Data for 2012

World Risk Index, 2012

Name: World Risk Index, 2012
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2012, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2012 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 47.05; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.07. Against 2011, 182 values changed (93 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2012

HighestPhilippines

47.05

LowestMonaco

0.18

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

193countries
6measures per country
2012the year it describes
178distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: 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	47.05	40.35	54.86	49.90	59.68	55.45
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	45.12	35.85	56.78	51.84	56.96	62.00
3	Colombia`COL`South America	37.45	31.18	44.97	35.73	56.34	45.19
4	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35.79	22.90	55.93	56.55	64.68	47.84
5	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	33.66	64.43	17.59	18.10	26.60	11.30
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	32.19	39.38	26.31	26.45	13.81	49.87
7	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.14	13.06	65.01	55.60	70.21	70.38
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.66	28.75	28.57	14.73	43.26	36.60
9	Mexico`MEX`Central America	27.80	50.20	15.40	15.61	12.58	18.60
10	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	26.09	26.99	25.22	24.98	13.50	47.58
11	Peru`PER`South America	26.04	16.65	40.73	26.84	52.19	48.25
=12	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.89	8.55	72.43	66.01	75.15	76.61
=12	United States`USA`Northern America	24.89	39.73	15.59	13.22	8.56	33.50
14	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.34	18.90	31.35	33.80	14.07	64.76
15	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24.31	14.49	40.77	26.95	49.40	50.89
16	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	23.95	18.18	31.55	35.85	13.65	64.18
17	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	23.43	16.56	33.14	38.21	15.49	61.49
18	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.41	18.09	30.29	25.50	15.48	70.43
19	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	21.47	9.02	51.12	33.37	58.40	68.56
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	20.90	19.31	22.62	15.88	13.06	55.79
21	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.65	15.92	24.26	26.22	11.20	48.62
22	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	18.94	43.93	8.17	14.43	7.56	5.00
23	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.78	14.11	25.00	15.59	54.55	18.37
24	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	18.46	12.29	27.73	24.09	49.62	17.83
25	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.26	31.71	10.51	8.36	7.62	18.23
26	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	18.20	18.59	17.81	13.24	13.30	32.10
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	17.43	26.08	11.65	6.85	6.88	33.51
28	Chile`CHL`South America	16.13	12.93	20.13	17.98	10.79	42.02
29	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.06	9.00	28.67	12.09	43.92	44.38
30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.55	9.62	25.14	22.88	12.35	56.21
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.24	11.58	20.05	16.79	10.60	45.30
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.86	9.84	22.44	24.06	11.19	41.96
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.77	18.05	12.09	8.29	6.89	30.96
34	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.96	3.26	59.76	61.69	55.70	62.11
35	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.57	6.99	26.34	28.05	12.59	51.74
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.47	8.86	20.47	12.51	13.89	49.37
37	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.41	10.70	16.80	14.23	6.11	54.51
38	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.98	5.44	30.97	33.71	13.48	65.36
39	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.37	8.62	17.76	23.43	9.94	24.04
40	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.27	6.37	23.64	23.93	11.71	47.12
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.77	7.32	18.91	11.65	12.21	47.53
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.59	8.79	15.28	11.48	8.84	35.16
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.06	5.75	21.29	17.65	11.25	48.60
44	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	11.03	7.65	15.89	18.61	12.02	17.95
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	10.99	7.26	16.65	12.53	12.05	30.59
46	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.84	2.32	50.67	32.85	57.61	68.76
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.58	4.30	26.05	22.73	14.48	53.71
48	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.55	2.93	37.98	17.39	51.55	61.09
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.52	7.78	14.22	11.39	7.86	32.14
50	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.14	1.65	62.33	57.64	64.36	65.27
51	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.10	4.20	24.29	18.72	13.64	56.10
52	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9.72	4.95	19.08	12.85	13.82	39.10
53	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.39	1.37	64.37	66.64	65.43	61.18
54	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.27	2.48	34.62	12.39	58.24	57.49
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.13	2.76	30.21	25.88	16.13	66.07
56	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8.97	2.62	30.74	12.50	50.64	45.89
57	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.95	1.31	61.08	45.38	66.37	75.66
58	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.82	2.54	30.66	28.91	15.99	62.35
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.80	8.34	9.28	7.48	8.14	13.13
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	8.63	4.62	16.12	20.31	10.27	20.07
61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	8.38	5.21	13.49	8.24	9.71	30.68
62	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	8.37	9.99	7.01	4.84	8.75	8.13
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.12	2.67	24.71	22.33	11.82	57.14
64	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.00	6.67	9.59	7.37	8.72	13.71
=65	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.88	2.07	29.97	32.69	13.75	59.88
=65	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	7.88	1.70	36.54	15.59	54.36	57.58
67	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.26	1.05	50.14	42.95	53.81	54.54
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.13	2.65	19.17	12.55	13.08	42.89
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.10	2.86	17.63	12.35	10.32	42.99
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.95	2.51	19.24	15.62	11.98	38.06
71	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.94	2.81	17.13	21.17	12.34	19.25
72	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	6.57	1.61	26.82	25.32	57.52	13.24
73	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.40	1.45	28.26	19.80	15.35	74.26
74	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.26	1.49	26.29	29.13	12.64	49.33
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.14	3.12	12.08	7.55	7.32	31.87
76	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	6.08	1.32	27.96	31.02	12.32	57.20
77	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	6.01	2.23	16.19	19.11	3.59	61.80
78	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	5.93	2.87	12.27	10.03	3.23	57.06
79	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.82	2.59	13.09	8.06	7.41	37.55
80	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.58	1.79	17.42	9.48	10.90	51.16
81	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.46	3.70	8.06	7.71	2.47	27.51
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.25	1.10	25.09	19.53	12.47	64.85
83	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.07	1.33	19.29	15.52	11.13	41.57
84	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	5.05	1.11	22.94	19.92	12.36	49.06
=85	France`FRA`Western Europe	4.91	2.71	8.91	5.83	8.30	14.60
=85	Uruguay`URY`South America	4.91	1.55	15.57	10.12	8.76	42.59
87	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	4.90	2.32	10.33	8.43	12.06	10.84
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.66	1.59	13.66	8.33	8.42	36.34
89	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	4.51	0.74	27.52	11.80	44.10	40.07
90	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.49	1.74	11.60	7.87	7.98	24.85
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4.48	1.51	13.27	11.17	9.28	22.55
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.39	0.67	28.82	32.84	13.17	55.33
93	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.35	0.36	52.52	34.92	56.59	73.29
94	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.17	0.66	26.29	20.73	15.11	57.99
95	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.15	0.81	21.28	16.82	10.93	52.44
96	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.13	0.25	68.19	68.30	59.52	78.01
97	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.07	0.25	66.15	57.70	72.10	69.59
98	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	4.03	1.46	11.14	7.11	6.37	30.53
99	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.98	1.20	13.18	6.43	10.09	35.28
100	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.97	0.83	18.98	18.50	9.61	38.46
101	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.80	1.85	7.82	5.70	6.55	12.81
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.79	2.21	6.49	5.12	1.71	31.20
103	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.75	0.54	26.10	20.98	13.07	64.86
104	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.65	2.00	6.65	4.76	1.86	33.25
105	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.60	1.13	11.47	10.21	2.90	50.96
106	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.54	0.49	25.56	19.98	12.99	64.33
107	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.43	0.69	17.07	9.78	9.95	51.12
=108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.35	0.16	70.01	71.09	62.54	77.18
=108	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.35	0.80	14.06	9.00	8.86	34.87
110	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.28	0.88	12.19	5.23	9.88	35.02
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.27	0.69	15.53	8.65	9.76	44.38
112	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.24	0.34	30.90	33.55	13.38	65.70
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.19	0.84	12.08	10.52	3.46	48.37
114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.16	0.23	43.38	27.78	56.40	52.09
115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.09	0.35	27.25	28.27	13.39	53.44
116	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.95	0.50	17.44	10.13	10.52	49.75
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.91	0.38	22.23	12.57	14.73	59.33
118	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.88	1.03	8.03	8.10	2.58	24.79
=119	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.86	1.01	8.08	6.45	2.30	35.56
=119	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.86	0.34	24.07	18.08	12.49	61.79
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.82	0.32	24.84	18.41	14.12	58.96
=122	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.70	0.12	60.54	39.92	72.01	77.19
=122	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.70	0.46	15.86	8.56	11.36	40.99
=122	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.70	0.28	26.07	20.28	13.06	66.88
125	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.69	0.78	9.29	8.92	2.41	37.31
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.68	0.23	31.15	15.45	46.16	42.40
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.65	0.16	43.79	33.51	47.04	53.28
128	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.63	0.16	43.13	20.25	58.30	67.97
=129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.60	0.44	15.35	9.03	9.95	40.26
=129	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.60	1.06	6.38	6.61	1.52	25.84
=129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.60	0.23	29.30	27.26	13.54	68.12
132	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.59	0.72	9.35	7.95	2.54	40.53
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	2.57	0.48	13.81	9.71	6.91	39.25
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.55	0.24	27.01	22.66	14.37	60.52
135	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.54	1.05	6.16	3.55	2.61	25.23
136	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.50	0.13	48.05	35.25	53.43	58.89
=137	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.48	0.30	20.52	21.72	9.64	41.29
=137	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.48	1.04	5.92	4.56	2.42	18.79
139	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.44	0.48	12.44	5.49	8.16	42.95
140	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.43	0.57	10.36	9.52	2.80	41.73
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.42	0.34	17.26	10.71	10.74	44.71
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.39	0.65	8.77	8.21	2.20	37.36
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.29	0.20	26.11	24.56	12.29	58.95
144	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.27	0.36	14.35	13.75	9.54	22.51
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.26	0.08	63.65	59.62	59.48	72.70
146	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.24	0.49	10.22	8.01	2.79	47.70
147	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.20	0.37	13.08	14.63	3.09	49.55
148	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.09	0.22	19.85	14.97	11.75	44.45
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.03	0.53	7.77	6.54	2.44	29.37
=150	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.98	0.23	17.12	11.02	11.08	41.06
=150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.98	0.25	15.75	14.64	10.66	25.02
152	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.94	0.44	8.55	8.28	2.21	34.12
153	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.93	0.31	11.97	6.66	7.99	32.27
154	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.90	0.07	51.81	37.50	61.49	60.30
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.79	0.14	22.81	18.56	11.37	56.22
156	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.75	0.21	14.61	14.21	12.13	18.10
157	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.74	0.67	4.50	2.80	1.66	19.64
158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.73	0.17	17.56	11.00	10.76	45.76
159	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.70	0.31	9.37	8.55	2.66	36.15
160	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.68	0.09	31.48	32.19	14.78	65.57
161	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.60	0.14	18.25	9.23	13.48	48.86
162	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.58	0.33	7.57	9.56	2.46	18.44
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.41	0.10	19.80	15.34	10.97	46.11
164	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.38	0.10	19.02	13.96	10.45	47.14
=165	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.36	0.07	26.47	20.03	14.20	65.23
=165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.36	0.07	26.24	19.89	14.66	61.98
=167	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.35	0.09	20.25	16.86	9.75	50.55
=167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.35	0.17	10.75	14.22	3.07	28.45
169	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.33	0.50	3.55	5.44	0.73	11.25
170	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.32	0.10	17.51	11.88	9.72	46.46
171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.26	0.18	8.84	9.08	5.54	13.74
172	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.22	0.07	21.21	13.79	11.72	59.07
173	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.20	0.15	9.61	9.53	2.72	34.25
174	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.13	0.11	11.61	17.43	2.64	34.01
175	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.10	0.07	17.38	12.20	9.49	45.36
176	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.06	0.17	6.55	5.44	1.69	30.53
=177	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.98	0.18	5.37	5.32	0.89	32.63
=177	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.98	0.11	8.67	7.42	8.31	10.58
=179	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.95	0.10	8.98	8.87	7.69	10.63
=179	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.95	0.16	5.70	4.73	1.54	25.40
181	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.92	0.15	5.66	5.95	2.02	15.12
182	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.91	0.10	8.20	7.34	7.58	9.90
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.90	0.14	5.82	8.27	2.64	9.04
184	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.87	0.15	5.10	3.02	1.66	26.44
185	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.84	0.11	6.37	7.62	2.94	11.52
186	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.74	0.15	3.65	3.49	2.30	6.04
187	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.73	0.09	5.98	6.40	1.80	18.60
188	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.71	0.05	10.15	10.08	2.86	36.26
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.52	0.06	4.53	5.26	1.60	11.02
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.49	0.02	11.92	10.25	3.14	52.57
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.38	0.03	4.69	2.96	1.30	26.81
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.25	0.02	3.25	3.09	2.07	5.37
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.18	0.02	1.62	2.08	0.44	4.65

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines47.05
2India45.12
3Colombia37.45
4Myanmar35.79
5China33.66

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.25
191San Marino0.38
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.49
189Luxembourg0.52

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.07. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.43
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestSomalia72.43
LowestMonaco1.62
Middle country: 17.81
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic71.09
LowestMonaco2.08
Middle country: 14.22
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia75.15
LowestMonaco0.44
Middle country: 11.13
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan78.01
LowestMonaco4.65
Middle country: 44.38

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
182values changed, of 193 in both
93 · 89rose · fell
11unchanged

Rose most

Iran15.80 → 18.46+2.66
Somalia22.46 → 24.89+2.43
Papua New Guinea21.97 → 24.34+2.37
India42.93 → 45.12+2.19
Ecuador22.13 → 24.31+2.18

Fell most

Mexico35.14 → 27.80−7.34
Japan24.83 → 18.94−5.89
Venezuela25.29 → 20.90−4.39
Saudi Arabia11.64 → 8.38−3.26
Thailand21.79 → 18.78−3.01

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 2012.
178 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 2.70. 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-2012-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 (2012). World Risk Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2012

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2011
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2013
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