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Jamaica Tension Score

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Live 0–100 tension reading for Jamaica, 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 Jamaica stands

#152 of 197 countries today, #21 of 35 in Americas (region score 60). Tension is steady this week.

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

Jamaica news pulse

1 headline in 30 days · newest first

Every story the engine read that names Jamaica, 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 Jamaica’s tension score

last 30 days
  • 2 headlines in 30 days — 0.07% 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. Jamaica is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
  • Region: Americas reads 60 today; it carries 15% of this score.

Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Jamaica) 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.

Jamaica tension month by month

average score, headline counts
MonthAvg scoreZoneHeadlinesViolentDays
September 20269.0Calm204

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

How the Jamaica 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 Jamaica

Is Jamaica in a war right now?

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

Is tension in Jamaica rising or falling?

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

How does Jamaica compare with the rest of Americas?

Below its region: Jamaica reads 9 against 60 for Americas, ranking #21 of 35 there.

Keep exploring

Jamaica and world tension: the long view

evergreen · World Tension Meter team

Caribbean hub. Jamaica appears through hurricanes, gang violence and Haiti operations.

What our engine watches in Jamaica

  • Hurricanes
  • Violence