A daily, news-based measure of geopolitical risk for Saudi Arabia: conflict, threats, terrorism and tensions as reported in the news, from 2015 to 2026. Free to download and reuse under CC BY 4.0.
Data through 18 June 2026 · Explore the full MENA GPR Index
In May 2026, 3.1% of the Arabic-language geopolitical coverage tracked by the MENA GPR Index mentioned Saudi Arabia. The 90-day average of 3.1% is higher than 46% of all 90-day periods since 2015, and ranks Saudi Arabia 6 of 23 countries in the index. The highest monthly share was 11.2% in September 2016.
Monthly average share of Arabic-language geopolitical coverage that mentions Saudi Arabia, 2015 to 2026.
The monthly file has one row per month and these columns: mena_coverage_share_pct. Daily data for every country is in the regional files.
All indices follow the geopolitical-risk definition of Caldara and Iacoviello (2022): the threat, realization and escalation of wars, terrorism and tensions between states and political actors. The full construction is on the methodology page.
Iddouch, K. (2026). GPR Data Hub: Daily geopolitical risk indices for MENA, Africa, Europe and South America [Data set]. https://karimiddouch.org/
@misc{iddouch2026gprhub,
author = {Iddouch, Karim},
title = {GPR Data Hub: Daily Geopolitical Risk Indices for MENA, Africa, Europe and South America},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://karimiddouch.org/}},
note = {Data set, CC BY 4.0, accessed YYYY-MM-DD}
}