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San Marino
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
34.11K
GDP
$2.03B
Currency
EUR
Capital
City of San Marino
Land area
61 km²
Official languages
Italian
Risk assessment
Risk profile
The 12-month probability of a new armed-conflict onset in San Marino is 0.1%, representing a minimal risk. Its very small territory, secure position within Italy, stable institutions, high economic capacity, and exceptionally peaceful modern history provide strong protection against internal or interstate conflict.
Recent reporting identifies no armed confrontation, mobilisation, insurgency, coup activity, or dispute involving San Marino. Italy remains the principal external security environment, while San Marino’s cooperative relations with Rome and its lack of significant armed groups or territorial claims reduce the channels through which violence could reach its territory.
The main uncertainty is whether an extraordinary breakdown in Italian-San Marinese relations or an unforeseen domestic political crisis could generate violence despite these protections. Risk would rise most clearly with an armed domestic challenge, foreign military action affecting San Marino, or evidence that Italian security guarantees and bilateral cooperation had seriously deteriorated; continued institutional stability and peaceful relations would support the current level.
Strategic reasoning
- San Marino has no recent history of civil war, insurgency, or sustained political violence, and its close integration with Italy provides a powerful barrier to both internal rebellion and external attack.
- The strongest stabilising factors are effective institutions, the absence of organised armed actors or territorial disputes, and the lack of any reported current escalation. These conditions distinguish hypothetical new onset from conflicts occurring elsewhere.
Critical indicators
- Since the 1463 settlement that established San Marino’s present territorial position, the country has experienced prolonged territorial stability and has not developed a modern pattern of armed conflict. This history supports the minimal current risk.
- In the current reporting period to 19 October 2026, no specific armed incident, mobilisation, coup attempt, or interstate confrontation involving San Marino has been reported. The absence of an identified escalation is consistent with its stable relations with Italy and limited exposure to conflict drivers.
Probability trend
How the San Marino estimate has moved
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Current conflicts
Source: UCDP
No active conflicts in San Marino.
Regional context
San Marino compared with its neighbours and region
San Marino ranks number 186 of 196 in new conflict outbreak risk.
Land neighbours
Southern Europe
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