Costa Rica Tension Score
building record · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica stands
#165 of 197 countries today, #22 of 35 in Americas (region score 51). Tension is steady this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Costa Rica news pulse
12 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Costa Rica, 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 Costa Rica’s tension score
last 30 days- 15 headlines in 30 days — 0.08% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (2).
- 0% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 0% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. Costa Rica is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
- Region: Americas reads 51 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Costa Rica) 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.
Costa Rica tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 8.0 | Calm | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 8.1 | Calm | 12 | 0 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 9.0 | Calm | 2 | 0 | 13 |
Record for Costa Rica began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Costa Rica 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 Americas 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 Costa Rica
Is Costa Rica in a war right now?
Not on our roster. Costa Rica is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in Costa Rica rising or falling?
Rising: up 1 points in 7 days.
How does Costa Rica compare with the rest of Americas?
Below its region: Costa Rica reads 8 against 51 for Americas, ranking #22 of 35 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
United States 56 · Haiti 33 · Mexico 31 · Canada 28 · El Salvador 27 · Colombia 24
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Americas · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Costa Rica and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamThe stable exception. Costa Rica has no army and rarely makes tension news beyond drug transit.
What our engine watches in Costa Rica
- Drug trafficking