Lebanon Tension Score
indexed · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Lebanon, 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 Lebanon stands
#18 of 197 countries today, #11 of 16 in Middle East (region score 78). Tension is easing this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Lebanon news pulse
60 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Lebanon, 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 Lebanon’s tension score
last 30 days- 102 headlines in 30 days — 0.53% of everything the engine read, up sharply on the previous 30 days (63).
- 38% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 31% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: Middle East Regional Conflict (active).
- Region: Middle East reads 78 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Lebanon) 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.
Lebanon tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 42.0 | Stable | 14 | 6 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 41.0 | Stable | 99 | 36 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 43.2 | Stable | 52 | 34 | 13 |
Record for Lebanon began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Lebanon 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 Middle East 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 Lebanon
Is Lebanon in a war right now?
Yes, by our roster: Middle East Regional Conflict. Status is updated on every full cycle.
Is tension in Lebanon rising or falling?
Easing: down 4 points in 7 days.
How does Lebanon compare with the rest of Middle East?
Below its region: Lebanon reads 39 against 78 for Middle East, ranking #11 of 16 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Yemen 69 · Iran 67 · Israel 67 · Palestine 55 · Saudi Arabia 55 · Syria 48
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Middle East · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Lebanon and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamHezbollah’s home ground. Lebanon is where the Israel-Iran confrontation turns into artillery. Its score climbs with every border exchange and falls only when a truce holds for weeks.
A collapsed economy. Currency collapse, bank failures and political paralysis are background tension that never fully clears from the corpus.
What our engine watches in Lebanon
- Border fire and ceasefire enforcement
- Government formation and army funding
- Currency and banking crisis headlines
Indexes to follow: Currency Stress · Gold & Silver Fear.