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Guatemala Tension Score

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Live 0–100 tension reading for Guatemala, 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.

9
Calm
7d · 30d

Where Guatemala stands

#145 of 197 countries today, #14 of 35 in Americas (region score 60). Tension is steady this week.

Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.

Guatemala news pulse

rolling 30 days
No world headline mentioned Guatemala in the last 30 days. The first one will appear here within 12 hours of being published.

What is driving Guatemala’s tension score

last 30 days

Quiet. Not one of the 2,698 world headlines our engine read in the last 30 days mentioned Guatemala. The score you see is the regional baseline: Americas at 60, weighted 15%.

Quiet is information too. The moment Guatemala enters the world news, this page moves within 12 hours and the number climbs with every headline that follows.

  • Conflicts on the roster: none. Guatemala is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.

Guatemala tension month by month

average score, headline counts
MonthAvg scoreZoneHeadlinesViolentDays
September 20269.0Calm004

Record for Guatemala began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.

How the Guatemala 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 Guatemala

Is Guatemala in a war right now?

Not on our roster. Guatemala is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.

Is tension in Guatemala rising or falling?

Too early to say — the 7-day change appears once a week of data exists.

How does Guatemala compare with the rest of Americas?

Below its region: Guatemala reads 9 against 60 for Americas, ranking #14 of 35 there.

Keep exploring

Guatemala and world tension: the long view

evergreen · World Tension Meter team

Migration corridor. Guatemala is the largest source of Central American migrants and a transit route north.

What our engine watches in Guatemala

  • Migration
  • Corruption and rule of law