Data for 2018

World Risk Index, 2018

Name: World Risk Index, 2018
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2018, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2018 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 45.38; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.14. Against 2017, 181 values changed (113 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2018

HighestPhilippines

45.38

LowestMonaco

0.18

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

193countries
6measures per country
2018the year it describes
185distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: 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	45.38	40.08	51.38	38.94	59.30	58.75
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	43.60	35.98	52.83	49.11	54.02	55.57
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.06	39.78	44.48	33.99	51.44	50.34
4	Colombia`COL`South America	38.70	31.45	47.62	47.84	49.79	45.33
5	Mexico`MEX`Central America	36.04	50.16	25.89	43.09	12.87	31.31
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.00	22.62	57.31	53.76	61.35	57.06
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	33.98	18.12	63.74	65.78	59.43	66.25
8	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	32.09	64.43	15.98	15.15	23.96	11.25
9	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.17	16.57	47.89	36.65	59.11	50.69
10	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	26.94	28.52	25.44	11.34	39.89	36.41
11	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	26.05	18.27	37.13	45.61	15.39	72.90
12	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.46	13.12	49.40	29.34	62.45	65.78
13	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.33	8.57	74.86	69.69	80.96	74.35
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.30	26.74	23.94	21.13	13.29	48.88
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	25.21	43.80	14.51	14.65	7.47	27.94
16	United States`USA`Northern America	25.20	39.57	16.05	13.73	9.08	33.19
17	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.88	18.93	32.69	34.41	14.48	70.08
18	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.77	9.12	67.25	59.98	69.58	72.88
19	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.80	19.42	29.18	28.86	13.59	63.37
20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.43	14.29	35.20	22.48	50.78	38.22
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.73	31.31	15.08	8.41	14.49	28.12
22	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.70	18.61	23.02	28.56	13.60	31.42
23	Peru`PER`South America	20.69	16.67	25.68	27.46	13.05	47.28
24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.31	10.73	38.46	22.75	47.23	52.96
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.71	25.95	14.97	12.32	7.54	36.15
26	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.20	14.52	25.40	35.67	12.62	36.39
27	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.30	8.85	33.83	52.05	13.68	54.36
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.21	12.46	23.77	20.71	51.86	12.50
29	Panama`PAN`Central America	15.98	15.91	16.05	15.53	10.96	24.30
30	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.70	9.63	25.60	23.25	12.51	57.71
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	15.43	8.93	26.66	11.78	43.18	37.24
32	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.92	7.35	30.30	48.48	11.62	49.38
33	Chile`CHL`South America	14.88	12.89	17.18	12.47	10.69	38.07
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.65	11.56	18.57	19.66	10.70	30.46
35	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.15	9.84	20.35	19.55	11.11	38.78
36	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.89	3.27	58.96	60.44	55.65	60.94
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.86	7.04	27.30	28.48	13.77	51.89
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.30	18.02	9.82	8.43	3.34	33.65
39	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	13.10	5.50	31.20	34.16	14.08	63.14
40	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	12.27	8.65	17.41	15.77	20.61	16.23
41	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.19	2.54	58.47	52.72	59.22	64.04
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.12	6.38	23.02	21.09	11.50	50.30
43	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.60	5.78	23.29	18.78	12.67	53.07
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.55	8.70	15.33	11.84	8.75	34.80
45	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	11.49	4.95	26.65	24.50	14.30	54.04
46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.30	4.30	29.70	31.11	14.37	58.62
47	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	11.22	5.23	24.08	20.17	20.08	34.48
48	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	10.98	7.22	16.70	18.78	12.92	19.19
49	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.87	2.36	50.05	33.77	52.85	70.26
50	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.85	9.99	11.79	8.18	7.99	25.08
51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.28	2.08	50.76	34.67	63.37	59.52
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.15	1.66	62.09	58.80	64.10	63.52
53	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.00	7.63	13.11	14.08	13.14	12.19
54	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.78	1.38	69.25	68.84	65.43	73.72
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.53	2.78	32.65	33.35	15.18	68.73
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.43	7.78	11.44	11.42	4.05	32.34
57	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.36	1.32	66.35	59.85	66.88	72.96
58	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.35	1.72	50.85	47.84	62.41	44.05
59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9.30	2.87	30.16	20.87	44.72	29.40
60	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.24	2.63	32.49	13.97	51.35	47.83
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.11	8.28	10.02	11.25	9.55	9.36
62	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.03	2.90	28.09	29.38	12.09	62.39
63	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	8.78	4.27	18.04	32.59	13.33	13.51
64	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.63	6.70	11.11	16.36	9.54	8.78
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.62	3.12	23.79	22.02	10.88	56.17
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.46	2.47	29.01	30.46	14.08	56.95
67	Guyana`GUY`South America	8.21	2.63	25.61	29.16	13.04	44.15
68	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.91	2.79	22.45	21.26	11.48	46.36
69	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.70	2.29	25.91	19.06	14.35	63.62
70	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.66	2.69	21.84	10.10	29.01	35.54
71	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.31	2.90	18.45	10.04	11.40	54.84
72	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.92	1.47	32.57	32.49	14.43	73.72
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	6.90	2.50	19.07	16.54	12.31	34.06
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.81	4.57	10.16	15.80	7.49	8.85
75	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.92	2.58	13.58	8.13	8.20	37.54
76	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.79	1.09	30.77	33.04	13.41	65.78
77	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.62	1.32	23.94	23.30	10.25	57.47
78	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.47	1.53	19.55	18.18	9.24	44.46
79	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5.46	1.51	19.75	18.81	9.66	42.40
80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.30	1.60	17.55	34.11	12.47	12.70
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.23	2.29	11.95	9.08	11.16	16.86
82	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.04	3.74	6.80	5.48	4.31	13.31
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.97	1.05	23.55	23.18	11.74	48.01
84	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.95	3.07	7.97	9.83	3.77	13.65
85	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.92	1.79	13.53	15.59	2.98	53.29
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.82	1.73	13.41	8.03	7.71	38.96
87	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.81	1.57	14.74	10.72	8.72	34.29
88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.78	0.36	63.44	65.12	55.56	70.57
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.70	1.11	19.94	14.62	11.95	45.36
90	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.68	1.84	11.88	7.40	7.88	28.75
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.66	1.49	14.57	16.68	3.30	56.20
92	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.49	1.12	18.00	10.42	11.93	46.91
93	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.43	0.67	29.26	34.67	14.28	50.61
94	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.26	1.99	9.10	6.41	3.29	35.69
95	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.18	1.33	13.14	16.48	11.47	12.00
96	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.16	0.25	69.14	69.81	58.67	80.71
97	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.14	0.54	31.70	35.76	13.07	68.18
98	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.06	0.67	24.55	18.17	12.95	62.88
99	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.02	0.88	18.37	11.88	17.68	29.53
100	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.96	1.20	13.10	6.55	9.78	35.12
101	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.92	0.25	61.48	58.61	70.84	55.96
=102	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.88	0.79	19.02	16.15	11.08	38.47
=102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.88	2.20	6.84	5.33	1.83	32.76
104	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.87	0.57	26.29	19.90	14.34	63.71
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.86	0.73	20.44	23.53	9.21	39.38
106	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.76	0.57	24.85	16.48	20.00	46.58
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.67	0.38	35.47	15.64	56.37	50.61
=108	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.65	1.45	9.17	5.47	6.50	21.72
=108	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.65	0.48	27.74	19.15	22.05	50.57
110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.59	0.70	18.39	14.41	8.85	48.80
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.48	0.73	16.61	17.22	10.20	26.08
112	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.44	0.85	13.89	13.62	3.59	54.75
113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.43	0.82	14.35	20.74	2.55	55.92
114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.38	0.34	33.57	54.23	12.88	54.17
115	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.35	0.69	16.30	9.81	10.71	41.24
116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.33	0.16	69.50	76.00	60.85	72.59
117	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.29	0.34	31.84	34.28	14.33	65.72
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.19	0.16	63.61	64.23	60.30	66.44
119	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	3.16	1.04	9.60	6.18	9.25	15.47
120	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.07	0.35	27.01	27.44	13.18	54.47
121	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.01	0.38	23.92	17.61	14.16	54.88
122	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.92	0.83	10.26	10.80	2.45	40.84
123	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.91	0.23	36.82	67.32	12.45	59.58
124	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.87	0.50	16.49	10.25	10.20	42.86
125	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.81	1.05	7.53	8.90	1.81	26.46
126	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.80	0.79	9.93	11.79	2.38	34.89
127	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.78	1.02	7.57	8.75	2.43	20.39
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.76	0.49	15.58	20.28	11.40	16.37
129	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.75	0.28	27.04	26.16	11.88	63.63
130	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.70	0.53	13.78	10.17	8.96	28.73
131	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.68	1.04	6.91	4.66	2.51	28.23
132	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.63	0.24	28.80	28.27	14.71	57.42
133	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.58	0.46	14.47	6.86	9.89	44.68
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.52	0.32	19.83	10.38	13.51	55.64
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.51	0.23	27.41	11.15	41.89	44.10
136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.49	0.20	30.99	32.29	13.85	66.57
137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.48	0.24	25.73	27.50	12.35	50.13
138	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.42	0.34	17.28	9.02	12.08	47.37
139	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.38	0.30	18.85	17.53	8.88	43.06
140	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.37	0.64	8.81	8.37	2.19	37.30
141	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.33	1.06	5.12	3.53	1.40	27.16
142	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.23	0.08	62.08	61.24	58.13	67.20
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.21	0.22	22.14	20.52	11.62	45.54
144	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.17	0.07	67.47	66.44	65.77	70.29
145	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.16	0.43	10.84	7.39	10.41	16.58
146	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.13	0.31	14.67	11.75	7.88	34.09
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.10	0.16	27.44	34.97	12.04	49.05
148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.09	0.12	36.46	37.82	16.51	77.60
149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.07	0.48	8.91	6.95	2.43	41.89
150	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.04	0.23	18.09	11.63	11.93	42.64
=151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.02	0.07	58.28	61.00	52.85	61.39
=151	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.02	0.25	16.38	11.50	10.08	37.88
153	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.01	0.13	31.04	42.75	12.90	54.23
154	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.93	0.44	8.46	8.21	2.11	35.01
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.92	0.14	26.28	30.41	10.75	55.52
156	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.90	0.14	25.82	25.96	13.38	49.57
=157	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.84	0.31	10.88	14.44	2.62	34.07
=157	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.84	0.21	16.10	19.54	11.59	18.43
159	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.81	0.67	4.90	3.49	1.73	19.51
160	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.69	0.17	16.81	11.68	10.51	38.71
161	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.67	0.36	7.78	6.72	2.43	28.83
162	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.56	0.15	16.18	9.71	10.58	41.20
=163	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.47	0.09	24.06	28.58	10.02	48.62
=163	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.47	0.50	4.34	7.08	0.45	25.61
165	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.42	0.09	22.40	56.13	3.52	56.89
166	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.41	0.10	19.87	15.22	10.76	47.87
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.35	0.07	26.02	24.22	11.45	63.50
=168	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.32	0.07	24.93	19.60	13.46	58.76
=168	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.32	0.18	9.71	10.08	3.00	30.23
170	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.20	0.17	8.45	5.69	3.26	32.55
171	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.18	0.33	4.22	9.78	2.30	3.33
172	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.16	0.11	12.25	17.60	2.76	37.88
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.15	0.17	7.78	11.57	3.07	13.24
174	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.14	0.07	18.61	15.84	10.02	40.59
175	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.10	0.10	12.04	6.98	6.90	36.22
176	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.09	0.16	7.48	6.18	2.57	26.31
177	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.06	0.18	6.27	5.50	1.64	27.39
=178	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.04	0.10	10.75	11.09	2.59	43.26
=178	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.04	0.15	7.18	5.93	1.96	31.87
=178	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.04	0.10	10.82	14.47	2.31	37.91
181	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.03	0.10	10.67	9.62	2.83	44.63
182	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.96	0.11	8.37	6.57	8.77	10.18
183	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.94	0.15	5.91	3.36	8.50	7.23
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.89	0.14	5.60	7.08	2.75	9.00
185	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.82	0.15	4.44	4.81	0.85	21.45
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.81	0.05	12.97	9.86	6.05	36.54
187	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.80	0.11	5.79	7.24	2.86	9.39
188	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.74	0.09	6.04	6.51	1.75	19.38
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.53	0.06	4.63	5.33	1.63	11.39
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.48	0.02	11.70	10.08	3.05	52.07
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.33	0.03	3.59	1.92	1.27	19.01
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.25	0.02	3.09	3.11	1.80	5.26
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.18	0.02	1.55	1.73	0.42	5.10

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines45.38
2India43.60
3Indonesia42.06
4Colombia38.70
5Mexico36.04

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.25
191San Marino0.33
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.48
189Luxembourg0.53

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.14. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.43
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestSomalia74.86
LowestMonaco1.55
Middle country: 19.55
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic76.00
LowestMonaco1.73
Middle country: 17.22
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia80.96
LowestMonaco0.42
Middle country: 11.59
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan80.71
LowestBrunei3.33
Middle country: 43.06

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
181values changed, of 193 in both
113 · 68rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

Indonesia33.10 → 42.06+8.96
Thailand19.49 → 22.43+2.94
Honduras14.39 → 17.30+2.91
Madagascar23.74 → 26.05+2.31
Australia19.60 → 21.73+2.13

Fell most

Panama18.68 → 15.98−2.70
Libya13.76 → 11.49−2.27
Portugal6.64 → 4.95−1.69
United Arab Emirates6.49 → 5.04−1.45
Pakistan26.76 → 25.46−1.30

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 2018.
185 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 1.04. 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-2018-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 (2018). World Risk Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2018

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2017
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2019
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