Data for 2020
INFORM Severity Index, 2020
Figures for 2020, as ACAPS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
INFORM Severity Index, 2020 covers 61 countries on 2 measures. Syria is highest, at 4.9; Costa Rica is lowest, at 1.1. The middle country reads 3.3.
INFORM Severity Index · Data for 2020
HighestSyria
4.9LowestCosta Rica
1.1Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of INFORM Severity Index, 2020, as published. ACAPS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 61 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SYRWestern Asia | 4.9 | 5 |
| =2 | AFGSouthern Asia | 4.6 | 5 |
| =2 | YEMWestern Asia | 4.6 | 5 |
| =4 | CODMiddle Africa | 4.5 | 5 |
| =4 | SDNNorthern Africa | 4.5 | 5 |
| =6 | LBYNorthern Africa | 4.2 | 5 |
| =6 | SSDEastern Africa | 4.2 | 5 |
| =8 | TCDMiddle Africa | 4.1 | 5 |
| =8 | COLSouth America | 4.1 | 5 |
| =8 | ETHEastern Africa | 4.1 | 5 |
| =8 | VENSouth America | 4.1 | 5 |
| =12 | CAFMiddle Africa | 4.0 | 4 |
| =12 | IRQWestern Asia | 4.0 | 4 |
| =12 | NGAWestern Africa | 4.0 | 4 |
| =12 | SOMEastern Africa | 4.0 | 4 |
| =16 | BFAWestern Africa | 3.9 | 4 |
| =16 | PSEWestern Asia | 3.9 | 4 |
| 18 | MLIWestern Africa | 3.8 | 4 |
| =19 | CMRMiddle Africa | 3.7 | 4 |
| =19 | ERIEastern Africa | 3.7 | 4 |
| =19 | NERWestern Africa | 3.7 | 4 |
| =19 | PRKEastern Asia | 3.7 | 4 |
| =23 | HTICaribbean | 3.5 | 4 |
| =23 | LBNWestern Asia | 3.5 | 4 |
| =23 | MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 3.5 | 4 |
| =23 | UKREastern Europe | 3.5 | 4 |
| =23 | ZWEEastern Africa | 3.5 | 4 |
| =28 | GTMCentral America | 3.4 | 4 |
| =28 | IRNSouthern Asia | 3.4 | 4 |
| =28 | PAKSouthern Asia | 3.4 | 4 |
| =31 | BDIEastern Africa | 3.3 | 4 |
| =31 | MOZEastern Africa | 3.3 | 4 |
| =31 | TURWestern Asia | 3.3 | 4 |
| 34 | HNDCentral America | 3.2 | 4 |
| 35 | UGAEastern Africa | 3.1 | 4 |
| =36 | DJIEastern Africa | 3.0 | 3 |
| =36 | SLVCentral America | 3.0 | 3 |
| =36 | KENEastern Africa | 3.0 | 3 |
| =36 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 3.0 | 3 |
| 40 | BGDSouthern Asia | 2.9 | 3 |
| =41 | INDSouthern Asia | 2.8 | 3 |
| =41 | JORWestern Asia | 2.8 | 3 |
| =41 | MWIEastern Africa | 2.8 | 3 |
| =41 | MRTWestern Africa | 2.8 | 3 |
| =45 | SWZSouthern Africa | 2.7 | 3 |
| =45 | ZMBEastern Africa | 2.7 | 3 |
| 47 | PERSouth America | 2.6 | 3 |
| =48 | LSOSouthern Africa | 2.5 | 3 |
| =48 | MDGEastern Africa | 2.5 | 3 |
| =50 | ECUSouth America | 2.4 | 3 |
| =50 | EGYNorthern Africa | 2.4 | 3 |
| =50 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 2.4 | 3 |
| 53 | BRASouth America | 2.3 | 3 |
| 54 | COGMiddle Africa | 2.2 | 3 |
| =55 | NAMSouthern Africa | 2.1 | 3 |
| =55 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 2.1 | 3 |
| 57 | RWAEastern Africa | 2.0 | 2 |
| =58 | GRCSouthern Europe | 1.8 | 2 |
| =58 | TTOCaribbean | 1.8 | 2 |
| 60 | TZAEastern Africa | 1.7 | 2 |
| 61 | CRICentral America | 1.1 | 2 |
02In 2020
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1
Syria4.9
- 2
Afghanistanshared4.6
- 2
Yemenshared4.6
- 4
DR Congoshared4.5
- 4
Sudanshared4.5
Lowest
- 61
Costa Rica1.1
- 60
Tanzania1.7
- 58
Trinidad and Tobagoshared1.8
- 58
Greeceshared1.8
- 57
Rwanda2.0
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.3. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Severity category (1–5)
Highest11 share it
Lowest5 share it
Middle country: 4
03Caveats
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
28 distinct values among 61
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 5 countries share 3.5. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
ACAPS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 61 countries has every column.
04The files
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ACAPS’s own file, on its own site.
20201201-inform-severity-november-2020.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 · what it allows, in plain words
Cite this edition
ACAPS (2020). INFORM Severity Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inform-severity/2020
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06Questions
INFORM Severity Index, 2020: questions and answers
Which country has the highest INFORM Severity Index in INFORM Severity Index, 2020?
Syria, at 4.9, of the 61 countries in the file.
What year does INFORM Severity Index, 2020 describe?
2020.
How many countries does INFORM Severity Index, 2020 cover?
61.
Where can I download INFORM Severity 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 Severity Index, 2020 the newest?
No. The newest held here is INFORM Severity Index, 2025.