Data for 2024
INFORM Severity Index, 2024
Figures for 2024, as ACAPS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
INFORM Severity Index, 2024 covers 91 countries on 2 measures. Sudan is highest, at 4.9; Estonia is lowest, at 1.2. The middle country reads 2.8. Against 2023, 69 values changed (39 up, 30 down), 3 countries joined, 3 left.
INFORM Severity Index · Data for 2024
HighestSudan
4.9
LowestEstonia
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, 2024, 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 91 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SudanSDNNorthern Africa | 4.9 | 5 |
| 2 |  YemenYEMWestern Asia | 4.8 | 5 |
| 3 |  SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | 4.7 | 5 |
| =4 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | 4.6 | 5 |
| =4 |  SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 4.6 | 5 |
| =4 |  UkraineUKREastern Europe | 4.6 | 5 |
| 7 |  South SudanSSDEastern Africa | 4.5 | 5 |
| =8 |  AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | 4.4 | 5 |
| =8 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 4.4 | 5 |
| =8 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 4.4 | 5 |
| 11 |  EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 4.3 | 5 |
| 12 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | 4.2 | 5 |
| =13 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 4.1 | 5 |
| =13 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 4.1 | 5 |
| =13 |  Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | 4.1 | 5 |
| =13 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 4.1 | 5 |
| =13 |  North KoreaPRKEastern Asia | 4.1 | 5 |
| =18 |  HaitiHTICaribbean | 4.0 | 4 |
| =18 |  LebanonLBNWestern Asia | 4.0 | 4 |
| =18 |  NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | 4.0 | 4 |
| =18 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 4.0 | 4 |
| =18 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 4.0 | 4 |
| =23 |  LibyaLBYNorthern Africa | 3.9 | 4 |
| =23 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 3.9 | 4 |
| =25 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 3.7 | 4 |
| =25 |  ChadTCDMiddle Africa | 3.7 | 4 |
| =25 |  IranIRNSouthern Asia | 3.7 | 4 |
| =25 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 3.7 | 4 |
| 29 |  NigerNERWestern Africa | 3.6 | 4 |
| =30 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | 3.5 | 4 |
| =30 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | 3.5 | 4 |
| =30 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 3.5 | 4 |
| =30 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 3.5 | 4 |
| =34 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 3.4 | 4 |
| =34 |  MalawiMWIEastern Africa | 3.4 | 4 |
| =36 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 3.3 | 4 |
| =36 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | 3.3 | 4 |
| 38 |  EritreaERIEastern Africa | 3.2 | 4 |
| 39 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 3.1 | 4 |
| 40 |  IraqIRQWestern Asia | 3.0 | 3 |
| 41 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 2.9 | 3 |
| =42 |  DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa | 2.8 | 3 |
| =42 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 2.8 | 3 |
| =42 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 2.8 | 3 |
| =42 |  PeruPERSouth America | 2.8 | 3 |
| =42 |  RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 2.8 | 3 |
| =47 |  AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa | 2.7 | 3 |
| =47 |  AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | 2.7 | 3 |
| =47 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 2.7 | 3 |
| =47 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | 2.7 | 3 |
| =51 |  MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 2.6 | 3 |
| =51 |  NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 2.6 | 3 |
| =53 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 2.5 | 3 |
| =53 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 2.5 | 3 |
| =53 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 2.5 | 3 |
| =53 |  NepalNPLSouthern Asia | 2.5 | 3 |
| =53 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 2.5 | 3 |
| 58 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 2.4 | 3 |
| =59 |  EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | 2.3 | 3 |
| =59 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 2.3 | 3 |
| =59 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 2.3 | 3 |
| =59 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 2.3 | 3 |
| =63 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 2.2 | 3 |
| =63 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | 2.2 | 3 |
| =63 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 2.2 | 3 |
| =63 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 2.2 | 3 |
| =63 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | 2.2 | 3 |
| =63 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 2.2 | 3 |
| =69 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 2.1 | 3 |
| =69 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 2.1 | 3 |
| =69 |  Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia | 2.1 | 3 |
| =69 |  TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 2.1 | 3 |
| 73 |  Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia | 2.0 | 2 |
| =74 |  BelarusBLREastern Europe | 1.9 | 2 |
| =74 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 1.9 | 2 |
| =74 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 1.9 | 2 |
| =74 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 1.9 | 2 |
| =74 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 1.9 | 2 |
| =79 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 1.8 | 2 |
| =79 |  MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 1.8 | 2 |
| =79 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 1.8 | 2 |
| 82 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 1.7 | 2 |
| =83 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 1.6 | 2 |
| =83 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 1.6 | 2 |
| =83 |  MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 1.6 | 2 |
| =83 |  Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | 1.6 | 2 |
| 87 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 1.5 | 2 |
| =88 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 1.3 | 2 |
| =88 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 1.3 | 2 |
| =88 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 1.3 | 2 |
| 91 | EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 1.2 | 2 |
02In 2024
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 2.8. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Severity category (1–5)
Highest17 share it
Lowest19 share it
Middle country: 3
032023 → 2024
Since 2023
What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +3 / −3countries joined / left
- 69values changed, of 88 in both
- 39 · 30rose · fell
- 19unchanged
Rose most
- Philippines2.2 → 2.9+0.7
- Laos1.5 → 2.1+0.6
- Lebanon3.5 → 4.0+0.5
- Zambia3.0 → 3.5+0.5
- Thailand1.8 → 2.3+0.5
+ Benin+ India+ Lesotho
− Azerbaijan
− Madagascar
− NicaraguaChanges 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.
36 distinct values among 91
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 6 countries share 2.2. 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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The publisher’s original
ACAPS’s own file, on its own site.
202411-inform-severity-november-2024.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.
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Cite this edition
ACAPS (2024). INFORM Severity Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inform-severity/2024
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07Questions
INFORM Severity Index, 2024: questions and answers
Which country has the highest INFORM Severity Index in INFORM Severity Index, 2024?
Sudan, at 4.9, of the 91 countries in the file.
What year does INFORM Severity Index, 2024 describe?
2024.
How many countries does INFORM Severity Index, 2024 cover?
91.
Where can I download INFORM Severity 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 Severity Index, 2024 the newest?
No. The newest held here is INFORM Severity Index, 2025.