Data for 2002

World Risk Index, 2002

Name: World Risk Index, 2002
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2002, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2002 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. India is highest, at 45.45; Monaco is lowest, at 0.20. The middle country reads 4.65. Against 2001, 179 values changed (96 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2002

HighestIndia

45.45

LowestMonaco

0.20

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

193countries
6measures per country
2002the 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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum.
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1	India`IND`Southern Asia	45.45	35.89	57.55	52.22	58.70	62.18
2	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	45.13	40.57	50.20	39.34	57.64	55.78
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.13	39.39	49.44	35.96	58.65	57.30
4	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	40.02	64.23	24.94	23.44	13.99	47.33
5	Colombia`COL`South America	38.55	31.40	47.32	36.89	59.17	48.54
6	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.28	49.72	26.47	35.16	12.06	43.74
7	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35.91	23.52	54.84	44.00	57.96	64.68
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	33.57	29.15	38.65	29.50	46.13	42.42
9	United States`USA`Northern America	30.32	40.03	22.96	11.73	32.01	32.23
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.42	18.31	41.06	64.96	14.91	71.45
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	27.35	27.07	27.64	28.68	14.10	52.23
12	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.44	18.94	36.90	56.96	13.54	65.16
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.93	13.03	51.60	37.43	57.88	63.41
14	Peru`PER`South America	25.32	16.60	38.62	27.63	50.83	41.02
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.30	8.49	69.54	66.70	69.19	72.88
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.79	18.37	30.81	38.84	13.72	54.88
17	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.70	13.87	40.50	33.61	48.33	40.91
18	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.38	16.61	32.91	37.15	15.98	60.02
19	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.96	17.60	29.96	26.29	14.38	71.10
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.65	19.05	26.93	26.03	13.61	55.14
21	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	22.57	44.03	11.57	7.12	7.77	28.02
22	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.87	8.99	48.44	40.42	52.10	53.96
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	20.71	7.47	57.41	58.20	50.29	64.64
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.54	14.45	29.21	35.09	12.87	55.19
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.35	26.47	14.15	11.39	7.01	35.49
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.96	31.94	11.25	9.91	7.16	20.04
27	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.63	12.23	28.38	24.79	51.90	17.76
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.67	10.76	29.01	24.78	21.95	44.88
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.79	8.91	31.65	40.27	14.61	53.89
30	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.49	15.93	17.07	25.95	11.12	17.24
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.40	11.69	23.01	22.48	11.52	47.02
32	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	16.25	9.62	27.44	31.05	11.11	59.87
33	Chile`CHL`South America	15.73	13.04	18.98	17.25	10.01	39.62
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.89	9.66	22.94	24.54	10.89	45.15
35	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.68	7.27	29.66	37.72	13.12	52.74
36	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.72	7.66	24.57	25.72	11.47	50.28
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.61	3.23	57.37	59.97	53.48	58.87
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.54	8.61	21.30	23.44	10.06	40.96
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.44	18.02	10.02	7.13	6.44	21.88
40	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.81	5.43	30.22	34.56	12.74	62.70
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.70	5.15	31.31	38.85	13.45	58.72
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.57	6.98	22.64	16.75	13.13	52.76
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.18	5.70	21.92	17.96	11.38	51.55
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.09	2.22	55.40	35.56	63.25	75.61
45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.93	4.14	28.83	33.04	13.31	54.50
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.78	8.46	13.73	12.19	5.71	37.22
47	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	10.66	7.29	15.58	9.35	12.97	31.18
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.60	6.31	17.82	26.40	10.93	19.62
49	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.37	2.64	40.72	29.12	52.64	44.06
50	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.23	1.64	63.77	59.24	66.98	65.37
51	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	9.91	8.84	11.10	7.51	5.43	33.56
52	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.84	2.82	34.31	55.26	12.18	60.01
=53	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.82	1.36	70.87	67.87	66.94	78.36
=53	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.82	2.73	35.31	45.56	14.49	66.69
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.76	10.08	9.45	6.11	10.28	13.42
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.49	3.12	28.87	36.77	11.40	57.40
57	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9.19	4.99	16.91	37.21	2.99	43.43
58	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.06	2.93	28.00	30.36	12.76	56.67
59	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.98	4.63	17.41	19.75	11.16	23.96
60	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8.97	7.83	10.27	8.85	3.93	31.12
61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.80	2.38	32.53	16.80	47.89	42.79
62	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.70	1.43	52.92	35.25	62.07	67.73
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.65	3.02	24.77	28.13	12.30	43.94
64	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.59	2.03	36.33	59.03	13.07	62.14
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.53	2.49	29.23	24.85	64.15	15.66
66	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8.06	1.33	48.81	44.73	55.18	47.10
67	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.83	2.20	27.85	23.73	15.15	60.11
68	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.71	1.69	35.18	48.33	14.52	62.05
69	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	7.64	2.59	22.51	10.46	30.22	36.07
70	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	7.61	5.18	11.19	17.97	2.76	28.28
71	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7.57	1.32	43.46	32.58	43.68	57.67
72	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.56	2.53	22.58	45.19	5.52	46.17
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.46	1.05	52.98	43.92	54.82	61.78
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.36	2.83	19.15	16.25	10.23	42.24
75	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.21	1.29	40.33	58.28	14.96	75.25
76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.09	6.68	7.53	14.04	2.44	12.46
77	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.81	1.11	41.82	47.55	30.13	51.05
78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6.52	3.44	12.36	16.21	2.83	41.17
79	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.21	2.72	14.16	9.72	8.52	34.30
80	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.10	2.67	13.93	16.43	3.18	51.73
81	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5.82	0.54	62.82	60.88	59.47	68.48
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.79	3.14	10.67	9.61	3.77	33.55
83	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.58	0.49	63.60	60.40	64.22	66.31
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.55	1.57	19.59	17.37	9.67	44.76
85	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.39	3.67	7.93	6.81	2.45	29.91
86	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.31	1.60	17.64	16.95	8.95	36.20
87	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	5.23	2.22	12.34	9.36	6.41	31.34
88	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.17	1.82	14.70	20.98	2.86	52.89
89	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.15	1.33	19.96	15.73	11.38	44.40
90	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	5.03	2.01	12.59	8.45	7.18	32.90
91	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.02	0.69	36.55	59.40	12.88	63.84
92	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.93	0.36	67.39	67.49	65.69	69.03
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.85	1.50	15.68	29.23	3.07	42.94
94	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.80	1.86	12.38	9.29	6.66	30.68
=95	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.69	1.13	19.47	17.31	10.62	40.14
=95	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.69	1.76	12.50	10.04	8.63	22.56
97	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.65	0.88	24.52	12.43	32.84	36.12
98	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.59	0.66	31.99	33.98	15.50	62.14
99	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.37	1.21	15.81	11.39	9.90	35.04
100	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.30	1.47	12.56	9.07	6.09	35.84
101	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.19	0.25	70.22	63.15	73.18	74.91
102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.18	0.75	23.29	22.34	11.40	49.58
103	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.12	1.12	15.12	15.41	11.84	18.93
104	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.94	0.37	41.92	40.84	39.62	45.54
105	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.90	1.01	15.06	10.85	8.35	37.71
106	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.88	1.51	9.99	11.56	2.33	36.97
107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.68	0.23	58.91	64.55	54.83	57.77
=108	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.63	0.73	18.02	13.28	9.51	46.34
=108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.63	0.24	54.79	44.20	59.28	62.77
110	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.48	0.23	52.62	47.26	51.26	60.13
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.44	0.69	17.20	11.27	10.49	43.04
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.43	0.38	30.95	29.98	14.88	66.47
113	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.41	1.05	11.10	8.58	5.63	28.28
=114	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.35	0.85	13.19	10.77	3.61	58.99
=114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.35	0.34	32.98	42.09	12.97	65.72
=114	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.35	0.34	32.96	34.75	14.59	70.60
117	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.34	1.05	10.60	13.47	10.03	8.82
118	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.30	0.16	68.02	70.93	62.77	70.69
119	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.26	0.80	13.25	13.15	9.38	18.88
120	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.20	0.81	12.61	15.60	2.69	47.83
121	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.19	0.23	44.29	35.77	48.14	50.45
122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.09	0.15	63.78	62.06	65.08	64.24
123	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.08	0.35	27.02	29.59	13.18	50.58
124	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.05	0.82	11.37	12.25	2.54	47.20
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.03	0.28	32.73	36.83	14.28	66.67
126	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.02	0.69	13.18	16.65	2.84	48.42
127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.88	0.12	69.11	66.48	66.79	74.34
128	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.87	0.46	17.89	15.09	9.28	40.91
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.84	0.16	50.26	34.96	59.71	60.82
130	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.82	0.22	36.02	37.39	45.03	27.76
=131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.78	0.56	13.76	11.59	5.15	43.62
=131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.78	0.78	9.91	11.64	2.43	34.43
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.75	0.48	15.71	24.81	10.13	15.42
=134	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.72	0.34	21.78	22.02	10.94	42.87
=134	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.72	0.20	36.99	53.93	14.07	66.71
136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.69	0.49	14.72	10.85	8.42	34.91
137	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.57	0.53	12.43	8.74	10.12	21.70
138	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.53	0.50	12.83	17.06	2.82	43.87
139	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.48	0.67	9.16	5.72	4.66	28.81
140	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.46	0.25	24.15	31.45	10.67	41.98
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.42	0.65	9.04	9.84	2.30	32.67
142	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.38	0.30	18.94	16.75	8.77	46.24
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.32	0.49	11.00	10.60	2.83	44.41
144	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.30	1.03	5.13	6.29	1.62	13.26
145	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.27	0.31	16.57	14.29	9.23	34.49
146	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.26	0.44	11.60	16.37	9.10	10.49
=147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.22	0.13	37.80	56.50	14.98	63.81
=147	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.22	0.24	20.61	37.32	3.40	69.02
149	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.18	0.32	14.87	18.92	3.28	52.97
150	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.17	1.07	4.42	4.87	1.56	11.33
151	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.07	0.31	13.86	10.89	7.38	33.11
152	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.04	0.23	18.01	26.34	5.28	42.01
153	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.03	0.21	19.57	15.99	11.85	39.53
154	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.96	0.45	8.58	7.19	2.34	37.51
155	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.94	0.17	22.12	19.20	12.18	46.26
156	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.85	0.10	34.17	20.83	41.40	46.26
157	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.84	0.14	24.08	20.96	13.16	50.62
158	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.83	0.18	18.54	25.29	12.03	20.95
159	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.82	0.09	36.65	57.02	14.02	61.59
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.77	0.14	22.27	23.06	13.40	35.72
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.75	0.08	38.23	60.77	13.23	69.47
162	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.63	0.07	37.85	18.64	45.14	64.44
163	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.62	0.07	37.50	49.47	14.35	74.26
=164	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.61	0.36	7.24	13.73	2.52	10.99
=164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.61	0.07	37.23	57.36	14.09	63.85
166	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.60	0.07	36.48	60.45	12.14	66.13
167	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.50	0.09	24.84	28.76	11.35	46.95
168	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.49	0.10	22.33	18.58	13.03	45.97
169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.44	0.10	20.63	16.59	10.47	50.53
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.38	0.17	11.19	14.79	3.02	31.41
171	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.36	0.17	10.81	6.06	6.55	31.86
172	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.31	0.15	11.52	16.62	2.68	34.30
173	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.21	0.50	2.95	6.77	0.15	25.30
174	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.20	0.10	14.52	11.23	8.60	31.69
175	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.13	0.16	8.04	6.07	3.03	28.24
176	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.12	0.33	3.78	5.58	2.46	3.95
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.11	0.11	11.16	13.98	2.75	36.14
178	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.09	0.10	11.79	11.31	9.10	15.93
179	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.08	0.11	10.65	9.27	8.85	14.72
=180	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.07	0.18	6.37	6.59	1.35	29.01
=180	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.07	0.15	7.63	5.63	2.01	39.21
=180	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.07	0.11	10.43	9.38	2.67	45.24
183	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.00	0.14	7.18	5.72	2.50	25.92
184	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.97	0.07	13.46	17.15	2.90	49.00
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.89	0.11	7.15	5.44	2.46	27.28
186	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.84	0.15	4.72	3.20	1.27	25.91
187	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.82	0.05	13.57	15.99	8.72	17.93
188	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.75	0.09	6.28	6.44	2.05	18.75
=189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.53	0.06	4.66	6.13	1.44	11.47
=189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.53	0.02	13.93	16.77	2.97	54.29
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.37	0.03	4.46	2.77	1.92	16.67
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.31	0.02	4.89	2.93	2.11	18.96
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.20	0.02	2.08	2.02	0.93	4.76

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

1India45.45
2Philippines45.13
3Indonesia44.13
4China40.02
5Colombia38.55

Lowest

193Monaco0.20
192Andorra0.31
191San Marino0.37
189São Tomé and Príncipeshared0.53
189Luxembourgshared0.53

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.65. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.23
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestDR Congo70.87
LowestMonaco2.08
Middle country: 21.92
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic70.93
LowestMonaco2.02
Middle country: 20.98
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestAfghanistan73.18
LowestFinland0.15
Middle country: 11.38
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestDR Congo78.36
LowestBrunei3.95
Middle country: 44.76

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
179values changed, of 193 in both
96 · 83rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Yemen16.54 → 20.71+4.17
Egypt14.14 → 17.67+3.53
Solomon Islands13.05 → 16.25+3.20
Morocco11.94 → 13.72+1.78
Japan21.03 → 22.57+1.54

Fell most

Iran21.54 → 18.63−2.91
Cambodia10.74 → 8.53−2.21
Seychelles4.17 → 3.34−0.83
Madagascar23.77 → 22.96−0.81
Peru26.12 → 25.32−0.80

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

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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 2002.
181 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 3.35. 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-2002-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 (2002). World Risk Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2002

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2001
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2003
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