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Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste has a Calm pressure reading, in the lowest quarter.

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18 / 100

#180 of 206

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

Chance of a conflict escalation in Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste, or with Timor-Leste 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

Population1.4M
CapitalDili
Area14.9k km²
GDP~$1.9B (2025)
CurrencyUSD
LanguagesPortuguese, Tetum
Armed forces2k (2020)
L1 Identity
n/a · identity, no pressure reading
L2 Economy
63.75
L3 Politics
44.5
L4 Events
35
L5 Information
65.91
L6 Society
75.75

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 87.8 (1946-1949); lowest 24 (2000s).

Details

Recorded events 5 · Country record

  • 2022election
  • 2017election
  • 2012election
  • 2007election
  • 2002election

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.

Timor-Leste · historical scale through 2025
YearMapped historical scoreHistorical bandRecord
194695.0Crisisarchive reading
194795.0Crisisarchive reading
194895.0Crisisarchive reading
194966.1Strainarchive reading
195066.1Strainarchive reading
195166.1Strainarchive reading
195266.1Strainarchive reading
195366.1Strainarchive reading
195466.1Strainarchive reading
195566.1Strainarchive reading
195666.1Strainarchive reading
195766.1Strainarchive reading
195866.1Strainarchive reading
195966.1Strainarchive reading
196066.1Strainarchive reading
196166.1Strainarchive reading
196266.1Strainarchive reading
196366.1Strainarchive reading
196466.1Strainarchive reading
196566.1Strainarchive reading
196666.1Strainarchive reading
196766.1Strainarchive reading
196866.1Strainarchive reading
196966.1Strainarchive reading
197066.1Strainarchive reading
197166.1Strainarchive reading
197266.1Strainarchive reading
197366.1Strainarchive reading
197465.0Strainarchive reading
197565.3Strainarchive reading
197679.1Strainarchive reading
197774.3Strainarchive reading
197877.0Strainarchive reading
197974.3Strainarchive reading
198074.3Strainarchive reading
198174.3Strainarchive reading
198274.3Strainarchive reading
198374.3Strainarchive reading
198474.3Strainarchive reading
198574.3Strainarchive reading
198674.3Strainarchive reading
198774.3Strainarchive reading
198874.3Strainarchive reading
198963.4Watcharchive reading
199063.4Watcharchive reading
199163.4Watcharchive reading
199263.4Watcharchive reading
199363.4Watcharchive reading
199463.4Watcharchive reading
199562.5Watcharchive reading
199662.5Watcharchive reading
199762.5Watcharchive reading
199862.5Watcharchive reading
199960.7Watcharchive reading
200019.4Calmarchive reading
200119.4Calmarchive reading
200227.1Calmarchive reading
200321.8Calmarchive reading
200430.2Calmarchive reading
200521.8Calmarchive reading
200631.9Calmarchive reading
200728.9Calmarchive reading
200820.8Calmarchive reading
200918.7Calmarchive reading
201019.1Calmarchive reading
201119.1Calmarchive reading
201227.6Calmarchive reading
201319.1Calmarchive reading
201421.9Calmarchive reading
201524.5Calmarchive reading
201630.9Calmarchive reading
201722.1Calmarchive reading
201821.2Calmarchive reading
201953.4Calmarchive reading
202050.0Calmarchive reading
202148.3Calmarchive reading
202264.7Watcharchive reading
202365.0Strainarchive reading
202464.3Watcharchive reading
202518.0Calmarchive reading
Timor-Leste · 2026 snapshot, frozen 10 July 2026
Snapshot yearScore on the separate 2026 scaleIndependent archived crisis categoryRecord
202618.0Calmarchive reading

Years like now

3 similar years · Closest: Italy, 2015

Details

ITA, 2015

Published archive distance 0.4574. This similarity is not a forecast.

PRT, 2015

Published archive distance 0.4856. This similarity is not a forecast.

ESP, 2015

Published archive distance 0.5865. This similarity is not a forecast.

Last cycles

Last change: 17 Oct 2026, 1 field.

Details
Country change history for Timor-Leste
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: 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
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 20262026-08-270Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · Politics: 0 · Events: 0 · Information: 0 · Society: 0Reconstructed from archived cycle files
14 Aug 20262026-08-146Identity: 0 · Economy: 1 · Politics: 0 · Events: 3 · 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 20262026-07-29T13:40:26Z0Identity: 0 · Economy: 0 · 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 Economy75%
L3 Politics73%
L4 Events60%
L5 Information50%
L6 Society80%

Source: Hendeka record audit, snapshot 28 Oct 2026

Phase 1Confidence 68.6

Timor-Leste in this snapshot

Timor-Leste (TLS) records Calm pressure at 18.0 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 68.6.

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.

Timor-Leste has pressure score 18/100 in Calm. 179 of 206 public Atlas entries have a higher score; 2 share this score. Its competition rank is 180. This is the published snapshot, not the mapped historical scale.

Adjacent entries in score-descending order (ties by case-folded name, then ISO3): Belgium (BEL), 18/100, tied; Cyprus (CYP), 17.9/100, lower by 0.1.

Timor-Leste's highest decade mean is recorded in 1946-1949 (4 readings, mean 87.8). The lowest is 2000-2009 (10 readings, mean 24). Calendar decades use available years only; edge decades are partial. These means are calculated from published mapped scores, not the latest pressure scores.

Timor-Leste: published archive aggregates by calendar decade
Observed yearsReadingsMeanMinimumMaximumAt or above 80
1946-1949487.866.1953
1950-19591066.166.166.10
1960-19691066.166.166.10
1970-19791069.96579.10
1980-19891073.263.474.30
1990-19991062.860.763.40
2000-2009102418.731.90
2010-20191025.919.153.40
2020-2025651.718650

Across 80 annual readings (1946-2025), Timor-Leste's mapped-score peak is 95 in 1946-1948; the minimum is 18 in 2025.

Timor-Leste is at or above the historical threshold 55 in 57 of 80 readings: 1946-1999, 2022-2024. The remaining 23 are below 55.

Timor-Leste is at or above the historical threshold 65 in 44 of 80 readings: 1946-1988, 2023. The remaining 36 are below 65.

Timor-Leste is at or above the historical threshold 80 in 3 of 80 readings: 1946-1948. The remaining 77 are below 80.

The latest observed annual historical-band change for Timor-Leste is 2024 to 2025: Watch (64.3) to Calm (18). This compares annual historical readings; it does not describe a change between published country snapshots.

Timor-Leste 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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