Data for 2020

World Risk Index, 2020

Name: World Risk Index, 2020
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2020, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2020 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 46.72; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.12. Against 2019, 180 values changed (86 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2020

HighestPhilippines

46.72

LowestMonaco

0.18

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

193countries
6measures per country
2020the year it describes
175distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2020, 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, 2020: 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	46.72	39.99	54.58	50.16	58.71	55.21
2	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	41.83	39.89	43.86	33.23	50.90	49.89
3	India`IND`Southern Asia	40.52	35.99	45.61	30.38	54.99	56.80
4	Mexico`MEX`Central America	39.06	50.08	30.46	43.80	12.78	50.47
5	Colombia`COL`South America	38.75	31.54	47.62	47.29	50.03	45.63
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	35.40	22.43	55.88	50.53	59.96	57.59
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	34.11	18.10	64.27	67.07	63.91	61.94
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	28.07	16.57	47.56	37.40	59.01	48.74
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	27.75	28.35	27.17	13.46	39.80	37.45
10	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	27.62	64.59	11.81	12.31	11.99	11.15
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.55	13.11	53.77	40.28	59.89	64.46
12	Peru`PER`South America	26.09	16.65	40.88	27.66	49.63	49.78
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.81	26.73	24.92	25.19	13.31	46.17
14	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	25.17	8.55	74.08	67.60	79.85	75.30
15	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.61	9.12	66.42	60.10	69.07	70.60
16	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.47	18.84	31.78	32.49	14.34	68.91
17	United States`USA`Northern America	24.07	39.59	14.64	10.45	9.27	32.39
18	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.70	19.52	28.77	28.78	13.08	63.27
19	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.69	18.71	30.00	39.56	14.09	48.46
20	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.68	18.38	30.51	26.12	15.15	71.78
21	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23.60	14.57	38.23	26.93	47.14	44.02
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.50	31.21	14.81	8.41	14.22	27.14
23	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	21.16	14.32	31.28	15.95	50.54	37.95
24	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.80	10.74	40.28	27.15	48.32	49.81
25	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	20.30	43.67	9.44	14.26	7.43	7.94
26	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.64	25.89	14.90	12.38	7.95	33.59
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.47	15.89	23.86	26.51	10.97	46.68
28	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.43	12.49	24.32	19.95	59.15	12.19
29	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	16.43	5.49	49.16	33.55	56.81	62.33
30	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.17	8.82	29.64	30.51	14.65	58.27
31	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.15	8.90	29.30	15.32	46.76	35.12
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.77	11.54	21.54	19.04	10.88	48.22
33	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	14.90	9.62	23.09	18.17	12.46	54.40
34	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.76	7.30	29.86	46.95	12.07	46.98
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	14.64	17.99	11.92	8.45	5.92	33.89
36	Chile`CHL`South America	14.19	12.86	15.66	10.39	9.09	40.63
37	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	14.13	4.94	40.41	23.85	55.10	50.22
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.97	8.64	22.58	15.27	20.00	37.71
39	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.89	9.89	19.52	19.48	10.91	34.99
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.81	3.27	58.35	58.47	58.04	58.53
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.34	7.05	25.26	23.06	13.42	52.10
42	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.54	2.53	62.20	51.96	69.11	67.02
43	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.48	6.37	24.45	25.76	11.11	51.06
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.67	5.80	23.47	19.11	12.37	54.70
45	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.24	4.29	29.45	31.38	14.51	56.11
46	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.22	2.08	60.49	59.87	58.18	63.54
47	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.18	9.96	12.56	10.35	8.24	23.25
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.89	2.37	50.02	33.61	53.90	69.10
49	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	10.74	7.22	15.98	8.90	13.53	33.86
50	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.69	8.69	13.16	9.12	8.62	28.96
=51	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.62	4.25	26.53	23.00	14.62	55.55
=51	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10.62	5.25	21.47	12.89	20.31	37.79
53	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.18	1.65	62.85	58.58	63.82	66.41
54	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.04	7.63	13.22	15.20	13.05	11.64
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.03	2.88	34.95	21.68	45.17	43.61
56	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.00	2.78	35.95	43.46	15.21	70.26
57	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.75	7.77	12.24	8.32	7.65	28.83
58	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.74	1.37	69.24	69.10	68.15	70.48
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.68	2.62	35.76	18.71	51.54	47.41
60	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.25	1.32	64.84	57.86	66.38	70.97
61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.12	2.91	28.56	29.30	13.50	58.92
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.00	8.25	9.81	11.00	8.60	9.97
63	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.63	1.72	43.30	28.77	58.49	48.26
64	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	8.53	3.13	23.27	21.68	10.80	53.82
65	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.43	2.47	28.75	29.87	14.30	55.64
66	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.93	2.93	21.45	17.20	11.73	48.93
67	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.74	2.50	23.96	28.42	12.47	38.79
68	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.67	4.57	12.88	16.00	7.52	17.74
=69	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	7.56	2.30	24.83	18.38	14.57	57.17
=69	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.56	2.70	21.19	10.27	29.70	31.21
71	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.35	6.68	8.08	12.31	4.82	8.89
72	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.90	1.47	32.38	31.75	14.44	74.06
73	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.83	2.79	16.74	21.09	11.84	18.78
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.73	2.63	17.20	16.79	11.16	27.15
75	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.64	3.77	11.69	10.61	4.35	34.57
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.08	2.58	14.35	10.76	7.78	35.31
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.93	1.60	21.96	19.02	12.17	45.73
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.80	1.32	25.45	29.98	10.40	52.89
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.74	2.29	14.39	6.89	11.74	36.84
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.36	1.05	27.36	30.23	12.29	55.15
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.24	1.54	17.83	14.90	8.84	43.01
82	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.09	1.73	14.96	10.22	7.79	42.02
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.01	1.09	23.02	14.32	13.25	64.27
84	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.98	1.78	13.91	15.70	2.98	57.57
85	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.89	0.57	42.02	19.69	58.49	64.43
86	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.85	0.36	65.34	63.66	62.91	69.66
87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.80	1.50	15.38	20.93	3.29	52.82
88	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.79	3.07	7.47	9.75	3.83	11.16
89	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.70	1.10	20.08	14.31	11.93	47.40
90	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.47	0.67	29.81	32.39	13.05	62.64
91	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.43	1.12	17.56	10.34	11.27	46.44
92	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	4.41	1.84	10.56	5.85	7.90	25.50
93	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.22	0.25	71.33	70.49	65.95	78.07
94	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.20	2.20	8.03	9.13	1.84	30.85
95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.14	0.67	25.55	19.46	14.06	60.96
96	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.13	1.99	8.59	6.20	3.31	30.91
97	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.12	0.54	31.50	34.82	13.12	68.43
98	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.08	1.57	10.60	14.68	9.67	8.39
=99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.05	1.33	12.31	16.07	11.57	10.03
=99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.05	0.48	34.11	20.05	42.01	47.12
101	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.02	0.25	64.61	55.32	70.89	68.79
102	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	3.99	1.51	10.54	11.06	9.92	10.68
103	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.87	1.20	12.49	5.43	9.71	36.93
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.78	0.88	16.21	15.70	9.43	28.76
105	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.73	0.57	24.43	17.34	19.95	42.13
106	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.66	0.73	18.36	15.24	9.20	44.13
107	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.65	0.73	18.22	13.81	10.05	43.61
108	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.53	0.38	32.73	12.96	48.17	56.14
109	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.38	0.86	13.30	10.84	3.56	60.97
=110	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.34	0.16	69.69	73.68	65.13	70.52
=110	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.34	0.79	14.11	7.49	10.35	36.27
112	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.31	0.35	31.23	33.77	14.17	63.66
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.30	0.71	15.34	9.11	8.62	45.97
114	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.25	1.45	7.29	8.20	6.29	7.52
115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.11	0.35	27.63	29.42	13.52	53.01
=116	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.07	0.34	27.74	28.91	12.71	58.09
=116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.07	0.81	11.67	13.19	2.54	47.47
=118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.04	0.16	57.80	47.59	60.28	67.32
=118	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.04	0.49	18.92	15.12	11.35	39.47
120	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.03	0.38	24.20	16.96	14.17	58.95
121	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.96	0.28	31.31	34.52	13.56	65.56
=122	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	2.90	1.02	8.23	6.77	2.51	32.77
=122	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.90	1.06	7.96	4.42	4.54	25.15
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.88	0.12	69.11	69.96	62.15	75.92
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.81	0.23	34.43	48.79	13.87	60.31
=126	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.79	1.05	7.44	4.59	2.56	35.07
=126	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.79	0.83	9.36	9.98	2.45	33.49
128	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.78	0.69	11.21	9.81	2.79	51.51
129	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.69	0.16	45.26	32.94	47.25	59.56
130	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.68	0.23	31.22	16.31	42.67	43.71
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.67	0.25	28.51	28.53	13.90	58.44
132	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	2.66	1.05	6.76	6.88	1.81	24.82
133	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.61	0.46	14.81	6.91	10.31	45.61
=134	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.59	0.34	19.72	14.95	10.72	47.88
=134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.59	0.33	20.30	10.16	14.87	55.41
=136	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.53	1.03	6.22	4.25	2.45	23.12
=136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.53	0.20	31.99	32.54	14.64	68.70
138	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.39	0.23	24.91	27.22	11.66	48.71
139	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.35	0.64	8.60	8.61	2.13	34.68
140	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.29	0.50	10.49	10.10	2.75	41.54
141	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.27	0.43	12.00	11.75	10.02	14.66
=142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.24	0.23	21.77	15.91	13.07	49.61
=142	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.24	0.53	9.47	10.24	9.10	9.10
144	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.23	0.30	16.62	13.51	8.35	40.67
145	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.22	0.79	6.24	9.03	2.37	11.34
146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.21	0.22	22.24	19.06	11.03	52.29
147	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.20	0.08	60.77	60.38	60.05	61.89
148	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.18	0.25	19.09	15.52	10.08	44.49
=149	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	2.17	0.13	36.20	55.39	13.27	64.52
=149	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.17	0.07	67.34	67.52	65.92	68.62
=151	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.09	0.48	9.10	8.11	2.38	39.04
=151	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.09	0.21	20.90	18.91	11.26	42.87
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.05	0.07	60.25	61.96	58.09	60.76
154	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.88	0.31	11.44	14.30	2.59	40.43
155	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.82	0.18	18.49	17.64	11.41	31.39
=156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.79	0.43	7.48	6.96	2.05	29.33
=156	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.79	0.14	23.01	19.00	13.26	48.38
=158	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.76	0.55	5.63	5.44	1.70	19.25
=158	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.76	0.17	18.20	14.86	10.07	40.31
160	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.69	0.15	19.08	16.49	10.65	39.53
161	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.65	0.36	7.54	6.74	2.49	25.54
162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.61	0.09	28.93	30.73	12.20	64.56
=163	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.51	0.49	4.67	5.46	0.80	23.38
=163	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.51	0.31	7.35	7.04	2.09	27.03
165	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.45	0.09	23.36	26.79	10.14	46.90
166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.43	0.14	14.70	17.88	3.21	55.34
167	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.42	0.33	6.10	9.51	2.25	10.61
168	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.33	0.07	25.42	19.20	14.02	60.99
169	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.31	0.10	17.16	9.91	10.14	50.28
170	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.30	0.15	11.22	4.89	8.39	34.39
171	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.28	0.10	16.43	9.52	10.01	46.53
=172	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.27	0.07	23.08	26.71	10.68	43.11
=172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.27	0.17	9.47	9.50	3.12	28.69
174	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.19	0.17	8.39	5.78	3.25	31.40
175	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.15	0.10	13.28	8.99	7.11	36.68
176	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.10	0.11	11.06	14.02	2.74	35.22
=177	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.09	0.10	11.91	11.20	4.24	35.61
=177	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.09	0.16	7.45	6.21	2.58	25.86
179	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.08	0.10	11.70	13.87	2.61	44.26
180	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.04	0.07	15.54	18.12	3.31	62.59
181	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.03	0.11	9.70	5.89	9.99	15.52
182	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.02	0.11	9.41	8.40	9.75	10.18
183	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1.01	0.14	7.26	7.06	2.72	19.95
184	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.96	0.15	6.10	5.96	1.99	19.14
185	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.95	0.18	5.03	5.39	0.92	25.63
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.78	0.05	12.31	8.19	6.26	36.40
187	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.75	0.15	3.77	3.23	0.84	19.74
188	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.66	0.09	4.86	6.36	0.96	18.80
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.53	0.06	4.73	6.69	5.96	2.66
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.48	0.02	11.45	9.83	3.03	50.34
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.34	0.03	3.95	3.13	1.30	15.10
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.24	0.02	2.93	3.21	1.74	4.51
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.18	0.02	1.61	2.01	0.44	4.68

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines46.72
2Indonesia41.83
3India40.52
4Mexico39.06
5Colombia38.75

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.24
191San Marino0.34
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.48
189Luxembourg0.53

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.12. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.59
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestSomalia74.08
LowestMonaco1.61
Middle country: 20.30
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic73.68
LowestMonaco2.01
Middle country: 16.00
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia79.85
LowestMonaco0.44
Middle country: 11.41
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan78.07
LowestLuxembourg2.66
Middle country: 45.63

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 193 in both
86 · 94rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Nicaragua19.15 → 23.69+4.54
Peru21.76 → 26.09+4.33
Tanzania13.10 → 16.43+3.33
El Salvador11.74 → 14.76+3.02
Egypt18.59 → 20.80+2.21

Fell most

China34.22 → 27.62−6.60
Japan25.24 → 20.30−4.94
Papua New Guinea27.17 → 24.47−2.70
Indonesia43.68 → 41.83−1.85
Bahamas5.58 → 3.99−1.59

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

Read before you use

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 2020.
175 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 2 countries share 10.62. 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-2020-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 (2020). World Risk Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2020

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2019
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2021
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