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San Marino
0.1% annual probability
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 long-run profile supports this level: San Marino has no recent record of civil war, insurgency, coup-related violence, or interstate conflict, and its small, prosperous society operates through stable institutions.
Recent reporting provides no specific indication of armed mobilisation, domestic unrest, or external threats involving San Marino. Italy surrounds the country and remains its principal security environment; the absence of hostile armed groups or territorial disputes is strongly stabilising.
The main uncertainty is the possibility of an exceptional spillover from a major crisis in Italy or a wider European confrontation, although no such development is identified in the reviewed reporting. Risk would rise most clearly with sustained political violence inside San Marino, an armed attack crossing its borders, or serious regional instability affecting Italian territory; continued institutional stability and peaceful relations with Italy would support the current minimal level.
Strategic reasoning
- San Marino’s absence of a modern conflict history, small population, stable institutions, and close integration with Italy leave few evident pathways to domestic armed violence or interstate attack.
- Italy’s surrounding territory and security capacity are the principal stabilising factors; a major crisis affecting Italy would be the clearest potential route to new violence on San Marino’s territory.
- The assessment concerns a new conflict onset inside San Marino, not any military activity by Italy or other states elsewhere.
Critical indicators
- As of 1 September 2026, the reviewed reporting identifies no dated incident involving armed groups, political violence, mobilisation, or a territorial dispute in San Marino; this is consistent with its established record of internal peace.
- No prediction market was available for San Marino. Its enclave-like geography within Italy and longstanding peaceful relations remain the most relevant country factors supporting the live probability.
Probability trend
How the San Marino estimate has moved
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Regional context
San Marino compared with its neighbours and region
San Marino ranks number 186 of 195 in new conflict outbreak risk.
Land neighbours
Southern Europe
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