Maldives Tension Score
building record · 4 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Maldives, 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 Maldives stands
#120 of 197 countries today, #20 of 44 in Asia-Pacific (region score 58). Tension is steady this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Maldives news pulse
rolling 30 daysWhat is driving Maldives’s tension score
last 30 daysQuiet. Not one of the 2,698 world headlines our engine read in the last 30 days mentioned Maldives. The score you see is the regional baseline: Asia-Pacific at 58, weighted 15%.
Quiet is information too. The moment Maldives enters the world news, this page moves within 12 hours and the number climbs with every headline that follows.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. Maldives is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
Maldives tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 8.5 | Calm | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Record for Maldives began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Maldives 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 Asia-Pacific 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 Maldives
Is Maldives in a war right now?
Not on our roster. Maldives is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in Maldives rising or falling?
Too early to say — the 7-day change appears once a week of data exists.
How does Maldives compare with the rest of Asia-Pacific?
Below its region: Maldives reads 9 against 58 for Asia-Pacific, ranking #20 of 44 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
Pakistan 50 · China 37 · South Korea 36 · North Korea 33 · Afghanistan 33 · Philippines 32
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Asia-Pacific · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Maldives and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamIslands on the sea lane. The Maldives sit astride Indian Ocean shipping and swing between Indian and Chinese partners.
What our engine watches in Maldives
- India-China alignment
- Debt
Indexes to follow: Shipping Stress.