Bahrain Tension Score
building record · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Bahrain, built by our own engine from 19,188 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where Bahrain stands
#45 of 197 countries today, #16 of 16 in Middle East (region score 78). Tension is rising this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Bahrain news pulse
13 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Bahrain, its capital or its leaders. Links go to the original outlet; the badge is the engine’s own 0–100 tension weight. This list is what moves the number above.
What is driving Bahrain’s tension score
last 30 days- 13 headlines in 30 days — 0.07% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (10).
- 23% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 62% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. Bahrain is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
- Region: Middle East reads 78 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Bahrain) is the biggest input at 30%. Violence and high-tension share tell you what kind of talk it is. A country can be loud and calm — an election, a summit — or quiet and dangerous. The mix is the point.
Bahrain tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 30.6 | Calm | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 15.5 | Calm | 13 | 1 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 12.0 | Calm | 6 | 1 | 13 |
Record for Bahrain began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Bahrain score is built
Five inputs, fixed weights. Attention 30% (share of world coverage), violence 25% and high-tension share 15% (what kind of coverage), roster conflicts 15%, and the Middle East region score 15%. A momentum nudge (+6 / −4) rewards a country whose coverage is accelerating or fading.
Same physics as the world score. The number rises 85% of the way to its new level at once and falls no faster than 3 points a day — fear arrives fast and leaves slowly.
No third-party index inside. Every count comes from the 41 public news feeds our engine reads itself; the full method is on the methodology page. Data is free under CC BY 4.0 via the API.
Questions people ask about Bahrain
Is Bahrain in a war right now?
Not on our roster. Bahrain is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in Bahrain rising or falling?
Rising: up 7 points in 7 days.
How does Bahrain compare with the rest of Middle East?
Below its region: Bahrain reads 28 against 78 for Middle East, ranking #16 of 16 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Yemen 69 · Iran 67 · Israel 67 · Palestine 55 · Saudi Arabia 55 · Syria 48
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Middle East · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Bahrain and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamHome of the US Fifth Fleet. Bahrain is tiny, but the naval base that guards the Gulf is on its shore. Any threat to Gulf shipping is reported through it.
What our engine watches in Bahrain
- Naval incidents and base security
- Internal unrest and relations with Iran
Indexes to follow: Shipping Stress.