Data for 2011

World Risk Index, 2011

Name: World Risk Index, 2011
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2011, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2011 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 45.18; Monaco is lowest, at 0.17. The middle country reads 3.99. Against 2010, 187 values changed (91 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2011

HighestPhilippines

45.18

LowestMonaco

0.17

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

193countries
6measures per country
2011the year it describes
173distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2011, 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, 2011: 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	45.18	40.27	50.69	37.89	60.33	56.98
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	42.93	35.93	51.29	37.89	58.37	61.00
3	Colombia`COL`South America	37.91	31.60	45.48	36.36	57.10	45.31
4	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	37.43	22.92	61.11	55.81	66.80	61.22
5	Mexico`MEX`Central America	35.14	50.07	24.66	29.01	12.79	40.40
6	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.08	64.34	18.05	18.17	27.03	11.98
7	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.43	39.43	26.67	26.35	14.06	51.23
8	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.16	13.09	64.96	55.11	70.47	70.58
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.36	28.83	27.89	13.42	42.26	38.25
10	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.48	26.98	25.99	26.04	13.61	49.54
11	Peru`PER`South America	25.94	16.64	40.44	25.92	52.92	48.22
12	Venezuela`VEN`South America	25.29	19.23	33.27	12.79	50.27	57.28
13	United States`USA`Northern America	24.87	39.80	15.54	12.84	8.58	34.07
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	24.83	43.82	14.07	14.55	7.53	25.41
15	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	24.49	18.17	33.00	36.29	14.01	70.71
16	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.33	16.52	32.96	38.13	15.96	58.83
17	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.30	18.01	30.15	25.05	15.31	71.47
18	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	22.46	8.49	59.43	37.86	74.71	74.20
19	Ecuador`ECU`South America	22.13	14.52	33.72	15.74	49.54	49.18
20	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	21.97	18.81	25.65	18.92	14.06	63.41
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21.79	14.08	33.72	38.13	54.51	18.45
22	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.85	18.47	21.34	22.63	13.58	31.64
23	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	19.63	7.48	51.51	33.42	57.47	71.14
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.37	31.73	10.64	8.31	7.61	19.03
25	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.92	16.00	20.08	15.13	11.16	47.96
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17.62	26.17	11.87	6.78	6.88	35.85
27	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.74	9.04	31.01	15.81	44.15	42.72
28	Chile`CHL`South America	16.62	13.00	21.25	21.81	10.82	40.64
29	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15.80	12.30	20.30	13.76	51.84	11.72
30	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.00	9.72	23.14	24.29	11.37	44.88
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.92	8.91	24.99	22.26	13.73	51.07
32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.88	18.04	12.27	8.40	6.54	33.65
33	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.57	11.64	18.24	12.78	10.64	44.62
34	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.69	6.94	26.99	27.99	12.94	54.31
35	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.62	8.62	21.51	23.67	10.55	39.84
36	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	13.53	9.63	19.02	10.50	12.25	53.53
37	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	13.28	7.28	24.22	21.47	12.21	54.23
38	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.25	10.76	16.32	14.15	6.08	50.51
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.94	5.42	30.89	34.42	13.14	65.16
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.29	3.26	46.32	60.57	27.69	59.25
41	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11.64	5.22	25.94	14.23	38.80	31.60
42	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.19	7.27	17.22	12.20	12.76	32.78
43	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11.00	4.97	24.33	25.03	13.86	41.54
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.95	5.75	20.86	17.49	11.45	45.34
45	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.94	2.31	51.85	34.13	59.08	69.13
46	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.90	6.36	18.68	19.16	11.68	29.15
47	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.76	7.63	15.18	11.41	12.11	25.33
48	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.68	2.94	38.78	17.32	54.03	62.33
49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.64	4.28	26.46	22.76	14.06	57.92
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.42	8.78	12.37	6.51	8.72	33.33
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.37	2.48	43.38	23.23	59.43	59.12
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.14	7.82	13.16	9.34	7.88	30.95
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.04	1.65	61.07	56.23	65.25	62.09
54	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.03	4.17	24.14	18.52	13.62	55.76
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.72	10.02	9.43	7.92	8.66	12.24
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.67	1.37	68.32	65.54	65.51	74.28
57	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.44	1.71	52.09	46.86	55.19	54.65
58	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.04	2.76	29.58	24.46	16.18	65.42
=59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8.87	2.61	30.17	12.52	51.61	42.50
=59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.87	8.35	9.43	7.52	7.91	14.08
61	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.73	1.31	58.21	42.14	63.11	74.17
62	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.47	2.67	26.85	29.96	11.51	56.12
63	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.43	2.53	28.06	27.29	13.76	58.86
64	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8.07	2.86	22.78	17.70	11.36	58.79
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.00	4.58	13.99	11.08	10.18	24.25
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.71	3.47	17.14	12.42	10.49	38.68
67	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.61	6.68	8.67	7.46	9.96	8.78
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.27	2.65	19.94	12.61	13.03	48.22
69	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.12	2.05	24.72	18.76	13.43	59.98
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.03	2.51	19.70	15.76	12.26	39.55
71	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.02	1.44	34.23	34.26	15.66	74.74
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.97	1.05	46.33	31.91	54.29	57.40
73	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.59	1.61	27.01	26.06	58.30	12.97
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.30	2.80	14.17	11.62	12.21	20.04
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6.17	1.32	28.80	33.64	12.60	56.33
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.16	3.12	12.17	7.51	7.36	32.58
77	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.98	2.22	16.13	19.08	3.58	61.40
78	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.72	2.59	12.64	6.21	8.36	38.88
79	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.68	1.81	17.80	9.58	10.98	53.66
80	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5.57	1.49	20.81	17.21	11.51	45.52
81	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.51	3.70	8.21	7.92	2.49	28.10
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.30	1.10	25.56	19.74	13.16	64.30
83	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.01	1.55	16.18	10.17	9.74	42.77
84	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.89	2.71	8.81	5.82	8.27	14.19
85	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4.83	1.51	15.45	11.24	9.52	34.47
86	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.71	1.59	13.96	9.97	8.28	32.95
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.64	2.36	9.14	6.13	11.08	11.24
88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.62	0.74	28.79	11.93	40.69	49.15
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.61	1.12	18.98	11.45	11.64	51.30
90	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.42	0.36	54.29	36.17	58.78	75.28
91	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.32	1.85	10.10	5.57	6.57	28.19
92	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.25	1.75	10.30	7.88	5.65	24.56
93	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.22	0.66	26.93	20.81	14.92	62.92
94	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.10	0.25	67.40	57.63	74.30	71.50
95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.07	0.67	24.69	18.77	13.31	60.28
96	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.02	2.00	8.08	4.74	3.41	32.63
97	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.99	1.46	10.89	7.08	6.15	29.69
98	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.78	0.54	26.50	21.04	13.57	65.15
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.73	1.33	10.47	9.03	11.15	11.39
100	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.72	2.21	6.26	5.02	1.70	28.78
=101	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.69	0.81	16.77	9.37	10.43	48.30
=101	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3.69	0.25	54.43	37.68	57.35	74.64
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.65	0.80	16.65	15.31	9.73	31.01
104	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.60	0.83	15.59	10.62	9.54	37.37
105	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.58	0.49	26.17	20.28	13.42	65.82
=106	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.57	1.20	10.63	7.66	10.27	15.27
=106	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.57	1.13	11.29	10.19	2.90	48.69
108	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.53	0.88	14.19	7.70	9.90	37.46
109	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.45	0.23	51.73	35.76	57.03	67.89
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.35	0.85	13.19	13.10	3.48	50.32
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.27	0.69	15.53	8.55	9.71	45.10
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.23	0.38	27.51	23.10	14.79	60.95
113	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.20	0.34	30.11	34.04	13.35	60.10
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.16	0.34	29.42	32.05	12.75	62.30
=115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.13	0.35	27.93	28.59	13.91	54.80
=115	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.13	0.69	14.16	9.84	10.01	28.80
117	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	2.96	0.16	54.75	39.94	62.07	66.19
118	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.94	0.50	17.31	10.18	10.45	48.75
119	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.89	0.23	36.22	16.08	56.33	52.47
120	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.85	1.05	7.71	3.53	4.82	26.94
121	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.83	1.01	7.95	6.39	2.30	34.15
122	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.82	0.78	10.16	10.84	2.44	39.62
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.73	0.28	26.57	20.40	13.77	66.79
124	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.72	0.24	30.76	32.37	14.82	60.66
=125	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.62	0.16	42.98	20.25	59.95	65.39
=125	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.62	0.73	9.41	7.96	2.58	40.55
127	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.61	0.44	15.52	9.08	10.10	40.76
128	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.60	1.06	6.40	6.87	1.51	25.29
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.59	0.48	13.95	8.05	6.83	49.37
130	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.58	0.13	51.21	35.82	54.25	69.09
131	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.55	0.23	28.21	10.47	45.76	46.88
=132	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.47	0.34	17.89	10.72	11.04	48.34
=132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.47	0.32	19.13	10.41	12.72	52.90
=132	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.47	1.03	5.93	8.18	2.57	9.92
135	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.46	0.65	9.34	9.78	2.23	37.38
136	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.44	0.48	12.38	5.45	8.11	42.90
=137	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.42	0.57	10.28	9.50	2.80	40.88
=137	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.42	0.46	12.76	10.71	11.34	17.11
139	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.38	0.12	47.23	22.05	70.03	68.24
140	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.30	0.49	10.80	9.74	2.82	45.90
141	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.23	0.30	16.63	12.78	8.58	41.93
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.22	0.20	24.58	18.61	13.48	59.18
143	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.17	0.37	12.75	13.99	3.07	48.29
144	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.14	0.22	20.86	15.41	11.61	50.70
=145	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.13	1.04	4.38	4.51	2.46	7.55
=145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.13	0.16	28.41	33.67	11.95	57.01
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.02	0.08	50.94	33.64	58.75	66.88
148	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.94	0.44	8.58	8.26	2.20	34.73
=149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.86	0.25	13.89	21.47	10.57	11.80
=149	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.86	0.31	11.22	6.43	7.36	29.81
=151	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.84	0.66	5.11	2.87	1.67	27.82
=151	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.84	0.07	48.20	26.89	59.57	69.91
=153	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.79	0.31	10.33	10.72	2.68	38.32
=153	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.79	0.53	6.07	6.51	2.44	14.11
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.78	0.14	22.65	18.57	11.51	54.39
=156	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.75	0.21	14.56	14.18	12.26	17.74
=156	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.75	0.36	8.55	7.91	2.53	31.21
158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.72	0.17	17.38	10.93	10.38	46.26
=159	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.60	0.23	11.14	11.30	2.86	42.74
=159	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.60	0.14	18.26	9.20	12.98	51.02
161	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.56	0.10	24.21	27.77	10.94	46.69
162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.51	0.09	25.37	18.54	14.84	59.38
163	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.37	0.10	18.90	14.02	10.38	46.42
=164	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.36	0.07	26.43	19.99	14.89	62.06
=164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.36	0.17	10.83	14.24	3.15	28.32
166	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.35	0.09	20.25	16.91	9.80	50.14
=167	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.34	0.07	25.56	19.23	14.19	61.16
=167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.34	0.07	25.51	24.61	11.61	58.12
=169	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.30	0.10	16.88	11.88	9.01	44.95
=169	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.30	0.18	9.39	10.85	5.59	13.66
171	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.28	0.11	14.99	7.64	10.66	41.37
172	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.23	0.33	4.60	9.53	2.39	4.27
173	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.20	0.50	2.90	5.44	0.41	10.91
174	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.17	0.15	9.14	9.45	2.66	30.35
175	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.07	0.17	6.78	5.47	1.77	32.26
176	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.06	0.15	7.49	5.93	2.08	34.05
177	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.04	0.16	6.80	4.80	3.04	21.58
178	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.00	0.07	14.40	9.80	9.43	32.33
=179	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.97	0.18	5.28	5.38	0.82	33.45
=179	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.97	0.11	8.52	7.42	8.25	10.12
=181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.94	0.14	6.37	8.48	2.69	11.34
=181	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.94	0.10	8.83	6.97	7.45	13.24
=181	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.94	0.10	8.76	8.46	7.60	10.44
184	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.88	0.15	5.20	3.02	1.74	26.71
185	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.84	0.11	6.46	9.82	2.66	10.34
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.74	0.15	3.67	3.51	2.35	5.98
187	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.67	0.09	5.04	6.43	1.02	19.53
188	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.65	0.05	8.40	10.20	2.33	24.93
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.54	0.06	4.84	4.38	1.48	17.50
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.49	0.02	11.95	10.27	3.13	53.10
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.35	0.03	4.00	3.05	1.27	16.56
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.25	0.02	3.22	3.10	2.02	5.34
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.17	0.02	1.42	1.74	0.43	3.81

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines45.18
2India42.93
3Colombia37.91
4Myanmar37.43
5Mexico35.14

Lowest

193Monaco0.17
192Andorra0.25
191San Marino0.35
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.49
189Luxembourg0.54

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.99. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.34
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestDR Congo68.32
LowestMonaco1.42
Middle country: 18.24
Susceptibility
HighestDR Congo65.54
LowestMonaco1.74
Middle country: 13.10
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia74.71
LowestFinland0.41
Middle country: 11.16
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestEthiopia75.28
LowestMonaco3.81
Middle country: 44.88

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
187values changed, of 193 in both
91 · 96rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Libya7.38 → 11.00+3.62
Syria5.88 → 8.43+2.55
United States22.63 → 24.87+2.24
Cambodia8.16 → 10.37+2.21
Peru23.83 → 25.94+2.11

Fell most

Bangladesh29.34 → 23.33−6.01
Somalia25.05 → 22.46−2.59
Venezuela27.81 → 25.29−2.52
India45.32 → 42.93−2.39
Indonesia34.28 → 32.43−1.85

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

Read before you use

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 2011.
173 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 2.47. 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-2011-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 (2011). World Risk Index, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2011

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2010
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2012
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