Forecast
Forward projections from the prediction engine — baseline plus an optimistic/pessimistic band and a confidence interval, per macro indicator. These are PROJECTIONS, not observations: generated from observed history, never a guarantee. A country we hold no projections for is shown honestly.
Forecast
Need it as JSON? GET /api/v1/forecast/country/{iso3}.
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income): forward projections across 11 macro indicators, horizons 2026, 2028, 2030, 2035. These are projections, not observations — each carries an optimistic/pessimistic band and a confidence interval, anchored against the latest observed value where one is held.
Nowcast
Each indicator nowcast from its strongest leading series — inferable from observations already in hand.
For each indicator, Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)'s strongest leading series is fit by ordinary least squares over their shared observed history, then the leader's already-observed recent values project the target — so the next year or two is inferable from data already in hand. These are nowcasts from a leading correlation: correlation, not causation, and not a guaranteed forecast.
Led by Unemployment by 3 years (it moves inversely tothe target; r = -0.609 over 32 obs).
| Year | Nowcast | Implied by Unemployment in |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 152.01 | 2023 |
Latest observed29.02(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28.23 | 36.42 | 21.14 | 26.61 – 29.85 |
| 2028 | 26.66 | 40.84 | 14.37 | 23.35 – 29.96 |
| 2030 | 25.09 | 43.39 | 9.22 | 20.46 – 29.71 |
| 2035 | 21.15 | 47.04 | 0 | 14.07 – 28.23 |
Blended 1-yr-ahead29.71· skill-weighted across models
Track record±2.98typical miss · 1 realized · 10% MAPE
Method: linear_trend; lookback 8y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed2.8T(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3T | 3.4T | 2.8T | 2.9T – 3.1T |
| 2028 | 3.6T | 4.1T | 3.1T | 3.3T – 3.9T |
| 2030 | 4.1T | 4.8T | 3.5T | 3.7T – 4.6T |
| 2035 | 5.5T | 6.5T | 4.7T | 4.4T – 6.7T |
Blended 1-yr-ahead3T· skill-weighted across models
Track record±195.4bntypical miss · 1 realized · 7% MAPE
Method: weighted_composite; lookback 8y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed4.2(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.01 | 12 | -4.93 | 2.23 – 5.79 |
| 2028 | 3.61 | 12 | -10 | 0.46 – 6.76 |
| 2030 | 3.21 | 12 | -10 | -0.89 – 7.31 |
| 2035 | 2.21 | 12 | -10 | -3.58 – 7.99 |
Blended 1-yr-ahead4.27· skill-weighted across models
Track record±0.23typical miss · 1 realized · 5% MAPE
Method: weighted_composite; lookback 6y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed11.1k(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12k | 13.2k | 10.9k | 11.6k – 12.3k |
| 2028 | 14.1k | 16.2k | 12.2k | 13k – 15.1k |
| 2030 | 16.2k | 19k | 13.8k | 14.4k – 18k |
| 2035 | 21.5k | 25.4k | 18.1k | 17k – 26k |
Blended 1-yr-ahead11.9k· skill-weighted across models
Track record±660.23typical miss · 1 realized · 6% MAPE
Method: weighted_composite; lookback 8y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed32.77(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32.44 | 38.75 | 26.13 | 30.96 – 33.93 |
| 2028 | 31.78 | 42.72 | 20.85 | 28.58 – 34.98 |
| 2030 | 31.13 | 45.24 | 17.01 | 26.48 – 35.78 |
| 2035 | 29.48 | 49.44 | 9.52 | 21.71 – 37.25 |
Blended 1-yr-ahead33.66· skill-weighted across models
Track record±1.68typical miss · 1 realized · 5% MAPE
Method: linear_trend; lookback 8y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed4.07(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.85 | 14.71 | -5 | 2.59 – 7.12 |
| 2028 | 5.67 | 22.73 | -5 | 1.62 – 9.72 |
| 2030 | 6.49 | 28.51 | -5 | 1.08 – 11.89 |
| 2035 | 8.53 | 39.68 | -5 | 0.26 – 16.8 |
Blended 1-yr-ahead3.73· skill-weighted across models
Method: exponential_smoothing; lookback 6y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed27.82(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28.28 | 31.09 | 25.84 | 27.4 – 29.15 |
| 2028 | 29.38 | 34.26 | 25.16 | 27.21 – 31.56 |
| 2030 | 30.49 | 36.78 | 25.03 | 27.03 – 33.95 |
| 2035 | 33.25 | 42.15 | 25.53 | 26.35 – 40.14 |
Blended 1-yr-ahead28.08· skill-weighted across models
Track record±0.74typical miss · 1 realized · 3% MAPE
Method: weighted_composite; lookback 8y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed253.3m(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 253.4m | 265.4m | 242.3m | 245.5m – 261.2m |
| 2028 | 256.6m | 268.7m | 245.3m | 237.6m – 275.5m |
| 2030 | 259.7m | 272m | 248.3m | 230.3m – 289.2m |
| 2035 | 267.7m | 280.3m | 255.9m | 212.2m – 323.2m |
Blended 1-yr-ahead254m· skill-weighted across models
Track record±2.5mtypical miss · 1 realized · 1% MAPE
Method: exponential_smoothing; lookback 10y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed3.59(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2.9 | 8.55 | -1.34 | 2.15 – 3.65 |
| 2028 | 1.47 | 11.26 | -5.86 | 0.18 – 2.77 |
| 2030 | 0.05 | 12.68 | -9.43 | -1.61 – 1.71 |
| 2035 | -3.52 | 14.34 | -10 | -6.32 – -0.72 |
Blended 1-yr-ahead4.25· skill-weighted across models
Track record±2.24typical miss · 1 realized · 63% MAPE
Method: weighted_composite; lookback 7y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed6.67(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6.46 | 8.26 | 4.66 | 6.08 – 6.84 |
| 2028 | 6.2 | 9.31 | 3.08 | 5.42 – 6.97 |
| 2030 | 6.07 | 10.09 | 2.04 | 4.97 – 7.17 |
| 2035 | 5.97 | 11.66 | 0.27 | 4.14 – 7.79 |
Blended 1-yr-ahead6.76· skill-weighted across models
Track record±1.05typical miss · 1 realized · 16% MAPE
Method: mean_reversion; lookback 10y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Latest observed6.84(2025)· World Bank Indicators API
| Year | Baseline | Optimistic | Pessimistic | Conf. band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6.31 | 7.1 | 5.51 | 6.08 – 6.53 |
| 2028 | 5.23 | 6.61 | 3.86 | 4.77 – 5.7 |
| 2030 | 4.16 | 5.94 | 2.38 | 3.55 – 4.76 |
| 2035 | 1.47 | 3.99 | 0 | 0.85 – 2.09 |
Blended 1-yr-ahead6.51· skill-weighted across models
Method: linear_trend; lookback 6y; horizon 1y; confidence 80%
Reliability badges show each indicator's best model skill— how much it beats a naive last-value forecast, measured out-of-sample on that series' own observed history (backtested one-step-ahead). A track record, not a guarantee of future accuracy.
Generated by the prediction engine (model prediction-engine-v1) on 2026-10-31 from observed history. Projections, not observations — never a guarantee of future values.
Machine-readable: GET /api/v1/forecast/country/ECA · Country page → · Full brief → · API docs
| 2027 | 168.78 | 2024 (6.91) |
| 2028 | 172.63 | 2025 (6.84) |
Fit: CPI inflation ≈ 593.4562 + -61.4855·Unemployment. Correlation, not causation.
Led by Unemployment by 1 year (it moves withthe target; r = 0.583 over 34 obs).
| Year | Nowcast | Implied by Unemployment in |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.39 | 2025 (6.84) |
Fit: Real GDP growth ≈ -10.3577 + 1.5701·Unemployment. Correlation, not causation.
Machine-readable: GET /api/v1/nowcast/country/ECA?indicator= · API docs
