Data for 2017

World Risk Index, 2017

Name: World Risk Index, 2017
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2017, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2017 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 45.11; Monaco is lowest, at 0.17. The middle country reads 4.24. Against 2016, 184 values changed (92 up, 92 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2017

HighestPhilippines

45.11

LowestMonaco

0.17

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

193countries
6measures per country
2017the year it describes
187distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2017, 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, 2017: 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	45.11	40.12	50.73	39.35	59.64	55.64
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.40	35.95	52.39	47.95	54.30	55.23
3	Colombia`COL`South America	38.18	31.43	46.37	44.65	49.32	45.27
4	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.77	50.17	26.95	30.13	12.80	50.75
5	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.01	22.62	57.33	53.54	60.80	57.87
6	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	33.10	39.74	27.57	31.97	13.13	49.91
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	32.85	18.12	59.54	50.14	59.97	70.20
8	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.05	64.40	15.95	15.14	24.17	11.09
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.35	16.59	48.46	37.88	59.92	50.14
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	27.13	28.61	25.72	11.38	40.66	36.75
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.76	13.08	54.75	38.92	64.04	65.83
12	United States`USA`Northern America	25.12	39.63	15.92	13.69	8.97	32.85
13	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.07	8.57	73.35	68.31	79.07	73.05
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.02	26.72	23.43	21.59	13.35	44.60
15	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.35	18.98	31.24	32.00	13.73	69.39
16	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.74	18.24	30.90	26.17	15.08	74.77
17	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.35	9.13	59.70	43.25	68.54	71.78
18	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.33	19.33	28.15	27.72	13.19	60.98
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	23.11	43.82	12.19	14.40	7.24	17.36
20	Peru`PER`South America	20.74	16.68	25.80	26.97	13.03	48.88
21	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.53	18.63	22.63	28.64	12.88	31.40
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	19.60	31.39	12.24	8.64	7.45	28.49
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.57	25.98	14.74	12.42	7.41	34.79
24	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	19.49	14.25	26.66	24.21	51.38	15.23
25	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	19.15	10.73	34.16	15.79	46.92	53.81
26	Ecuador`ECU`South America	18.75	14.50	24.24	26.59	12.60	42.50
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.68	15.87	21.99	25.74	10.71	38.57
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.49	12.49	24.50	24.97	49.87	11.81
29	Chile`CHL`South America	15.89	12.84	19.67	18.21	10.69	39.10
30	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.67	11.59	21.19	18.83	10.71	47.15
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14.88	8.95	24.73	9.09	42.62	39.03
32	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.86	7.32	30.17	46.95	11.95	48.93
33	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.67	9.62	22.38	18.34	12.59	48.54
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	14.39	8.86	23.37	16.69	13.74	55.63
35	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.95	9.85	19.75	19.35	10.84	36.71
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.85	3.26	58.88	58.39	54.52	64.11
37	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.76	4.94	38.31	24.56	48.54	47.15
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.41	8.64	20.82	18.64	42.53	11.39
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.28	18.02	9.78	8.55	3.28	33.36
40	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.22	7.01	24.95	22.21	13.63	51.29
41	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.41	5.50	28.02	25.72	13.61	62.87
42	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	12.19	4.30	34.55	53.45	13.71	56.29
43	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.07	2.53	57.55	51.20	58.78	63.34
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.06	6.37	22.83	20.61	11.51	50.15
45	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.57	5.80	23.09	18.58	12.49	53.05
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.41	10.00	13.03	10.40	8.02	26.51
47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.13	8.70	14.23	9.37	8.73	35.20
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.84	2.36	49.76	33.56	52.07	70.49
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	10.28	7.22	14.64	8.34	12.95	29.03
50	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10.18	5.22	19.87	12.63	20.37	30.48
=51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.05	2.08	48.53	33.85	61.51	54.89
=51	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.05	1.66	60.90	56.61	65.20	61.18
53	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.73	1.38	68.61	67.48	64.82	73.85
54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	9.59	7.64	12.03	11.53	13.14	11.49
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.56	2.78	32.89	33.01	15.57	69.20
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.44	7.77	11.48	11.35	4.02	33.16
57	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.18	1.71	49.28	47.18	60.74	41.76
58	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.17	1.32	63.69	56.56	60.98	74.90
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.10	8.30	9.98	10.80	9.54	9.66
60	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.04	2.89	28.28	29.96	12.53	60.27
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.98	3.12	25.82	29.10	10.87	54.45
62	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8.81	2.63	29.48	10.75	51.13	46.59
63	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.65	6.70	11.18	15.74	9.35	9.49
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.06	2.47	26.28	21.86	14.70	56.47
65	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.91	2.80	22.35	20.09	11.92	46.63
66	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	7.87	4.27	14.52	18.11	3.46	48.82
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.80	4.58	13.27	15.95	10.64	13.78
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.72	2.63	22.69	20.59	13.10	43.33
69	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.68	2.28	25.89	18.98	14.42	63.44
70	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.59	2.84	20.28	17.06	11.91	41.08
71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.25	2.51	20.92	16.38	12.29	45.50
72	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.08	2.90	17.29	9.82	11.27	46.71
73	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.88	1.47	32.21	31.61	14.40	73.44
74	France`FRA`Western Europe	6.78	2.69	17.09	10.26	14.39	33.80
75	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	6.64	3.08	14.32	13.07	7.22	31.11
76	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.49	3.75	11.23	10.94	4.35	29.77
77	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.12	2.58	14.52	10.54	7.94	36.61
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.98	1.32	27.10	31.42	10.87	58.29
79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.80	1.09	30.88	32.49	13.17	68.81
80	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.64	2.29	13.90	14.73	11.09	16.43
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.48	1.54	19.47	18.76	9.24	42.59
82	Suriname`SUR`South America	5.43	1.78	16.55	27.17	2.97	56.17
83	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5.38	1.51	19.16	18.94	9.54	38.95
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.18	1.05	25.56	23.72	13.23	53.23
85	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	5.04	1.57	16.15	13.79	8.67	35.25
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.01	1.60	15.68	24.08	12.44	12.87
87	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.90	0.67	35.90	56.28	13.03	63.10
88	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.80	1.49	15.47	21.48	3.29	52.35
89	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.79	1.73	13.28	7.91	7.62	38.88
90	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.76	0.36	62.87	63.75	55.82	69.83
91	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.73	1.11	20.14	14.52	11.88	47.37
92	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.72	1.99	11.20	6.40	6.23	35.28
93	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.47	1.85	10.82	5.67	7.82	28.54
94	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.44	0.88	22.39	10.76	41.41	25.20
95	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	4.36	1.20	15.86	11.14	9.65	37.13
96	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.29	0.25	73.54	72.72	65.61	83.35
97	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.24	0.57	31.52	35.05	14.35	62.29
98	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.09	0.54	30.93	34.01	13.08	66.51
99	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.03	0.25	64.89	55.93	71.69	68.16
100	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.86	2.20	6.79	5.24	1.87	31.88
101	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.84	0.80	18.46	16.41	10.84	35.37
102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.76	0.37	38.25	20.36	55.62	49.42
103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.72	1.33	10.41	9.16	10.43	11.80
104	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.65	0.48	27.75	18.75	21.61	52.73
105	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.62	0.73	17.98	16.25	8.44	42.39
106	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	3.59	1.12	11.49	10.30	11.81	12.48
107	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.53	0.73	17.04	11.78	9.69	43.31
108	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.41	1.04	11.18	6.40	9.60	22.72
109	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.39	0.16	71.87	74.27	65.75	76.01
110	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.35	0.69	16.24	9.66	10.55	42.06
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.31	0.34	32.25	34.63	14.22	68.12
112	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.27	0.85	12.59	10.79	3.63	50.94
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.19	0.66	15.41	20.08	3.80	47.94
114	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.18	0.16	63.34	62.72	57.09	70.97
115	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.16	1.45	6.89	7.22	6.44	7.02
116	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.14	0.70	14.12	7.02	8.93	44.95
117	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.09	0.35	27.23	27.47	13.51	54.40
118	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.04	0.81	11.42	11.88	2.55	49.17
119	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.92	0.83	10.27	10.85	2.45	40.79
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.90	0.34	24.68	30.88	12.96	37.58
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.86	0.28	29.20	34.34	11.86	61.14
122	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.84	0.53	15.23	13.84	8.89	28.70
123	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.83	0.38	21.14	13.00	13.86	52.46
124	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.82	1.01	7.89	6.65	2.41	30.69
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.80	0.23	33.99	49.80	12.72	62.01
126	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.78	0.24	32.29	39.20	14.90	57.66
127	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.67	1.05	6.79	6.76	1.78	25.96
128	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.66	0.79	8.97	8.99	2.38	33.77
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.61	0.16	42.50	33.52	44.77	51.14
=130	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.53	0.57	11.19	10.26	11.05	12.35
=130	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.53	0.49	13.06	18.69	2.75	43.36
132	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.49	0.23	27.05	11.27	45.16	38.90
=133	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.42	0.23	25.48	27.50	12.15	49.51
=133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.42	0.20	29.32	32.21	13.64	57.38
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.40	0.34	16.90	8.94	11.98	45.07
136	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.38	1.06	5.33	4.55	1.27	26.15
137	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.37	0.64	8.77	8.28	2.20	37.04
138	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.34	0.30	18.23	17.25	8.80	39.90
139	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.31	0.50	10.67	10.15	10.17	11.76
=140	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.22	0.22	22.39	20.26	11.59	47.80
=140	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.22	0.08	61.79	58.82	59.13	67.82
142	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.21	1.05	4.65	4.62	2.54	8.57
143	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.19	0.43	11.18	12.20	10.50	10.91
144	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.16	0.32	14.63	17.19	13.15	13.86
145	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.14	0.46	9.93	8.27	10.10	11.71
146	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.07	0.07	61.44	67.46	65.26	52.69
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.06	0.12	35.42	39.01	16.42	69.36
148	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.03	0.67	6.18	7.47	1.75	18.02
149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.00	0.48	8.31	5.52	2.37	43.89
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	1.96	0.23	16.76	8.92	11.96	44.09
151	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.95	0.31	12.23	6.85	8.03	33.28
152	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.92	0.44	8.39	8.17	2.12	34.14
153	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.85	0.31	11.06	14.57	2.63	35.32
154	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.80	0.14	23.27	19.72	13.57	47.11
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.76	0.14	22.08	18.17	10.61	55.82
156	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.74	0.25	12.10	15.16	10.03	11.65
157	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.73	0.13	22.91	33.36	6.47	55.69
158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.70	0.17	17.00	11.62	10.38	40.74
159	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.66	0.21	13.17	10.97	11.61	17.95
160	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.65	0.36	7.54	6.66	2.45	26.32
161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.62	0.09	29.21	31.09	13.12	61.13
162	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.59	0.07	36.08	59.58	13.25	59.48
163	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.58	0.33	7.61	16.17	2.36	11.53
164	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.55	0.50	4.78	5.44	0.82	24.45
165	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.54	0.15	15.79	9.59	10.64	38.57
=166	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.46	0.09	23.75	28.53	9.83	47.76
=166	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.46	0.07	30.55	43.46	13.31	49.30
168	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.30	0.10	17.01	9.71	10.79	47.00
169	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.22	0.07	21.40	13.73	11.46	62.31
170	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.20	0.17	8.44	5.74	3.24	32.36
171	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.18	0.11	12.68	17.14	2.76	43.09
172	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.16	0.18	7.42	9.89	3.02	13.66
=173	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.14	0.07	18.69	15.75	10.05	41.27
=173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.14	0.17	7.63	11.27	3.07	12.83
175	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.10	0.10	12.05	5.42	8.68	37.15
176	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.08	0.16	7.23	6.26	2.45	24.64
177	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.07	0.18	6.38	5.46	1.71	27.75
178	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.05	0.10	10.95	9.54	2.82	48.79
179	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.04	0.11	9.77	9.90	9.41	10.01
180	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.03	0.15	7.07	5.79	1.93	31.56
181	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.01	0.14	7.27	7.08	2.74	19.82
182	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.99	0.10	9.90	13.89	2.59	26.94
183	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.95	0.15	5.97	3.35	2.46	25.81
184	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.90	0.10	8.19	6.66	2.29	36.00
185	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.88	0.11	6.97	11.54	2.88	10.21
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.77	0.05	11.94	7.89	6.05	35.70
187	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.73	0.09	5.98	6.42	1.74	19.18
188	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.69	0.15	3.21	2.89	0.52	21.95
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.53	0.06	4.70	5.26	1.67	11.83
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.48	0.02	11.59	10.06	3.08	50.31
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.33	0.03	3.56	1.88	1.27	18.88
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.25	0.02	3.19	3.11	1.83	5.70
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.17	0.02	1.42	2.03	0.29	4.87

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines45.11
2India43.40
3Colombia38.18
4Mexico36.77
5Myanmar36.01

Lowest

193Monaco0.17
192Andorra0.25
191San Marino0.33
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.48
189Luxembourg0.53

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.24. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.40
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestSouth Sudan73.54
LowestMonaco1.42
Middle country: 19.16
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic74.27
LowestSan Marino1.88
Middle country: 16.38
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia79.07
LowestMonaco0.29
Middle country: 11.27
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan83.35
LowestMonaco4.87
Middle country: 42.59

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 193 in both
92 · 92rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Somalia19.67 → 25.07+5.40
Costa Rica11.06 → 13.95+2.89
United Arab Emirates4.67 → 6.49+1.82
Greece7.34 → 9.10+1.76
Japan21.41 → 23.11+1.70

Fell most

Honduras17.09 → 14.39−2.70
Malaysia15.70 → 13.41−2.29
Türkiye16.99 → 14.88−2.11
Algeria10.26 → 8.81−1.45
Mozambique34.19 → 32.85−1.34

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 2017.
187 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 10.05. 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-2017-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 (2017). World Risk Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2017

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2016
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2018
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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