Madagascar

News coverage about Madagascar accounts for 0.024% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 21, 2026. Output is down 5.0% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is +1.99 — neutral-to-positive.

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Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT

Coverage share
0.024%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-5.0%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
+1.99
neutral-to-positive
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Madagascar coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.02% on 2026-08-210.000.250.50May 23Jun 8Jun 24Jul 10Jul 26Aug 11Aug 21

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Madagascar coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone 1.99 on 2026-08-21+100-10May 23Jun 8Jun 24Jul 10Jul 26Aug 11Aug 21

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Madagascar: 9 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-160.002.55.0May 26Jun 9Jun 29Jul 17Aug 16

Diplomacy (8/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Madagascar: 76 days, latest 8.00 on 2026-08-190.0025.050.0May 26Jun 14Jun 27Jul 10Jul 26Aug 8Aug 19

Coercion & force (2/day latest)

Coercive events located in Madagascar: 28 days, latest 2.00 on 2026-08-190.005.010.0Jun 3Jun 16Jun 30Jul 8Jul 23Aug 17Aug 19

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Madagascar, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 0% of the coverage about Madagascar came from outlets based in Madagascar — the rest was written from abroad (871 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Madagascar from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 0.00 on 2026-08-200.000.501.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Madagascar produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Antananarivo (3)

Places named in coverage about Madagascar on 2026-08-21 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Madagascar

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$19.6B
World Bank, 2025
Population
32.7M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
54.2%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
0.7%
World Bank, 2024

Coverage share measures articles published by Madagascar-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).