Data for 2016

World Risk Index, 2016

Name: World Risk Index, 2016
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2016, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2016 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 44.84; Monaco is lowest, at 0.17. The middle country reads 4.23. Against 2015, 184 values changed (93 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2016

HighestPhilippines

44.84

LowestMonaco

0.17

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

193countries
6measures per country
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: 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	44.84	40.10	50.15	39.70	59.48	53.42
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.80	35.99	53.30	49.34	54.23	56.58
3	Colombia`COL`South America	36.65	31.34	42.87	33.97	49.25	47.09
4	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.31	22.75	57.94	54.83	60.68	58.47
5	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.29	50.14	26.26	34.82	12.05	43.16
6	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	34.19	18.13	64.49	64.40	58.62	71.05
7	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.47	64.40	16.37	15.40	24.79	11.49
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	31.67	39.79	25.20	24.30	13.25	49.68
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.30	28.62	27.98	13.80	41.22	38.50
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	27.01	16.56	44.06	28.13	59.29	51.29
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.70	13.08	54.49	38.50	65.84	63.81
12	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	25.63	18.94	34.69	42.58	13.98	70.12
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.57	26.76	24.44	25.29	13.03	44.28
14	United States`USA`Northern America	25.05	39.60	15.84	13.58	8.99	32.58
15	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.48	9.12	65.69	60.10	67.94	69.41
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.51	18.23	30.31	25.71	14.94	72.50
17	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.01	19.32	25.07	20.87	13.05	57.83
18	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21.41	43.88	10.45	14.93	7.26	10.53
19	Peru`PER`South America	20.51	16.66	25.25	26.25	12.45	49.28
20	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.47	18.59	22.54	28.78	12.78	31.15
21	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	19.67	8.53	45.35	66.79	79.76	17.51
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.58	26.00	14.75	12.21	7.29	36.04
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.51	14.47	26.31	28.16	12.67	51.03
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.24	31.41	11.78	8.26	7.18	27.55
25	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.23	14.23	26.00	24.31	51.36	14.07
26	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.98	10.74	33.55	15.64	46.31	52.12
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.82	15.94	22.22	25.97	10.57	39.94
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.09	8.84	33.05	50.05	13.64	52.86
29	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.99	8.96	32.21	20.93	42.76	37.33
30	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.97	12.46	23.10	14.92	49.04	16.84
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	16.08	11.59	22.30	22.46	10.66	46.32
32	Chile`CHL`South America	15.96	12.87	19.79	17.97	10.78	40.00
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.70	8.64	28.53	22.21	42.30	24.71
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.78	9.64	22.65	18.60	12.68	49.29
35	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.65	7.38	29.07	48.46	11.82	42.89
36	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.72	4.95	38.01	25.09	47.96	45.63
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.66	7.02	26.57	27.55	13.68	49.78
38	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	13.01	5.49	30.85	34.59	13.63	62.25
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.61	3.27	48.66	33.68	55.09	62.08
40	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.29	4.30	35.15	51.10	14.30	59.43
41	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.12	6.38	23.03	20.19	11.56	52.34
42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	11.95	18.00	7.93	8.37	1.87	31.85
43	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.61	7.23	18.64	18.98	13.04	26.16
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.33	8.72	14.73	12.27	8.71	29.89
45	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.09	2.53	48.61	30.07	58.72	65.07
46	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.06	9.83	12.45	19.24	10.66	9.40
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.76	10.01	11.57	10.49	8.05	18.33
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.71	2.34	48.99	33.55	49.43	70.89
49	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10.59	5.22	21.48	15.09	19.69	33.37
50	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.47	5.79	18.92	10.41	12.79	50.86
51	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.26	2.63	40.06	29.27	47.98	45.79
=52	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.12	2.08	49.24	33.74	60.34	58.64
=52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.12	1.66	61.71	57.17	66.09	62.21
54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.00	7.64	13.09	14.32	12.58	12.45
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.65	2.77	33.65	34.67	15.73	69.84
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.62	1.38	67.04	68.70	63.99	68.55
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.17	7.78	10.80	11.31	4.00	27.87
58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.06	3.12	26.33	29.44	11.37	54.52
59	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.94	1.32	60.60	43.94	67.81	74.68
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.68	1.71	44.11	28.17	60.55	50.32
61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.25	2.90	23.45	17.48	12.34	59.76
=62	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.08	2.47	26.42	21.87	14.81	56.91
=62	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8.08	4.25	15.35	18.43	3.45	56.86
64	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	8.04	2.80	23.06	21.37	12.07	47.56
65	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.90	2.89	21.58	16.42	11.24	54.47
=66	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.82	2.51	24.38	29.05	12.20	40.88
=66	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.82	6.67	9.18	9.50	9.15	8.89
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.70	4.57	12.99	20.38	6.70	16.05
69	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.66	2.28	25.76	19.34	14.40	61.41
70	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.34	8.31	6.48	11.16	9.51	2.56
71	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.06	2.63	18.94	12.14	13.07	42.83
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6.97	2.84	17.10	10.19	11.99	40.94
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.64	3.08	14.32	12.90	7.41	30.73
74	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.59	1.47	29.53	24.75	14.57	71.42
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.54	2.31	18.53	14.89	11.65	36.69
76	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.39	2.70	15.10	7.59	14.49	31.29
77	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5.81	1.50	22.49	16.92	13.03	51.57
78	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.80	2.58	13.06	8.11	7.96	34.49
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.50	1.05	28.76	32.29	13.23	55.71
=80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.43	1.32	22.33	18.14	10.70	57.38
=80	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.43	1.54	19.12	17.98	9.10	42.73
82	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5.30	1.51	18.62	19.28	9.52	35.17
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.29	1.09	25.69	18.75	13.16	68.75
84	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.26	0.57	48.46	34.83	52.30	62.49
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.00	1.60	15.60	24.71	12.25	12.54
86	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.98	0.88	28.13	16.27	41.50	32.97
87	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.93	1.79	13.57	15.08	2.96	56.00
88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.74	0.36	62.46	62.99	56.47	68.49
=89	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.67	1.12	19.48	12.83	11.83	48.72
=89	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	4.67	3.73	5.84	6.58	2.39	12.66
91	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.66	1.99	10.90	6.44	6.19	32.48
92	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.63	1.33	16.10	16.13	10.52	24.60
93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.59	1.58	13.33	8.28	8.65	33.07
94	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.46	1.85	10.74	5.64	7.64	28.72
95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.42	0.68	28.70	31.90	12.29	60.30
96	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.32	1.11	16.82	19.94	12.21	19.54
97	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.23	1.73	10.34	7.93	3.93	35.50
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.19	0.48	36.64	20.43	44.12	54.58
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.13	0.54	31.53	35.97	13.25	65.75
=100	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.02	0.25	64.70	55.88	71.38	67.89
=100	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.02	0.81	19.91	20.05	9.97	39.51
102	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	3.90	0.25	60.73	40.27	65.57	84.84
103	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.86	0.83	17.96	17.97	9.17	35.18
104	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.73	1.04	13.36	10.77	9.52	23.27
105	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.72	2.20	6.30	5.20	1.83	26.31
106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.69	0.37	36.82	20.19	55.34	44.68
107	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.59	0.73	17.64	16.48	8.27	40.27
108	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.55	0.70	18.01	14.13	9.00	45.95
109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.54	0.73	17.16	11.83	10.04	42.57
110	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.46	0.69	17.40	9.61	10.67	51.41
111	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.44	1.20	9.86	10.17	2.55	36.95
112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.37	0.16	71.18	72.73	64.85	76.45
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.34	0.66	16.90	20.35	3.81	62.20
114	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.33	0.34	32.61	34.12	14.49	70.17
115	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.31	0.85	12.92	10.77	3.59	55.76
116	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.14	0.16	61.49	61.71	56.97	66.12
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.11	0.38	25.42	21.12	13.84	56.19
118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.10	0.35	27.53	28.02	13.63	54.65
119	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.05	0.34	27.45	30.29	11.37	60.07
120	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.01	1.01	8.95	8.56	2.39	35.01
121	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2.94	0.80	10.77	9.13	10.41	13.14
=122	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.92	0.50	17.07	10.08	10.23	48.22
=122	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.92	0.46	18.51	14.31	10.05	44.08
=122	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.92	0.23	37.10	63.71	12.86	62.33
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.89	0.12	69.44	67.55	67.38	73.57
126	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.71	0.56	13.13	7.92	11.02	25.91
127	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.70	0.24	30.41	29.59	15.16	62.68
128	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.66	1.06	6.66	6.78	1.68	25.98
129	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.63	0.28	24.72	20.25	11.70	63.75
130	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.59	1.46	4.59	6.67	2.02	7.20
131	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.54	0.78	8.29	8.89	2.37	27.03
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.53	0.32	19.94	10.32	13.92	55.21
133	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.52	0.23	27.64	11.16	45.29	41.77
134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.47	0.16	37.99	33.96	46.08	35.03
=135	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.44	0.34	17.47	9.03	12.05	48.99
=135	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.44	1.06	5.60	4.57	1.35	28.45
137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.43	0.23	25.65	27.63	12.14	50.30
138	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.41	0.23	25.24	8.82	43.90	41.53
139	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.39	0.30	19.12	17.33	9.54	42.25
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.34	0.64	8.55	8.33	2.17	34.57
141	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.33	0.49	11.09	10.64	2.79	45.92
142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.31	0.20	26.58	24.55	12.42	61.59
143	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.23	0.08	61.89	58.76	59.29	68.06
144	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.22	1.04	4.73	4.62	2.54	9.04
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.20	0.43	11.27	15.40	10.18	9.14
=146	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.12	0.48	9.37	9.20	2.34	38.21
=146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.12	0.22	20.52	18.79	11.79	39.01
148	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.10	0.07	62.86	67.20	64.05	57.72
149	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.05	0.36	11.62	6.59	9.12	26.12
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.04	0.25	16.64	14.92	10.11	30.52
151	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.91	0.44	8.31	8.32	2.13	32.35
=152	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	1.89	0.53	6.72	6.27	2.48	19.48
=152	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.89	0.31	11.50	6.86	8.00	27.72
154	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.88	0.67	5.29	4.49	1.75	18.82
155	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.81	0.14	23.36	19.49	13.62	48.03
=156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.76	0.14	22.23	18.42	10.73	55.56
=156	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.76	0.17	18.29	14.06	10.66	40.84
158	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.70	0.31	9.30	8.51	2.58	36.59
159	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.66	0.21	13.13	11.06	11.60	17.63
160	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.62	0.09	29.25	30.80	13.92	58.38
161	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.55	0.15	16.09	9.63	10.75	40.21
162	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.54	0.50	4.75	5.48	0.82	23.80
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.51	0.07	32.65	45.89	13.46	56.37
164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.44	0.33	6.27	9.76	2.38	10.61
165	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.43	0.13	15.79	19.22	3.55	57.70
166	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.37	0.10	18.79	13.75	10.36	46.57
167	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.33	0.09	19.67	16.55	9.58	47.99
168	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.31	0.10	17.21	9.90	10.88	47.29
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.30	0.17	9.87	11.34	3.09	27.44
170	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.27	0.07	22.91	26.98	10.00	44.58
171	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.25	0.17	9.19	7.41	3.36	31.19
172	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.22	0.07	21.37	13.72	11.29	63.04
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.19	0.18	7.90	12.00	3.04	13.53
174	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.18	0.10	13.99	24.55	2.64	42.26
175	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.17	0.11	12.40	17.09	2.84	39.24
176	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.06	0.07	16.08	19.37	3.56	60.33
=177	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.05	0.10	11.00	4.37	8.94	34.11
=177	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.05	0.15	7.29	5.88	1.95	33.84
179	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.04	0.16	6.82	4.78	2.55	26.05
180	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.99	0.15	6.59	4.04	2.42	29.26
181	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.98	0.11	8.73	7.73	9.52	9.04
182	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.93	0.10	8.72	8.40	2.29	34.44
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.89	0.14	5.63	6.96	2.66	9.63
184	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.87	0.18	4.17	5.42	1.62	8.25
=185	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.77	0.05	11.76	7.96	5.75	35.52
=185	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.77	0.11	5.43	5.83	2.82	9.76
=187	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.74	0.09	6.06	6.52	1.77	19.31
=187	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.74	0.15	3.70	2.45	0.91	22.81
189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.48	0.02	11.60	10.16	3.09	49.78
190	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.42	0.06	2.89	5.27	1.60	2.87
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.33	0.03	3.56	1.91	1.28	18.52
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.28	0.02	4.05	3.11	1.87	11.40
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.17	0.02	1.52	1.75	0.40	5.02

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines44.84
2India43.80
3Colombia36.65
4Myanmar36.31
5Mexico36.29

Lowest

193Monaco0.17
192Andorra0.28
191San Marino0.33
190Luxembourg0.42
189São Tomé and Príncipe0.48

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.23. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.40
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.06
Vulnerability
HighestCentral African Republic71.18
LowestMonaco1.52
Middle country: 19.12
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic72.73
LowestMonaco1.75
Middle country: 17.09
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia79.76
LowestMonaco0.40
Middle country: 11.37
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan84.84
LowestGreece2.56
Middle country: 42.57

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 193 in both
93 · 91rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh21.58 → 27.01+5.43
Mozambique30.71 → 34.19+3.48
Papua New Guinea22.22 → 25.63+3.41
Mexico34.08 → 36.29+2.21
Angola8.56 → 10.71+2.15

Fell most

Somalia24.74 → 19.67−5.07
Iran20.53 → 16.97−3.56
Costa Rica14.04 → 11.06−2.98
Japan23.62 → 21.41−2.21
Cambodia10.14 → 8.08−2.06

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 2016.
178 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 2.92. 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-2016-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 (2016). World Risk Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2016

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2015
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2017
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