Data for 2004

World Risk Index, 2004

Name: World Risk Index, 2004
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2004, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2004 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 45.31; Monaco is lowest, at 0.20. The middle country reads 4.42. Against 2003, 181 values changed (75 up, 106 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2004

HighestPhilippines

45.31

LowestMonaco

0.20

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

193countries
6measures per country
2004the year it describes
185distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2004, 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, 2004: 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	45.31	40.46	50.74	38.66	59.83	56.49
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	44.96	35.79	56.47	50.24	58.71	61.04
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.12	39.38	49.42	35.60	60.43	56.10
4	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	40.23	64.27	25.18	22.78	13.91	50.41
5	Colombia`COL`South America	40.12	31.63	50.89	47.07	58.02	48.26
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35.71	23.43	54.44	44.01	59.40	61.73
7	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.51	49.80	23.91	27.39	12.04	41.44
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	31.99	29.07	35.21	23.91	45.42	40.20
9	United States`USA`Northern America	30.78	40.02	23.68	12.12	33.19	33.02
10	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.32	18.23	40.94	63.71	15.16	71.06
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.12	13.02	52.39	37.15	59.74	64.78
12	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.01	18.91	35.77	57.00	13.31	60.33
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.79	26.97	24.67	21.61	13.95	49.78
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.63	8.47	71.61	66.38	73.07	75.72
15	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.91	13.93	41.04	33.34	51.18	40.50
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.63	18.38	30.39	38.36	12.76	57.32
17	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.97	17.64	29.90	26.18	14.71	69.38
18	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.47	19.11	26.42	26.02	12.86	55.13
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	22.07	16.68	29.20	38.34	16.56	39.23
20	Peru`PER`South America	21.18	16.60	27.03	27.46	13.72	52.44
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.24	14.46	28.34	35.05	12.92	50.27
22	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.01	8.98	44.60	39.22	47.07	48.07
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.27	26.37	14.08	11.23	7.09	35.04
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.02	15.96	22.66	25.81	11.29	39.91
25	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.55	12.26	28.07	24.14	52.46	17.47
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.49	31.90	10.72	9.79	6.63	19.00
27	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.48	7.46	45.76	57.20	25.57	65.53
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.57	8.91	30.81	40.15	13.28	54.84
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	16.29	43.94	6.04	8.67	7.83	3.24
30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	16.17	9.62	27.19	31.33	11.37	56.45
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.88	11.66	21.64	22.24	11.25	40.52
32	Chile`CHL`South America	15.76	13.08	19.00	17.65	10.32	37.66
33	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.01	9.70	23.22	24.23	11.06	46.70
34	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.72	7.37	29.42	37.43	12.86	52.92
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.38	18.05	11.46	8.24	6.09	30.01
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.37	10.78	19.16	24.63	5.87	48.64
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.93	3.24	59.85	59.97	53.78	66.48
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.54	8.60	21.33	23.52	10.43	39.54
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.89	7.68	21.63	19.48	11.62	44.70
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.75	6.96	23.36	16.88	12.70	59.47
41	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.69	2.74	58.80	45.44	63.89	70.03
42	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.59	5.43	29.20	34.33	12.27	59.09
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	12.00	5.20	27.70	17.80	40.13	29.75
44	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.51	4.27	31.03	38.55	13.27	58.41
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.25	5.73	22.08	18.00	12.20	49.04
46	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.12	2.24	55.19	35.30	65.04	73.20
47	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.09	4.18	29.40	32.63	13.77	56.53
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.69	6.33	18.05	25.93	11.47	19.78
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	10.68	7.29	15.66	9.26	12.82	32.37
50	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.52	2.63	42.06	28.77	54.49	47.45
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.46	8.44	12.96	12.39	5.12	34.28
52	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.30	8.82	12.03	6.41	8.49	31.97
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.14	1.64	62.67	59.02	66.52	62.70
54	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.84	2.53	38.26	48.51	22.04	52.40
55	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.69	4.59	20.46	19.31	10.85	40.89
56	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.60	2.82	32.70	51.21	11.83	57.74
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.56	10.05	9.10	5.25	10.08	14.25
58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.55	2.21	41.23	23.29	54.33	55.38
59	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.50	1.35	66.90	67.12	63.11	70.70
60	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.27	2.93	29.31	30.30	13.28	62.59
61	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.03	1.30	62.75	57.13	57.65	75.01
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.00	7.82	10.35	8.81	4.04	31.18
63	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.92	5.00	15.93	37.97	2.95	36.09
64	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.82	1.43	54.44	34.82	63.03	73.50
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.80	2.49	31.10	31.38	15.95	60.08
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.59	2.67	27.66	36.42	11.34	51.24
67	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.55	3.03	24.10	27.50	11.99	42.46
68	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.17	2.03	32.89	58.48	12.01	50.64
69	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8.13	1.33	49.65	45.11	56.04	48.41
70	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.95	1.70	37.16	50.03	16.52	62.06
71	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	7.57	1.32	43.40	32.58	45.57	55.05
72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.55	2.82	20.19	16.15	11.40	44.71
73	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.53	3.41	16.62	15.72	10.54	27.70
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.15	1.04	49.14	43.11	52.59	52.33
75	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.06	6.66	7.49	13.76	2.43	12.55
76	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.91	2.35	20.34	16.69	12.26	41.14
77	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.43	1.11	37.22	46.47	15.40	72.07
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.12	2.67	14.01	16.64	3.18	52.02
79	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.97	2.59	13.74	10.17	7.30	34.96
80	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.81	3.13	10.79	9.37	3.91	34.32
81	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.61	2.71	11.61	9.64	7.36	22.04
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.54	1.56	19.66	17.78	9.78	43.72
83	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.42	0.48	61.12	60.17	56.84	66.77
84	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.36	1.60	17.95	19.54	8.59	34.48
85	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.18	0.75	35.82	22.07	42.65	48.82
86	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.03	0.69	36.67	58.82	12.74	65.81
87	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.95	0.36	68.03	67.03	65.60	71.60
88	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.94	2.00	12.21	7.58	7.37	32.61
89	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.90	1.81	13.29	16.43	2.82	50.71
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.87	1.48	16.02	29.40	3.13	44.68
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4.83	1.51	15.48	11.64	9.05	35.22
92	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.82	1.86	12.51	9.18	6.90	30.90
93	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.81	1.12	20.65	15.40	12.77	44.76
94	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.78	1.13	20.21	17.16	10.68	45.06
95	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.69	0.54	40.78	60.63	16.90	66.21
96	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.57	1.75	11.95	12.10	8.74	16.14
97	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.42	0.88	22.19	12.01	30.64	29.68
98	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.38	0.66	29.06	33.75	12.96	56.11
99	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.34	3.67	5.13	5.25	2.49	10.34
100	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.24	1.47	12.22	8.82	6.41	32.29
101	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.16	0.25	69.20	62.26	69.50	76.59
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.15	2.21	7.78	9.39	1.85	27.09
103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.14	1.33	12.86	15.60	11.56	11.79
104	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.80	1.01	14.30	10.61	8.18	33.69
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.77	0.23	61.71	63.62	56.61	65.26
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.68	0.24	56.57	43.66	66.55	62.30
107	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.62	0.38	34.55	40.40	15.42	66.22
108	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.54	1.21	10.33	13.56	2.43	33.50
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.50	0.72	16.98	13.25	9.07	40.73
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.47	0.69	17.41	11.13	10.64	44.55
111	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.46	1.05	11.40	13.57	9.90	11.02
112	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.43	0.23	51.25	46.27	52.00	55.96
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.42	0.85	13.79	13.17	3.57	55.82
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.32	0.34	32.41	42.10	12.53	64.54
115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.30	0.34	32.00	34.46	14.48	65.70
116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.29	0.16	67.67	70.59	61.11	71.82
=117	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.24	0.35	30.03	37.65	13.63	52.79
=117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.24	0.81	13.00	15.26	2.69	53.49
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.19	0.37	27.43	40.51	11.23	45.35
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.13	0.15	65.46	61.95	65.58	69.05
121	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.00	0.82	10.94	12.13	2.54	42.51
122	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.99	0.69	12.98	16.46	2.87	46.30
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.97	0.27	32.59	36.80	13.77	68.30
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.91	0.12	70.34	68.42	67.32	75.55
125	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.90	0.22	38.10	44.33	42.64	29.25
=126	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2.89	0.80	10.47	13.21	8.73	9.94
=126	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.89	0.49	16.99	10.61	10.12	45.68
128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.85	0.16	50.66	34.96	56.83	65.45
129	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.83	1.05	7.63	8.09	2.13	25.80
130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.78	0.57	13.56	11.63	5.04	42.55
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.77	0.20	38.39	53.58	14.42	73.25
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.74	0.32	23.39	18.64	11.70	58.67
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.65	0.48	14.60	24.90	7.01	17.83
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.63	0.34	20.27	17.58	11.71	40.46
135	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.62	1.03	6.65	6.06	1.61	30.18
136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.59	0.49	13.67	13.02	8.44	23.23
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.58	0.23	28.93	42.39	11.13	51.30
138	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.54	0.50	12.89	17.15	2.78	44.97
139	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.51	0.79	7.95	13.55	2.38	15.57
140	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.47	0.44	13.86	16.19	9.44	17.43
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.45	0.65	9.21	9.98	2.27	34.52
142	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.40	0.31	18.60	14.43	10.85	41.10
143	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.34	1.07	5.10	7.94	1.54	10.82
144	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.24	0.46	10.88	11.95	2.52	42.78
145	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.22	0.24	20.55	37.19	3.37	69.27
146	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.21	0.13	37.74	56.76	15.61	60.67
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.16	0.53	8.78	8.16	2.53	32.74
148	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.10	0.67	6.56	5.52	4.64	11.04
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.07	0.25	17.21	25.24	10.81	18.69
150	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.05	0.45	9.33	10.19	2.27	35.07
=151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.96	0.07	54.73	49.56	55.80	59.29
=151	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.96	0.31	12.39	11.63	7.29	22.44
153	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.93	0.30	12.43	16.77	2.57	44.54
154	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.89	0.10	35.70	20.16	45.99	49.08
155	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.87	0.23	15.26	25.66	2.90	47.77
=156	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.82	0.36	9.18	13.87	2.49	22.40
=156	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.82	0.14	23.55	20.76	12.91	48.74
158	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.80	0.21	15.36	15.60	12.22	19.00
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.75	0.14	21.97	22.73	13.50	34.57
160	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.73	0.08	37.49	60.44	13.07	66.69
161	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.69	0.18	15.95	24.94	12.42	13.11
=162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.56	0.07	34.63	59.29	12.47	56.16
=162	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.56	0.17	14.30	22.91	2.79	45.78
164	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.49	0.09	24.73	28.61	11.12	47.54
165	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.48	0.17	12.88	14.57	3.12	46.96
=166	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.47	0.33	6.53	6.68	2.38	17.55
=166	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.47	0.10	21.61	18.21	12.97	42.72
168	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.44	0.11	18.82	13.59	11.44	42.89
=169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.41	0.09	22.23	56.38	3.38	57.68
=169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41	0.10	19.97	16.19	9.90	49.70
171	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.39	0.50	3.84	7.16	0.41	19.30
172	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.37	0.17	11.08	6.00	6.74	33.67
173	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.31	0.15	11.41	16.21	2.69	34.04
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.28	0.07	23.28	18.65	11.19	60.46
175	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.27	0.07	22.88	57.13	3.65	57.46
176	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.24	0.16	9.67	6.04	5.25	28.53
177	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.22	0.10	14.83	11.30	8.78	32.86
=178	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.08	0.15	7.72	5.67	2.05	39.62
=178	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.08	0.10	11.71	11.43	8.46	16.62
180	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.07	0.11	10.41	9.44	2.66	44.94
181	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.03	0.14	7.51	5.90	2.42	29.65
182	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.00	0.11	9.14	9.02	8.50	9.95
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.98	0.14	6.89	6.53	2.49	20.11
184	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.96	0.07	13.09	17.03	2.81	46.92
185	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.91	0.18	4.63	4.12	0.81	29.69
186	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.84	0.15	4.74	3.12	1.26	27.04
187	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.73	0.09	5.94	6.32	1.84	18.05
188	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.67	0.05	8.86	15.59	2.51	17.79
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.56	0.06	5.21	7.44	1.66	11.48
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.49	0.02	11.94	16.50	3.04	33.93
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.36	0.03	4.43	2.84	1.87	16.34
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.27	0.02	3.55	2.85	2.03	7.76
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.20	0.02	2.01	1.69	0.93	5.14

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines45.31
2India44.96
3Indonesia44.12
4China40.23
5Colombia40.12

Lowest

193Monaco0.20
192Andorra0.27
191San Marino0.36
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.49
189Luxembourg0.56

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.27
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestSomalia71.61
LowestMonaco2.01
Middle country: 20.65
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic70.59
LowestMonaco1.69
Middle country: 20.16
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia73.07
LowestFinland0.41
Middle country: 11.29
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestAfghanistan76.59
LowestJapan3.24
Middle country: 44.76

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
181values changed, of 193 in both
75 · 106rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Haiti9.58 → 12.69+3.11
Saudi Arabia9.69 → 12.00+2.31
Syria7.78 → 9.84+2.06
Nigeria7.21 → 9.03+1.82
Eritrea7.89 → 9.55+1.66

Fell most

Japan22.82 → 16.29−6.53
Peru26.33 → 21.18−5.15
Yemen20.78 → 18.48−2.30
Myanmar37.79 → 35.71−2.08
Albania8.80 → 6.91−1.89

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 2004.
185 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 3.24. 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-2004-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 (2004). World Risk Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2004

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2003
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2005
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