Press tone rankings
Among 196 countries with live tone data, Liberia has the most negative press tone at -7.31, while Antigua and Barbuda reads most positive at +6.75. Tone below -2.5 reads as distinctly negative coverage; sustained falls often precede escalating events.
Data updated: · refreshed every 3 hours from GDELT
Most negative press tone
| # | Name | Tone |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liberia | -7.31 |
| 2 | Eswatini | -5.08 |
| 3 | Moldova | -4.39 |
| 4 | Yemen | -4.17 |
| 5 | Djibouti | -3.44 |
| 6 | Eritrea | -3.41 |
| 7 | Sudan | -3.31 |
| 8 | Lithuania | -3.00 |
| 9 | Georgia | -2.99 |
| 10 | Somalia | -2.98 |
| 11 | Oman | -2.91 |
| 12 | Ukraine | -2.81 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | -2.60 |
| 14 | Israel | -2.58 |
| 15 | Republic of the Congo | -2.56 |
Most positive press tone
| # | Name | Tone |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | +6.75 |
| 2 | Micronesia | +5.87 |
| 3 | Lesotho | +5.52 |
| 4 | Seychelles | +4.47 |
| 5 | Timor-Leste | +3.67 |
| 6 | Burundi | +3.02 |
| 7 | Marshall Islands | +3.00 |
| 8 | Papua New Guinea | +2.40 |
| 9 | Bahrain | +2.38 |
| 10 | Zambia | +1.88 |
GDELT tone averages the sentiment of each country's press output; typical range -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).
Recomputed every three hours. Methodology: how every number is computed. License: CC BY 4.0 — cite "Geotone / GDELT" with a link to this page.