Edition 2020
INFORM Risk Index 2020
Published 2020 · describes 2019 · stored as published, never rewritten
INFORM Risk Index 2020 covers 191 countries on 4 measures. South Sudan is highest, at 8.5; Singapore is lowest, at 0.7. The middle country reads 3.6. Against the 2019 edition, 123 values changed (55 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.
INFORM Risk Index · Edition 2020
HighestSouth Sudan
8.5LowestSingapore
0.7Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of INFORM Risk Index 2020, 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.
Showing 25 of 191 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SSDEastern Africa | 8.5 | 7.3 | 8.9 | 9.3 |
| 2 | YEMWestern Asia | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.1 |
| 3 | AFGSouthern Asia | 8.1 | 8.6 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| 4 | CAFMiddle Africa | 7.9 | 6.4 | 8.7 | 8.9 |
| =5 | TCDMiddle Africa | 7.7 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 8.9 |
| =5 | CODMiddle Africa | 7.7 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.2 |
| =5 | SOMEastern Africa | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.4 | 7.5 |
| 8 | SYRWestern Asia | 7.5 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 6.9 |
| 9 | SDNNorthern Africa | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 7.5 |
| 10 | NGAWestern Africa | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 7.4 |
| =11 | CMRMiddle Africa | 6.9 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| =11 | NERWestern Africa | 6.9 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| 13 | MOZEastern Africa | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| =14 | ETHEastern Africa | 6.7 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| =14 | MLIWestern Africa | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 7.1 |
| 16 | PAKSouthern Asia | 6.6 | 8.7 | 5.8 | 5.6 |
| 17 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 6.5 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 5.8 |
| 18 | BDIEastern Africa | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| =19 | KENEastern Africa | 6.3 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.8 |
| =19 | LBYNorthern Africa | 6.3 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 6.8 |
| =19 | UGAEastern Africa | 6.3 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| =19 | VENSouth America | 6.3 | 7.3 | 5.0 | 6.8 |
| 23 | BGDSouthern Asia | 6.2 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 4.8 |
| 24 | IRQWestern Asia | 6.1 | 7.6 | 5.7 | 5.2 |
| 25 | BFAWestern Africa | 6.0 | 4.3 | 6.9 | 7.2 |
| =26 | HTICaribbean | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 7.3 |
| =26 | IRNSouthern Asia | 5.9 | 8.2 | 4.9 | 5.2 |
| =26 | PSEWestern Asia | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.3 |
| =26 | PNGMelanesia | 5.9 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 7.1 |
| =26 | COGMiddle Africa | 5.9 | 4.2 | 6.6 | 7.4 |
| =31 | AGOMiddle Africa | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 7.3 |
| =31 | MDGEastern Africa | 5.8 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 7.8 |
| =33 | INDSouthern Asia | 5.7 | 8.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| =33 | MRTWestern Africa | 5.7 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
| =35 | HNDCentral America | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| =35 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 5.6 | 8.4 | 5.2 | 4.0 |
| =35 | TZAEastern Africa | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| =38 | CIVWestern Africa | 5.5 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 6.5 |
| =38 | DJIEastern Africa | 5.5 | 4.1 | 6.6 | 6.3 |
| =38 | GTMCentral America | 5.5 | 5.2 | 6.3 | 5.0 |
| =38 | LBNWestern Asia | 5.5 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
| =38 | ZWEEastern Africa | 5.5 | 4.4 | 6.3 | 6.1 |
| =43 | COLSouth America | 5.4 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 3.3 |
| =43 | TURWestern Asia | 5.4 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
| =45 | GINWestern Africa | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.9 | 7.3 |
| =45 | LBRWestern Africa | 5.3 | 3.4 | 5.9 | 7.3 |
| =47 | AZEWestern Asia | 5.2 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 4.6 |
| =47 | RWAEastern Africa | 5.2 | 4.4 | 6.0 | 5.4 |
| =49 | BRASouth America | 5.0 | 6.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| =49 | EGYNorthern Africa | 5.0 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| =49 | PERSouth America | 5.0 | 6.6 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
| =52 | BENWestern Africa | 4.9 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 7.4 |
| =52 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 4.9 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 5.7 |
| =52 | ECUSouth America | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
| =52 | MWIEastern Africa | 4.9 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 6.0 |
| =52 | SENWestern Africa | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 5.6 |
| =52 | SLEWestern Africa | 4.9 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 7.3 |
| =52 | TGOWestern Africa | 4.9 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 6.8 |
| =52 | UKREastern Europe | 4.9 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 3.8 |
| =60 | ERIEastern Africa | 4.8 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 7.9 |
| =60 | MEXCentral America | 4.8 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| =60 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 |
| =63 | NPLSouthern Asia | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 6.1 |
| =63 | TJKCentral Asia | 4.7 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 4.9 |
| =63 | ZMBEastern Africa | 4.7 | 2.5 | 6.2 | 6.9 |
| 66 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 4.6 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| =67 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 4.5 | 7.0 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| =67 | NICCentral America | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 6.1 |
| =69 | DZANorthern Africa | 4.4 | 6.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
| =69 | GNBWestern Africa | 4.4 | 2.1 | 5.3 | 7.9 |
| =69 | JORWestern Asia | 4.4 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 3.5 |
| =69 | LSOSouthern Africa | 4.4 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| =69 | PRKEastern Asia | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 6.2 |
| 74 | GMBWestern Africa | 4.3 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
| =75 | DOMCaribbean | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 5.0 |
| =75 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 4.2 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 6.1 |
| =75 | LKASouthern Asia | 4.2 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| =78 | BOLSouth America | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
| =78 | GHAWestern Africa | 4.1 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| =78 | NAMSouthern Africa | 4.1 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| =78 | PANCentral America | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 5.4 |
| =78 | SLBMelanesia | 4.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 6.1 |
| =78 | VUTMelanesia | 4.1 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 5.8 |
| =78 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 4.1 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
| =85 | CHNEastern Asia | 4.0 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| =85 | SLVCentral America | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 3.8 |
| =85 | SWZSouthern Africa | 4.0 | 2.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| =85 | GUYSouth America | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 5.0 |
| =89 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 3.8 | 2.3 | 4.1 | 6.0 |
| =89 | UZBCentral Asia | 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| =91 | COMEastern Africa | 3.7 | 1.3 | 5.5 | 7.2 |
| =91 | MARNorthern Africa | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| =91 | PRYSouth America | 3.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.0 |
| =94 | BIHSouthern Europe | 3.6 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 4.6 |
| =94 | GABMiddle Africa | 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 6.0 |
| =94 | RUSEastern Europe | 3.6 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| =94 | TUNNorthern Africa | 3.6 | 5.3 | 2.0 | 4.3 |
| =98 | KIRMicronesia | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 4.5 |
| =98 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| =100 | BLZCentral America | 3.4 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 5.1 |
| =100 | GEOWestern Asia | 3.4 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 2.4 |
| =100 | KGZCentral Asia | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 4.2 |
| =103 | CUBCaribbean | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| =103 | FSMMicronesia | 3.3 | 1.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| =103 | TONPolynesia | 3.3 | 2.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 |
| =106 | ALBSouthern Europe | 3.2 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| =106 | ARMWestern Asia | 3.2 | 4.2 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| =106 | BTNSouthern Asia | 3.2 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| =106 | GNQMiddle Africa | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 7.1 |
| =106 | FJIMelanesia | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| =106 | GRCSouthern Europe | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| =112 | ARGSouth America | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.8 |
| =112 | CHLSouth America | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.5 |
| =112 | DMACaribbean | 3.1 | 2.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| =112 | MHLMicronesia | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
| =112 | MDAEastern Europe | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
| =112 | SAUWestern Asia | 3.1 | 5.2 | 2.1 | 2.8 |
| =112 | SRBSouthern Europe | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| =112 | TKMCentral Asia | 3.1 | 3.7 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| =112 | USANorthern America | 3.1 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1.9 |
| =121 | BWASouthern Africa | 3.0 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 5.2 |
| =121 | CRICentral America | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 2.3 |
| =121 | JAMCaribbean | 3.0 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| =121 | KWTWestern Asia | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 4.1 |
| =121 | SURSouth America | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 5.0 |
| =121 | TTOCaribbean | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
| =127 | ISRWestern Asia | 2.9 | 6.3 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| =127 | ITASouthern Europe | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 3.5 |
| =127 | WSMPolynesia | 2.9 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
| =130 | CYPWestern Asia | 2.8 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
| =130 | MNGEastern Asia | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 4.0 |
| 132 | MNESouthern Europe | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| =133 | FRAWestern Europe | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.1 |
| =133 | LVANorthern Europe | 2.6 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 2.5 |
| =133 | VCTCaribbean | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 4.1 |
| =136 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 2.5 |
| =136 | BHSCaribbean | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.1 |
| =136 | BELWestern Europe | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| =136 | CANNorthern America | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| =136 | TUVPolynesia | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| =141 | BGREastern Europe | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 3.1 |
| =141 | HRVSouthern Europe | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 3.1 |
| =141 | DEUWestern Europe | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 1.7 |
| =141 | KAZCentral Asia | 2.4 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
| =141 | OMNWestern Asia | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 3.7 |
| =141 | LCACaribbean | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| =141 | STPMiddle Africa | 2.4 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 5.4 |
| =141 | URYSouth America | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
| =149 | ATGCaribbean | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| =149 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 2.3 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| =149 | NRUMicronesia | 2.3 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| =149 | MKDSouthern Europe | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 4.2 |
| =149 | ROUEastern Europe | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| =149 | ESPSouthern Europe | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| =155 | AUTWestern Europe | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| =155 | CPVWestern Africa | 2.2 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 |
| =155 | MDVSouthern Asia | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 4.2 |
| =155 | NLDWestern Europe | 2.2 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| =155 | AREWestern Asia | 2.2 | 3.3 | 1.0 | 3.1 |
| =160 | GRDCaribbean | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
| =160 | HUNEastern Europe | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
| =160 | JPNEastern Asia | 2.1 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| =160 | KOREastern Asia | 2.1 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| =164 | BRBCaribbean | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| =164 | BLREastern Europe | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.8 |
| =164 | PLWMicronesia | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.3 |
| =164 | SVKEastern Europe | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 4.2 |
| =168 | BHRWestern Asia | 1.9 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| =168 | IRLNorthern Europe | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 3.3 |
| =168 | MUSEastern Africa | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
| =168 | KNACaribbean | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
| =168 | SWENorthern Europe | 1.9 | 1.7 | 3.2 | 1.3 |
| =168 | GBRNorthern Europe | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| =174 | ESTNorthern Europe | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.6 |
| =174 | POLEastern Europe | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 2.1 |
| =176 | FINNorthern Europe | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| =176 | LTUNorthern Europe | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| =176 | MLTSouthern Europe | 1.7 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| =176 | NORNorthern Europe | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.5 |
| =176 | CHEWestern Europe | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 1.5 |
| =181 | PRTSouthern Europe | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
| =181 | QATWestern Asia | 1.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 |
| =181 | SVNSouthern Europe | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 2.6 |
| =184 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 1.4 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
| =184 | SYCEastern Africa | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 2.7 |
| =186 | DNKNorthern Europe | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 0.9 |
| =186 | ISLNorthern Europe | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 188 | CZEEastern Europe | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.9 |
| 189 | LUXWestern Europe | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| 190 | LIEWestern Europe | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
| 191 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
02In 2019
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
South Sudan8.5
- 2
Yemen8.3
- 3
Afghanistan8.1
- 4
Central African Republic7.9
- 5
DR Congoshared7.7
Lowest
- 191
Singapore0.7
- 190
Liechtenstein0.9
- 189
Luxembourg1.0
- 188
Czechia1.2
- 186
Icelandshared1.3
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.6. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Hazard & Exposure
Highest
Pakistan8.7
Lowest
Luxembourg0.6
Middle country: 3.2
Vulnerability
Highest
South Sudan8.9
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.5
Lack of Coping Capacity
Highest
South Sudan9.3
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 4.2
032019 → 2020
Since the 2019 edition
What changed between the 2019 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 123values changed, of 191 in both
- 55 · 68rose · fell
- 68unchanged
Rose most
Venezuela5.6 → 6.3+0.7
North Korea3.8 → 4.4+0.6
Iran5.4 → 5.9+0.5
Eswatini3.5 → 4.0+0.5
Benin4.5 → 4.9+0.4
Fell most
Haiti6.3 → 5.9−0.4
North Macedonia2.6 → 2.3−0.3
Mongolia3.1 → 2.8−0.3
Kiribati3.8 → 3.5−0.3
Bahrain2.1 → 1.9−0.2
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
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
This edition describes 2019
European Commission Joint Research Centre names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in INFORM Risk Index 2020 are for 2019.
66 distinct values among 191
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 9 countries share 3.1. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
European Commission Joint Research Centre publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 191 countries has every column.
05The files
Download and cite
The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.
- .csv
For a spreadsheet or code
191 rows · 7.0 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download inform-risk-2020-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
European Commission Joint Research Centre’s own file, on its own site.
INFORM2026_TREND_2017_2026_v72_ALL.xlsx
What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (via the European Commission's reuse policy) · what it allows, in plain words
Cite this edition
European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2020). INFORM Risk Index 2020 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inform-risk/2020
0610 held
Other editions
‹ The edition before
INFORM Risk Index 2019describes 2018 · 191 countries
The edition after ›
INFORM Risk Index 2021describes 2020 · 191 countries
All of them
INFORM Risk Index: every edition10 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
INFORM Risk Index 2020: questions and answers
Which country has the highest INFORM Risk Index in INFORM Risk Index 2020?
South Sudan, at 8.5, of the 191 countries in the file.
What year does INFORM Risk Index 2020 describe?
2019.
How many countries does INFORM Risk Index 2020 cover?
191.
Where can I download INFORM Risk Index 2020?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is INFORM Risk Index 2020 the newest?
No. The newest held here is INFORM Risk Index 2026.