Data for 2019

World Risk Index, 2019

Name: World Risk Index, 2019
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2019, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2019 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 47.09; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.23. Against 2018, 183 values changed (98 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2019

HighestPhilippines

47.09

LowestMonaco

0.18

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

193countries
6measures per country
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: 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	47.09	40.08	55.32	51.13	59.28	55.85
2	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.68	39.88	47.84	42.29	51.42	50.34
3	India`IND`Southern Asia	41.77	35.99	48.47	36.77	54.95	56.37
4	Mexico`MEX`Central America	39.05	50.12	30.43	43.20	12.82	50.88
5	Colombia`COL`South America	38.61	31.50	47.32	47.58	49.11	45.36
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35.95	22.49	57.45	52.12	61.62	59.04
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	34.61	18.09	66.22	67.53	62.44	68.88
8	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.22	64.58	18.13	14.90	23.62	16.92
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	29.16	28.46	29.88	17.73	39.49	38.09
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.26	16.56	48.24	37.69	58.92	50.56
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	27.80	13.10	58.98	51.75	61.33	64.65
12	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.17	18.88	39.11	58.69	14.80	68.85
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.93	26.76	25.13	25.24	13.24	47.51
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	25.24	43.73	14.57	14.73	7.54	27.86
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.23	8.58	74.18	68.19	80.57	74.30
16	United States`USA`Northern America	25.09	39.57	15.91	13.74	8.95	32.78
17	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.78	9.16	67.06	59.94	70.25	71.61
18	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.62	18.34	30.42	25.58	15.22	72.33
19	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23.41	14.53	37.72	26.76	48.09	41.70
20	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.79	19.46	26.68	22.14	13.45	63.77
21	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.82	31.27	15.22	8.60	14.48	28.31
22	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21.79	14.29	33.23	19.14	49.88	38.43
23	Peru`PER`South America	21.76	16.65	28.43	36.25	12.85	49.32
24	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.75	25.89	15.06	12.49	7.51	36.38
25	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.15	18.61	19.71	27.70	13.19	20.97
26	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.59	10.74	32.19	13.33	47.56	52.62
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.52	15.88	21.61	25.71	10.83	36.24
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.56	12.48	24.71	21.00	57.02	12.60
29	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.88	11.56	21.81	19.81	10.90	48.06
30	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	15.56	4.93	49.13	41.95	54.35	52.01
31	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.10	8.84	25.80	22.10	13.61	57.12
32	Chile`CHL`South America	14.91	12.89	17.24	12.61	10.63	38.22
33	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14.25	8.93	22.74	15.40	44.91	17.00
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.10	9.62	20.68	13.48	12.13	54.08
35	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	14.05	9.84	20.07	19.34	10.96	38.12
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.97	8.62	22.65	15.91	19.94	36.63
37	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.58	7.03	26.23	27.65	13.65	47.83
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	13.44	18.02	10.03	8.48	3.42	34.75
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.17	3.27	53.05	43.87	55.83	60.95
40	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	13.10	5.50	31.20	33.50	14.54	62.35
41	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.46	2.53	61.36	52.66	68.11	64.41
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.22	6.38	23.41	21.56	11.47	51.89
43	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.74	7.31	18.85	47.93	11.46	12.20
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.56	5.80	23.03	18.42	12.38	53.54
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.45	8.70	15.06	11.86	8.59	33.50
46	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.41	7.23	18.01	9.30	13.50	46.54
=47	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	11.27	4.28	29.65	32.28	14.35	56.26
=47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.27	9.98	12.72	10.55	8.23	23.68
=49	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.24	2.08	60.76	59.30	58.83	64.30
=49	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.24	4.30	29.37	30.78	14.21	57.94
51	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.86	2.37	49.80	33.38	53.05	69.73
52	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10.55	5.24	21.24	13.05	20.45	35.89
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.14	1.66	61.94	59.03	64.18	62.72
54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.05	7.64	13.23	18.39	13.15	9.58
55	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.95	2.78	35.64	42.36	15.07	70.91
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.94	7.78	12.71	8.46	7.56	32.14
57	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.74	1.38	68.81	69.29	67.69	69.46
58	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.70	2.62	35.91	18.56	53.34	46.77
59	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.39	3.13	28.17	37.82	10.71	55.19
60	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.28	1.32	65.30	58.04	66.21	72.45
61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.18	2.91	28.93	30.35	13.15	60.67
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9.16	2.87	29.25	13.24	44.38	42.60
=63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.88	8.27	9.54	10.90	8.62	9.24
=63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.88	1.72	45.81	38.93	61.70	40.02
65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.61	6.69	11.07	15.81	9.39	9.14
66	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.40	2.47	28.56	30.24	13.94	55.27
67	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	7.80	2.79	21.81	20.85	11.42	43.59
68	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.64	2.70	21.60	10.12	28.67	34.73
69	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.56	2.28	25.05	19.06	14.53	56.75
70	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.45	3.01	18.42	16.45	12.20	31.15
71	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.26	2.92	18.05	10.03	11.23	52.20
72	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.13	4.57	11.13	15.28	7.46	12.10
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.98	2.63	18.52	17.12	12.87	28.85
74	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.92	2.58	18.54	10.89	15.55	37.64
75	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.58	1.47	29.44	24.10	14.22	74.47
76	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.34	1.10	36.53	57.23	13.62	62.54
77	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.70	3.76	8.63	7.06	4.31	21.10
78	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.67	0.57	56.32	47.01	58.11	65.39
79	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.62	1.32	23.96	23.24	10.26	57.71
80	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5.58	1.52	20.48	19.86	10.09	42.89
81	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.53	2.29	13.36	12.35	11.69	16.53
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.46	1.60	18.62	41.70	12.21	12.68
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.28	1.05	26.54	30.89	11.77	51.39
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.12	1.54	16.99	19.30	9.10	27.94
85	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.05	3.07	8.32	12.78	3.80	11.86
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.03	1.73	14.63	10.11	7.66	40.46
87	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.91	1.78	13.55	15.98	2.96	52.58
88	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.78	0.36	63.52	64.23	56.04	71.19
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.72	1.11	20.11	14.53	11.82	47.38
90	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.64	1.84	11.71	7.46	7.92	27.21
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.61	1.49	14.26	16.70	3.29	52.80
92	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.55	1.12	18.45	10.40	11.92	50.67
93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.54	1.57	13.12	8.34	8.36	32.41
94	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.49	0.67	30.04	31.89	13.09	64.94
95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.39	0.67	28.82	32.92	14.05	51.74
96	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.25	1.99	9.07	6.48	3.29	35.00
97	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.23	0.25	71.67	71.74	64.89	79.07
98	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	4.19	0.88	19.99	15.63	16.48	30.99
99	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.16	0.55	31.48	34.09	13.13	69.69
100	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.01	0.25	64.42	57.24	70.25	66.49
101	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.99	1.20	13.25	6.49	9.51	37.66
102	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.91	2.20	6.96	5.38	1.84	34.09
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.89	0.38	39.87	22.53	55.42	50.75
=104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.78	0.57	25.07	17.29	19.98	45.60
=104	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.78	1.33	10.77	9.37	11.43	11.67
106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.49	0.48	25.34	15.31	21.37	49.72
107	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.44	0.73	16.22	11.83	8.92	40.42
=108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.41	0.16	72.80	76.91	65.00	77.18
=108	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	3.41	0.69	16.88	9.86	10.46	46.64
110	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.37	0.34	33.39	52.47	12.81	55.39
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.35	0.35	32.12	34.76	14.66	65.06
=112	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.32	0.85	12.98	11.02	3.56	55.80
=112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.32	0.70	15.71	9.20	8.78	47.96
114	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.31	0.73	15.00	14.04	10.09	23.84
115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.28	0.35	30.73	39.09	13.56	54.75
116	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.21	1.45	7.09	6.65	6.60	8.11
117	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.09	0.49	19.44	15.21	11.38	42.42
118	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.06	0.79	11.89	9.19	11.08	16.52
119	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.05	0.38	24.56	17.71	14.30	58.49
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.98	0.16	55.54	47.54	60.22	59.84
121	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.96	0.81	10.84	9.65	2.52	52.41
122	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.94	0.23	37.46	65.51	13.68	58.65
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.90	0.33	25.42	18.44	14.76	60.35
124	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.87	1.02	8.07	6.74	2.44	31.94
125	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.80	1.05	7.45	8.91	1.79	25.93
=126	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.78	1.06	7.29	5.77	2.55	26.35
=126	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.78	0.46	16.77	11.51	9.94	41.20
128	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.77	1.05	7.29	4.63	2.52	33.14
129	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.74	0.83	9.07	8.60	2.45	35.45
130	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.69	0.25	28.88	29.10	14.70	56.31
131	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.67	0.53	13.48	10.23	9.01	26.60
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.64	0.16	43.40	33.77	47.34	51.12
133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.55	0.20	32.42	33.98	14.51	69.09
=134	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.54	0.12	53.67	70.15	30.86	71.42
=134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.54	0.43	15.04	21.07	10.26	15.73
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.53	0.34	18.79	15.13	9.57	45.81
=137	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.43	0.23	25.74	9.22	42.62	43.39
=137	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.43	0.23	25.73	27.52	12.07	51.29
139	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.39	0.64	8.91	8.80	2.17	37.09
140	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.33	0.28	19.38	34.28	3.26	65.09
=141	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.32	0.48	11.24	14.17	2.38	42.16
=141	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.32	0.79	6.82	9.19	2.38	14.49
=143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.26	0.22	23.23	24.91	11.58	43.44
=143	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.26	0.08	63.57	60.90	59.29	71.16
145	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.23	0.30	16.64	13.63	8.14	41.53
146	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.20	1.03	4.71	4.29	2.40	10.12
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.16	0.07	66.90	66.87	64.72	69.19
148	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.04	0.23	18.11	11.45	11.92	43.50
149	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.02	0.50	8.19	17.66	2.77	11.24
150	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.99	0.21	18.84	14.13	11.60	40.81
151	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.95	0.13	29.40	32.81	13.06	59.32
152	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.94	0.25	15.09	8.85	9.88	39.28
153	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.92	0.44	8.41	8.29	2.09	34.27
154	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.91	0.14	26.15	26.66	13.46	49.82
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.89	0.07	50.78	36.30	55.59	64.89
156	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.87	0.31	11.25	14.41	2.66	37.10
157	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.72	0.17	17.49	14.05	9.98	38.17
158	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.65	0.67	4.04	3.52	0.95	19.79
159	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.64	0.36	7.48	6.74	2.48	25.02
=160	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.56	0.31	7.88	7.07	2.03	34.13
=160	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.56	0.15	16.22	9.70	10.54	41.74
162	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.54	0.49	4.86	5.54	0.81	25.59
163	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.43	0.14	14.60	18.10	3.17	54.29
164	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.40	0.33	5.93	9.70	2.32	9.26
=165	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.33	0.09	19.72	16.31	9.75	48.23
=165	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.33	0.18	9.78	10.06	3.00	31.00
=167	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.31	0.10	17.14	9.85	10.58	48.28
=167	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.31	0.07	24.70	19.48	13.23	58.50
169	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.30	0.09	18.77	31.20	3.54	59.83
170	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.28	0.10	16.48	9.52	10.11	46.49
171	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.24	0.17	9.11	7.38	3.19	32.12
=172	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.18	0.11	12.74	9.73	9.97	21.30
=172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.18	0.17	8.23	13.74	3.09	13.13
174	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.13	0.11	11.62	14.27	2.76	39.81
175	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.11	0.10	12.22	6.96	7.06	37.10
176	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.09	0.15	7.94	3.36	8.47	17.57
177	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.08	0.16	7.33	6.14	2.57	24.91
178	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.06	0.18	6.28	5.43	1.59	28.72
179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.05	0.15	7.32	6.03	2.07	31.37
180	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.04	0.07	15.60	17.97	3.29	64.27
181	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.03	0.10	10.70	10.78	2.59	43.90
182	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.02	0.11	9.47	8.48	9.72	10.29
183	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.93	0.07	12.29	15.54	2.72	43.90
184	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.91	0.10	8.36	6.67	2.34	37.48
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.88	0.14	5.52	7.07	2.73	8.72
186	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.84	0.15	4.68	4.88	0.87	24.07
187	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.78	0.05	12.03	8.22	5.83	36.29
188	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.74	0.09	6.01	6.43	1.70	19.86
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.70	0.06	8.27	8.89	5.85	10.88
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.48	0.02	11.63	10.01	3.02	51.98
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.35	0.03	4.07	2.98	1.30	17.46
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.25	0.02	3.04	3.08	1.78	5.14
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.18	0.02	1.55	1.74	0.43	5.00

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines47.09
2Indonesia43.68
3India41.77
4Mexico39.05
5Colombia38.61

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.25
191San Marino0.35
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.48
189Luxembourg0.70

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
HighestChina64.58
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestSomalia74.18
LowestMonaco1.55
Middle country: 18.84
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic76.91
LowestMonaco1.74
Middle country: 15.91
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia80.57
LowestMonaco0.43
Middle country: 11.47
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan79.07
LowestMonaco5.00
Middle country: 43.44

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 193 in both
98 · 85rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador19.20 → 23.41+4.21
Libya11.49 → 15.56+4.07
Mexico36.04 → 39.05+3.01
Panama15.98 → 18.52+2.54
Djibouti8.78 → 11.27+2.49

Fell most

El Salvador14.92 → 11.74−3.18
Madagascar26.05 → 23.62−2.43
Honduras17.30 → 15.10−2.20
India43.60 → 41.77−1.83
Egypt20.31 → 18.59−1.72

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 2019.
178 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 11.27. 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-2019-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 (2019). World Risk Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2019

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2018
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2020
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