Data for 2005

World Risk Index, 2005

Name: World Risk Index, 2005
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2005, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2005 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 45.17; Monaco is lowest, at 0.20. The middle country reads 4.54. Against 2004, 184 values changed (100 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2005

HighestPhilippines

45.17

LowestMonaco

0.20

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

193countries
6measures per country
2005the 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, 2005, 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, 2005: 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	45.17	40.49	50.40	38.99	57.59	57.02
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	44.72	35.80	55.87	49.97	58.19	59.98
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.53	39.39	45.93	27.64	60.34	58.10
4	Colombia`COL`South America	40.06	31.64	50.73	46.89	59.30	46.95
5	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	39.97	64.53	24.76	23.16	13.99	46.85
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37.67	23.36	60.76	60.67	59.27	62.38
7	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.85	49.97	24.31	27.63	12.61	41.21
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	31.89	29.09	34.97	23.57	45.50	39.88
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.80	16.67	53.28	38.49	65.31	60.17
10	United States`USA`Northern America	29.27	39.98	21.43	12.29	23.40	34.20
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	28.26	13.04	61.23	54.85	62.79	66.64
12	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	26.90	18.18	39.81	63.99	14.39	68.51
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.86	26.97	26.75	27.85	13.48	50.98
14	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.00	18.90	35.78	57.16	13.82	57.97
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.66	8.51	71.47	66.48	71.34	76.97
16	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	23.32	13.95	38.97	27.27	51.73	41.96
17	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.01	17.73	29.85	26.10	14.46	70.50
18	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	22.69	18.39	27.99	29.98	12.77	57.27
19	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.65	19.19	26.73	27.01	12.85	55.03
20	Peru`PER`South America	21.00	16.61	26.55	27.58	13.72	49.48
21	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.40	12.22	34.06	24.16	53.49	30.57
22	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.32	14.44	28.60	36.95	12.88	49.16
23	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.88	8.98	44.03	39.22	47.41	45.90
24	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.68	16.01	24.20	26.91	11.40	46.20
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.42	26.33	14.32	11.40	7.22	35.68
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.71	31.83	11.00	9.89	6.90	19.51
27	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.46	7.47	45.63	58.02	25.49	64.24
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17.52	43.83	7.00	8.69	7.79	5.07
29	Chile`CHL`South America	16.58	13.04	21.07	22.77	10.00	41.10
30	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.37	8.92	30.06	40.30	13.41	50.26
31	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	16.14	9.62	27.09	31.38	11.26	56.25
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.94	11.61	21.88	22.30	11.09	42.38
33	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.08	9.70	23.43	24.34	11.11	47.54
34	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.70	7.31	29.58	37.73	12.87	53.29
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.60	18.03	11.82	8.19	6.65	30.35
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	14.11	10.77	18.48	24.37	5.54	46.75
37	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.93	3.24	59.93	60.23	53.93	66.28
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.71	8.62	21.82	23.74	10.47	41.80
39	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.28	7.70	22.91	25.20	11.91	40.04
40	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.81	5.48	29.94	34.67	12.58	61.51
41	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.67	2.75	58.42	45.38	63.29	69.42
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.42	6.93	22.27	16.86	12.60	52.01
43	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	12.05	5.18	28.01	17.92	40.37	30.39
44	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.32	7.28	17.61	9.38	12.47	46.69
45	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.18	4.27	29.26	30.31	13.92	59.37
46	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.12	4.18	29.60	32.47	14.12	56.57
47	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	11.10	2.26	54.53	34.82	63.83	72.94
48	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.00	5.74	21.07	18.04	11.01	47.10
49	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.69	6.33	18.04	26.24	11.31	19.79
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.55	8.82	12.61	7.70	8.12	32.05
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.41	8.42	12.86	12.40	4.94	34.75
52	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.35	10.04	10.66	6.53	9.94	18.64
53	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.28	2.63	40.20	28.17	53.99	42.72
54	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.20	1.64	63.41	59.14	69.16	62.34
55	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.86	2.53	38.46	48.25	22.21	53.10
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.69	1.36	68.99	67.78	62.41	77.62
57	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	9.51	2.21	40.93	23.16	50.91	58.17
58	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.32	2.93	29.62	30.50	13.33	63.90
59	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	9.16	2.83	29.62	39.04	11.99	55.50
60	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.07	1.30	63.25	58.52	57.27	75.49
61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.06	4.62	17.76	19.81	11.04	25.60
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.01	7.84	10.35	9.05	3.81	32.15
63	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.97	5.00	16.11	37.94	2.96	37.20
64	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	8.93	1.44	55.39	34.36	65.20	75.86
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.67	2.67	28.17	36.54	11.32	54.04
66	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.57	3.02	24.31	27.73	11.64	44.50
67	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.45	2.50	28.58	24.21	15.69	61.43
68	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.42	2.03	34.90	58.86	12.46	57.98
69	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.97	1.11	57.18	46.17	55.55	72.90
70	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.92	1.69	37.16	50.03	16.82	60.99
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.80	2.66	22.87	16.81	13.75	51.74
72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.56	2.82	20.27	16.20	11.47	44.82
73	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.43	3.41	16.20	15.65	10.77	25.22
74	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.42	6.70	8.21	15.90	2.54	13.71
75	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.27	1.05	50.29	42.61	53.41	55.88
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.23	1.63	32.06	44.39	54.47	13.63
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.92	2.36	20.30	16.23	12.94	39.86
78	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.99	2.72	13.21	9.75	7.42	31.88
79	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.96	1.32	26.91	32.31	11.49	52.52
80	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.79	3.13	10.70	9.50	3.89	33.15
81	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.51	0.49	61.85	60.81	58.36	66.68
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.45	1.56	19.07	17.64	9.58	41.04
83	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.40	2.58	11.30	10.33	3.83	36.45
84	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.23	1.60	17.08	16.39	8.51	35.71
85	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	5.16	0.75	35.55	22.76	42.38	46.57
86	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.06	3.67	6.98	4.41	2.52	30.64
=87	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.98	0.69	35.89	58.76	12.98	60.60
=87	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.98	2.01	12.33	7.62	7.33	33.52
89	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.96	1.82	13.53	16.49	2.87	52.38
90	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.94	0.36	67.75	66.88	60.50	76.85
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.90	1.48	16.21	29.09	3.14	46.66
=92	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4.87	1.51	15.69	11.66	9.11	36.36
=92	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.87	1.86	12.76	9.75	6.91	30.81
94	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.79	1.13	20.33	17.23	10.69	45.59
95	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.67	0.54	40.37	60.75	16.51	65.62
96	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.62	2.21	9.64	9.03	3.30	30.02
97	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.54	1.75	11.80	11.98	8.68	15.79
98	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.45	0.66	30.05	33.86	12.85	62.34
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.40	1.33	14.55	15.69	11.35	17.31
100	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.39	1.12	17.17	19.40	12.93	20.19
101	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.19	1.47	11.93	8.88	6.04	31.63
102	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.15	0.25	68.74	61.82	70.34	74.71
103	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.80	0.23	62.86	64.48	56.65	68.01
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.72	0.88	15.73	12.31	9.65	32.78
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.70	0.24	57.08	44.70	66.20	62.84
106	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.60	0.38	34.12	40.24	15.33	64.39
107	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.55	0.73	17.29	13.37	9.01	42.87
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.45	0.69	17.26	11.11	10.50	44.06
109	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.41	1.01	11.50	10.46	4.30	33.77
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.40	0.85	13.63	13.15	3.56	54.03
111	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.39	0.80	14.35	15.85	8.84	21.11
112	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.35	1.04	10.78	13.73	10.15	9.00
=113	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.32	0.16	68.81	70.70	64.24	71.72
=113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.32	0.34	32.37	42.10	12.40	64.96
=115	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.30	1.21	9.01	13.26	2.52	21.91
=115	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.30	0.34	31.97	34.51	14.24	66.49
117	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.27	0.35	30.60	37.80	13.73	55.21
118	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.25	0.81	13.07	15.69	2.65	53.67
119	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.22	0.23	45.21	41.30	42.79	52.28
120	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.18	0.37	27.28	40.88	11.27	44.05
121	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.15	1.05	9.47	8.17	3.71	28.03
122	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.13	0.15	65.24	61.30	64.79	69.90
123	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.07	0.48	19.60	24.74	6.88	44.24
124	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.03	0.28	32.84	36.56	14.07	68.87
125	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.99	0.82	10.87	12.02	2.54	42.09
126	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.93	0.12	71.55	68.59	68.12	78.40
127	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.91	0.69	12.27	16.60	2.86	38.89
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.89	0.49	17.05	10.40	10.15	46.93
=129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.84	0.32	25.24	18.57	15.05	57.53
=129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.84	0.16	50.24	34.90	57.52	63.16
131	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.79	0.49	15.94	12.52	8.40	38.49
132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.76	0.20	38.17	54.64	13.91	73.19
133	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.75	0.23	32.99	45.95	13.24	58.99
=134	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.68	0.34	21.17	17.18	11.84	46.62
=134	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.68	1.06	6.79	8.09	1.63	23.73
136	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.66	0.44	16.08	16.22	9.41	27.25
137	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.57	0.50	13.17	17.23	2.82	46.99
138	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.54	0.57	11.31	11.72	2.77	44.54
139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.50	0.22	28.38	46.78	11.12	43.95
140	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.41	0.45	12.89	8.34	7.56	33.99
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.38	0.65	8.73	8.09	2.26	36.34
=142	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.36	0.30	18.61	16.23	9.34	42.50
=142	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.36	1.03	5.39	5.98	2.38	11.01
144	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.35	0.46	12.01	14.87	2.58	45.16
145	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.32	0.78	6.89	13.47	2.36	10.27
146	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	2.26	0.18	28.26	24.79	42.11	21.61
=147	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.25	0.23	22.07	25.16	11.12	38.44
=147	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.25	0.13	38.81	56.37	16.23	63.88
149	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.22	0.24	20.61	37.11	3.38	69.79
=150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.19	0.25	19.24	25.14	10.93	25.92
=150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.19	0.08	59.77	60.17	51.66	68.69
152	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.07	0.31	13.88	14.29	11.20	16.71
153	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.04	0.07	59.72	49.38	54.47	79.18
154	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.96	0.21	18.22	25.62	12.16	19.40
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.94	0.53	7.08	9.84	2.51	14.36
156	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.93	0.31	11.98	10.98	7.32	21.40
157	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.92	0.67	5.48	5.60	1.10	26.76
158	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.87	0.36	9.73	13.79	2.48	26.97
159	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.82	0.14	23.56	20.94	12.82	48.74
160	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.78	0.10	31.81	14.37	47.00	47.66
161	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.72	0.14	21.08	22.93	11.54	35.39
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.60	0.07	36.62	59.87	12.33	66.53
163	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.54	0.17	13.87	23.02	2.80	41.40
164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.49	0.33	6.69	6.62	2.46	18.39
165	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.46	0.09	23.84	28.76	9.80	48.09
=166	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.45	0.09	23.33	58.30	3.42	63.72
=166	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.45	0.50	4.19	6.89	0.45	23.79
168	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.42	0.17	11.82	7.24	6.75	33.78
169	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.41	0.11	17.97	13.45	11.30	38.18
170	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.33	0.10	17.65	18.41	10.45	28.59
=171	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.29	0.07	23.90	57.31	3.74	63.69
=171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.29	0.17	9.72	14.45	3.13	20.29
=173	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.27	0.07	23.02	18.59	11.20	58.58
=173	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.27	0.16	10.11	6.18	5.76	29.01
175	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.23	0.15	10.14	16.24	2.62	24.51
176	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.19	0.10	14.11	10.14	8.50	32.59
177	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.14	0.10	12.94	16.09	2.74	49.20
178	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.10	0.18	6.69	6.64	1.44	31.29
179	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.09	0.10	11.92	13.14	8.33	15.46
180	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.08	0.11	10.57	9.45	2.66	46.92
181	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.07	0.15	7.59	5.76	2.00	37.94
182	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.99	0.14	6.94	6.49	2.56	20.10
183	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.95	0.11	8.15	6.81	8.34	9.54
184	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.92	0.07	12.08	16.88	2.85	36.62
185	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.86	0.14	5.28	6.47	2.42	9.39
186	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.80	0.15	4.32	3.11	1.20	21.53
187	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.75	0.09	6.24	6.38	1.96	19.42
188	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.68	0.05	9.33	12.94	2.46	25.55
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.55	0.06	5.12	7.44	1.56	11.58
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.53	0.02	13.83	16.44	3.06	52.59
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.37	0.03	4.46	2.90	1.87	16.36
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.31	0.02	4.71	2.91	2.01	17.86
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.20	0.02	2.03	1.72	0.95	5.15

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines45.17
2India44.72
3Indonesia42.53
4Colombia40.06
5China39.97

Lowest

193Monaco0.20
192Andorra0.31
191San Marino0.37
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.53
189Luxembourg0.55

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.54. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.53
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestChad71.55
LowestMonaco2.03
Middle country: 21.08
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic70.70
LowestMonaco1.72
Middle country: 22.76
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia71.34
LowestFinland0.45
Middle country: 11.20
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestNiger79.18
LowestJapan5.07
Middle country: 44.54

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 193 in both
100 · 84rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh22.07 → 29.80+7.73
Pakistan26.12 → 28.26+2.14
Myanmar35.71 → 37.67+1.96
Iran18.55 → 20.40+1.85
Guyana6.12 → 7.80+1.68

Fell most

Namibia7.57 → 5.96−1.61
Indonesia44.12 → 42.53−1.59
United States30.78 → 29.27−1.51
Nicaragua23.63 → 22.69−0.94
Sri Lanka8.13 → 7.23−0.90

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 2005.
181 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 4.98. 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-2005-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 (2005). World Risk Index, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2005

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2004
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2006
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