Data for 2021

World Risk Index, 2021

Name: World Risk Index, 2021
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
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2021, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2021 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 47.42; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.23. Against 2020, 183 values changed (100 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2021

HighestPhilippines

47.42

LowestMonaco

0.18

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

193countries
6measures per country
2021the year it describes
179distinct 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, 2021, 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, 2021: 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	47.42	39.99	56.24	51.16	59.38	58.55
2	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	43.64	39.89	47.75	43.21	52.20	48.28
3	India`IND`Southern Asia	40.55	35.99	45.68	30.46	55.84	56.05
4	Colombia`COL`South America	37.65	31.54	44.95	38.57	51.09	46.10
5	Mexico`MEX`Central America	37.49	50.08	28.06	35.54	12.94	48.02
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.54	22.43	59.54	54.10	62.30	62.62
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	34.97	18.10	67.57	66.48	64.99	71.40
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	27.81	16.57	46.67	35.24	58.84	49.01
9	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	27.15	28.35	26.01	11.32	39.73	39.14
10	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.98	64.59	11.27	12.16	11.69	10.07
11	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.88	18.84	38.35	56.72	14.59	68.15
12	Peru`PER`South America	26.13	16.65	41.02	27.23	50.43	50.26
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.19	13.11	48.41	29.80	59.49	64.01
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	24.95	26.73	23.29	20.85	13.32	45.50
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.86	8.55	72.28	68.01	81.46	68.17
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.77	9.12	67.26	59.47	71.54	71.53
17	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	24.75	18.38	33.32	33.77	15.17	72.18
18	United States`USA`Northern America	24.03	39.59	14.58	10.49	8.48	34.83
19	Venezuela`VEN`South America	23.70	19.52	28.77	24.79	15.21	63.14
=20	Ecuador`ECU`South America	22.50	14.57	34.74	22.32	45.74	41.08
=20	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	22.50	14.32	35.35	20.97	51.17	41.18
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.84	31.21	15.29	8.57	14.34	29.10
23	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	21.04	43.67	10.14	11.54	7.62	11.87
24	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	20.92	18.71	23.40	16.50	14.29	54.37
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.94	25.89	15.36	12.61	8.07	35.63
26	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	19.92	12.49	31.76	19.91	59.40	27.08
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.25	15.89	23.31	26.25	11.17	43.21
28	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.82	10.74	32.99	16.06	46.87	47.68
29	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.79	8.82	31.95	37.80	14.82	58.22
30	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.42	8.90	30.30	15.45	46.13	39.03
31	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	16.39	5.49	48.94	33.50	56.14	62.32
32	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.31	9.62	24.38	23.96	12.77	47.39
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.06	17.99	12.61	8.71	6.25	36.80
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	14.95	11.54	19.37	14.39	10.90	46.37
35	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.74	7.30	29.78	44.78	12.08	48.80
36	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14.36	8.64	23.87	16.72	20.54	39.61
37	Chile`CHL`South America	14.10	12.86	15.47	10.26	9.22	39.14
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	14.03	6.37	30.91	45.49	12.09	53.71
39	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	13.99	4.94	39.63	22.28	54.47	51.30
=40	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.68	9.89	18.93	15.91	11.18	38.15
=40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.68	3.27	57.26	57.32	57.73	56.73
42	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.51	7.05	25.88	27.88	11.73	52.99
43	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.50	2.53	61.78	51.71	68.61	66.47
44	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	12.33	7.22	21.07	11.25	13.63	61.00
45	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.78	4.29	32.32	39.86	14.70	57.64
46	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.26	9.96	12.72	9.73	8.20	25.81
47	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.06	2.08	58.76	56.80	58.65	60.91
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.92	8.69	13.73	9.03	8.16	35.15
49	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.91	2.37	50.18	33.75	53.42	70.08
50	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	10.90	5.80	20.49	13.07	12.29	53.59
51	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.23	1.65	63.37	58.41	63.24	68.89
=52	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.10	4.25	24.02	17.84	14.64	53.03
=52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.10	7.77	13.13	8.50	7.66	34.77
54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.04	2.78	36.29	45.44	15.03	69.99
55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.02	7.63	13.17	15.01	12.98	11.72
56	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.96	5.25	18.91	9.71	19.83	35.13
57	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.77	2.62	36.46	18.54	51.44	50.80
58	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.71	1.37	68.78	69.33	67.78	69.25
59	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.40	3.13	28.22	37.90	11.01	53.83
60	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.23	1.72	49.49	37.39	57.65	56.22
61	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.15	1.32	63.47	55.73	64.86	70.73
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.90	8.25	9.61	11.43	8.74	8.88
63	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.42	2.47	28.72	30.06	14.31	55.05
64	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.35	2.91	23.96	17.08	13.42	60.01
65	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	8.01	2.93	21.91	14.74	12.87	55.48
66	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.94	2.88	21.89	21.45	11.45	42.72
67	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.92	6.68	9.39	16.93	4.92	9.94
68	Guyana`GUY`South America	7.83	2.63	23.34	23.95	12.14	43.71
69	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.66	2.70	21.73	10.25	29.72	33.69
70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	7.43	4.57	12.08	13.42	7.61	17.26
71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.33	2.50	21.50	16.07	12.56	49.23
72	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.94	1.47	32.72	31.82	14.93	73.74
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.84	1.78	26.28	28.28	11.46	56.02
74	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.64	2.79	15.81	21.36	11.66	15.86
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.28	2.29	17.21	11.73	11.64	37.34
76	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	6.18	1.84	20.79	10.07	31.17	28.63
77	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	6.04	3.77	9.68	8.47	4.35	24.64
78	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	6.03	2.30	15.80	18.51	3.66	58.22
79	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	5.96	1.60	22.20	19.16	12.48	45.73
80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.89	1.32	26.24	31.02	10.52	55.39
81	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	5.85	2.58	13.28	8.12	7.88	36.62
82	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.34	1.05	27.15	29.98	12.12	55.05
83	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	5.10	1.73	15.03	10.08	7.97	42.25
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5.06	1.51	16.94	11.11	10.02	43.65
=85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.01	1.09	23.05	14.96	13.13	62.31
=85	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.01	1.54	16.32	11.67	8.61	43.26
=87	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.91	0.36	66.88	63.73	66.43	70.67
=87	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.91	3.07	7.86	9.80	3.86	12.85
89	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.88	0.67	35.49	55.02	13.12	61.94
90	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.70	1.57	14.06	8.15	9.65	35.31
91	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.69	2.20	9.99	9.55	3.31	31.56
92	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.54	1.10	18.74	12.08	10.73	50.76
93	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	4.53	1.50	13.66	16.07	3.29	48.23
94	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.48	1.99	10.07	8.29	3.46	35.62
95	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.46	1.12	17.75	10.33	11.29	47.98
96	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.25	0.57	31.73	34.18	14.63	63.89
97	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.23	0.25	71.42	71.24	66.06	77.41
98	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	4.15	0.67	25.76	19.21	13.78	64.59
99	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.12	0.48	35.32	20.79	41.93	50.54
100	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.09	0.38	43.97	29.41	49.49	58.39
101	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.03	0.25	64.98	55.61	70.16	70.32
102	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.98	1.45	10.92	8.53	6.26	24.36
103	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.88	1.20	12.56	5.40	9.72	37.72
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.82	0.88	16.56	15.69	9.42	30.70
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.71	0.73	18.90	15.07	9.46	47.32
106	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.60	1.33	9.72	7.48	11.76	10.45
107	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.41	0.16	72.78	75.26	66.68	76.82
108	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3.39	0.79	14.57	7.55	10.48	39.12
109	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.36	0.73	15.50	8.17	10.21	44.61
110	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.33	1.05	10.54	6.99	6.65	25.16
=111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.32	0.71	15.49	9.15	8.54	47.59
=111	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	3.32	0.23	48.01	47.19	46.45	50.50
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.21	0.86	12.00	10.77	3.57	44.99
114	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.16	0.35	28.53	25.12	14.11	65.53
=115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.06	0.35	26.78	28.49	13.67	49.34
=115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	3.06	0.22	42.47	33.47	44.45	51.50
117	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.05	0.16	58.08	47.61	61.75	66.65
=118	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.04	1.02	9.04	8.81	2.51	33.46
=118	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.04	0.34	27.15	29.39	12.88	52.87
120	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.02	0.54	16.86	20.45	3.52	66.54
121	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	2.97	0.49	18.05	12.05	11.48	42.52
122	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.96	0.81	10.79	9.60	2.59	50.59
123	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.95	0.28	31.09	34.40	13.57	64.39
124	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.91	1.06	7.97	4.39	4.49	25.67
125	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.90	0.57	14.73	13.49	5.15	46.01
126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.89	0.48	17.39	14.39	8.85	41.33
127	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.88	0.83	9.99	10.10	2.44	40.40
128	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.84	0.12	67.42	68.52	67.80	65.96
129	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.82	0.43	18.49	16.68	9.85	38.48
130	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.81	1.03	7.66	4.32	2.36	44.02
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.80	0.23	33.97	48.52	14.05	57.48
132	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.79	1.05	7.42	4.50	2.54	35.72
133	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.78	0.69	11.17	9.81	2.82	50.33
134	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.76	0.38	20.04	9.82	14.10	58.13
135	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.75	0.53	14.27	10.82	8.96	29.96
136	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.70	0.79	9.21	9.11	2.31	37.07
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.63	0.16	43.17	33.14	47.10	51.54
=138	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.62	0.34	20.15	14.60	11.79	47.50
=138	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.62	0.25	27.40	27.26	13.90	54.27
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.53	0.20	31.94	32.75	14.69	67.75
141	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.47	0.23	26.54	9.42	43.19	45.95
142	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.39	0.64	8.91	8.58	2.15	38.34
143	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.31	0.50	10.67	10.00	2.76	44.05
144	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.29	0.36	14.58	12.05	9.87	26.04
145	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.28	0.30	17.30	14.48	8.36	42.76
146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.24	0.08	62.82	60.30	59.92	68.62
147	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.16	0.07	66.42	66.66	64.46	68.18
148	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.15	0.33	13.96	12.58	14.96	14.46
149	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.09	0.46	9.54	7.04	2.61	47.27
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.05	0.25	16.87	11.31	10.21	41.56
151	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.04	0.21	19.89	15.63	11.10	45.33
152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.03	0.23	17.89	9.09	12.73	49.44
153	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.94	0.31	12.20	7.21	7.21	34.89
154	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.89	0.07	50.77	35.82	57.73	63.28
=155	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.88	0.31	11.45	14.39	2.58	40.48
=155	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.88	0.55	6.41	7.64	1.67	20.69
157	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.85	0.43	7.93	6.94	2.06	34.84
158	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.82	0.13	25.35	18.64	13.21	66.13
159	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.69	0.17	16.86	11.36	9.92	42.53
160	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.68	0.14	20.25	12.45	12.86	51.85
161	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.61	0.09	28.97	31.18	13.03	59.85
162	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.58	0.18	13.86	12.18	11.10	19.69
163	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.57	0.14	17.54	29.64	3.24	56.19
164	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.55	0.15	16.12	9.50	10.61	41.52
165	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.53	0.49	4.80	5.28	0.81	25.90
166	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.41	0.07	28.22	30.65	11.64	63.00
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.37	0.17	11.09	9.37	3.15	46.25
=168	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.34	0.09	19.93	15.91	9.96	49.95
=168	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.34	0.33	5.47	9.43	2.24	7.76
=168	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.34	0.10	17.89	12.68	9.04	49.92
=168	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.34	0.07	25.67	19.04	13.91	63.89
172	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.28	0.10	16.45	9.51	10.00	46.80
173	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.23	0.17	8.94	7.33	3.25	29.95
174	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.22	0.10	15.00	12.19	7.21	38.37
=175	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.17	0.10	13.63	6.57	9.06	42.55
=175	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.17	0.07	19.53	15.25	10.73	45.55
177	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.16	0.11	12.23	5.99	9.93	30.75
178	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.10	0.15	8.14	3.34	8.24	19.57
179	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.08	0.16	7.30	6.20	2.61	24.01
180	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.05	0.10	11.11	8.62	4.29	37.11
181	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.02	0.11	9.50	14.01	2.74	22.30
182	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.98	0.11	8.78	6.67	9.84	10.30
183	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.96	0.18	5.13	5.45	0.87	28.54
184	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.93	0.14	6.17	7.07	2.67	12.44
185	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.90	0.15	5.35	5.97	2.01	12.78
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.78	0.05	12.19	7.77	6.23	37.45
187	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.71	0.06	8.32	8.93	6.08	10.61
188	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.68	0.09	5.07	6.57	1.00	19.86
189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.67	0.02	22.14	16.73	12.94	50.12
190	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.66	0.15	2.89	3.83	0.83	7.61
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.36	0.03	4.22	3.15	1.29	18.51
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.26	0.02	3.51	3.20	1.71	7.89
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.18	0.02	1.62	2.04	0.42	4.92

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines47.42
2Indonesia43.64
3India40.55
4Colombia37.65
5Mexico37.49

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.26
191San Marino0.36
190Singapore0.66
189São Tomé and Príncipe0.67

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
HighestChina64.59
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestCentral African Republic72.78
LowestMonaco1.62
Middle country: 19.53
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic75.26
LowestMonaco2.04
Middle country: 15.01
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia81.46
LowestMonaco0.42
Middle country: 11.64
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan77.41
LowestMonaco4.92
Middle country: 46.10

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 193 in both
100 · 83rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Iran17.43 → 19.92+2.49
Papua New Guinea24.47 → 26.88+2.41
Suriname4.98 → 6.84+1.86
Indonesia41.83 → 43.64+1.81
Belgium4.41 → 6.18+1.77

Fell most

Nicaragua23.69 → 20.92−2.77
Tunisia10.03 → 7.94−2.09
Egypt20.80 → 18.82−1.98
Mexico39.06 → 37.49−1.57
Eritrea7.56 → 6.03−1.53

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 2021.
179 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 1.34. 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-2021-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 (2021). World Risk Index, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2021

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2020
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2022
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