Iceland Tension Score
building record · 4 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Iceland, 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 Iceland stands
#177 of 197 countries today, #29 of 49 in Europe (region score 49). Tension is steady this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Iceland news pulse
1 headline in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Iceland, 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 Iceland’s tension score
last 30 days- 1 headlines in 30 days — 0.04% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (0).
- 0% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 0% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. Iceland is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
- Region: Europe reads 49 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Iceland) 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.
Iceland tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 7.8 | Calm | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Record for Iceland began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Iceland 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 Europe 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 Iceland
Is Iceland in a war right now?
Not on our roster. Iceland is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in Iceland rising or falling?
Too early to say — the 7-day change appears once a week of data exists.
How does Iceland compare with the rest of Europe?
Below its region: Iceland reads 8 against 49 for Europe, ranking #29 of 49 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Russia 60 · Ukraine 59 · Poland 34 · France 30 · United Kingdom 29 · Belarus 27
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Europe · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Iceland and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamThe Atlantic gap. Iceland has no army but sits on the sea lane between Greenland and Britain that NATO must hold. Its tension is about submarines and cables, not people.
What our engine watches in Iceland
- North Atlantic naval activity
- Cable security
Indexes to follow: Shipping Stress.