Data for 2015

World Risk Index, 2015

Name: World Risk Index, 2015
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2015, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2015 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 46.63; Monaco is lowest, at 0.17. The middle country reads 4.04. Against 2014, 185 values changed (94 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2015

HighestPhilippines

46.63

LowestMonaco

0.17

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

193countries
6measures per country
2015the year it describes
180distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2015, 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, 2015: 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	46.63	40.12	54.19	50.78	58.86	53.24
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	42.08	36.02	49.17	37.73	54.37	57.94
3	Colombia`COL`South America	38.41	31.16	47.34	42.79	53.04	46.75
4	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.77	22.76	59.42	56.22	62.72	59.51
5	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.08	50.16	23.15	21.30	12.56	46.35
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	33.47	39.54	28.33	32.09	13.31	53.26
7	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.35	64.38	16.26	14.95	24.98	11.51
8	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	30.71	18.16	51.93	37.43	56.31	66.43
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.52	28.61	28.43	14.00	41.42	39.61
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.98	13.07	51.66	30.91	66.83	66.74
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.08	26.73	23.53	24.80	13.16	39.92
12	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.74	8.58	71.36	66.27	80.00	68.55
13	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.40	9.05	65.79	61.64	66.22	69.77
14	United States`USA`Northern America	23.76	39.70	14.22	13.10	7.94	27.67
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	23.62	43.97	12.69	14.71	7.12	19.53
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.56	18.21	30.48	25.75	14.91	73.76
17	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	22.22	18.91	26.11	18.97	13.89	67.57
18	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.16	19.32	25.42	22.43	12.85	56.99
19	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	21.58	16.52	28.18	28.18	15.22	52.16
20	Peru`PER`South America	20.65	16.69	25.54	25.67	12.87	50.43
21	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.53	12.46	33.82	19.59	50.91	38.79
22	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.49	18.61	22.56	27.96	13.21	31.07
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.63	26.03	14.80	12.12	7.43	35.99
24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.44	10.74	35.17	33.01	23.83	55.29
25	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.42	14.49	26.03	26.46	12.73	52.38
26	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.90	14.19	25.17	18.15	53.48	16.43
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.27	31.63	10.55	8.27	7.32	19.41
28	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.64	15.86	19.62	19.64	10.36	37.10
29	Chile`CHL`South America	16.61	12.96	21.28	22.66	10.71	39.73
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	15.66	8.95	27.40	11.91	43.70	39.52
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.56	11.59	20.89	18.35	10.97	45.31
32	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.46	9.62	24.86	23.08	12.75	52.24
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.29	8.82	26.49	29.15	13.00	49.06
34	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.98	7.29	30.77	49.29	12.19	48.50
35	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.04	9.87	19.96	19.05	10.64	39.23
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.77	8.65	21.91	22.82	41.67	11.06
37	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.62	4.96	37.41	24.42	49.35	43.46
38	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.50	7.00	26.04	29.62	12.46	47.83
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.85	5.49	30.06	33.62	13.20	61.23
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.76	3.28	49.64	34.53	55.78	63.51
41	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	12.05	18.04	8.05	8.29	2.04	30.87
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.91	6.37	22.25	20.31	11.68	46.45
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.67	5.77	23.61	18.81	12.98	53.91
44	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.24	2.08	60.72	58.77	60.98	62.46
45	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.22	7.25	17.36	11.94	13.11	33.45
46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.21	4.30	29.20	28.99	14.52	59.16
47	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.06	2.53	48.36	29.51	57.49	66.65
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.91	8.73	13.63	9.28	8.57	31.84
49	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.68	7.64	14.94	14.28	11.90	19.63
50	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.40	7.79	13.89	11.29	7.82	30.35
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	10.14	2.48	41.48	22.04	58.91	54.95
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.05	1.66	60.83	55.37	65.51	62.06
53	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.78	9.99	9.58	6.00	8.21	17.85
54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.68	5.21	18.00	9.45	19.79	31.21
55	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.67	1.71	54.63	49.48	60.59	54.38
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.47	1.38	64.97	68.05	63.81	63.17
57	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.41	2.77	31.98	31.98	15.06	67.90
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.36	8.31	10.54	8.40	9.40	14.83
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.10	2.63	31.50	22.23	48.82	28.80
60	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.98	1.32	61.04	44.64	67.81	75.13
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.73	3.13	24.36	22.37	11.85	54.51
62	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.56	2.34	31.33	32.90	13.86	67.43
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	8.54	3.01	24.22	27.51	11.86	43.56
64	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.18	2.91	23.00	17.54	12.54	55.29
65	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8.16	2.89	23.02	20.99	11.25	51.64
66	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.15	6.71	9.89	9.29	9.12	11.43
67	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	7.89	4.25	14.65	18.29	3.44	49.96
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.47	4.58	12.17	19.05	9.54	9.93
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.45	2.84	19.55	15.75	11.78	40.29
70	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.16	2.64	19.42	12.16	13.47	44.73
71	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.98	1.46	33.41	34.33	14.65	74.13
72	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.33	2.70	14.86	7.64	14.55	29.49
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.32	3.08	12.95	9.71	7.41	30.20
74	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.29	1.05	37.71	18.44	51.87	56.05
75	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	6.14	2.27	16.60	19.10	3.68	65.11
76	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.10	2.79	13.35	11.68	11.11	18.34
77	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.71	1.32	24.72	23.34	12.18	53.16
78	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5.58	1.49	20.91	16.93	12.90	41.87
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.57	2.31	13.42	12.41	11.56	16.84
80	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5.46	1.51	19.74	19.75	9.62	40.49
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.42	1.54	19.09	17.93	9.08	42.70
82	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.31	1.10	25.62	18.81	13.26	67.40
=83	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.01	1.58	15.89	14.04	8.73	32.76
=83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.01	1.61	15.60	24.67	12.32	12.49
85	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.79	2.58	8.89	10.56	7.53	8.84
86	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.73	0.36	62.15	62.08	54.85	70.50
87	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.61	1.11	19.14	11.28	12.25	50.71
88	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.50	1.79	11.33	9.36	2.92	53.15
89	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.49	2.00	10.10	4.89	6.18	34.10
90	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.42	3.75	5.22	6.51	2.41	9.07
91	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.28	1.12	16.34	29.76	12.00	12.22
92	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.26	0.25	72.53	69.63	65.00	84.29
93	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.23	1.73	10.32	7.91	3.86	35.99
94	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.21	0.81	21.92	20.72	10.02	50.74
95	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.13	0.88	19.42	5.22	42.40	33.08
96	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.09	0.37	45.30	34.35	54.94	49.25
97	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.04	1.33	12.28	7.53	11.14	22.07
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.03	0.48	33.83	15.75	43.54	56.47
99	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.00	0.68	23.57	18.28	12.06	59.39
100	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.99	0.25	63.69	57.73	71.96	62.18
101	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.86	0.73	20.45	20.09	10.27	41.46
102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.80	0.80	18.03	15.73	10.31	36.15
103	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.78	0.69	20.69	16.94	10.85	48.18
=104	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.77	2.20	6.46	5.21	1.82	28.39
=104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.77	0.57	24.96	19.57	12.97	61.23
106	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.70	1.04	13.14	6.46	9.62	36.48
107	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.63	0.83	15.86	10.71	9.18	40.54
108	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.46	1.46	8.18	11.62	6.49	7.26
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.44	0.73	16.17	13.44	8.22	38.30
110	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.41	1.85	6.27	5.65	3.60	12.11
=111	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.36	0.67	16.83	20.46	3.78	61.69
=111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.36	0.69	16.32	11.15	9.03	43.18
=113	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.35	0.16	70.04	71.15	66.10	73.05
=113	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.35	0.34	33.01	35.25	14.17	71.98
115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.33	0.85	13.01	10.74	3.60	56.89
116	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.22	1.20	8.65	10.39	2.49	25.02
=117	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.13	0.16	61.33	60.97	57.57	65.71
=117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.13	0.34	28.74	31.11	12.16	62.76
119	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.12	0.35	27.89	28.57	13.81	54.96
120	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.09	0.23	41.42	28.53	47.56	52.38
121	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.04	0.54	17.17	20.69	3.59	68.11
122	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.02	0.38	24.06	17.62	14.24	55.52
123	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	3.01	1.06	8.57	4.46	4.78	29.48
124	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.93	0.50	17.14	10.17	10.31	48.04
125	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.91	1.01	8.40	6.69	2.36	37.58
126	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.78	1.06	7.30	8.93	1.70	25.59
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.75	0.28	27.05	26.17	11.60	65.18
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.73	0.34	21.93	18.13	12.18	47.73
129	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.71	0.24	30.57	31.20	15.13	60.54
130	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.65	0.12	58.37	39.42	66.71	75.62
131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.64	0.57	12.19	9.44	10.73	17.87
132	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.63	0.78	8.89	8.97	2.37	33.10
133	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.56	0.23	28.56	27.70	13.35	63.01
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.53	0.32	20.00	10.34	13.90	55.62
135	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.51	0.30	21.00	22.41	9.71	42.53
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.46	0.23	26.28	9.17	45.08	43.89
=137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.44	0.16	37.29	33.41	44.30	35.03
=137	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.44	0.20	29.86	33.48	12.59	63.16
139	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.39	0.23	24.91	8.81	43.07	40.73
140	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.36	1.04	5.37	4.51	2.54	13.50
141	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.35	0.64	8.66	8.36	2.17	35.74
142	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.33	0.22	24.63	26.31	11.97	47.44
143	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.32	0.49	11.02	10.58	2.79	45.33
144	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.28	0.46	11.34	8.42	10.24	16.93
145	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.14	0.07	65.61	66.02	63.76	67.09
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.13	0.25	18.12	15.20	10.27	38.09
147	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.09	0.53	8.27	6.32	2.53	35.39
=148	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.06	0.36	11.84	7.96	9.34	22.31
=148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.06	0.43	9.85	8.92	9.71	11.02
150	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.01	0.13	31.05	33.95	14.04	62.78
151	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.94	0.31	12.08	6.87	8.21	31.23
=152	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.93	0.48	7.78	5.51	2.26	37.87
=152	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.93	0.08	46.80	25.00	59.51	68.90
=154	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.87	0.44	7.95	8.38	2.14	27.99
=154	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.87	0.66	5.29	4.39	1.72	19.63
156	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.84	0.21	16.15	19.16	11.92	18.43
157	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.77	0.14	22.44	16.93	13.93	47.90
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.76	0.14	22.08	18.34	10.54	55.69
=159	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.69	0.17	16.86	10.94	10.51	41.71
=159	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.69	0.15	19.00	17.10	10.78	37.20
161	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.58	0.31	8.06	8.53	2.67	23.03
162	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.52	0.50	4.60	5.60	0.79	21.94
=163	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.47	0.09	23.86	18.22	13.68	54.50
=163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.47	0.07	30.82	34.22	13.25	64.56
165	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.45	0.09	23.31	27.58	9.52	48.23
166	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.44	0.33	6.27	9.71	2.37	10.70
167	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.40	0.10	19.71	25.52	10.52	28.51
168	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.39	0.10	19.33	14.02	10.34	49.81
169	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.36	0.10	18.50	11.86	10.81	49.37
170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.32	0.18	9.69	11.90	5.58	13.69
=171	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.23	0.07	21.77	27.04	9.99	38.18
=171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.23	0.07	21.57	13.65	11.88	61.88
173	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.19	0.11	12.84	17.20	2.84	43.38
=174	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.18	0.17	8.24	5.67	3.26	30.31
=174	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.18	0.07	19.82	34.04	3.61	63.39
176	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.14	0.17	7.63	11.54	3.02	12.73
177	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.10	0.16	7.57	6.13	2.46	28.76
178	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.07	0.18	6.37	5.47	1.59	29.69
179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.05	0.15	7.41	5.94	2.01	34.06
180	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.01	0.14	7.31	7.07	2.61	21.15
181	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.97	0.11	8.56	7.89	9.46	8.39
182	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.96	0.10	9.21	4.34	8.80	20.47
183	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.93	0.10	8.69	8.73	2.28	32.95
184	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.80	0.11	5.86	7.09	2.76	10.30
185	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.78	0.15	4.04	2.91	0.99	22.93
186	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.74	0.09	6.05	6.39	1.75	19.78
187	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.69	0.15	3.19	3.43	2.39	3.95
188	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.65	0.05	8.51	9.84	5.80	10.78
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.51	0.06	4.26	5.20	1.56	9.52
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.48	0.02	11.71	10.17	3.10	50.88
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.37	0.03	4.62	2.98	1.32	25.02
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.29	0.02	4.26	3.09	1.89	13.20
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.17	0.02	1.38	1.73	0.30	5.05

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines46.63
2India42.08
3Colombia38.41
4Myanmar36.77
5Mexico34.08

Lowest

193Monaco0.17
192Andorra0.29
191San Marino0.37
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.48
189Luxembourg0.51

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.04. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.38
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.06
Vulnerability
HighestSouth Sudan72.53
LowestMonaco1.38
Middle country: 19.74
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic71.15
LowestMonaco1.73
Middle country: 17.62
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia80.00
LowestMonaco0.30
Middle country: 11.56
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan84.29
LowestQatar3.95
Middle country: 42.53

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 193 in both
94 · 91rose · fell
8unchanged

Rose most

China29.05 → 32.35+3.30
Yemen21.50 → 24.40+2.90
Belize5.69 → 8.54+2.85
Iran18.07 → 20.53+2.46
Honduras12.87 → 15.29+2.42

Fell most

Papua New Guinea26.78 → 22.22−4.56
Peru24.85 → 20.65−4.20
Pakistan28.94 → 25.98−2.96
Mexico36.90 → 34.08−2.82
Mauritania10.48 → 8.18−2.30

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 2015.
180 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 5.01. 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

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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-2015-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 (2015). World Risk Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2015

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2014
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2016
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

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