El Salvador Tension Score
building record · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for El Salvador, 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 El Salvador stands
#52 of 197 countries today, #5 of 35 in Americas (region score 51). Tension is rising this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
El Salvador news pulse
21 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names El Salvador, 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 El Salvador’s tension score
last 30 days- 26 headlines in 30 days — 0.14% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (1).
- 58% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 31% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. El Salvador 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 El Salvador) 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.
El Salvador tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 27.4 | Calm | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 13.1 | Calm | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 9.0 | Calm | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Record for El Salvador began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the El Salvador 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 El Salvador
Is El Salvador in a war right now?
Not on our roster. El Salvador is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in El Salvador rising or falling?
Rising: up 5 points in 7 days.
How does El Salvador compare with the rest of Americas?
Below its region: El Salvador reads 27 against 51 for Americas, ranking #5 of 35 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
United States 56 · Haiti 33 · Mexico 31 · Canada 28 · Colombia 24 · Venezuela 23
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Americas · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
El Salvador and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamThe gang crackdown model. El Salvador jailed a share of its population to break the gangs and adopted bitcoin as legal tender. Other governments copy it, rights groups condemn it.
What our engine watches in El Salvador
- Emergency-rule extensions
- Bitcoin policy
- Deportation deals
Indexes to follow: Crypto Fear & Greed.