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Topic 11 of 18 · Country Index 2026

Palestine: Risk & Resilience

How exposed is a country to crisis, and how ready is it to cope?

Palestine is placed 125th of 193 countries on risk & resilience in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: INFORM Risk Index 6.4 (2025); Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days 71.03 (2024).

Risk & Resilience

125th

of 193 countries placed

Country Index 2026, all topics128th of 180 →

—World Risk Index, 2025No reading for this country
6.4INFORM Risk Index, 2025INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)
—Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2024No reading for this country
71.03Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, 2024Adults who could raise emergency funds within 30 days without great difficulty (% of population aged 15+)

01The evidence

The 4 key statistics that decide it

Only these place Palestine on risk & resilience — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used — or, for a survey-based key, each country’s latest reading; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.

Why these keys

Key 1 of 4
World Risk Index
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
Why it is a key: Exposure to natural hazards set against the capacity a country has to cope with them.
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
No reading
WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)
Lower is better
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum publishes no 2025 figure for Palestine, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 193 countries in this edition, values run from 0.18 (Monaco) to 46.56 (Philippines); the world median is 4.17.
World median
4.17
Best in Western Asia
0.87 Bahrain
Land neighbours
Egypt 18.91 · Israel 3.69 · Jordan 3.21
Each grey tick is one of 193 countries in the 2025 edition.
Key 2 of 4
INFORM Risk Index
European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
Why it is a key: Humanitarian crisis risk, which counts conflict and displacement that the hazard indices leave out. Correlates 0.468 with the World Risk Index.
2026 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0 (via the European Commission's reuse policy)
6.4
INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)
Lower is better
Palestine: 6.4. Across the 191 countries in this edition, values run from 0.7 (Singapore) to 8.5 (South Sudan); the world median is 3.7.
World median
3.7
Best in Western Asia
1.4 Qatar
Land neighbours
Egypt 5 · Israel 3.2 · Jordan 4.4
Each grey tick is one of 191 countries in the 2026 edition.
Key 3 of 4
Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)
Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
Why it is a key: How exposed and sensitive a country’s food, water, health, ecosystems, housing and infrastructure are to a changing climate, set against its capacity to adapt — the slow-onset climate risk the hazard and crisis indices do not isolate.
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 Unported
No reading
ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable)
Lower is better
Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame publishes no 2024 figure for Palestine, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 190 countries in this edition, values run from 0.263 (Norway) to 0.655 (Mauritania); the world median is 0.45.
World median
0.45
Best in Western Asia
0.344 Israel
Land neighbours
Egypt 0.469 · Israel 0.344 · Jordan 0.429
Each grey tick is one of 190 countries in the 2024 edition.
Key 4 of 4
Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days
World Bank Group
Why it is a key: Whether ordinary households could find money for an emergency within a month — the coping capacity of people themselves, where the other keys measure hazards and the state's readiness to meet them.
Latest reading per country, 2021–2024 · Palestine’s is from 2024 · CC BY 4.0
71.03
Adults who could raise emergency funds within 30 days without great difficulty (% of population aged 15+)
Higher is better
Palestine: 71.03. Across the 142 countries at their latest reading, values run from 16.49 (South Sudan) to 93.69 (Sweden); the world median is 53.85.
World median
53.85
Best in Western Asia
79.33 Saudi Arabia
Land neighbours
Egypt 41.43 · Israel 76.93 · Jordan 57.6
Each grey tick is one of 142 countries at its latest reading, 2021–2024.

02Over time

Which way Palestine is moving

Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.

INFORM Risk Index
INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk) · lower is better
PalestineWorld median
Palestine rose from 5.4 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2025; the world median went from 3.6 to 3.7.
Every year’s figures
Year Palestine World median
2025 6.4 3.7
2024 6.3 3.5
2023 6.1 3.6
2022 5.9 3.6
2021 5.9 3.6
2020 5.5 3.6
2019 5.9 3.6
2018 5.7 3.5
2017 5.5 3.5
2016 5.4 3.6

Year	Palestine	World median
2025	6.4	3.7
2024	6.3	3.5
2023	6.1	3.6
2022	5.9	3.6
2021	5.9	3.6
2020	5.5	3.6
2019	5.9	3.6
2018	5.7	3.5
2017	5.5	3.5
2016	5.4	3.6

03In context

Palestine beside its neighbours

A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 193 countries on risk & resilience, never a place within the region.

Western Asia

1st193rdNot placed · 31 countries with too few key statisticsNo data

The whole world on risk & resilience

Palestine and the countries it borders

The standing is each country’s place among all 193 placed on the topic; the other columns are the publishers’ own values, read at the edition the standing used.

Country	Standing	World Risk IndexWorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)	INFORM Risk IndexINFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)	Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable)	Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 DaysAdults who could raise emergency funds within 30 days without great difficulty (% of population aged 15+)
Israel	44th	3.69	3.2	0.344	76.93
Jordan	93rd	3.21	4.4	0.429	57.6
Palestine	125th	—	6.4	—	71.03
Egypt	164th	18.91	5	0.469	41.43

“—” means the publisher gives no reading for that country in that edition. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed.

Across Western Asia

Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 193.

Placed either side on risk & resilience

The countries immediately above and below Palestine in the topic’s list.

04Context, no vote

Where Palestine is ahead of the world, and behind

6 more statistics filed under risk & resilience, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.

Every country

Behind the world median3

Statistics on which Palestine does worse than the middle country measured.

Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe WeatherWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 20.4631.820.46No earlier reading
Palestine: 31.8 · world median 20.46 · Adults who experienced a natural disaster or severe weather in the past three years (% of population aged 15+). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 2.738 to 77.54; lower is better.
Position 25th of 98 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Chart and every country The 2024 dataset
INFORM Severity IndexACAPS · 2025 · world median 3.14.23.1▼ Worsened since 2020
Palestine: 4.2 · world median 3.1 · INFORM Severity (1–5, most severe crisis). ACAPS, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.3 to 4.7; lower is better.
Position 13th of 81 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = worst. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Chart and every country The 2025 dataset
Political Stability and Absence of ViolenceWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 0.171-1.9110.171▼ Worsened since 2015
Palestine: -1.911 · world median 0.171 · Political Stability estimate (−2.5 to 2.5). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -2.506 to 1.563; higher is better.
Position 202nd of 211 — derived here by ordering the published values, 1st = best. The publisher ranks no country on this.
Chart and every country The 2025 dataset

No better end3

These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.

Refugees by Country of OriginUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,27248,3231,272Moved since 2015
Palestine: 48,323 · world median 1,272 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate from this country, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 5,224,131.
Chart and every country The 2025 dataset
Burned AreaGWIS · 2025 · world median 13,8241,11613,824Moved since 2015
Palestine: 1,116 · world median 13,824 · Burned area (hectares). European Commission Joint Research Centre — Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50,562,035.
Chart and every country The 2025 dataset
Population Living Below 5 m ElevationCenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University · 2015 · world median 2.9540.2052.954No real change since 1990
Palestine: 0.205 · world median 2.954 · Population living below 5 m elevation (% of total population). Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University, 2015 edition, data for 2015.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 78.48.
Chart and every country The 2015 dataset

No current reading for Palestine

Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct), Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), Drought Risk (Aqueduct), Global Report on Food Crises, ND-GAIN Country Index, Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita (last 2021), Riverine Flood Risk (Aqueduct), Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, Temperature Change on Land, Water Stress and World Risk Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.

05Country Index 2026

Risk & Resilience among Palestine’s 12 topics

Risk & Resilience is Palestine’s 7th best-placed topic of 12. Strongest first; each marker sits at the position divided by that topic’s field, so fields of different sizes compare fairly.

On the profile

No standing on Work & Labour, Peace & Security, Mobility & Trade, Food & Agriculture: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.

06The top of the list

Who leads on risk & resilience

The three countries placed highest of 193, and the leaders Palestine can most readily be measured against.

All 193 countries

1
Liechtenstein
Western Europe
1st of 193 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Guido Radig,Inkey · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
2
Luxembourg
Western Europe
2nd of 193 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
Denmark
Northern Europe
3rd of 193 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: User:Aconcagua · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale

Placed highest nearby

Highest in Asia
Singapore13th4/4 keys
Highest in Western Asia
Qatar=16th3/4 keys
This page
Palestine125th2/4 keys

Positions out of 193 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.

07Questions

Palestine on risk & resilience: questions answered

Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.

How does Palestine rank on risk & resilience?

Palestine is placed 125th of 193 countries on Risk & Resilience in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 4 key statistics (INFORM Risk Index and Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.

What is the latest INFORM Risk Index figure for Palestine?

6.4 in 2025 (iNFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)), according to European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee. The world median in the same edition was 3.7.

What is the latest Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days figure for Palestine?

71.03 in 2024 (adults who could raise emergency funds within 30 days without great difficulty (% of population aged 15+)), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 53.85.

How does Palestine compare with Egypt on risk & resilience?

Egypt is placed 164th of 193, and Palestine 125th. INFORM Risk Index: Egypt 5, Palestine 6.4; Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days: Egypt 41.43, Palestine 71.03.

How have Palestine’s risk & resilience figures changed?

INFORM Risk Index rose from 5.4 in 2016 to 6.4 in 2025.

Which risk & resilience statistics are missing for Palestine?

No current reading is published for Palestine on Asylum-Seekers by Country of Asylum, Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct), Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN), Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), Drought Risk (Aqueduct), Global Report on Food Crises, ND-GAIN Country Index, Refugee Population by Country of Asylum, Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, Riverine Flood Risk (Aqueduct), Stateless Persons by Country of Residence, Temperature Change on Land, Water Stress and World Risk Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.

09Method

Method, sources and how to cite

What this topic does not measure

This topic does not forecast when a disaster will strike, and it does not measure financial or economic risk. Water stress is measured under Environment & Sustainability. Displacement caused by disasters and the severity of crises already under way are published here as context.

About risk & resilience, in full

How the Risk & Resilience standing is decided, step by step

A standing is a place in a list, not a mark out of anything. This one is part of the Country Index 2026, and it is worked out like this.

A few key indicators decide it; the rest are context. 4 indicators on this topic are keys and 18 are charted alongside them without a vote. That split is the point: if every statistic voted, importing five more of one kind would quietly change what the topic is about.
Each key is read at one edition. ⚠ The keys behind this standing do not all describe the same year — they run from 2024 to 2025, because publishers release on their own schedules. Read the standing as “how this country places now”, not as a snapshot of one year.
Every country’s published value is turned into a place within that one key’s own field, and then expressed as a share of that field — how far down this key’s list the country sits, rather than how many countries are above it. Keys where a higher published number is worse (terrorism, hunger, disaster risk) are turned round first, so the good end is always the same end.
Dividing by the field first is the whole reason this works. A place carries the size of its list inside it: 22nd of 44 and 108th of 215 are the same showing, and averaging the numbers 22 and 108 says loudly that they are not. Fields on this site run from about 44 countries to about 215, so averaging raw places would reward a country for happening to be measured in small ones. Dividing each place by its own field removes the size and leaves only the showing.
The shares are averaged, plainly. One key, one vote — no key is weighted above another, because any weighting would be this site’s opinion presented as a measurement. Countries are then put in order by that average, and the average itself is never published. It is our arithmetic with nothing anchoring it, so printing it would invite it to be read as a measurement somebody made. The position it produces, the band, and the keys it was built from are all published instead — every one of them checkable against the tables on this page.
A country needs 2 of this topic’s 4 keys — half, rounded up, and never fewer than 2. A standing built from one reading, printed beside one built from four, is two different things sharing a column heading. 193 countries clear the bar here.
A key has to earn its vote every edition. It must measure at least 120 countries (below that it starts measuring who was surveyed rather than the world), it must not have more than 10% of its field tied at either end, and it must not repeat another key in the same topic — Spearman correlation above 0.92 counts as repeating. A topic needs at least 2 surviving keys to place anyone at all; this one has 4.
A standing is relative, and the grouping is ours. It says where a country places against the others measured alongside it, so it moves when they move. The publishers listed on this page did not agree to be read together, and each measures its subject its own way: the underlying numbers are theirs, the ordering on top is this site’s — the same method as the rest of the Country Index, applied to one subject instead of all of them.

The key statistics and their licences

World Risk Index — Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum, CC BY 4.0
INFORM Risk Index — European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, CC BY 4.0 (via the European Commission's reuse policy)
Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) — Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame, CC BY 3.0 Unported
Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0

The other 6 statistics on this page come from 5 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.

The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Photographs

Palestine’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.

Palestine (banner) — KlausFoehl derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Liechtenstein — Guido Radig,Inkey, CC BY 3.0
Luxembourg — Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY-SA 2.0
Denmark — User:Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0

Cite this page

Nations Inquiry (2026). Palestine: Risk & Resilience — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/palestine/risk

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