Press tone rankings
Among 196 countries with live tone data, Afghanistan has the most negative press tone at -4.70, while Cape Verde reads most positive at +6.22. Tone below -2.5 reads as distinctly negative coverage; sustained falls often precede escalating events.
Data updated: · refreshed every 2 hours from GDELT
Most negative press tone
| # | Name | Tone |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | -4.70 |
| 2 | Central African Republic | -4.61 |
| 3 | Yemen | -4.13 |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | -4.09 |
| 5 | Ukraine | -3.87 |
| 6 | Antigua and Barbuda | -3.84 |
| 7 | Somalia | -3.80 |
| 8 | Marshall Islands | -3.23 |
| 9 | Syria | -3.23 |
| 10 | Israel | -3.19 |
| 11 | Lebanon | -3.19 |
| 12 | Niger | -3.07 |
| 13 | Cameroon | -2.93 |
| 14 | Qatar | -2.90 |
| 15 | Senegal | -2.89 |
Most positive press tone
| # | Name | Tone |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Verde | +6.22 |
| 2 | Maldives | +3.09 |
| 3 | Dominica | +2.72 |
| 4 | Bhutan | +2.70 |
| 5 | Solomon Islands | +2.40 |
| 6 | Palau | +1.91 |
| 7 | Saint Lucia | +1.83 |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | +1.80 |
| 9 | Grenada | +1.58 |
| 10 | Georgia | +1.56 |
GDELT tone averages the sentiment of each country's press output; typical range -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).
Recomputed every two hours. Methodology: how every number is computed. License: CC BY 4.0 — cite "Geotone / GDELT" with a link to this page.