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Where conflict is most intense

74 countries ranked by armed-conflict intensity: the share of the news located in each country that is about war and terrorism, over the last 7 days, updated every hour. This week Yemen leads with 29.3%. Click a country for its history since 2017.

#CountryRegionArmed-conflict intensity7 daysVs its own history
#1YemenMiddle East 29.3%▼ −3.3above its usual level
#2Gaza and the West BankMiddle East 23.7%▼ −4.5around its usual level
#3JordanMiddle East 22.9%▲ +1.5far above its usual level
#4EthiopiaAfrica 19.9%▲ +7.8far above its usual level
#5SomaliaAfrica 16.8%▲ +10.6around its usual level
#6MyanmarAsia-Pacific 16.2%▲ +3.3around its usual level
#7Saudi ArabiaMiddle East 15.6%▼ −3.2far above its usual level
#8SyriaMiddle East 14.7%▲ +2.5around its usual level
#9SudanAfrica 14.5%▼ −2.4above its usual level
#10LebanonMiddle East 14.4%▲ +2.4above its usual level
#11AfghanistanAsia-Pacific 13.1%▲ +0.2around its usual level
#12IsraelMiddle East 13.0%▼ −3.0around its usual level
#13IranMiddle East 12.8%▼ −2.3above its usual level
#14DR CongoAfrica 11.9%▲ +6.6above its usual level
#15UkraineEurope 11.6%▼ −0.1around its usual level
#16HaitiAmericas 11.1%▼ −3.2far above its usual level
#17North KoreaAsia-Pacific 11.0%▲ +2.8around its usual level
#18RussiaEurope 9.6%▼ −0.5around its usual level
#19ChadAfrica 8.5%▼ −3.0around its usual level
#20IraqMiddle East 8.5%▼ −1.8far below its usual level
#21Burkina FasoAfrica 7.8%▲ +2.9around its usual level
#22MaliAfrica 7.4%▼ −11.4below its usual level
#23ColombiaAmericas 7.2%0.0above its usual level
#24BangladeshAsia-Pacific 6.5%▼ −0.2around its usual level
#25PakistanAsia-Pacific 6.5%▼ −1.0below its usual level
#26MozambiqueAfrica 6.1%▼ −0.6below its usual level
#27AlgeriaAfrica 6.0%▲ +3.1above its usual level
#28South KoreaAsia-Pacific 6.0%▲ +0.3above its usual level
#29EcuadorAmericas 6.0%▼ −0.2around its usual level
#30FranceEurope 5.9%▼ −1.0around its usual level
#31South SudanAfrica 5.9%▼ −2.4below its usual level
#32NigerAfrica 5.8%▼ −6.0below its usual level
#33MoroccoAfrica 5.8%▲ +1.5above its usual level
#34ArmeniaEurope 5.6%▲ +1.3around its usual level
#35GermanyEurope 5.4%▲ +0.4around its usual level
#36United StatesAmericas 5.4%▼ −0.3far below its usual level
#37NigeriaAfrica 5.2%▲ +0.9below its usual level
#38JapanAsia-Pacific 5.2%▲ +0.1around its usual level
#39BoliviaAmericas 5.1%▲ +1.6above its usual level
#40SerbiaEurope 5.0%▲ +1.5above its usual level
#41South AfricaAfrica 5.0%▼ −0.8below its usual level
#42KenyaAfrica 5.0%0.0around its usual level
#43LatviaEurope 4.9%▼ −0.2above its usual level
#44United KingdomEurope 4.9%▼ −0.6around its usual level
#45TurkeyMiddle East 4.8%▲ +0.6far below its usual level
#46GreenlandEurope 4.8%▲ +1.9around its usual level
#47IndonesiaAsia-Pacific 4.8%0.0above its usual level
#48BelarusEurope 4.7%▼ −2.9below its usual level
#49MexicoAmericas 4.6%▼ −0.8far below its usual level
#50ThailandAsia-Pacific 4.4%▲ +0.1around its usual level
#51LithuaniaEurope 4.4%▼ −1.8around its usual level
#52CubaAmericas 4.3%▼ −2.6around its usual level
#53EgyptAfrica 4.1%▼ −1.0around its usual level
#54IndiaAsia-Pacific 4.1%▼ −0.7far below its usual level
#55PeruAmericas 4.0%▼ −1.0around its usual level
#56PolandEurope 4.0%▼ −2.5below its usual level
#57LibyaAfrica 4.0%▲ +0.6far below its usual level
#58ChinaAsia-Pacific 3.9%▲ +0.4below its usual level
#59ArgentinaAmericas 3.7%0.0around its usual level
#60CanadaAmericas 3.6%▼ −1.8far below its usual level
#61VenezuelaAmericas 3.5%▼ −0.8far below its usual level
#62BrazilAmericas 3.5%▼ −0.7far below its usual level
#63KosovoEurope 3.4%▲ +1.6around its usual level
#64AzerbaijanEurope 3.3%▼ −0.4far below its usual level
#65VietnamAsia-Pacific 3.2%▲ +0.9below its usual level
#66EstoniaEurope 3.2%▼ −0.6around its usual level
#67United Arab EmiratesMiddle East 3.1%▼ −0.4around its usual level
#68GeorgiaEurope 3.0%▲ +0.9below its usual level
#69PhilippinesAsia-Pacific 2.8%▼ −1.8far below its usual level
#70MoldovaEurope 2.8%▼ −2.1below its usual level
#71CambodiaAsia-Pacific 2.8%▲ +0.6around its usual level
#72TaiwanAsia-Pacific 2.6%▼ −3.1far below its usual level
#73QatarMiddle East 2.1%▼ −0.7below its usual level
#74Central African RepublicAfrica 1.8%▼ −2.6far below its usual level

Where the world’s war news happens

How it is measured

Israel fell over the last 30 days to 7.2%, from 9.7% in 2025.

Each line is a country’s share of all the news about armed violence in the world (war and terrorism, weighted by severity), month by month since 2017. Large and heavily covered countries weigh more, so this measures where the world’s attention goes, not how dangerous a country is: for that, see the intensity ranking above.

United States 16%Russia 8%Israel 7%Ukraine 8%United Kingdom 3%India 3%
10%20%201820192020202120222023202420252026IndiaUnited KingdomUkraineIsraelRussiaUnited States
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PeriodUnited StatesRussiaIsraelUkraineUnited KingdomIndiaOther tracked countriesRest of the world
201718.9%3.9%3.0%2.5%3.1%2.8%47.3%18.5%
201821.7%4.4%4.5%2.6%3.0%2.9%41.9%19.0%
201922.6%3.9%3.5%2.3%3.3%3.3%41.2%19.9%
202022.8%4.3%2.7%2.2%3.4%3.2%42.0%19.5%
202123.5%4.4%4.5%2.4%3.4%2.8%40.1%18.9%
202219.2%12.1%3.9%12.5%2.7%2.1%31.9%15.6%
202317.4%9.9%9.0%10.5%2.7%2.4%32.1%16.0%
202415.9%8.4%13.6%8.0%2.7%2.5%33.3%15.5%
202518.8%8.0%9.7%7.3%2.8%3.3%32.7%17.3%
2026 to date17.6%7.4%7.6%7.1%2.8%2.4%37.6%17.3%
Last 30 days16.4%8.3%7.2%7.6%2.9%2.6%37.3%17.7%

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