El Salvador Tension Score
building record · 4 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for El Salvador, built by our own engine from 2,698 world headlines in the last 30 days. Refreshed every 10 minutes; a fresh headline count twice a day.
Where El Salvador stands
#148 of 197 countries today, #17 of 35 in Americas (region score 60). Tension is steady this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
El Salvador news pulse
rolling 30 daysWhat is driving El Salvador’s tension score
last 30 daysQuiet. Not one of the 2,698 world headlines our engine read in the last 30 days mentioned El Salvador. The score you see is the regional baseline: Americas at 60, weighted 15%.
Quiet is information too. The moment El Salvador enters the world news, this page moves within 12 hours and the number climbs with every headline that follows.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. El Salvador is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
El Salvador tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 9.0 | Calm | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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?
Too early to say — the 7-day change appears once a week of data exists.
How does El Salvador compare with the rest of Americas?
Below its region: El Salvador reads 9 against 60 for Americas, ranking #17 of 35 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
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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.