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Topic 11 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Singapore: Risk & Resilience
How exposed is a country to crisis, and how ready is it to cope?
Singapore is placed 13th of 193 countries on risk & resilience in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: World Risk Index 0.67 (2025); INFORM Risk Index 0.7 (2025).
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Risk & Resilience
13th
of 193 countries placed
Placed from 4 of 4 key statistics
- 0.67World Risk Index, 2025WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)
- 0.7INFORM Risk Index, 2025INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)
- 0.379Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN), 2024ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable)
- 75.68Able 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 Singapore 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.
Key 1 of 4
World Risk Index
Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0
0.67
WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)
Lower is better
Singapore: 0.67. 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 South-eastern Asia
- 0.67 Singapore
Key 2 of 4
INFORM Risk Index
European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
2026 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 4.0 (via the European Commission's reuse policy)
0.7
INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk)
Lower is better
Singapore: 0.7. 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 South-eastern Asia
- 0.7 Singapore
Key 3 of 4
Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)
Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 Unported
0.379
ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable)
Lower is better
Ranked 45th of 190 by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame
Singapore: 0.379. 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 South-eastern Asia
- 0.365 Malaysia
Key 4 of 4
Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days
World Bank Group
Latest reading per country, 2021–2024 · Singapore’s is from 2021 · CC BY 4.0
75.68
Adults who could raise emergency funds within 30 days without great difficulty (% of population aged 15+)
Higher is better
Singapore: 75.68. 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 South-eastern Asia
- 80.53 Vietnam
02Over time
Which way Singapore 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.
World Risk Index
WorldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk) · lower is better
SingaporeWorld median
Singapore fell from 0.75 in 2000 to 0.67 in 2025; the world median went from 4.55 to 4.17.
Every year’s figures
Year Singapore World median 2025 0.67 4.17 2024 0.67 4.17 2023 0.67 4.27 2022 0.67 4.08 2021 0.66 4.23 2020 0.75 4.12 2019 0.84 4.23 2018 0.82 4.14 2017 0.69 4.24 2016 0.74 4.23 2015 0.78 4.04 2014 0.83 4.07 2013 0.88 4.08 2012 0.87 4.07 2011 0.88 3.99 2010 0.82 3.86 2009 0.82 3.94 2008 0.77 4.11 2007 0.77 4.41 2006 0.77 4.51 2005 0.80 4.54 2004 0.84 4.42 2003 0.84 4.50 2002 0.84 4.65 2001 0.83 4.37 2000 0.75 4.55 INFORM Risk Index
INFORM Risk score (0–10, where 10 is the highest risk) · lower is better
SingaporeWorld median
Singapore rose from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2025; the world median went from 3.6 to 3.7.
Every year’s figures
Year Singapore World median 2025 0.7 3.7 2024 0.7 3.5 2023 0.7 3.6 2022 0.7 3.6 2021 0.6 3.6 2020 0.7 3.6 2019 0.7 3.6 2018 0.8 3.5 2017 0.6 3.5 2016 0.6 3.6 Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN)
ND-GAIN Vulnerability (0–1, where 1 is the most vulnerable) · lower is better
SingaporeWorld median
Singapore fell from 0.395 in 2000 to 0.379 in 2024; the world median went from 0.476 to 0.45.
Every year’s figures
Year Singapore World median 2024 0.37949 0.449649 2023 0.37510 0.449167 2022 0.37183 0.447422 2021 0.37645 0.447831 2020 0.38433 0.447902 2019 0.38635 0.447883 2018 0.38588 0.449652 2017 0.38530 0.450532 2016 0.38590 0.451843 2015 0.38607 0.451496 2014 0.39178 0.451502 2013 0.39639 0.454946 2012 0.39930 0.454269 2011 0.39999 0.458012 2010 0.39905 0.460715 2009 0.39931 0.464712 2008 0.40215 0.463801 2007 0.40178 0.466738 2006 0.40320 0.468701 2005 0.40308 0.470646 2004 0.40295 0.472029 2003 0.40440 0.471635 2002 0.40589 0.472031 2001 0.40072 0.476366 2000 0.39545 0.475585
03In context
Singapore 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.
Singapore and South-eastern Asia
Singapore has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 193; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| 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+) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singapore | 13th | 0.67 | 0.7 | 0.379 | 75.68 |
 Brunei | 24th | 1.31 | 2.3 | 0.424 | — |
 Malaysiacompare | 95th | 14.28 | 3.6 | 0.365 | 54.57 |
 Laos | =104th | 3 | 3.8 | 0.452 | 46.73 |
 Vietnam | 114th | 25.92 | 4 | 0.499 | 80.53 |
 Cambodia | =129th | 8.14 | 5.1 | 0.472 | 59.2 |
 Indonesia | =131st | 39.8 | 4.6 | 0.431 | 60.34 |
 Thailand | 133rd | 20.03 | 4.9 | 0.443 | 58.62 |
 Timor-Leste | 146th | 7.25 | 3.9 | 0.545 | — |
 Myanmar | 157th | 36.91 | 6.9 | 0.488 | 72.22 |
 Philippines | =174th | 46.56 | 5.3 | 0.43 | 26.72 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South-eastern 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 Singapore in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Singapore is ahead of the world, and behind
14 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.
Ahead of the world median7
Statistics on which Singapore does better than the middle country measured.
Climate Readiness (ND-GAIN)Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame · 2024 · world median 0.3870.7490.387No real change since 2014
Singapore: 0.749 · world median 0.387 · ND-GAIN Readiness (0–1, where 1 is the most ready). Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.137 to 0.749; higher is better.
Ranked 1st of 192 by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.
World Risk Poll Resilience IndexLloyd's Register Foundation · 2023 · world median 537153No earlier reading
Singapore: 71 · world median 53 · Resilience Index, 0–100 (higher = more reported capacity to cope with a shock; the mean of individual, household, community and societal sub-indices). Lloyd's Register Foundation, 2024 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 29 to 74; higher is better.
ND-GAIN Country IndexNotre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame · 2024 · world median 47.4468.547.44No real change since 2014
Singapore: 68.5 · world median 47.44 · ND-GAIN Index (0–100, where 100 is best placed to adapt). Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 26.42 to 71.85; higher is better.
Ranked 6th of 190 by Notre Dame Global Adaptation Initiative (ND-GAIN), University of Notre Dame.
Firms Whose Assets Were Damaged by Extreme WeatherWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 9.4850.3179.485No earlier reading
Singapore: 0.317 · world median 9.485 · Firms whose physical assets were damaged by extreme weather (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 59.21; lower is better.
Position 156th of 163 · derived, 1st = worst.
Political Stability and Absence of ViolenceWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 0.1711.3340.171▲ Improved since 2015
Singapore: 1.334 · 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 14th of 211 · derived.
Days Above 35°CECMWF · 2025 · world median 3.4803.48No real change since 2015
Singapore: 0 · world median 3.48 · Days a year with a maximum temperature above 35°C, averaged over the country’s land. World Bank Group (Climate Change Knowledge Portal), from Copernicus ERA5 (ECMWF), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 222.89; lower is better.
Water StressFAO · 2023 · world median 107.0410▲ Improved since 2013
Singapore: 7.04 · world median 10 · Freshwater withdrawal as a share of available resources (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.03 to 3,851; lower is better.
Position 105th of 177 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Singapore does worse than the middle country measured.
Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per CapitaFAO · 2022 · world median 2,528106.442,528No real change since 2012
Singapore: 106.44 · world median 2,528 · Renewable internal freshwater (cubic metres per person). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 445,023; higher is better.
Position 168th of 181 · derived.
No better end6
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Stateless Persons by Country of ResidenceUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,3141,1091,314Moved since 2018
Singapore: 1,109 · world median 1,314 · Stateless persons reported under UNHCR's mandate, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 5 to 1,177,962.
Population Living Below 5 m ElevationCenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University · 2015 · world median 2.9540.6632.954No real change since 1990
Singapore: 0.663 · 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.
Refugees by Country of OriginUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,272431,272Moved since 2015
Singapore: 43 · 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.
Burned AreaGWIS · 2025 · world median 13,824013,824No real change since 2015
Singapore: 0 · 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.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83601,836No real change since 2018
Singapore: 0 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,269012,269No real change since 2018
Singapore: 0 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
No current reading for Singapore
Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days (last 2021), Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct), Children's Climate Risk Index, Drought Risk (Aqueduct), Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Riverine Flood Risk (Aqueduct) and Temperature Change on Land (last 1989). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Risk & Resilience among Singapore’s 15 topics
Risk & Resilience is Singapore’s 6th best-placed topic of 15. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Mobility & Trade1st of 1774/4 keys
- Digital & Technology3rd of 1984/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture8th of 1842/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital12th of 1963/3 keys
- Governance & Institutions12th of 1944/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience13th of 1934/4 keys
- Work & Labour17th of 1824/4 keys
- Economy & Innovationjoint 24th of 1764/4 keys
- Health & Wellbeing28th of 2003/4 keys
- Peace & Security33rd of 1774/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge71st of 1983/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties87th of 1984/4 keys
- Energy91st of 1653/3 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 106th of 1834/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability112th of 1863/4 keys
No standing on Poverty & Inequality: 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 Singapore can most readily be measured against.
1
LiechtensteinWestern Europe
1st of 193 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Guido Radig,Inkey · CC BY 3.0, greyscale
2
LuxembourgWestern Europe
2nd of 193 · 3 of 4 keys
Photo: Michal Osmenda from Brussels, Belgium · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
3
DenmarkNorthern 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
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
Singapore 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 Singapore rank on risk & resilience?
Singapore is placed 13th of 193 countries on Risk & Resilience in the Country Index 2026, from 4 of its 4 key statistics (World Risk Index, INFORM Risk Index, Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) 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 World Risk Index figure for Singapore?
0.67 in 2025 (worldRiskIndex score (0–100, where 100 is the most at risk)), according to Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum. The world median in the same edition was 4.17.
What is the latest INFORM Risk Index figure for Singapore?
0.7 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.
How have Singapore’s risk & resilience figures changed?
World Risk Index fell from 0.75 in 2000 to 0.67 in 2025; INFORM Risk Index rose from 0.6 in 2016 to 0.7 in 2025; Climate Vulnerability (ND-GAIN) fell from 0.395 in 2000 to 0.379 in 2024.
Which risk & resilience statistics are missing for Singapore?
No current reading is published for Singapore on Able to Raise Emergency Funds Within 30 Days, Adults Who Experienced a Natural Disaster or Severe Weather, Baseline Water Stress (Aqueduct), Children's Climate Risk Index, Drought Risk (Aqueduct), Global Report on Food Crises, INFORM Severity Index, Internally Displaced People of Concern to UNHCR, Per Capita Food Supply Variability, Riverine Flood Risk (Aqueduct) and Temperature Change on Land. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
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.
How the Risk & Resilience standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The risk & resilience method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
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 14 statistics on this page come from 8 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
Singapore’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Singapore (banner) — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- 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). Singapore: Risk & Resilience — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/singapore/risk