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Colombia
1.8% annual probability
Population
53.43M
GDP
$457.41B
Currency
COP
Capital
Bogotá
Land area
1.14M km²
Official languages
Spanish
Risk assessment
Risk profile
The 12-month probability of a new armed-conflict onset on Colombian territory is 1.8%, representing a low risk. Colombia’s long history of civil conflict, persistent armed groups, rural state weakness, and uneven implementation of peace agreements keep the possibility materially above minimal levels, despite strong national institutions and significant security capacity.
Recent reporting supplied for this assessment contains no specific new battlefield, political, or cross-border development. The relevant actors remain the ELN, dissident former FARC groups, Clan del Golfo, the Colombian state, and neighbouring governments; violence already involving these groups does not itself constitute a new onset under this assessment.
The largest uncertainty is whether localized armed-group competition could broaden into sustained nationwide or interstate fighting. A clear escalation involving direct foreign military action on Colombian territory, a major breakdown in relations with a neighbour, or the collapse of national security control across multiple regions would raise risk; sustained containment of armed groups and effective implementation of peace and security measures would lower it.
Strategic reasoning
- Colombia’s protracted internal conflict and continuing presence of insurgent and criminal armed groups provide a persistent pathway to renewed widespread violence, while national institutions and security forces make a sudden nationwide onset less likely.
- Existing localized fighting is separate from the target event. The key escalation question is whether ELN, FARC dissidents, or Clan del Golfo activity expands into a new, sustained conflict across additional territory or draws in a foreign state.
Critical indicators
- On September 7, 2026, no specific new armed-conflict development was supplied in the reviewed news. Colombia’s established history of conflict and unresolved armed-group presence nevertheless remains directly relevant to the live risk.
- A Polymarket contract on a U.S. strike on Colombia by December 31 carries an implied 15.5% probability, with volume of about $1.1 million; its partial scope makes it context for interstate escalation rather than a direct measure of the calibrated country risk.
- A separate Polymarket contract on a U.S. invasion of Colombia in 2026 implies 2.4%, with about $149,000 in volume and partial scope, indicating market attention to a possible external pathway without establishing that an attack will occur.
Probability trend
How the Colombia estimate has moved
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Regional context
Colombia compared with its neighbours and region
Colombia ranks number 91 of 195 in new conflict outbreak risk.
Land neighbours
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