Data for 2021
INFORM Severity Index, 2021
Figures for 2021, as ACAPS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
INFORM Severity Index, 2021 covers 64 countries on 2 measures. Syria is highest, at 5.0; Costa Rica is lowest, at 1.2. The middle country reads 3.5. Against 2020, 54 values changed (46 up, 8 down), 5 countries joined, 2 left.
INFORM Severity Index · Data for 2021
HighestSyria
5.0
LowestCosta Rica
1.2Shaded 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, 2021, 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 64 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 5.0 | 5 |
| 2 |  YemenYEMWestern Asia | 4.9 | 5 |
| 3 |  EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 4.8 | 5 |
| 4 |  AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 4.7 | 5 |
| =5 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 4.6 | 5 |
| =5 |  South SudanSSDEastern Africa | 4.6 | 5 |
| 7 |  SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 4.5 | 5 |
| =8 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 4.4 | 5 |
| =8 |  SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 4.4 | 5 |
| =10 |  Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 4.3 | 5 |
| =10 |  ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 4.3 | 5 |
| =10 |  IraqIRQWestern Asia | 4.3 | 5 |
| =10 |  NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 4.3 | 5 |
| =14 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 4.2 | 5 |
| =14 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 4.2 | 5 |
| =16 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 4.1 | 5 |
| =16 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 4.1 | 5 |
| =18 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 4.0 | 4 |
| =18 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 4.0 | 4 |
| =20 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 3.9 | 4 |
| =20 |  LibyaLBYNorthern Africa | 3.9 | 4 |
| =20 |  NigerNERWestern Africa | 3.9 | 4 |
| =20 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 3.9 | 4 |
| =24 |  EritreaERIEastern Africa | 3.8 | 4 |
| =24 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 3.8 | 4 |
| =24 |  North KoreaPRKEastern Asia | 3.8 | 4 |
| =27 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 3.6 | 4 |
| =27 |  HaitiHTICaribbean | 3.6 | 4 |
| =27 |  LebanonLBNWestern Asia | 3.6 | 4 |
| =27 |  UkraineUKREastern Europe | 3.6 | 4 |
| =31 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 3.5 | 4 |
| =31 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 3.5 | 4 |
| =33 |  IranIRNSouthern Asia | 3.4 | 4 |
| =33 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 3.4 | 4 |
| =33 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 3.4 | 4 |
| 36 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 3.3 | 4 |
| =37 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 3.2 | 4 |
| =37 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | 3.2 | 4 |
| =37 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 3.2 | 4 |
| 40 |  PeruPERSouth America | 3.1 | 4 |
| =41 |  MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 3.0 | 3 |
| =41 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 3.0 | 3 |
| =43 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 2.9 | 3 |
| =43 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 2.9 | 3 |
| =43 |  MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 2.9 | 3 |
| 46 |  DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa | 2.8 | 3 |
| 47 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 2.6 | 3 |
| =48 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 2.5 | 3 |
| =48 |  EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 2.5 | 3 |
| =50 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 2.4 | 3 |
| =50 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 2.4 | 3 |
| =50 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 2.4 | 3 |
| =53 |  NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 2.3 | 3 |
| =53 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 2.3 | 3 |
| =55 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 2.2 | 3 |
| =55 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 2.2 | 3 |
| 57 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 2.0 | 2 |
| 58 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 1.9 | 2 |
| =59 |  MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 1.8 | 2 |
| =59 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 1.8 | 2 |
| =61 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 1.7 | 2 |
| =61 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 1.7 | 2 |
| =61 |  Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 1.7 | 2 |
| 64 | Costa RicaCRICentral America | 1.2 | 2 |
02In 2021
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1Syria5.0
- 2Yemen4.9
- 3Ethiopia4.8
- 4Afghanistan4.7
- 5DR Congoshared4.6
Lowest
- 64Costa Rica1.2
- 61Trinidad and Tobagoshared1.7
- 61Greeceshared1.7
- 61Armeniashared1.7
- 59Malaysiashared1.8
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
Severity category (1–5)
Highest17 share it
Lowest8 share it
Middle country: 4
032020 → 2021
Since 2020
What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +5 / −2countries joined / left
- 54values changed, of 59 in both
- 46 · 8rose · fell
- 5unchanged
Rose most
- Republic of the Congo2.2 → 3.4+1.2
- Ethiopia4.1 → 4.8+0.7
- Tanzania1.7 → 2.4+0.7
- Mali3.8 → 4.4+0.6
- Burundi3.3 → 3.9+0.6
Fell most
- Philippines3.0 → 2.3−0.7
- Libya4.2 → 3.9−0.3
- Lesotho2.5 → 2.2−0.3
- Djibouti3.0 → 2.8−0.2
- Eswatini2.7 → 2.5−0.2
+ Armenia+ Spain+ Italy+ Malaysia+ Senegal
− India
− VietnamChanges 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.
32 distinct values among 64
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 4 countries share 4.3. 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 64 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
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Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
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The publisher’s original
ACAPS’s own file, on its own site.
202111-inform-severity-november-2021.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 (2021). INFORM Severity Index, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inform-severity/2021
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Other years
‹ The year before
INFORM Severity Index, 202061 countries
The year after ›
INFORM Severity Index, 202284 countries
All of them
INFORM Severity Index: every year6 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
INFORM Severity Index, 2021: questions and answers
Which country has the highest INFORM Severity Index in INFORM Severity Index, 2021?
Syria, at 5.0, of the 64 countries in the file.
What year does INFORM Severity Index, 2021 describe?
2021.
How many countries does INFORM Severity Index, 2021 cover?
64.
Where can I download INFORM Severity Index, 2021?
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, 2021 the newest?
No. The newest held here is INFORM Severity Index, 2025.