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Nauru
0.1% annual new-conflict probability
How to read these probabilities: Scores estimate the probability of a new armed conflict starting within the next 12 months. Ongoing conflicts can have a saturation effect, reducing the modelled probability of an additional conflict onset. A low or falling score does not imply less severe ongoing fighting or a safer country.
Population
12.03K
GDP
$176.04M
Currency
AUD
Capital
Yaren
Land area
21 km²
Official languages
English, Nauru
Risk assessment
Risk profile
The 12-month probability of a new armed-conflict onset in Nauru is 0.1%, representing a minimal risk. Nauru has no established record of civil war, insurgency, or interstate warfare since independence in 1968. Its small population, limited military capacity, geographic isolation, and dependence on external economic and security relationships further reduce the feasibility of sustained armed violence.
Recent reporting reviewed contains no specific indication of armed mobilisation, violent political confrontation, or hostile activity reaching Nauruan territory. Nauru’s principal relevant actors are its government, domestic political groups, Australia as a key external partner, and regional institutions; none is currently associated with an armed campaign on the island. No prediction market is available.
The main uncertainty is whether a severe domestic political breakdown or an external regional crisis could overwhelm Nauru’s normally strong barriers to violence. Risk would rise most clearly with organised armed attacks, a violent coup attempt, or an interstate incident affecting the island; continued political continuity and effective external support would reinforce the minimal-risk assessment.
Strategic reasoning
- Nauru’s post-independence history contains no sustained internal or interstate armed conflict. Its small, isolated population and limited coercive capacity make organised warfare difficult to initiate and sustain.
- No current reporting identifies an armed actor, mobilisation, or cross-border threat on Nauruan territory. This separates the assessed new-onset risk from security issues involving Nauru’s external relationships or citizens abroad.
Critical indicators
- Since independence in 1968, Nauru has avoided civil war, insurgency, and interstate conflict on its territory. This long record supports the very low likelihood of a new armed-conflict onset.
- No dated armed-conflict development or prediction market was identified in the reporting reviewed for 19 October 2026. The relevant current context remains the absence of reported armed mobilisation, alongside Nauru’s reliance on external partners for security and state capacity.
Probability trend
How the Nauru estimate has moved
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Date
Current conflicts
Source: UCDP
No active conflicts in Nauru.
Regional context
Nauru compared with its neighbours and region
Nauru ranks number 188 of 196 in new conflict outbreak risk.
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