Edition 2018

INFORM Risk Index 2018

Name: INFORM Risk Index 2018
Creator: European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
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INFORM Risk Index 2018 covers 191 countries on 4 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 8.7; Singapore is lowest, at 0.6. The middle country reads 3.5. Against the 2017 edition, 131 values changed (58 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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INFORM Risk Index · Edition 2018

HighestSouth Sudan

8.7

LowestSingapore

0.6

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

191countries
4measures per country
2017the year it describes
64distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of INFORM Risk Index 2018, as published. European Commission Joint Research Centre ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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1	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	8.7	7.6	9.1	9.5
2	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8.0	8.6	7.8	7.6
=3	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.9	6.2	8.7	9.0
=3	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	7.9	7.8	8.1	7.8
=5	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	7.7	7.3	7.6	8.2
=5	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	7.7	8.3	7.2	7.6
7	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	7.5	6.0	8.0	8.9
8	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.4	8.0	7.2	6.9
9	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.3	7.4	7.0	7.6
10	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.1	7.5	6.5	7.4
11	Niger`NER`Western Africa	6.9	5.6	7.4	8.0
12	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	6.8	6.7	6.7	7.1
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	6.6	8.6	5.9	5.7
=14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.5	6.2	6.3	6.9
=14	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.5	5.9	6.8	7.0
=14	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.5	7.8	6.1	5.9
=17	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6.4	8.2	6.2	5.2
=17	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	6.4	5.4	6.8	7.1
=17	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.4	5.3	7.1	6.9
=20	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.3	8.1	6.3	4.8
=20	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.3	6.7	6.2	6.1
=22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	6.2	5.7	6.5	6.5
=22	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.2	5.0	6.4	7.3
=24	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5.9	5.2	5.4	7.4
=24	India`IND`Southern Asia	5.9	8.1	5.4	4.8
=24	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5.9	6.9	4.4	6.7
=24	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	5.9	4.4	5.9	8.0
=24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.9	4.6	6.0	7.4
=29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.8	6.0	6.3	5.1
=29	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	5.8	4.5	6.2	7.1
=31	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.7	4.1	6.4	7.0
=31	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	5.7	8.5	5.1	4.2
33	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.6	4.2	6.5	6.6
=34	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	5.5	5.3	6.3	5.1
=34	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	5.5	4.7	6.3	5.5
=34	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.5	4.0	6.1	6.7
=34	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.5	7.1	3.6	6.5
=38	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.4	6.7	5.0	4.6
=38	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.4	3.8	5.8	7.2
=38	Colombia`COL`South America	5.4	7.4	6.1	3.4
=38	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	5.4	5.6	5.5	5.0
=38	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.4	5.1	5.6	5.6
=38	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.4	7.7	4.0	5.0
=38	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5.4	7.9	4.8	4.2
=45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	5.3	4.0	5.8	6.5
=45	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.3	3.8	5.1	7.7
=45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	5.3	3.8	6.4	6.1
48	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.2	4.0	5.8	6.2
=49	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	5.1	7.6	4.0	4.3
=49	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.1	3.4	4.8	8.2
=49	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.1	4.2	5.4	5.9
=52	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.9	4.2	4.6	6.0
=52	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.9	2.5	6.6	7.1
=52	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4.9	2.9	6.4	6.2
=52	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.9	2.7	5.7	7.5
=56	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.8	2.2	6.2	8.2
=56	Peru`PER`South America	4.8	6.7	4.2	4.0
=56	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	4.8	5.3	4.0	5.1
=59	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.7	3.0	5.4	6.5
=59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	4.7	7.6	3.9	3.6
=59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	4.7	6.5	4.1	3.8
=59	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.7	5.9	4.4	4.0
=63	Brazil`BRA`South America	4.6	6.3	3.3	4.8
=63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	4.6	4.4	6.4	3.5
=63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	4.6	4.3	4.6	5.0
=63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4.6	2.4	5.9	6.9
=67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.5	6.5	3.2	4.3
=67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	4.5	4.4	4.1	5.1
=67	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	4.5	4.4	3.1	6.7
=67	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	4.5	2.5	5.2	7.0
=67	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	4.5	2.9	5.2	6.1
=72	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.4	2.3	4.8	7.6
=72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.4	4.5	3.7	5.1
=72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	4.4	6.9	3.0	4.2
=72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	4.4	5.0	3.6	4.8
76	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.3	3.0	4.7	5.5
=77	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4.2	6.4	3.2	3.7
=77	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.2	4.2	3.1	5.8
=77	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	4.2	3.0	4.0	6.2
=80	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	4.1	1.9	6.0	6.2
=80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.1	3.5	3.9	5.1
=82	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.0	3.8	3.2	5.2
=82	Panama`PAN`Central America	4.0	3.4	3.3	5.6
=82	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	4.0	2.3	4.6	6.2
=85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.9	4.5	3.4	4.0
=85	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	3.9	7.5	2.5	3.2
=85	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.9	4.2	3.4	4.0
=88	Guyana`GUY`South America	3.8	3.1	3.4	5.2
=88	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.8	2.5	4.4	4.9
=88	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.8	2.8	3.3	6.1
=88	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.8	3.9	3.4	4.3
=88	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3.8	2.3	5.0	4.9
=93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3.7	2.5	3.3	6.1
=93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	3.7	4.0	3.2	4.0
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	3.6	2.5	4.0	4.5
=96	Belize`BLZ`Central America	3.5	2.1	3.8	5.2
=96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.5	3.9	2.6	4.4
=96	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	3.5	2.3	4.7	4.1
=99	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	3.4	1.4	5.5	5.2
=99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	3.4	2.8	3.8	3.6
=99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.4	3.6	4.5	2.5
=99	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.4	1.6	4.9	4.8
=99	United States`USA`Northern America	3.4	5.0	4.0	1.9
=104	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.3	1.1	4.6	7.3
=104	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.3	3.5	2.8	3.8
=104	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.3	1.8	2.9	7.2
=104	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	3.3	4.7	1.8	4.4
=108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3.2	4.1	2.7	3.0
=108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	3.2	2.1	3.4	4.6
=108	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.2	2.2	3.9	3.9
=108	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.2	3.4	2.8	3.6
=108	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.2	2.6	3.0	4.2
=108	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	3.2	2.9	2.4	4.8
=108	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.2	2.1	3.6	4.3
=108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.2	2.6	2.3	5.3
=108	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.2	5.2	2.2	2.9
=108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	3.2	2.7	2.7	4.3
=108	Suriname`SUR`South America	3.2	2.0	3.1	5.2
=108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	3.2	3.8	1.8	5.0
120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	3.1	3.7	2.3	3.5
=121	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.0	3.0	2.3	3.8
=121	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.0	3.5	2.5	3.2
=121	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.0	3.0	2.5	3.6
=121	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.0	2.1	2.8	4.6
=125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.9	1.2	3.9	5.4
=125	Chile`CHL`South America	2.9	3.3	2.7	2.6
=125	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	2.9	5.9	2.1	2.0
=125	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.9	1.8	3.3	4.1
=125	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	2.9	1.0	4.8	5.1
=130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.8	2.2	4.1	2.5
=130	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.8	4.1	2.6	2.1
=130	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.8	2.5	2.2	4.2
=130	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	2.8	1.0	4.0	5.5
=134	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.7	3.3	2.5	2.4
=134	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.7	1.7	4.3	2.7
=136	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.6	2.3	2.6	2.9
=136	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.6	2.0	2.6	3.5
=136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.6	1.7	2.6	4.0
=139	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.5	2.7	2.1	2.6
=139	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2.5	0.8	4.4	4.3
=139	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.5	2.9	1.8	3.1
=139	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.5	3.1	1.3	4.0
=139	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.5	2.4	1.8	3.5
=144	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.4	2.4	1.9	3.2
=144	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.4	1.9	2.4	3.1
=144	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.4	2.7	2.2	2.3
=144	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.4	2.6	3.4	1.6
=144	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.4	2.8	1.5	3.5
=144	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	2.4	0.9	3.7	3.9
=144	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.4	1.3	3.1	3.4
=151	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	2.3	2.3	1.4	3.8
=151	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.3	1.5	3.0	2.8
=151	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	2.3	1.8	1.6	4.2
=151	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2.3	2.0	1.7	3.8
=155	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.2	1.4	2.7	2.8
=155	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	2.2	2.0	1.7	3.1
=155	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	2.2	3.0	2.1	1.8
=155	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	2.2	3.4	1.0	3.1
=159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	2.1	2.6	0.9	4.0
=159	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	2.1	2.0	1.5	3.0
=159	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.1	1.9	1.6	2.9
=159	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.1	1.7	1.3	4.2
=159	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.1	2.3	1.7	2.3
=159	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.1	1.4	2.0	3.5
=165	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.0	2.4	1.3	2.5
=165	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.0	1.4	1.6	3.6
=165	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.0	5.8	1.3	1.1
=165	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.0	4.4	1.1	1.7
=169	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.9	1.3	3.1	1.7
=169	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.9	1.5	1.3	3.3
=169	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.9	1.8	1.5	2.5
=169	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.9	1.6	1.5	2.8
=169	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.9	1.7	3.2	1.3
=174	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.8	1.6	1.5	2.6
=174	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.8	1.8	2.1	1.5
=174	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.8	1.9	1.5	2.2
=174	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.8	2.0	2.1	1.4
=178	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.8
=178	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.7	1.3	2.4	1.5
=180	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.6	0.9	1.8	2.4
=180	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.6	1.0	1.3	3.1
182	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.5	2.1	0.6	2.6
=183	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.4	1.4	2.0	1.0
=183	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.4	2.4	0.8	1.4
=183	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.4	1.9	0.9	1.7
=183	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.4	1.7	1.0	1.7
=187	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.2	0.9	1.0	1.9
=187	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.2	1.4	0.7	1.9
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.0	0.6	1.4	1.3
190	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.9	0.8	0.8	1.0
191	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.6	0.7	0.3	1.0

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1South Sudan8.7
2Afghanistan8.0
3Central African Republicshared7.9
3Yemenshared7.9
5DR Congoshared7.7

Lowest

191Singapore0.6
190Liechtenstein0.9
189Luxembourg1.0
187Icelandshared1.2
187Czechiashared1.2

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.5. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Hazard & Exposure
Highest2 share it
LowestLuxembourg0.6
Middle country: 3.1
Vulnerability
HighestSouth Sudan9.1
LowestSingapore0.3
Middle country: 3.6
Lack of Coping Capacity
HighestSouth Sudan9.5
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 4.3

032017 → 2018

Since the 2017 edition

What changed between the 2017 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 191 in both
58 · 73rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Cuba2.8 → 3.3+0.5
Republic of the Congo5.5 → 5.9+0.4
Argentina2.6 → 3.0+0.4
Chile2.5 → 2.9+0.4
Dominica2.9 → 3.2+0.3

Fell most

Honduras5.8 → 5.4−0.4
Qatar1.7 → 1.4−0.3
Armenia3.5 → 3.2−0.3
Guinea5.6 → 5.3−0.3
Guyana4.1 → 3.8−0.3

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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European Commission Joint Research Centre names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in INFORM Risk Index 2018 are for 2017.
64 distinct values among 191
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 12 countries share 3.2. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 191 countries has every column.

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