Data for 2009

World Risk Index, 2009

Name: World Risk Index, 2009
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2009, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2009 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 45.63; Monaco is lowest, at 0.17. The middle country reads 3.94. Against 2008, 186 values changed (59 up, 127 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2009

HighestPhilippines

45.63

LowestMonaco

0.17

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

193countries
6measures per country
2009the 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, 2009, 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, 2009: 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	45.63	40.28	51.68	40.05	60.35	57.10
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.42	35.90	52.52	39.26	59.55	61.96
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.39	39.36	43.53	27.46	57.88	51.90
4	Colombia`COL`South America	38.30	31.86	46.04	35.91	59.65	45.57
5	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37.36	23.06	60.53	57.15	67.34	57.64
6	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	37.11	64.33	21.41	22.88	27.01	15.88
7	Mexico`MEX`Central America	32.74	49.96	21.46	16.39	13.01	46.35
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.25	16.60	51.55	38.77	63.49	55.66
9	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.12	13.08	64.85	55.86	68.67	71.09
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	26.88	28.90	25.00	10.03	41.31	37.72
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.25	26.99	25.53	26.61	13.80	45.32
12	Peru`PER`South America	26.20	16.59	41.38	26.95	54.21	48.49
13	Venezuela`VEN`South America	24.97	19.16	32.53	12.76	49.60	54.37
14	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.19	18.81	31.12	32.47	14.46	64.20
15	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	24.18	18.26	32.02	35.47	13.91	66.54
16	United States`USA`Northern America	23.34	39.79	13.69	9.54	8.88	30.31
17	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	22.94	17.87	29.44	24.83	15.06	68.27
18	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	22.89	8.53	61.44	38.67	79.74	75.23
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	20.83	43.87	9.89	6.75	7.54	18.98
20	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.81	14.53	29.81	16.02	52.67	31.40
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.16	14.04	28.94	25.31	54.27	17.65
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.39	31.76	11.84	8.27	7.41	27.06
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	18.96	7.49	47.97	33.30	54.14	61.24
24	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	17.92	18.45	17.40	12.65	13.52	30.82
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.81	16.00	19.82	15.14	11.16	46.10
26	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.46	9.04	33.73	18.53	45.04	45.98
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17.27	26.20	11.39	6.77	6.91	31.62
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15.77	12.24	20.33	13.54	54.13	11.46
29	Chile`CHL`South America	15.66	13.00	18.86	16.56	10.25	39.52
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.06	9.71	23.37	24.59	11.36	45.67
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.96	8.92	25.10	22.14	14.03	50.89
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.47	11.61	18.03	12.90	11.06	41.11
33	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	13.63	9.62	19.32	10.58	11.95	57.02
34	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.23	18.02	9.71	4.81	5.88	32.36
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.06	10.75	15.87	14.19	5.54	50.86
36	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.95	5.42	30.92	34.38	13.10	65.65
37	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.86	7.26	22.78	21.26	11.95	46.51
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.32	8.60	17.66	13.79	11.03	36.19
39	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	12.02	5.23	27.61	17.12	39.32	31.28
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	11.45	3.25	40.35	35.11	29.19	64.08
41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.34	8.80	14.62	11.46	8.86	30.79
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.20	6.94	18.08	9.54	12.87	48.15
43	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.00	7.28	16.63	6.87	13.03	51.38
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.95	2.31	51.94	34.87	57.70	69.65
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.56	5.74	19.44	12.60	10.96	53.19
46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.39	4.27	25.28	22.10	13.96	52.37
47	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.26	6.34	16.61	19.79	11.79	19.64
48	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.12	1.65	62.07	58.78	65.16	62.44
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.97	7.64	13.00	11.61	11.74	16.13
50	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9.96	4.16	23.87	18.65	13.20	55.24
51	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.79	2.63	36.46	21.88	53.09	41.72
52	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.39	1.37	64.30	50.58	66.72	78.78
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.18	8.38	10.06	9.64	7.88	13.41
=54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.03	10.03	8.13	4.72	8.52	13.38
=54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.03	7.81	10.43	5.51	7.60	27.09
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.00	2.76	29.34	25.37	15.26	65.26
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8.96	1.62	49.59	45.91	60.34	44.02
58	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.63	6.68	11.14	7.31	9.74	19.41
59	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.56	1.30	56.35	42.64	58.01	72.32
60	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.44	2.92	24.40	17.71	13.96	58.74
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.42	2.67	26.53	29.78	11.22	55.91
62	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8.11	2.85	23.09	23.06	12.09	44.15
63	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.99	2.48	25.76	23.78	14.27	50.35
64	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.97	1.71	37.18	16.09	61.70	51.79
65	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	7.34	4.98	10.81	12.56	2.89	34.79
66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.29	4.59	11.58	9.02	10.50	16.41
67	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.18	2.05	25.12	19.23	13.57	60.74
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.06	2.52	19.78	15.99	12.30	39.33
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.03	2.66	18.59	10.20	14.14	44.54
70	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.89	2.81	16.91	20.97	12.05	19.14
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.72	2.35	19.20	15.40	12.32	37.28
72	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.33	1.45	27.63	20.08	15.32	68.54
73	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.18	1.05	36.34	59.81	13.88	57.80
74	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6.16	1.32	28.72	34.31	12.01	57.49
75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.15	1.49	25.41	30.53	11.19	48.01
76	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	6.04	2.24	16.28	18.96	3.53	64.42
77	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	5.85	2.84	12.04	9.53	10.33	17.75
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5.82	2.54	13.35	15.04	3.12	50.66
79	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.73	2.59	12.66	6.30	8.55	37.65
80	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.58	3.68	8.45	8.03	2.47	30.43
81	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.46	1.81	16.45	9.47	11.78	39.89
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.45	1.11	26.79	20.13	13.84	68.99
83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.30	3.12	9.00	6.02	3.91	31.00
84	France`FRA`Western Europe	5.23	2.71	10.09	5.72	7.16	25.06
85	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.08	1.56	16.53	10.48	10.11	42.66
86	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.64	1.12	19.26	11.56	12.03	51.39
87	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.59	1.60	13.16	8.31	8.19	33.46
88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.54	0.74	27.84	11.77	42.87	42.75
89	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4.46	1.51	13.20	6.78	9.54	35.54
90	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.43	0.36	54.54	36.43	62.17	71.62
91	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.25	1.33	13.59	14.50	10.39	16.66
92	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.21	1.75	10.12	8.05	5.21	24.74
93	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.18	0.81	21.56	16.56	10.54	57.42
94	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.13	2.21	7.70	5.04	3.15	28.81
=95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.08	0.69	24.15	19.00	13.05	56.77
=95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.08	0.66	25.24	20.80	13.04	59.25
97	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.94	2.00	7.75	4.67	3.53	28.23
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	3.83	0.24	61.04	58.00	62.80	62.45
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.76	0.54	26.21	20.55	13.81	63.46
100	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.75	1.20	11.69	7.69	10.35	20.06
101	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.73	0.25	55.59	32.07	76.15	70.33
102	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.59	0.49	26.25	20.16	13.84	64.82
103	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.56	1.13	11.23	10.16	2.82	49.37
104	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.51	0.69	17.84	10.09	10.14	55.54
105	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.50	0.83	14.78	9.01	9.20	38.93
106	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.34	0.16	69.59	71.16	64.02	73.97
107	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.30	1.46	7.45	7.05	1.83	32.09
108	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.25	0.34	31.10	33.88	13.75	64.59
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.24	0.69	15.19	8.39	10.18	41.04
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.19	0.88	11.53	4.26	9.99	36.06
111	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.17	0.23	43.79	21.13	60.38	65.83
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.16	0.34	29.34	31.44	12.90	62.25
113	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.14	1.86	5.31	5.61	3.63	7.36
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.10	0.35	27.52	28.24	14.13	52.25
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.06	0.38	24.63	22.94	14.80	44.00
116	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.01	0.70	12.95	13.11	3.44	48.10
117	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.00	0.28	32.23	36.91	14.09	64.40
118	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.73	0.37	20.18	14.54	12.98	43.54
119	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.72	0.48	15.37	10.33	6.97	50.44
120	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.71	0.78	9.41	9.04	2.42	38.13
121	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.68	0.12	59.81	38.44	71.14	78.23
=122	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.63	0.23	29.97	14.06	40.99	46.72
=122	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.63	0.50	13.83	10.19	10.47	24.77
=122	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.63	1.05	6.59	3.55	2.79	28.92
125	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.62	1.06	6.48	6.80	1.46	27.42
126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.60	0.32	21.09	10.63	15.27	57.76
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.55	0.15	43.36	20.23	61.46	65.56
128	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.54	1.03	6.26	8.13	2.61	11.58
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.50	0.20	31.14	32.85	13.74	66.90
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.49	1.02	6.06	7.75	2.34	12.29
131	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.43	0.65	9.11	9.83	2.27	33.90
132	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.41	0.49	11.88	13.22	2.85	44.48
=133	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.39	0.34	16.75	10.52	10.76	41.53
=133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.39	0.57	10.01	9.58	2.79	37.56
135	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2.37	0.80	7.05	8.86	10.22	3.87
136	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	2.34	0.25	21.92	11.31	13.19	70.62
137	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.33	1.04	5.24	4.59	2.45	12.78
=138	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.30	0.44	12.05	8.31	7.48	28.15
=138	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.30	0.23	23.09	16.05	14.03	54.70
=140	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.26	0.30	17.00	12.50	9.41	41.78
=140	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.26	0.72	7.11	8.02	2.61	17.19
=140	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.26	0.21	24.24	25.75	12.43	44.48
143	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.20	0.48	10.07	6.63	4.12	37.38
144	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.19	0.44	10.92	9.18	9.49	14.94
145	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.15	0.46	10.04	10.89	2.61	35.66
146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.14	0.22	20.74	15.40	12.23	47.39
147	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.06	0.23	18.49	13.68	11.12	41.57
148	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.05	0.13	32.44	44.53	13.48	56.88
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.99	0.53	7.48	8.02	2.50	20.84
150	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.98	0.16	24.45	19.79	12.41	59.53
151	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.97	0.36	10.75	13.26	2.54	36.93
152	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.86	0.66	5.24	4.44	1.11	29.25
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.83	0.08	41.80	19.36	57.24	65.90
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.81	0.07	46.65	26.74	60.10	63.17
155	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.76	0.25	12.41	10.82	10.28	17.18
156	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.71	0.31	9.48	4.06	7.36	28.52
157	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.70	0.17	17.07	11.09	10.24	43.81
158	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.68	0.18	15.73	11.10	10.44	33.56
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.67	0.14	19.91	18.56	11.95	35.61
160	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.64	0.14	19.28	11.18	13.25	48.38
=161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.63	0.09	29.67	33.13	14.03	56.22
=161	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.63	0.50	5.32	5.46	2.51	10.98
163	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.48	0.09	24.44	29.87	9.92	49.25
=164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.46	0.07	30.63	34.63	13.91	59.63
=164	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.46	0.31	6.89	8.74	2.69	13.89
=166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.36	0.07	26.58	19.83	14.79	64.06
=166	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.36	0.17	10.88	14.45	3.14	28.42
168	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.31	0.17	10.09	5.62	6.00	30.50
169	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.27	0.10	16.02	15.83	5.12	50.71
=170	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.26	0.11	14.49	7.67	10.66	37.18
=170	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.26	0.10	15.84	8.65	9.94	46.21
172	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.21	0.16	9.21	4.77	5.87	27.92
173	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.19	0.15	9.51	9.51	2.62	34.52
174	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.18	0.07	19.89	11.13	11.50	61.52
175	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.13	0.33	3.90	5.35	2.26	4.91
176	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.09	0.10	11.93	14.36	10.63	11.12
177	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.08	0.15	7.72	5.89	1.99	39.31
178	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.05	0.14	7.83	8.61	2.61	21.38
179	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.99	0.11	8.92	7.82	9.16	9.90
180	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.97	0.18	5.24	5.25	0.83	33.09
181	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.95	0.10	9.07	7.01	7.91	13.47
182	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.93	0.11	7.82	9.84	2.68	18.13
183	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.91	0.07	11.86	9.87	9.51	17.79
184	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.84	0.10	7.01	8.69	4.07	9.72
185	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.82	0.15	4.51	3.80	0.98	24.60
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.80	0.05	12.77	10.18	8.12	25.17
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.67	0.14	3.20	3.65	2.27	3.96
188	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.64	0.09	4.49	5.31	1.01	16.86
189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.45	0.02	10.18	10.15	3.13	33.22
190	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.41	0.06	2.76	4.49	1.03	4.57
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.40	0.03	5.22	2.97	1.86	25.81
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.25	0.02	3.18	3.04	2.04	5.20
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.17	0.02	1.42	1.47	0.61	3.21

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines45.63
2India43.42
3Indonesia41.39
4Colombia38.30
5Myanmar37.36

Lowest

193Monaco0.17
192Andorra0.25
191San Marino0.40
190Luxembourg0.41
189São Tomé and Príncipe0.45

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.33
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestCentral African Republic69.59
LowestMonaco1.42
Middle country: 17.84
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic71.16
LowestMonaco1.47
Middle country: 12.90
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia79.74
LowestMonaco0.61
Middle country: 11.12
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestDR Congo78.78
LowestMonaco3.21
Middle country: 41.78

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
186values changed, of 193 in both
59 · 127rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Italy9.08 → 11.34+2.26
Saudi Arabia9.91 → 12.02+2.11
Albania5.14 → 6.72+1.58
Gabon4.60 → 6.15+1.55
Samoa2.96 → 4.18+1.22

Fell most

Ecuador25.55 → 20.81−4.74
Nicaragua22.46 → 17.92−4.54
China40.89 → 37.11−3.78
Mexico36.07 → 32.74−3.33
Venezuela28.27 → 24.97−3.30

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 2009.
181 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 2.63. 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-2009-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 (2009). World Risk Index, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2009

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2008
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2010
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