Data for 2001

World Risk Index, 2001

Name: World Risk Index, 2001
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2001, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2001 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 45.28; Monaco is lowest, at 0.21. The middle country reads 4.37. Against 2000, 183 values changed (78 up, 105 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2001

HighestPhilippines

45.28

LowestMonaco

0.21

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

193countries
6measures per country
2001the year it describes
176distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum.
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1	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	45.28	40.56	50.54	39.60	57.07	57.12
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	45.21	35.84	57.03	52.27	58.01	61.16
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.98	39.45	49.03	36.81	56.82	56.37
4	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.72	64.29	24.54	23.77	13.79	45.08
5	Colombia`COL`South America	38.61	31.41	47.47	36.76	58.01	50.17
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.18	23.51	55.68	44.20	59.18	65.99
7	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.81	49.76	24.35	41.94	12.21	28.20
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	33.65	29.22	38.76	29.49	45.29	43.59
9	United States`USA`Northern America	30.35	40.04	23.01	11.55	32.28	32.68
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.34	18.21	41.05	64.47	15.09	71.11
11	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.37	18.92	36.76	56.94	13.45	64.86
12	Peru`PER`South America	26.12	16.60	41.09	27.52	51.86	48.60
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.10	27.06	25.18	28.51	14.04	39.89
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.97	13.04	51.74	37.69	58.02	63.34
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.47	8.49	70.54	66.72	70.34	74.79
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.93	18.37	31.16	39.20	13.69	56.40
17	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.77	17.54	32.21	33.12	14.72	68.57
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.69	13.86	40.50	34.18	47.03	41.32
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.08	16.60	32.08	36.12	16.01	57.09
20	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.54	12.24	37.91	25.01	51.64	42.20
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America	21.28	19.05	23.76	19.12	13.19	53.19
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21.03	44.05	10.04	4.99	7.69	26.39
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.73	8.97	47.90	40.38	52.71	51.62
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.53	14.43	29.20	35.08	12.49	56.85
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.33	26.42	14.14	11.19	7.28	34.69
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.91	31.94	11.20	9.85	7.10	20.08
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.17	15.93	18.50	26.02	10.66	22.82
28	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	16.54	7.46	36.66	58.51	13.13	64.15
29	Chile`CHL`South America	15.86	13.12	19.18	17.78	9.98	39.78
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.75	11.63	21.33	22.03	11.13	39.57
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.61	8.93	27.29	40.27	14.52	34.77
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.83	9.65	22.80	24.48	10.39	46.57
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.71	7.34	29.48	37.82	13.17	51.45
34	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.14	10.75	18.59	24.16	21.41	12.42
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.83	3.22	59.42	60.09	56.13	62.19
36	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.52	18.02	10.15	7.16	6.66	21.96
37	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	13.05	9.61	17.71	31.00	3.10	57.81
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.03	8.61	19.72	19.89	10.21	37.74
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.90	5.44	30.61	34.59	12.83	64.61
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.65	7.01	22.81	16.57	12.97	55.20
41	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.94	7.70	18.53	25.65	5.94	41.75
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.51	4.26	31.08	38.92	13.11	58.82
43	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.25	6.32	20.01	26.40	11.01	27.58
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.17	5.69	21.92	18.06	11.20	52.09
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.00	2.20	55.01	35.04	63.44	74.88
46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.99	4.18	28.89	33.29	13.13	55.14
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.79	8.46	13.75	12.45	5.69	36.68
48	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.74	2.50	46.14	32.06	65.86	46.53
49	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.57	2.64	42.32	29.41	53.93	47.78
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.55	8.84	12.60	7.33	8.44	32.37
51	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.00	1.64	60.93	59.26	66.54	57.36
52	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.89	1.36	71.89	67.25	67.40	81.97
53	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.79	2.73	35.13	45.62	13.71	69.31
54	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.73	2.81	33.68	55.13	12.12	57.19
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.56	10.07	9.08	5.12	10.29	14.22
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.37	3.12	28.12	36.03	11.05	55.86
57	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9.25	5.01	17.09	38.27	3.00	43.50
58	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	9.17	7.29	11.54	9.30	13.12	12.59
59	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.12	2.94	28.27	30.28	12.56	59.43
60	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9.03	2.38	34.28	21.59	44.03	42.37
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.00	7.83	10.34	8.81	3.90	32.18
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.92	4.61	17.27	20.58	10.98	22.79
63	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.76	1.43	53.68	35.15	63.78	68.99
64	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.61	2.03	36.51	58.76	13.19	62.79
65	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.83	2.19	27.98	23.98	15.27	59.85
66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.80	1.34	45.38	34.60	55.75	48.45
67	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.77	5.17	11.67	18.26	2.80	31.09
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.75	2.52	23.84	28.20	12.43	38.67
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.71	2.53	23.50	45.66	5.58	50.92
70	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.57	2.59	22.10	10.33	29.72	35.15
71	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7.55	1.32	43.15	32.83	43.42	56.36
72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.54	2.84	20.01	16.13	10.66	46.60
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.50	1.05	53.54	43.86	55.77	62.74
74	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.30	1.69	31.53	48.47	15.10	42.83
75	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.22	1.29	40.38	58.25	14.86	76.09
76	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.17	1.11	46.29	47.73	30.09	69.07
77	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.69	6.69	6.69	13.77	2.43	8.93
78	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.13	2.72	13.81	9.80	8.38	32.09
79	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.03	2.67	13.64	16.37	3.18	48.74
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5.96	3.42	10.39	16.07	2.85	24.51
81	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.82	3.14	10.80	9.54	3.83	34.48
82	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5.77	0.54	61.76	60.04	58.44	67.14
83	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.54	0.48	63.96	60.55	64.71	66.78
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.46	1.57	18.99	17.22	9.48	41.98
85	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.35	1.60	17.88	17.08	8.95	37.39
86	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5.17	2.22	12.03	9.19	6.10	31.09
87	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.09	1.33	19.51	15.59	11.20	42.53
=88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.00	0.36	69.46	67.60	66.01	75.10
=88	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.00	1.82	13.73	16.62	2.88	54.08
90	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.98	0.69	35.97	58.62	12.90	61.54
=91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.93	1.48	16.40	28.95	3.06	49.78
=91	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.93	2.01	12.08	8.43	6.51	32.16
93	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.92	1.76	13.75	7.91	9.37	35.07
94	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.77	1.87	12.18	9.02	6.60	30.33
95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.58	0.66	31.79	33.85	15.24	62.26
96	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.52	0.88	23.18	12.54	32.42	30.63
97	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.37	3.67	5.21	5.76	2.49	9.85
98	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.19	0.25	70.28	59.53	74.13	78.67
99	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.18	1.21	14.45	13.76	9.81	22.33
100	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	4.17	1.05	16.60	13.35	9.45	36.23
101	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.12	1.32	12.86	17.18	2.80	44.21
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.10	0.75	22.41	22.73	10.39	47.63
103	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.02	1.12	14.41	15.47	10.25	18.86
104	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.87	1.00	14.97	11.02	8.42	36.17
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.77	0.23	61.87	64.23	58.68	62.84
106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.73	0.73	19.01	16.46	9.40	44.43
=107	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.56	1.51	8.39	11.53	2.30	22.30
=107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.56	0.24	52.86	44.32	55.06	60.53
109	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.54	0.23	54.58	48.88	52.25	63.67
110	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.52	1.47	8.45	9.13	1.85	35.72
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.42	0.38	30.75	30.23	14.60	65.90
112	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.39	1.05	10.97	8.43	5.25	29.84
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.36	0.85	13.28	10.76	3.62	60.14
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.33	0.34	32.71	41.59	12.92	65.11
115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.32	0.34	32.50	34.29	14.44	69.32
=116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.29	0.23	47.01	44.17	48.39	48.61
=116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.29	0.16	67.68	70.35	61.62	71.50
118	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.16	0.81	12.36	15.60	2.71	44.67
=119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.14	0.15	65.72	61.81	64.40	71.31
=119	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.14	0.80	12.34	13.20	9.37	15.21
121	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.12	0.37	26.27	40.56	11.70	38.20
122	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.08	0.35	27.04	29.32	12.99	51.93
123	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.04	0.82	11.30	12.16	2.54	46.76
=124	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.03	0.69	13.34	16.55	2.85	50.31
=124	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.03	0.69	13.32	11.33	10.77	19.38
126	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.98	0.27	32.85	37.14	14.30	66.77
=127	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.93	1.04	8.23	7.66	5.49	13.27
=127	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.93	0.79	10.88	15.08	2.45	34.90
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.92	0.32	26.64	24.09	13.28	59.07
130	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.90	0.12	69.99	66.00	66.40	78.22
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.84	0.16	50.52	35.01	56.90	64.72
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.79	0.49	15.84	8.91	9.61	46.39
=133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.78	0.34	22.66	22.26	11.07	47.22
=133	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.78	0.23	33.70	44.52	43.88	19.59
135	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.74	0.48	15.61	29.82	7.12	17.92
136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.72	0.20	36.99	54.18	14.25	65.56
137	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.60	0.50	13.54	16.92	2.79	52.54
138	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.59	0.57	11.75	11.80	5.15	26.67
139	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.54	0.25	25.86	31.65	12.28	44.50
140	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.50	0.46	13.64	15.07	9.22	18.25
141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.48	0.67	9.19	5.73	4.92	27.49
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.45	0.65	9.22	9.85	2.34	33.98
143	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.39	0.30	19.03	16.68	8.93	46.26
144	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.30	0.24	22.06	21.91	11.35	43.17
=145	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.28	0.31	16.79	14.21	9.15	36.39
=145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.28	0.44	11.85	16.57	9.08	11.07
=147	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.22	0.53	9.34	8.76	9.92	9.38
=147	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.22	0.24	20.50	37.15	3.41	67.96
149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.20	0.49	9.91	10.80	2.20	40.99
150	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.18	1.07	4.44	4.81	1.60	11.39
151	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.11	0.31	14.33	11.58	7.61	33.41
152	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.09	0.21	20.81	16.04	11.88	47.28
153	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.08	0.45	9.57	9.51	2.35	39.19
=154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.04	0.07	59.31	49.68	56.08	74.90
=154	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	2.04	0.17	24.48	22.90	12.57	50.99
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.89	0.14	25.61	22.94	13.32	54.98
157	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.86	0.36	9.57	13.41	2.54	25.74
158	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.85	0.14	24.50	21.18	13.94	49.79
159	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.82	0.18	18.33	25.35	12.09	20.09
=160	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.81	0.09	36.47	56.69	13.95	61.33
=160	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.81	0.10	32.71	16.61	41.43	50.88
=162	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.75	0.13	23.69	56.59	3.65	64.33
=162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.75	0.08	38.26	60.97	12.99	70.70
164	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.69	0.07	40.68	23.90	44.92	62.69
165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.62	0.07	37.63	57.55	14.07	65.80
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.61	0.07	37.01	60.23	12.17	69.18
167	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.52	0.10	23.06	21.45	11.58	49.34
168	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.50	0.10	22.39	18.75	13.10	45.69
=169	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.49	0.09	24.64	28.55	11.45	45.79
=169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.49	0.17	13.10	14.85	3.00	50.43
171	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.35	0.17	10.65	5.89	6.18	33.21
172	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.34	0.33	5.48	6.89	2.46	9.73
173	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.22	0.10	14.92	11.53	8.81	32.68
=174	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.21	0.50	2.95	6.82	0.15	25.01
=174	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.21	0.15	9.81	16.42	2.66	21.63
176	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.11	0.16	7.77	6.18	2.79	27.20
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.10	0.11	10.96	14.17	2.75	33.80
178	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.08	0.18	6.53	6.77	1.46	28.18
179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.06	0.15	7.49	5.65	2.03	36.70
180	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.05	0.14	7.90	6.64	2.50	29.73
=181	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.02	0.11	9.50	9.19	9.17	10.17
=181	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.02	0.10	10.45	11.25	9.16	11.06
183	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.97	0.07	13.57	17.18	2.85	51.07
184	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.96	0.11	8.31	9.28	2.70	22.90
185	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.83	0.15	4.59	3.21	1.25	24.04
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.81	0.05	13.20	13.46	9.33	18.30
187	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.76	0.11	5.24	6.85	2.47	8.49
188	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.75	0.09	6.20	6.48	2.06	17.82
=189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.53	0.06	4.73	6.17	1.46	11.73
=189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.53	0.02	13.90	16.87	2.92	54.53
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.36	0.03	4.31	2.65	1.93	15.61
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.31	0.02	4.81	2.89	2.15	17.90
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.21	0.02	2.21	2.41	0.88	5.08

02In 2001

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines45.28
2India45.21
3Indonesia43.98
4China39.72
5Colombia38.61

Lowest

193Monaco0.21
192Andorra0.31
191San Marino0.36
189São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.53
189Luxembourgshared0.53

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.37. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.29
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestDR Congo71.89
LowestMonaco2.21
Middle country: 21.92
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic70.35
LowestMonaco2.41
Middle country: 21.91
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestAfghanistan74.13
LowestFinland0.15
Middle country: 11.13
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestDR Congo81.97
LowestMonaco5.08
Middle country: 45.08

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 193 in both
78 · 105rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

United States24.08 → 30.35+6.27
Iran17.28 → 21.54+4.26
Timor-Leste7.89 → 9.73+1.84
Guinea6.93 → 8.76+1.83
Albania7.23 → 9.03+1.80

Fell most

Mexico46.53 → 34.81−11.72
Papua New Guinea33.09 → 26.37−6.72
Egypt17.44 → 14.14−3.30
North Korea11.77 → 9.17−2.60
Cameroon10.63 → 8.61−2.02

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. 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

One year of the 2025 release
Every year in this series comes from IFHV’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2001.
176 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 5.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
IFHV publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 193 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.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
193 rows · 11 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download world-risk-index-2001-nations-inquiry.csv
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The publisher’s original
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 (2001). World Risk Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2001

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2000
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2002
193 countries
All of them
World Risk Index: every year
26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions