Data for 2000

World Risk Index, 2000

Name: World Risk Index, 2000
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2000, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2000 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Mexico is highest, at 46.53; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.55.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2000

HighestMexico

46.53

LowestMonaco

0.18

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

193countries
6measures per country
2000the year it describes
181distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2000, as published. IFHV ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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World Risk Index, 2000: every country, as published by Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum.
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1	Mexico`MEX`Central America	46.53	49.86	43.43	41.29	46.65	42.53
2	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	45.26	40.62	50.43	38.58	57.17	58.14
3	India`IND`Southern Asia	45.17	35.87	56.87	51.94	57.55	61.52
4	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.66	39.31	48.50	37.20	57.11	53.70
5	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.66	64.32	24.46	24.00	13.95	43.70
6	Colombia`COL`South America	38.68	31.37	47.70	37.14	57.99	50.39
7	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37.26	23.58	58.87	56.72	58.97	60.99
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	34.27	29.28	40.11	30.12	48.13	44.51
9	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	33.09	18.87	58.03	57.17	52.44	65.19
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.48	18.32	41.21	63.78	15.24	71.98
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.83	27.04	26.63	28.70	13.95	47.19
12	Peru`PER`South America	26.08	16.60	40.96	27.87	52.40	47.04
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.90	12.99	51.63	37.85	57.61	63.10
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.37	8.43	70.45	66.40	72.17	72.96
15	United States`USA`Northern America	24.08	40.11	14.46	11.82	7.85	32.59
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.03	18.25	31.63	39.19	13.92	58.02
17	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.69	17.32	32.41	33.01	14.66	70.34
18	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.28	16.62	32.61	35.69	15.88	61.21
19	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.03	13.79	35.18	33.84	47.62	27.03
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21.44	44.12	10.42	5.87	7.66	25.17
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.32	19.09	23.81	19.43	12.95	53.63
22	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.84	9.03	48.11	40.40	52.99	52.01
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.45	14.40	29.04	34.45	12.35	57.57
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.86	26.48	14.89	13.09	7.31	34.53
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.68	32.03	12.09	11.63	7.70	19.71
26	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.47	16.00	19.08	25.62	10.65	25.47
27	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.44	10.75	28.30	24.54	21.87	42.21
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.28	12.17	24.53	25.41	48.90	11.88
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.83	8.90	31.83	40.13	14.36	55.96
30	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.76	7.44	37.74	58.81	14.27	64.06
31	Chile`CHL`South America	16.20	13.10	20.03	18.28	10.11	43.51
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.67	11.67	21.04	22.09	10.67	39.49
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.32	18.03	13.01	10.12	6.91	31.51
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.17	9.68	23.76	24.35	11.59	47.55
35	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.75	7.03	26.90	27.65	13.06	53.90
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.71	3.15	59.68	60.52	55.92	62.80
37	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.66	7.64	24.42	25.90	11.80	47.65
38	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.30	7.35	24.07	38.24	12.01	30.38
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.23	8.56	20.44	23.50	10.04	36.17
40	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	13.01	5.46	30.99	34.79	12.88	66.41
41	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	12.98	9.62	17.52	31.11	3.07	56.31
42	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.77	7.32	18.93	9.25	13.89	52.77
43	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.46	4.23	31.04	39.04	13.13	58.37
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.30	6.32	20.22	26.77	11.05	27.93
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.11	5.72	21.59	17.87	11.06	50.94
46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.05	4.22	28.91	33.12	13.35	54.64
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.98	2.18	55.35	35.29	62.14	77.32
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.83	8.47	13.86	12.32	5.74	37.67
49	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.70	2.49	45.98	25.07	66.70	58.15
=50	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.63	2.03	55.70	58.67	50.10	58.78
=50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.63	8.85	12.78	7.37	8.36	33.86
52	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.28	2.65	39.85	29.57	52.73	40.58
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.14	1.63	63.12	59.82	67.47	62.32
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.94	7.83	12.62	8.82	6.93	32.92
55	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.91	4.62	21.26	24.66	10.15	38.41
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.82	10.06	9.59	6.15	10.19	14.08
57	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.81	1.36	70.77	66.98	66.85	79.17
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.68	2.73	34.29	45.69	13.31	66.29
59	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.34	3.13	27.87	36.25	10.80	55.32
60	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9.13	5.01	16.63	38.50	2.96	40.33
61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.10	2.92	28.37	30.50	12.50	59.90
62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.58	3.04	24.21	29.32	12.32	39.28
63	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8.09	1.10	59.43	47.31	68.08	65.16
64	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.89	2.80	22.21	55.66	3.21	61.31
65	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.87	2.16	28.65	24.45	15.47	62.15
66	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.84	5.18	11.88	17.14	2.81	34.80
67	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.70	2.67	22.18	16.45	12.55	52.85
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.57	1.69	33.90	48.26	15.03	53.72
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7.53	1.32	43.01	32.71	43.20	56.31
70	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.52	2.59	21.84	10.30	29.58	34.19
71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.47	2.84	19.65	16.21	10.81	43.32
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.40	1.05	52.13	43.64	57.18	56.78
73	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	7.23	2.38	21.96	22.58	44.37	10.57
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.18	1.30	39.64	59.09	14.35	73.43
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.02	2.51	19.61	46.67	3.14	51.47
76	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.93	1.42	33.81	35.60	15.50	70.02
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.77	1.33	34.43	34.20	57.13	20.89
78	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.55	6.70	6.41	11.04	2.46	9.71
79	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.54	3.14	13.62	9.55	7.60	34.80
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6.51	3.42	12.39	16.56	2.89	39.78
81	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.14	2.72	13.85	9.71	8.32	32.87
82	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5.64	0.53	60.00	60.39	55.99	63.88
83	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.52	0.48	63.53	60.31	63.49	66.96
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.49	1.57	19.22	17.42	9.47	43.07
85	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.39	1.60	18.14	16.95	9.04	38.95
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.12	1.76	14.87	9.50	9.39	36.84
87	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.08	2.02	12.77	10.08	6.43	32.15
88	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.06	1.34	19.07	15.50	10.79	41.46
89	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.00	1.82	13.73	16.72	2.88	53.77
90	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.93	0.69	35.24	58.96	12.89	57.56
=91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.87	1.50	15.80	29.08	3.07	44.19
=91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.87	1.12	21.20	19.45	10.34	47.36
93	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.85	1.87	12.58	9.36	6.80	31.31
94	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.83	0.35	66.58	67.32	67.67	64.80
95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.62	0.66	32.40	34.14	15.28	65.20
96	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.58	2.22	9.46	9.01	3.13	30.02
97	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.55	0.88	23.57	12.65	32.22	32.14
98	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	4.51	1.06	19.19	21.88	9.29	34.78
99	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.38	3.68	5.22	5.94	2.53	9.49
100	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.37	1.21	15.78	13.79	9.83	28.97
101	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.18	0.25	69.83	61.97	73.22	75.05
102	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.17	1.33	13.05	17.26	2.78	46.33
103	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.07	0.75	22.14	22.57	9.91	48.50
104	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.91	1.00	15.25	10.92	8.30	39.12
105	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.90	1.51	10.05	19.16	2.29	23.15
106	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.80	0.23	62.90	64.57	58.85	65.50
107	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	3.63	1.03	12.76	7.74	8.08	33.20
108	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.61	0.73	17.90	13.27	9.55	45.23
109	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.59	0.23	56.10	48.96	56.59	63.72
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.58	0.24	53.48	44.04	55.82	62.22
111	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.55	1.48	8.52	9.16	1.83	36.89
112	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.52	1.05	11.81	10.42	5.35	29.56
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.47	0.85	14.18	13.57	3.59	58.56
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.43	0.38	30.89	30.34	14.73	65.95
=115	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.32	0.23	47.97	45.12	48.33	50.61
=115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.32	0.34	32.37	41.72	12.80	63.54
=115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.32	0.34	32.45	34.37	14.01	70.97
118	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.22	0.80	13.00	16.06	9.43	14.51
=119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.15	0.15	65.99	61.57	64.08	72.82
=119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.15	0.37	26.84	41.02	11.91	39.59
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.14	0.69	14.30	13.53	10.89	19.83
122	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.10	0.35	27.54	29.19	12.82	55.81
123	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.05	0.82	11.32	12.28	2.54	46.52
124	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.03	0.28	32.70	37.11	14.17	66.49
125	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.00	0.81	11.08	15.67	2.66	32.61
=126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.94	0.32	27.10	24.00	13.90	59.63
=126	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.94	0.69	12.54	16.66	2.83	41.78
128	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.88	0.45	18.42	14.99	9.02	46.25
=129	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.87	0.12	68.41	66.21	66.19	73.05
=129	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.87	0.79	10.43	12.08	2.48	37.84
=129	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.87	0.49	16.84	10.60	9.68	46.53
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.79	0.34	22.86	22.60	10.53	50.20
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.77	0.57	13.43	11.73	5.07	40.76
134	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.75	0.22	34.40	44.75	43.68	20.83
135	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.67	0.20	35.63	52.99	14.04	60.78
136	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.62	0.50	13.71	16.96	2.81	54.03
137	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.61	0.16	42.55	70.42	15.47	70.72
138	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.58	0.48	13.83	31.25	6.80	12.45
139	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.54	0.25	25.79	32.32	12.21	43.48
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.51	0.44	14.36	16.46	8.87	20.28
=141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.45	0.67	8.93	5.93	4.76	25.27
=141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.45	0.65	9.27	9.49	2.34	35.85
143	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.39	0.30	19.04	16.56	8.88	46.93
144	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.35	0.24	22.96	25.99	11.21	41.54
=145	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.29	0.31	16.93	14.19	9.16	37.35
=145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.29	0.16	32.76	35.13	15.84	63.16
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.23	0.53	9.39	8.71	10.19	9.33
148	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.21	0.24	20.43	37.14	3.44	66.75
149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.20	0.49	9.85	10.82	2.23	39.63
150	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.18	0.31	15.31	13.46	7.80	34.15
151	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.14	1.07	4.28	4.76	1.57	10.49
152	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.12	0.21	21.40	15.78	12.17	51.00
153	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.07	0.45	9.54	9.60	2.34	38.61
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.03	0.07	59.05	49.71	55.73	74.33
155	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.02	0.17	24.06	23.06	12.97	46.58
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.90	0.14	25.84	22.93	13.48	55.80
157	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.89	0.36	9.94	13.10	2.55	29.40
158	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.86	0.14	24.65	21.22	13.76	51.27
159	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.82	0.09	36.66	56.84	13.95	62.12
160	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.81	0.18	18.21	25.39	11.93	19.92
161	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.80	0.10	32.55	16.86	41.16	49.71
162	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.74	0.13	23.32	56.27	3.61	62.40
163	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.72	0.08	37.01	61.51	13.06	63.13
=164	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.60	0.07	36.47	18.61	42.31	61.60
=164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.60	0.07	36.65	57.37	14.19	60.49
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.55	0.07	34.32	61.11	12.00	55.13
167	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.51	0.10	22.79	18.74	12.91	48.92
168	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.49	0.09	24.61	28.44	11.15	47.02
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.47	0.17	12.74	14.86	2.97	46.86
170	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.39	0.17	11.30	6.86	6.40	32.84
171	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.35	0.50	3.63	6.83	0.40	17.51
172	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.34	0.15	11.95	16.48	2.66	38.95
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.30	0.33	5.14	6.97	2.45	7.97
174	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.26	0.10	15.96	13.86	9.05	32.40
175	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.25	0.16	9.76	6.23	5.10	29.30
176	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.19	0.10	14.18	21.14	2.92	46.23
177	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.14	0.18	7.16	8.20	1.50	29.78
178	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.11	0.11	11.29	14.35	2.74	36.58
179	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.09	0.10	11.88	11.12	8.96	16.84
180	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.07	0.15	7.64	5.81	2.03	37.86
181	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.06	0.11	10.24	11.23	9.25	10.33
182	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.05	0.11	10.05	9.23	2.65	41.45
183	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.00	0.14	7.11	5.00	2.48	28.96
184	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.97	0.07	13.33	17.34	2.75	49.63
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.91	0.11	7.49	5.53	2.53	30.04
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.84	0.05	14.18	16.77	8.84	19.25
=187	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.75	0.09	6.32	6.31	2.08	19.27
=187	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.75	0.15	3.74	3.19	0.72	22.85
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.56	0.06	5.18	7.37	1.57	12.01
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.53	0.02	14.01	17.02	2.89	55.85
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.35	0.03	3.97	2.24	1.94	14.35
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.29	0.02	4.32	2.84	2.15	13.18
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.18	0.02	1.68	2.40	0.43	4.63

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

1Mexico46.53
2Philippines45.26
3India45.17
4Indonesia43.66
5China39.66

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.29
191San Marino0.35
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.53
189Luxembourg0.56

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.32
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.06
Vulnerability
HighestDR Congo70.77
LowestMonaco1.68
Middle country: 21.59
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic70.42
LowestSan Marino2.24
Middle country: 22.60
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestAfghanistan73.22
LowestFinland0.40
Middle country: 10.89
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestDR Congo79.17
LowestMonaco4.63
Middle country: 46.25

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181 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 3.32. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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IFHV’s own file, on its own site.
worldriskindex-trend.csv

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

Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum (2000). World Risk Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2000

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