Panama Tension Score
building record · 49 days on fileLive 0–100 tension reading for Panama, 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 Panama stands
#95 of 197 countries today, #12 of 35 in Americas (region score 51). Tension is steady this week.
Same 0–100 scale and zones as the World Tension Index.
Panama news pulse
31 headlines in 30 days · newest firstEvery story the engine read that names Panama, 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 Panama’s tension score
last 30 days- 44 headlines in 30 days — 0.23% of everything the engine read, in line with the previous 30 days (4).
- 20% of those were violent (attacks, strikes, casualties) and 34% scored as high-tension stories.
- Conflicts on the roster: none. Panama is not a party to any conflict our engine tracks right now.
- Region: Americas reads 51 today; it carries 15% of this score.
Read it like this. Attention (how much the world is talking about Panama) 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.
Panama tension month by month
average score, headline counts| Month | Avg score | Zone | Headlines | Violent | Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 19.6 | Calm | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 19.0 | Calm | 44 | 10 | 31 |
| September 2026 | 12.8 | Calm | 3 | 0 | 13 |
Record for Panama began on 18 September 2026. Nothing is revised after the fact.
How the Panama 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 Panama
Is Panama in a war right now?
Not on our roster. Panama is not a party to any tracked conflict; the engine flags new candidates automatically when coverage repeats.
Is tension in Panama rising or falling?
Flat over the last 7 days.
How does Panama compare with the rest of Americas?
Below its region: Panama reads 19 against 51 for Americas, ranking #12 of 35 there.
Keep exploring
Same region
United States 56 · Haiti 33 · Mexico 31 · Canada 28 · El Salvador 27 · Colombia 24
The bigger picture
All countries on the map · Americas · World Tension Index · active conflicts · escalation watchlist
Panama and world tension: the long view
evergreen · World Tension Meter teamThe canal. Panama’s canal moves a share of world trade and has become a US-China flashpoint over port control. Drought can slow it as surely as politics.
What our engine watches in Panama
- Canal transit limits and port ownership
- US pressure and protests
- Migration through the Darien
Indexes to follow: Shipping Stress · Supply Chain Risk.