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Taiwan geopolitical risk index

A daily, news-based measure of geopolitical risk for Taiwan: conflict, threats, terrorism and tensions as reported in the news, from 1979 to 2026. Free to download and reuse under CC BY 4.0.

Data through 2 November 2026 · Updated monthly · Source: GDELT Project

Taiwan in the Asian GPR Index

Data through 2 November 2026 · Explore the full Asian GPR Index

102.4
Index, October 2026 (own 2000–2019 average = 100)
106.9
Index, average of the last 90 days
+1%
Change vs the same 90 days a year earlier
22.7%
Conflict share of coverage, last 90 days · rank 22 of 50 in Asia

In October 2026, the Asian GPR Index for Taiwan stood at 102.4, which is close to its long-run norm. The 90-day average of 106.9 is higher than 59% of all 90-day periods since 2000. Since 2000, the highest monthly reading was 155.2 in December 2006. Over the last 90 days, 22.7% of Taiwan's news-event coverage reported conflict or threat, ranking 22 of 50 countries in Asia on this cross-country comparable measure.

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Monthly average of Taiwan's own GPR index (2000–2019 average = 100), 1985 to 2026. Dashed line = the country's own baseline of 100. Early years rest on thinner news coverage and are noisier.

Download Taiwan geopolitical risk data

The monthly file has one row per month and these columns: asia_gpr_index, asia_conflict_share_pct. Daily data for every country is in the regional files.

What the numbers mean

  • Asian GPR Index: built from the GDELT Event Database (1979–). The index is Taiwan's own GPR index (2000–2019 average = 100): 150 means risk coverage 50% above Taiwan's own normal. The conflict share is the share of Taiwan's news-event coverage that reports conflict or threat, and it is the series to use for comparing countries.

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.

How to cite

How to cite

Iddouch, K. (2026). GPR Data Hub: Daily geopolitical risk indices for MENA, Africa, Asia, 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, Asia, Europe and South America},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://karimiddouch.org/}},
  note         = {Data set, CC BY 4.0, accessed YYYY-MM-DD}
}

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