:

Country stress mapped to an export supply link.

Point score: 6.0 low · upward pressure

Nigeria

armed conflict activity · information disruption

Years like now

3 similar years · Closest: El Salvador, 1992

Details

SLV, 1992

Published archive distance 0.2012. This similarity is not a forecast.

MOZ, 1993

Published archive distance 0.2226. This similarity is not a forecast.

PHL, 1955

Published archive distance 0.227. This similarity is not a forecast.

Last cycles

Last change: 28 Oct 2026, 2 fields.

Details
Country change history for Nigeria
CycleDateFields changedLayer distance from baselineRecord
date unavailable2026-10-282Identity: 0 · Economy: 2 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Original public record
17 Oct 20262026-10-171Identity: 0 · Economy: 1 · 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
🟢 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 Economy60%
L3 Politics66%
L4 Events42%
L5 Information73%
L6 Society57%

Source: Hendeka record audit, snapshot 28 Oct 2026

Phase 3Confidence 59.1

Nigeria in this snapshot

Nigeria (NGA) records Strain pressure at 70.0 of 100 and touches 3 mapped pressure points.

The recorded country pattern is stable; its numbered pressure band is 3. The source confidence score is 59.1.

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

4 public layer readings; 3 mapped pressure points in this dated snapshot; 3 country change records; 81 archive readings. Identity is descriptive; absent readings are named beside each layer.

Nigeria has pressure score 70/100 in Strain. 30 of 206 public Atlas entries have a higher score; 2 share this score. Its competition rank is 31. This is the published snapshot, not the mapped historical scale.

Adjacent entries in score-descending order (ties by case-folded name, then ISO3): Italy (ITA), 70/100, tied; Brazil (BRA), 68/100, lower by 2.

Nigeria's highest decade mean is recorded in 2010-2019 (10 readings, mean 93.8). The lowest is 1950-1959 (10 readings, mean 67.5). Calendar decades use available years only; edge decades are partial. These means are calculated from published mapped scores, not the latest pressure scores.

Nigeria: published archive aggregates by calendar decade
Observed yearsReadingsMeanMinimumMaximumAt or above 80
1946-1949477.16182.53
1950-19591067.564.679.10
1960-19691079.768956
1970-19791081.975.9915
1980-19891083.176.2956
1990-19991086.273.3958
2000-20091081.361.9955
2010-20191093.889.69510
2020-202569080.7956

Across 80 annual readings (1946-2025), Nigeria's mapped-score peak is 95 in 1967, 1984, 1992-1993, 1999-2001, 2004, 2011, 2013-2014, 2016-2020, 2022; the minimum is 61 in 1949.

Every published year for Nigeria, 1946-2025, is at or above the historical threshold 55: 80 of 80 readings.

Nigeria is at or above the historical threshold 65 in 70 of 80 readings: 1946-1948, 1950, 1956, 1960-2006, 2008-2025. The remaining 10 are below 65.

Nigeria is at or above the historical threshold 80 in 49 of 80 readings: 1946-1948, 1961, 1965-1970, 1974-1975, 1978-1979, 1981-1986, 1991-1994, 1996-2004, 2010-2025. The remaining 31 are below 80.

The latest observed annual historical-band change for Nigeria is 2009 to 2010: Strain (75.6) to Crisis (89.6). This compares annual historical readings; it does not describe a change between published country snapshots.

Nigeria records 2 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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