Data for 2023

INFORM Severity Index, 2023

Name: INFORM Severity Index, 2023
Creator: ACAPS
License: https://data.humdata.org/dataset/inform-global-crisis-severity-index

Figures for 2023, as ACAPS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

INFORM Severity Index, 2023 covers 91 countries on 2 measures. Sudan is highest, at 4.9; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 1.3. The middle country reads 2.9. Against 2022, 64 values changed (34 up, 30 down), 10 countries joined, 3 left.

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INFORM Severity Index · Data for 2023

HighestSudan

4.9

Lowest4 countries share it

1.3

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

91countries
2measures per country
2023the year it describes
32distinct values1 decimal, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of INFORM Severity Index, 2023, as published. ACAPS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Showing 25 of 91 countries · select a heading to sort

INFORM Severity Index, 2023: every country, as published by ACAPS.
derived
1	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4.9	5
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	4.7	5
=3	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.6	5
=3	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.6	5
5	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4.5	5
=6	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.4	5
=6	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	4.4	5
=8	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	4.3	5
=8	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.3	5
=8	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.3	5
=8	Venezuela`VEN`South America	4.3	5
=12	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.2	5
=12	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.2	5
=14	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.1	5
=14	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.1	5
=14	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.1	5
=14	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	4.1	5
=14	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.1	5
=14	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.1	5
=20	Colombia`COL`South America	3.9	4
=20	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	3.9	4
=20	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	3.9	4
=23	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	3.8	4
=23	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.8	4
=23	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	3.8	4
=26	Niger`NER`Western Africa	3.7	4
=26	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	3.7	4
=28	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.6	4
=28	Honduras`HND`Central America	3.6	4
=28	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.6	4
=28	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.6	4
=32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.5	4
=32	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.5	4
=32	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	3.5	4
=35	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.4	4
=35	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	3.4	4
=35	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.4	4
38	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	3.3	4
=39	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3.2	4
=39	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.2	4
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	3.1	4
=42	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.0	3
=42	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	3.0	3
=42	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.0	3
=45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2.9	3
=45	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.9	3
=45	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.9	3
=45	Peru`PER`South America	2.9	3
=49	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	2.7	3
=49	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.7	3
=51	Chile`CHL`South America	2.6	3
=51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.6	3
=51	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.6	3
=51	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.6	3
=55	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	2.5	3
=55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.5	3
=55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	2.5	3
=58	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.4	3
=58	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	2.4	3
=58	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.4	3
=61	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.3	3
=61	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.3	3
=61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2.3	3
=61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	2.3	3
=61	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.3	3
=66	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.2	3
=66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.2	3
=66	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.2	3
=66	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.2	3
=70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.1	3
=70	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.1	3
=70	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.1	3
=73	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.0	2
=73	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	2.0	2
=73	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.0	2
=76	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.8	2
=76	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.8	2
=76	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.8	2
=76	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.8	2
=76	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.8	2
=76	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.8	2
=82	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.7	2
=82	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.7	2
=84	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.6	2
=84	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.6	2
=86	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.5	2
=86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.5	2
=88	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.3	2
=88	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.3	2
=88	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.3	2
=88	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.3	2

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

1Sudan4.9
2Somalia4.7
3Myanmarshared4.6
3Yemenshared4.6
5Syria4.5

Lowest

88Latviashared1.3
88Lithuaniashared1.3
88Hungaryshared1.3
88Estoniashared1.3
86Laosshared1.5

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.9. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Severity category (1–5)
Highest19 share it
Lowest19 share it
Middle country: 3

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+10 / −3countries joined / left
64values changed, of 81 in both
34 · 30rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

Armenia1.3 → 2.3+1.0
Palestine3.5 → 4.4+0.9
Greece1.4 → 2.2+0.8
Morocco2.2 → 3.0+0.8
Bangladesh3.4 → 4.1+0.7

Fell most

Hungary2.5 → 1.3−1.2
Romania2.5 → 1.7−0.8
Moldova2.4 → 1.6−0.8
Philippines3.0 → 2.2−0.8
Poland2.9 → 2.1−0.8

+ Bulgaria

+ Belarus

+ Czechia

+ Estonia

+ Laos

+ Lithuania

+ Latvia

+ Nepal

+ Russia

+ Timor-Leste

− Gambia

− Lesotho

− Tonga

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.

How values are stored

32 distinct values among 91
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 6 countries share 4.1. 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 91 countries has every column.

05The files

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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 (2023). INFORM Severity Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inform-severity/2023

066 held

Other years

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INFORM Severity Index, 2022
84 countries
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INFORM Severity Index, 2024
91 countries
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INFORM Severity Index: every year
6 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions