Kenya · share of its news about armed violence, last 12 months
Kenya: how tense is it right now?
5.0% of the news located in Kenya this week is about armed violence (war and terrorism): #42 of the 74 countries we track. Compared with its own history since 2017, that is around its usual level (53 out of 100).
Armed-conflict intensity5.0%of its news, last 7 days
Rank#42of 74 countries
Vs its own history53around its usual level
Share of the world’s war news0.33%weighed by severity
Kenya · weekly average since 2017 (highest: 7 January 2020)
The tensest weeks for Kenya since 2017share of its news about armed violence, 7 days
| Week ending | Intensity | Nearby event |
|---|---|---|
| 7 January 2020 | 32.9% | — |
| 21 January 2019 | 21.5% | — |
| 26 April 2017 | 11.6% | — |
| 2 February 2017 | 11.6% | — |
| 25 November 2018 | 10.8% | — |
Year by year
| Year | Average intensity | Highest week | Typical rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4.3% | 8.3% | #60 |
| 2025 | 5.1% | 9.4% | #51 |
| 2024 | 4.7% | 9.0% | #57 |
| 2023 | 4.4% | 8.0% | #58 |
| 2022 | 4.8% | 9.6% | #54 |
| 2021 | 4.9% | 10.1% | #51 |
| 2020 | 6.4% | 32.9% | #35 |
| 2019 | 5.7% | 21.5% | #42 |
| 2018 | 5.1% | 10.8% | #46 |
| 2017 | 6.7% | 11.6% | #35 |
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How tense is Kenya right now?
5.0% of the news located in Kenya over the last 7 days was about armed violence (war and terrorism), which ranks it #42 of the 74 countries Riftrate tracks.
Is Kenya more tense than usual?
Compared with its own history since 2017, Kenya is around its usual level: it has been calmer on 53% of days.
When was Kenya most tense since 2017?
The highest reading was 32.9%, in the 7 days to 7 January 2020.
Which countries in Africa are the most tense right now?
Ethiopia (19.9%), Somalia (16.8%), Sudan (14.5%).
Where does this data come from?
From the GDELT Project, which codes events reported in the world’s news in more than 100 languages and locates them. Riftrate measures the share of each country’s news about armed violence, excluding ordinary crime and policing. It measures the news, not casualties.
How it is measured: GDELT locates every event reported in the news. We take all the coverage of events located in the country over 7 days and measure the part about armed violence: war and terrorism, excluding ordinary crime and policing. It does not depend on the size of the country or on how many newspapers cover it. It measures the news, not the number of victims. Methodology