Edition 2024
INFORM Risk Index 2024
Published 2024 · describes 2023 · stored as published, never rewritten
INFORM Risk Index 2024 covers 191 countries on 4 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 8.2; Singapore is lowest, at 0.7. The middle country reads 3.6. Against the 2023 edition, 126 values changed (64 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.
INFORM Risk Index · Edition 2024
Highest3 countries share it
8.2LowestSingapore
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 2024, 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 | CODMiddle Africa | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| =1 | SOMEastern Africa | 8.2 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 7.2 |
| =1 | SSDEastern Africa | 8.2 | 6.9 | 8.9 | 9.1 |
| 4 | YEMWestern Asia | 8.0 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.0 |
| =5 | AFGSouthern Asia | 7.9 | 7.8 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| =5 | TCDMiddle Africa | 7.9 | 6.9 | 8.2 | 8.6 |
| =7 | CAFMiddle Africa | 7.8 | 6.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 |
| =7 | SDNNorthern Africa | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| 9 | SYRWestern Asia | 7.7 | 8.4 | 7.7 | 7.0 |
| 10 | NERWestern Africa | 7.5 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
| 11 | ETHEastern Africa | 7.3 | 8.2 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| =12 | BFAWestern Africa | 7.2 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 7.0 |
| =12 | MLIWestern Africa | 7.2 | 7.8 | 6.8 | 6.9 |
| 14 | MOZEastern Africa | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 6.8 |
| =15 | CMRMiddle Africa | 7.0 | 7.3 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
| =15 | NGAWestern Africa | 7.0 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| 17 | HTICaribbean | 6.9 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.2 |
| 18 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 6.8 | 8.3 | 6.4 | 6.0 |
| 19 | VENSouth America | 6.7 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| 20 | PAKSouthern Asia | 6.6 | 8.4 | 6.1 | 5.5 |
| 21 | UGAEastern Africa | 6.5 | 6.1 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| 22 | BDIEastern Africa | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.2 |
| 23 | PSEWestern Asia | 6.1 | 6.3 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| =24 | IRNSouthern Asia | 6.0 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| =24 | IRQWestern Asia | 6.0 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 5.0 |
| =24 | KENEastern Africa | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.1 | 5.4 |
| =24 | LBNWestern Asia | 6.0 | 5.5 | 7.1 | 5.6 |
| =24 | PNGMelanesia | 6.0 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.9 |
| 29 | BGDSouthern Asia | 5.9 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| =30 | HNDCentral America | 5.8 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.9 |
| =30 | MDGEastern Africa | 5.8 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 7.5 |
| =30 | COGMiddle Africa | 5.8 | 4.3 | 6.3 | 7.3 |
| =30 | TURWestern Asia | 5.8 | 7.9 | 5.5 | 4.4 |
| =34 | AGOMiddle Africa | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 7.0 |
| =34 | GTMCentral America | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 4.9 |
| =36 | DJIEastern Africa | 5.6 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 6.3 |
| =36 | MRTWestern Africa | 5.6 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 6.6 |
| =38 | LBYNorthern Africa | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 6.4 |
| =38 | TZAEastern Africa | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 6.1 |
| =38 | UKREastern Europe | 5.5 | 7.6 | 6.1 | 3.6 |
| =41 | ECUSouth America | 5.4 | 6.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 |
| =41 | INDSouthern Asia | 5.4 | 8.2 | 4.4 | 4.3 |
| =43 | BENWestern Africa | 5.3 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 7.1 |
| =43 | COLSouth America | 5.3 | 7.5 | 6.3 | 3.1 |
| =43 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 5.3 | 8.4 | 4.9 | 3.7 |
| =46 | CIVWestern Africa | 5.2 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 6.4 |
| =46 | GINWestern Africa | 5.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 7.3 |
| =46 | PERSouth America | 5.2 | 6.8 | 5.3 | 3.8 |
| =46 | TGOWestern Africa | 5.2 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.5 |
| =50 | AZEWestern Asia | 5.1 | 6.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| =50 | LBRWestern Africa | 5.1 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 7.0 |
| =50 | RWAEastern Africa | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.0 |
| =50 | SLEWestern Africa | 5.1 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 7.0 |
| =50 | ZWEEastern Africa | 5.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 5.9 |
| 55 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 5.0 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| =56 | BRASouth America | 4.9 | 6.6 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| =56 | EGYNorthern Africa | 4.9 | 7.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| =56 | ERIEastern Africa | 4.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 7.8 |
| =56 | MWIEastern Africa | 4.9 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 5.9 |
| =60 | MEXCentral America | 4.8 | 7.7 | 4.3 | 3.4 |
| =60 | NPLSouthern Asia | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 5.7 |
| =60 | SENWestern Africa | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| =63 | BOLSouth America | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 5.2 |
| =63 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 4.7 | 3.7 | 5.0 | 5.5 |
| =63 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 4.7 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
| =63 | NICCentral America | 4.7 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 6.4 |
| =63 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 4.7 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 3.8 |
| =63 | ZMBEastern Africa | 4.7 | 2.6 | 6.0 | 6.6 |
| 69 | DOMCaribbean | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.2 |
| =70 | RUSEastern Europe | 4.5 | 8.4 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| =70 | TJKCentral Asia | 4.5 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| =70 | VUTMelanesia | 4.5 | 2.9 | 5.2 | 6.0 |
| =73 | SLVCentral America | 4.4 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 3.6 |
| =73 | GMBWestern Africa | 4.4 | 2.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 |
| =73 | GHAWestern Africa | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 5.1 |
| =76 | GNBWestern Africa | 4.3 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 7.6 |
| =76 | LSOSouthern Africa | 4.3 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 6.2 |
| =76 | SLBMelanesia | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 5.9 |
| =79 | JORWestern Asia | 4.2 | 3.5 | 6.4 | 3.3 |
| =79 | PANCentral America | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 5.6 |
| 81 | NAMSouthern Africa | 4.1 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| =82 | DZANorthern Africa | 4.0 | 5.1 | 3.1 | 4.2 |
| =82 | GUYSouth America | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 |
| =82 | KGZCentral Asia | 4.0 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
| =82 | MARNorthern Africa | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 4.0 |
| =86 | SWZSouthern Africa | 3.9 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
| =86 | LKASouthern Asia | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| =86 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 3.9 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
| =89 | BLZCentral America | 3.8 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| =89 | GEOWestern Asia | 3.8 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 2.3 |
| =89 | LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 5.8 |
| =89 | MDAEastern Europe | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 |
| =89 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 3.8 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 4.3 |
| 94 | TUNNorthern Africa | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.6 | 4.5 |
| =95 | ARMWestern Asia | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 2.6 |
| =95 | BIHSouthern Europe | 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
| =95 | GABMiddle Africa | 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 5.9 |
| =95 | KIRMicronesia | 3.6 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
| =95 | PRKEastern Asia | 3.6 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 6.5 |
| =95 | UZBCentral Asia | 3.6 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
| =101 | GNQMiddle Africa | 3.5 | 1.9 | 3.1 | 7.2 |
| =101 | SRBSouthern Europe | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
| =103 | CUBCaribbean | 3.4 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 4.1 |
| =103 | ISRWestern Asia | 3.4 | 6.6 | 3.1 | 2.0 |
| =103 | MHLMicronesia | 3.4 | 2.4 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
| =103 | FSMMicronesia | 3.4 | 1.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 |
| =103 | PRYSouth America | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.8 |
| =108 | COMEastern Africa | 3.3 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 7.0 |
| =108 | FJIMelanesia | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.4 |
| =108 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 |
| =108 | TONPolynesia | 3.3 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 4.4 |
| =112 | ARGSouth America | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
| =112 | CRICentral America | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 2.2 |
| =112 | GRCSouthern Europe | 3.2 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| =112 | SURSouth America | 3.2 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 5.1 |
| =116 | ALBSouthern Europe | 3.1 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 3.4 |
| =116 | CHLSouth America | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.4 |
| =116 | TTOCaribbean | 3.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| =116 | USANorthern America | 3.1 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 1.9 |
| =120 | BWASouthern Africa | 3.0 | 1.5 | 3.7 | 5.1 |
| =120 | CHNEastern Asia | 3.0 | 6.4 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
| =120 | ITASouthern Europe | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
| =120 | JAMCaribbean | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 3.5 |
| =120 | MNGEastern Asia | 3.0 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
| =120 | TKMCentral Asia | 3.0 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 5.0 |
| =126 | CYPWestern Asia | 2.9 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 2.5 |
| =126 | KWTWestern Asia | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 |
| =126 | MNESouthern Europe | 2.9 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 2.7 |
| =126 | SAUWestern Asia | 2.9 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 2.5 |
| =126 | SVKEastern Europe | 2.9 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
| =126 | TUVPolynesia | 2.9 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
| =132 | BTNSouthern Asia | 2.8 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.3 |
| =132 | KAZCentral Asia | 2.8 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 3.2 |
| =132 | ROUEastern Europe | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 |
| =135 | BGREastern Europe | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
| =135 | MKDSouthern Europe | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.0 |
| =135 | VCTCaribbean | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 4.1 |
| =135 | WSMPolynesia | 2.7 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 |
| =139 | BLREastern Europe | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| =139 | BELWestern Europe | 2.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
| =139 | CANNorthern America | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| =139 | DMACaribbean | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.7 |
| =139 | DEUWestern Europe | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 1.8 |
| =139 | LVANorthern Europe | 2.6 | 1.7 | 4.2 | 2.4 |
| =139 | STPMiddle Africa | 2.6 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 5.4 |
| =139 | ESPSouthern Europe | 2.6 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 2.3 |
| =139 | URYSouth America | 2.6 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
| =148 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| =148 | FRAWestern Europe | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| =148 | NLDWestern Europe | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| =148 | POLEastern Europe | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 2.0 |
| =148 | LCACaribbean | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 3.4 |
| =148 | SVNSouthern Europe | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| =154 | AUTWestern Europe | 2.4 | 1.5 | 3.2 | 2.9 |
| =154 | BHSCaribbean | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.3 |
| =154 | HRVSouthern Europe | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.0 | 2.7 |
| =154 | OMNWestern Asia | 2.4 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 3.9 |
| =154 | PLWMicronesia | 2.4 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| =159 | CPVWestern Africa | 2.3 | 0.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
| =159 | HUNEastern Europe | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.8 |
| =159 | AREWestern Asia | 2.3 | 3.9 | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| =162 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| =162 | GRDCaribbean | 2.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| =162 | IRLNorthern Europe | 2.2 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 3.1 |
| =162 | LTUNorthern Europe | 2.2 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| =166 | ATGCaribbean | 2.1 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| =166 | BRBCaribbean | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
| =166 | MDVSouthern Asia | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.8 |
| =166 | GBRNorthern Europe | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 1.6 |
| =170 | JPNEastern Asia | 2.0 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| =170 | NRUMicronesia | 2.0 | 0.8 | 2.9 | 3.5 |
| =170 | KOREastern Asia | 2.0 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| =173 | CZEEastern Europe | 1.9 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 1.8 |
| =173 | ESTNorthern Europe | 1.9 | 1.3 | 3.4 | 1.5 |
| =173 | FINNorthern Europe | 1.9 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 |
| =173 | MUSEastern Africa | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| =173 | NORNorthern Europe | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 |
| =173 | PRTSouthern Europe | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.7 |
| =173 | KNACaribbean | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| =173 | SWENorthern Europe | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.3 |
| =181 | BHRWestern Asia | 1.8 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| =181 | CHEWestern Europe | 1.8 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 1.5 |
| =183 | ISLNorthern Europe | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| =183 | MLTSouthern Europe | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.8 |
| 185 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.5 |
| 186 | DNKNorthern Europe | 1.4 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 0.8 |
| =187 | QATWestern Asia | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| =187 | SYCEastern Africa | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| 189 | LUXWestern Europe | 1.2 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 1.2 |
| 190 | LIEWestern Europe | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| 191 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
02In 2023
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
DR Congoshared8.2
- 1
Somaliashared8.2
- 1
South Sudanshared8.2
- 4
Yemen8.0
- 5
Afghanistanshared7.9
Lowest
- 191
Singapore0.7
- 190
Liechtenstein1.0
- 189
Luxembourg1.2
- 187
Seychellesshared1.3
- 187
Qatarshared1.3
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
Highest4 share it
Lowest
Luxembourg0.6
Middle country: 3.3
Vulnerability
Highest
Somalia9.4
Lowest
Singapore0.5
Middle country: 3.9
Lack of Coping Capacity
Highest
South Sudan9.1
Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 4.2
032023 → 2024
Since the 2023 edition
What changed between the 2023 edition and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 126values changed, of 191 in both
- 64 · 62rose · fell
- 65unchanged
Rose most
Slovenia1.9 → 2.5+0.6
Georgia3.3 → 3.8+0.5
Israel2.9 → 3.4+0.5
Armenia3.2 → 3.6+0.4
Kazakhstan2.4 → 2.8+0.4
Fell most
Antigua and Barbuda2.4 → 2.1−0.3
Nigeria7.3 → 7.0−0.3
Panama4.5 → 4.2−0.3
Somalia8.4 → 8.2−0.2
Bhutan3.0 → 2.8−0.2
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 2023
European Commission Joint Research Centre names each edition for the year it is released; the figures in INFORM Risk Index 2024 are for 2023.
67 distinct values among 191
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 9 countries share 2.6. 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
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European Commission Joint Research Centre, with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (2024). INFORM Risk Index 2024 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inform-risk/2024
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07Questions
INFORM Risk Index 2024: questions and answers
Which country has the highest INFORM Risk Index in INFORM Risk Index 2024?
3 countries share the highest reading, 8.2, so no single country is named.
What year does INFORM Risk Index 2024 describe?
2023.
How many countries does INFORM Risk Index 2024 cover?
191.
Where can I download INFORM Risk Index 2024?
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 2024 the newest?
No. The newest held here is INFORM Risk Index 2026.