Myanmar · share of its news about armed violence, last 12 months
Myanmar: how tense is it right now?
16.2% of the news located in Myanmar this week is about armed violence (war and terrorism): #6 of the 74 countries we track. Compared with its own history since 2017, that is around its usual level (62 out of 100).
Armed-conflict intensity16.2%of its news, last 7 days
Rank#6of 74 countries
Vs its own history62around its usual level
Share of the world’s war news0.08%weighed by severity
Myanmar · weekly average since 2017 (highest: 18 November 2023)
The tensest weeks for Myanmar since 2017share of its news about armed violence, 7 days
| Week ending | Intensity | Nearby event |
|---|---|---|
| 18 November 2023 | 37.0% | — |
| 25 October 2022 | 36.5% | — |
| 11 July 2024 | 35.2% | — |
| 20 January 2023 | 34.4% | — |
| 23 March 2023 | 33.2% | — |
Year by year
| Year | Average intensity | Highest week | Typical rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12.8% | 26.8% | #13 |
| 2025 | 15.9% | 28.2% | #7 |
| 2024 | 23.1% | 35.2% | #5 |
| 2023 | 23.2% | 37.0% | #3 |
| 2022 | 19.2% | 36.5% | #4 |
| 2021 | 13.1% | 25.0% | #10 |
| 2020 | 9.7% | 20.0% | #16 |
| 2019 | 11.9% | 27.7% | #11 |
| 2018 | 10.8% | 19.9% | #13 |
| 2017 | 10.8% | 25.5% | #16 |
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How tense is Myanmar right now?
16.2% of the news located in Myanmar over the last 7 days was about armed violence (war and terrorism), which ranks it #6 of the 74 countries Riftrate tracks.
Is Myanmar more tense than usual?
Compared with its own history since 2017, Myanmar is around its usual level: it has been calmer on 62% of days.
When was Myanmar most tense since 2017?
The highest reading was 37.0%, in the 7 days to 18 November 2023.
Which countries in Asia-Pacific are the most tense right now?
Myanmar (16.2%), Afghanistan (13.1%), North Korea (11.0%).
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