Mexico · share of its news about armed violence, last 12 months
Mexico: how tense is it right now?
4.6% of the news located in Mexico this week is about armed violence (war and terrorism): #49 of the 74 countries we track. Compared with its own history since 2017, that is far below its usual level (3 out of 100).
Armed-conflict intensity4.6%of its news, last 7 days
Rank#49of 74 countries
Vs its own history3far below its usual level
Share of the world’s war news1.2%weighed by severity
Mexico · weekly average since 2017 (highest: 12 March 2023)
The tensest weeks for Mexico since 2017share of its news about armed violence, 7 days
| Week ending | Intensity | Nearby event |
|---|---|---|
| 12 March 2023 | 11.8% | — |
| 28 February 2026 | 11.7% | — |
| 8 August 2019 | 11.5% | — |
| 10 November 2019 | 11.2% | — |
| 17 May 2017 | 10.2% | — |
Year by year
| Year | Average intensity | Highest week | Typical rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6.5% | 11.7% | #35 |
| 2025 | 6.5% | 9.6% | #31 |
| 2024 | 6.7% | 9.1% | #30 |
| 2023 | 6.6% | 11.8% | #33 |
| 2022 | 6.2% | 9.5% | #37 |
| 2021 | 5.5% | 8.1% | #42 |
| 2020 | 5.5% | 7.7% | #40 |
| 2019 | 6.2% | 11.5% | #32 |
| 2018 | 6.1% | 9.5% | #33 |
| 2017 | 6.2% | 10.2% | #39 |
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How tense is Mexico right now?
4.6% of the news located in Mexico over the last 7 days was about armed violence (war and terrorism), which ranks it #49 of the 74 countries Riftrate tracks.
Is Mexico more tense than usual?
Compared with its own history since 2017, Mexico is far below its usual level: it has been calmer on 3% of days.
When was Mexico most tense since 2017?
The highest reading was 11.8%, in the 7 days to 12 March 2023.
Which countries in Americas are the most tense right now?
Haiti (11.1%), Colombia (7.2%), Ecuador (6.0%).
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