Data for 2003

World Risk Index, 2003

Name: World Risk Index, 2003
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2003, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2003 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. India is highest, at 45.33; Monaco is lowest, at 0.19. The middle country reads 4.50. Against 2002, 181 values changed (85 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2003

HighestIndia

45.33

LowestMonaco

0.19

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

193countries
6measures per country
2003the year it describes
178distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2003, 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, 2003: 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	45.33	35.86	57.31	51.30	59.25	61.92
2	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.97	40.54	49.88	39.04	58.78	54.09
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.26	39.42	49.70	35.81	60.64	56.52
4	Colombia`COL`South America	40.32	31.50	51.62	47.53	59.76	48.43
5	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	40.03	64.22	24.95	23.72	13.91	47.08
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37.79	23.50	60.76	56.78	58.06	68.05
7	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.09	49.76	26.18	35.34	12.23	41.51
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	33.39	29.13	38.28	29.09	46.49	41.47
9	United States`USA`Northern America	30.77	39.97	23.68	12.11	33.24	33.00
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.36	18.27	40.97	64.62	15.06	70.64
11	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.56	18.89	37.34	57.45	13.63	66.48
12	Peru`PER`South America	26.33	16.60	41.75	27.78	53.24	49.20
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.01	13.02	51.97	37.34	58.83	63.90
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.06	26.94	23.32	28.59	14.15	31.34
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.64	8.52	71.27	65.39	72.14	76.74
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.68	18.36	30.54	38.73	13.21	55.68
17	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.47	16.68	33.02	37.12	15.97	60.72
18	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.02	13.89	38.15	27.71	50.34	39.80
19	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.00	19.12	27.67	26.61	13.82	57.59
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	22.82	43.92	11.86	8.61	7.78	24.91
21	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.53	17.66	28.74	26.12	14.27	63.72
22	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	20.78	7.49	57.63	57.95	50.55	65.33
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.49	9.00	46.65	39.73	49.54	51.58
24	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.40	14.42	28.87	35.30	13.01	52.42
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.33	26.40	14.15	11.26	6.93	36.27
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.70	31.86	10.97	9.75	7.04	19.22
27	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.65	12.21	28.50	24.72	52.51	17.84
28	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.48	16.05	21.27	25.86	11.19	33.26
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.82	8.92	31.70	40.08	14.22	55.89
30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	16.81	9.63	29.33	39.31	10.92	58.75
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.19	11.65	22.50	22.47	11.33	44.75
32	Chile`CHL`South America	15.97	13.05	19.55	17.62	10.44	40.65
33	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.15	7.28	31.53	48.40	12.96	49.98
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.01	9.68	23.26	24.71	11.09	45.93
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.13	10.77	18.54	24.63	5.87	44.05
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.89	3.23	59.74	60.14	54.14	65.48
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.67	18.03	10.36	8.40	6.25	21.15
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.63	7.69	24.17	25.65	11.61	47.40
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.37	8.60	20.80	23.59	10.03	38.01
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.66	6.94	23.08	16.82	12.57	58.16
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.63	5.43	29.38	34.46	12.44	59.16
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.50	4.26	31.05	38.79	13.22	58.38
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.28	5.69	22.36	18.07	11.61	53.32
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.06	2.22	55.08	35.75	62.56	74.73
45	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.99	4.17	28.98	32.90	13.51	54.78
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.78	8.45	13.74	12.53	5.71	36.23
47	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.70	6.32	18.11	26.23	11.12	20.35
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.66	8.83	12.87	7.65	8.52	32.72
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.56	10.05	11.09	6.22	10.33	21.22
50	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	10.55	7.29	15.26	9.21	12.76	30.23
51	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.54	2.64	42.11	29.28	54.53	46.76
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.15	1.64	62.82	58.81	67.69	62.29
53	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.77	4.62	20.64	19.34	10.98	41.43
54	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.76	1.36	70.11	67.99	65.80	77.03
55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.75	2.81	33.86	51.98	11.98	62.32
56	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.69	5.18	18.11	17.98	10.07	32.82
57	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.58	2.74	33.51	35.89	15.33	68.41
58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.49	3.12	28.84	36.86	11.47	56.74
59	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.18	2.94	28.65	30.30	13.10	59.27
60	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9.08	5.00	16.49	37.69	2.96	40.19
=61	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.80	2.38	32.54	16.76	48.26	42.58
=61	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.80	1.44	53.73	35.43	61.49	71.18
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8.40	7.84	9.01	8.82	4.00	20.73
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.39	2.49	28.25	24.45	16.19	56.96
65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.36	2.03	34.43	59.05	12.58	54.93
66	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.89	2.22	28.01	23.60	15.46	60.26
67	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.86	1.69	36.53	49.23	16.02	61.82
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.83	2.51	24.43	27.99	11.98	43.47
69	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.78	2.54	23.86	45.46	5.64	52.98
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.65	3.45	16.95	15.95	10.66	28.66
71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.63	2.83	20.56	16.22	11.37	47.15
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.60	1.34	43.15	45.36	55.30	32.04
73	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7.58	1.32	43.49	32.78	44.40	56.51
74	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.21	1.30	39.97	58.11	14.77	74.38
75	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.11	1.11	45.49	46.98	29.46	68.02
76	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	6.99	6.65	7.35	13.86	2.46	11.63
77	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.25	2.72	14.38	9.78	8.67	35.06
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.13	2.67	14.08	16.62	3.16	53.10
79	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.04	2.59	14.07	10.44	7.31	36.49
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.86	1.04	32.97	43.64	54.53	15.06
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.59	1.57	19.88	17.56	9.54	46.91
82	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.54	0.49	62.67	60.29	61.57	66.32
83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.42	3.14	9.37	9.54	3.80	22.71
84	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.30	1.60	17.54	16.71	8.87	36.43
85	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.08	1.33	19.39	15.69	11.72	39.63
86	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	5.06	0.36	71.14	67.80	68.37	77.66
87	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.04	0.69	36.81	58.90	12.81	66.13
88	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.95	1.81	13.52	16.39	2.84	53.05
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.93	1.48	16.45	28.36	3.11	50.45
90	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.90	2.01	11.96	7.35	7.38	31.57
91	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.82	1.86	12.49	9.19	6.85	30.94
92	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.76	1.75	12.95	12.06	8.56	21.03
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.73	0.54	41.38	60.91	16.58	70.14
94	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.67	1.13	19.33	17.41	10.65	38.97
95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.58	0.66	31.82	34.08	15.11	62.55
96	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.51	0.88	23.14	12.41	31.18	32.03
97	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.50	3.66	5.54	6.75	2.49	10.11
98	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.44	1.12	17.61	15.47	11.79	29.92
99	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.28	1.47	12.49	9.02	6.11	35.34
100	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.20	0.25	70.48	62.06	70.60	79.91
101	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.15	2.21	7.80	9.25	1.83	28.07
=102	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.02	0.75	21.51	18.64	10.88	49.07
=102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.02	0.37	43.58	41.68	43.81	45.33
104	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.94	1.51	10.26	11.65	2.35	39.41
105	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.90	1.21	12.57	13.72	9.78	14.81
106	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.89	1.01	14.95	10.83	8.15	37.85
107	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.78	0.23	62.01	64.20	54.13	68.63
108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.65	0.24	55.58	44.08	61.13	63.71
109	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.48	1.06	11.41	8.37	5.93	29.90
=110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.47	0.38	31.68	30.32	15.64	67.03
=110	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.47	1.05	11.45	13.53	9.96	11.15
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.46	0.69	17.37	11.24	10.55	44.21
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.36	0.34	33.26	42.18	13.08	66.70
114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.34	0.23	48.42	38.94	47.72	61.11
=115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.33	0.85	13.03	10.68	3.52	58.88
=115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.33	0.34	32.62	34.95	14.71	67.53
117	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.32	0.16	69.05	70.90	62.58	74.21
118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.26	0.35	30.37	38.11	13.54	54.27
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.18	0.81	12.51	15.54	2.61	48.32
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.15	0.15	66.21	62.18	66.29	70.42
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.08	0.22	43.14	44.60	42.22	42.63
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.05	0.73	12.78	12.56	9.39	17.69
123	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.04	0.82	11.26	12.27	2.56	45.48
124	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.01	0.69	13.16	16.62	2.84	48.28
125	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.96	0.27	32.52	36.90	13.76	67.73
126	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2.91	0.80	10.61	13.15	9.44	9.61
127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.88	0.12	68.97	67.94	68.80	70.19
128	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.84	0.46	17.58	14.83	8.80	41.60
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.82	0.16	49.75	34.72	57.26	61.92
130	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.77	0.79	9.72	11.51	2.35	34.00
=131	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.74	0.49	15.33	10.90	8.47	39.06
=131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.74	0.56	13.40	11.65	5.00	41.32
133	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.73	0.32	23.34	18.58	11.90	57.48
134	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.72	0.20	36.93	54.45	14.29	64.73
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.70	0.34	21.48	21.69	10.68	42.81
136	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.64	0.48	14.56	25.08	7.00	17.57
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.56	0.23	28.47	42.49	11.19	48.54
138	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.52	0.50	12.73	17.11	2.78	43.32
139	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.47	1.03	5.92	6.13	2.33	14.55
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.43	0.65	9.05	9.56	2.22	34.93
141	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.38	0.67	8.47	5.60	4.26	25.51
=142	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.35	0.53	10.39	8.44	9.56	13.92
=142	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.35	0.44	12.53	16.22	8.91	13.62
=142	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.35	1.07	5.14	7.59	1.55	11.54
=142	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.35	0.49	11.26	10.80	2.85	46.37
146	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.34	0.30	18.31	16.74	8.76	41.89
147	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.29	0.31	16.89	14.26	9.17	36.85
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.23	0.13	38.30	57.22	15.19	64.63
149	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.22	0.24	20.50	37.12	3.40	68.26
150	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.04	0.21	19.87	15.78	12.07	41.18
=151	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.98	0.25	15.64	30.69	10.83	11.51
=151	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.98	0.17	22.99	23.14	11.84	44.37
153	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.94	0.18	20.91	25.41	12.17	29.55
154	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.93	0.45	8.30	7.26	2.30	34.28
=155	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.86	0.23	15.07	26.06	2.87	45.72
=155	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.86	0.10	34.45	20.20	42.49	47.63
157	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.84	0.14	24.25	21.06	12.94	52.30
158	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.78	0.09	35.39	56.78	13.04	59.88
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.76	0.14	22.20	22.89	13.43	35.61
160	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.72	0.08	37.17	60.56	13.23	64.11
161	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.69	0.31	9.17	11.17	2.11	32.67
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.61	0.07	37.01	49.18	14.19	72.65
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.60	0.07	36.52	60.05	12.67	64.02
=164	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.59	0.35	7.24	13.88	2.49	10.97
=164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.59	0.07	36.23	57.41	14.36	57.68
166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.51	0.17	13.36	14.66	3.01	54.03
167	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.49	0.09	24.71	28.53	10.92	48.40
168	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.48	0.10	21.92	18.50	12.96	43.92
169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41	0.10	19.91	16.45	10.13	47.38
170	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.37	0.17	10.99	6.11	6.71	32.36
171	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.35	0.33	5.54	6.79	2.46	10.20
172	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.34	0.15	11.90	16.55	2.65	38.43
173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.29	0.07	23.79	18.60	11.55	62.64
174	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.26	0.16	9.97	6.20	5.81	27.54
175	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.16	0.10	13.49	10.93	8.61	26.11
=176	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.12	0.50	2.52	7.26	0.09	24.36
=176	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.12	0.11	11.39	13.69	2.74	39.43
178	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.09	0.10	11.79	11.12	8.83	16.69
=179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.06	0.15	7.48	5.75	1.87	38.90
=179	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.06	0.11	10.16	9.44	2.68	41.49
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.03	0.14	7.56	5.65	2.43	31.52
182	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.01	0.11	9.29	9.28	8.89	9.73
183	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.00	0.18	5.61	4.18	1.33	31.78
=184	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.96	0.05	18.62	15.95	8.48	47.70
=184	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.96	0.07	13.14	17.04	2.87	46.37
=186	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.84	0.11	6.42	5.35	2.49	19.86
=186	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.84	0.15	4.67	3.16	1.31	24.53
188	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.74	0.09	6.08	6.38	1.96	18.00
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.58	0.06	5.64	6.22	1.67	17.25
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.53	0.02	13.92	16.66	3.03	53.41
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.36	0.03	4.40	2.80	1.87	16.22
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.27	0.02	3.52	2.85	1.99	7.67
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.19	0.02	1.84	2.03	0.61	5.01

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

1India45.33
2Philippines44.97
3Indonesia44.26
4Colombia40.32
5China40.03

Lowest

193Monaco0.19
192Andorra0.27
191San Marino0.36
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.53
189Luxembourg0.58

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.50. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.22
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.06
Vulnerability
HighestSomalia71.27
LowestMonaco1.84
Middle country: 21.27
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic70.90
LowestMonaco2.03
Middle country: 21.06
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia72.14
LowestFinland0.09
Middle country: 11.19
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestAfghanistan79.91
LowestMonaco5.01
Middle country: 44.75

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
181values changed, of 193 in both
85 · 96rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia7.61 → 9.69+2.08
Panama16.49 → 18.48+1.99
Myanmar35.91 → 37.79+1.88
Colombia38.55 → 40.32+1.77
Tunisia6.52 → 7.65+1.13

Fell most

Egypt17.67 → 14.13−3.54
Vietnam27.35 → 25.06−2.29
United Kingdom7.64 → 6.04−1.60
Senegal7.46 → 5.86−1.60
Guatemala12.70 → 11.50−1.20

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 2003.
178 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 2.35. 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-2003-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 (2003). World Risk Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2003

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2002
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2004
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