Data for 2023

World Risk Index, 2023

Name: World Risk Index, 2023
Creator: Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum
License: https://weltrisikobericht.de/

2023, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2023 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 46.69; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.27. Against 2022, 176 values changed (93 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2023

HighestPhilippines

46.69

LowestMonaco

0.18

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

193countries
6measures per country
2023the 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, 2023, 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, 2023: 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	46.69	39.99	54.52	50.10	58.54	55.25
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	40.68	35.99	45.99	34.56	54.75	51.40
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.75	39.89	39.62	24.80	51.33	48.87
4	Colombia`COL`South America	39.25	31.54	48.85	47.85	50.63	48.13
5	Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.77	50.08	30.01	44.39	12.53	48.58
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.89	22.43	60.67	55.42	64.14	62.82
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	34.54	18.10	65.92	65.91	63.64	68.30
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	31.00	28.35	33.90	26.49	40.13	36.66
9	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	30.30	64.59	14.21	8.96	11.49	27.86
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.82	13.11	54.86	40.52	63.29	64.39
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.55	16.57	42.55	27.09	58.22	48.84
12	Peru`PER`South America	26.03	16.65	40.69	28.12	48.65	49.24
13	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.01	18.84	35.92	57.52	13.36	60.30
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.58	26.73	24.47	24.42	12.88	46.60
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.82	8.55	72.03	68.89	81.22	66.79
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	24.80	43.67	14.08	13.44	7.03	29.56
17	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24.01	14.57	39.57	27.02	47.68	48.09
18	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	23.84	9.12	62.31	59.67	72.53	55.90
19	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.66	18.38	30.45	25.98	15.28	71.09
20	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.58	18.71	29.73	35.86	14.07	52.08
21	United States`USA`Northern America	23.03	39.59	13.40	9.89	7.57	32.12
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.27	19.52	25.41	18.43	14.98	59.44
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.93	31.21	15.41	8.31	14.68	30.01
24	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.24	14.32	28.61	12.35	49.28	38.48
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.90	25.89	15.29	12.66	8.03	35.14
26	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.87	10.74	33.16	15.79	46.00	50.22
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.15	15.89	20.74	19.49	11.06	41.36
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.76	8.82	35.76	52.48	14.79	58.91
29	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.39	12.49	21.50	20.42	58.91	8.26
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	16.06	5.49	46.98	32.80	55.64	56.82
31	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	15.65	4.94	49.60	40.77	63.06	47.47
32	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.61	11.54	21.11	18.70	10.43	48.25
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.28	17.99	12.98	8.79	6.73	37.00
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.05	9.62	23.53	18.28	12.66	56.29
35	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.67	7.30	29.48	45.69	11.67	48.06
36	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14.62	8.90	24.00	16.04	54.06	15.95
37	Chile`CHL`South America	14.30	12.86	15.90	10.43	9.68	39.79
38	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14.14	8.64	23.15	16.46	20.55	36.70
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.70	3.27	57.40	58.49	56.54	57.19
40	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.69	6.37	29.43	44.48	12.13	47.24
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.46	7.05	25.68	27.65	12.79	47.88
42	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.65	2.53	63.21	51.54	74.71	65.60
43	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.80	7.22	19.28	8.17	13.45	65.22
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.74	5.80	23.76	19.02	12.73	55.39
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.56	8.69	15.39	11.96	8.39	36.36
46	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.48	9.89	13.32	16.10	11.01	13.33
47	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.37	4.29	30.16	32.45	14.77	57.22
48	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.17	2.08	59.99	56.26	60.90	63.00
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.02	9.96	12.19	8.72	8.15	25.51
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.80	2.37	49.23	33.73	52.29	67.66
51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.71	7.63	15.02	21.14	12.65	12.68
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.41	1.65	65.70	59.29	64.98	73.62
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.08	7.77	13.07	8.48	7.93	33.17
54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.06	2.78	36.43	44.50	15.02	72.34
55	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	9.96	4.25	23.34	17.64	14.78	48.77
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.67	1.37	68.19	67.14	67.27	70.20
57	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.65	5.25	17.73	9.35	19.06	31.26
58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.45	3.13	28.54	37.05	11.67	53.77
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.29	2.62	32.97	15.59	49.06	46.84
60	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.16	1.32	63.54	56.86	63.88	70.63
61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.08	2.91	28.36	29.16	13.31	58.74
62	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.03	1.72	47.39	37.63	55.44	51.01
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.01	8.25	9.84	11.37	8.61	9.74
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.25	2.47	27.54	29.87	14.03	49.83
65	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.81	2.70	22.61	9.97	33.27	34.84
66	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.75	6.68	8.99	16.59	4.79	9.13
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.67	2.88	20.45	17.68	11.26	42.93
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.30	2.50	21.29	15.91	12.71	47.70
69	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.29	2.93	18.13	8.33	12.57	56.93
70	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.87	1.47	32.15	31.83	14.83	70.43
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.86	4.57	10.31	13.06	7.37	11.39
72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.73	2.79	16.23	20.98	11.72	17.38
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.41	2.63	15.61	17.63	11.96	18.05
74	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.24	1.78	21.91	15.80	11.65	57.16
75	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.18	2.58	14.82	10.64	7.87	38.87
76	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.16	1.50	25.31	27.59	11.59	50.72
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	6.04	2.29	15.95	9.06	11.22	39.91
78	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.99	2.30	15.58	18.31	3.71	55.67
79	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.84	1.32	25.88	30.78	10.15	55.50
80	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.69	1.84	17.60	7.43	28.05	26.18
81	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.32	3.77	7.52	6.44	2.32	28.46
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	5.28	3.07	9.08	13.37	3.98	14.07
83	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.16	1.54	17.28	15.42	8.49	39.39
84	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	5.01	1.51	16.65	11.37	9.70	41.84
85	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.96	1.09	22.54	14.08	12.94	62.87
86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.94	1.05	23.25	17.45	12.21	59.01
87	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.92	1.73	14.02	8.40	7.62	43.07
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.91	1.57	15.34	10.69	9.48	35.59
89	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.88	0.36	66.07	61.91	66.97	69.57
90	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.87	1.60	14.82	18.75	12.37	14.04
91	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.66	1.12	19.38	12.93	11.09	50.80
92	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.44	0.67	29.38	31.41	12.93	62.46
93	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.35	0.48	39.43	27.95	43.79	50.07
94	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.32	2.20	8.48	5.41	3.45	32.64
=95	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.28	1.99	9.19	6.38	3.38	35.99
=95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.28	0.57	32.19	35.29	14.64	64.57
97	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.27	0.38	48.06	30.59	57.43	63.20
98	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.20	0.25	70.48	69.00	66.14	76.70
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.84	0.73	20.17	19.92	10.32	39.92
100	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.76	1.20	11.80	18.08	2.57	35.34
101	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.69	0.25	54.39	32.13	73.65	67.98
102	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.68	0.88	15.41	11.92	9.57	32.05
103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.67	1.33	10.15	7.55	11.52	12.02
104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.53	1.10	11.30	11.05	2.99	43.66
105	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.45	0.73	16.32	11.65	9.30	40.12
106	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.42	1.05	11.16	7.01	6.86	28.91
107	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.38	0.35	32.59	34.65	14.90	67.05
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.36	0.16	70.59	74.55	66.37	71.09
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.35	0.71	15.78	9.47	8.37	49.62
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.31	0.86	12.75	10.86	3.60	53.07
111	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.29	1.45	7.45	8.68	1.87	25.50
=112	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.26	0.79	13.44	9.06	7.70	34.77
=112	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.26	0.54	19.70	33.94	3.47	64.91
=114	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.19	0.34	30.02	39.03	11.55	59.99
=114	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.19	0.57	17.81	14.34	9.48	41.55
116	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.16	0.67	14.86	13.98	3.67	63.97
117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.13	0.81	12.08	12.97	2.55	53.32
=118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.08	0.35	27.11	27.83	13.68	52.32
=118	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.08	0.49	19.30	14.77	11.30	43.06
120	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.05	1.02	9.12	8.93	2.51	33.89
121	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.03	0.16	57.52	45.88	59.61	69.60
122	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.00	0.38	23.73	16.10	13.64	60.83
123	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.95	1.06	8.20	4.47	4.80	25.72
124	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.93	0.28	30.72	34.40	13.17	63.97
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.88	0.12	69.04	67.25	69.37	70.53
=126	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.87	0.48	17.19	13.86	8.72	42.05
=126	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.87	0.83	9.92	9.17	2.45	43.48
=126	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.87	0.23	35.87	22.01	45.83	45.77
129	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.82	0.69	11.49	9.75	2.86	54.44
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.81	0.23	34.30	47.49	13.84	61.42
=131	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.71	0.33	22.22	12.60	14.46	60.22
=131	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2.71	0.79	9.32	7.56	2.46	43.51
=131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.71	0.22	33.38	15.53	45.92	52.14
=131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.71	0.43	17.09	19.65	9.84	25.82
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.68	1.03	6.98	4.40	2.21	35.01
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.67	0.16	44.58	33.19	46.58	57.31
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.58	0.25	26.67	27.08	13.06	53.65
138	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.57	0.46	14.32	6.98	9.63	43.68
139	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.51	0.34	18.53	11.02	11.58	49.85
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.43	0.23	25.75	26.73	12.95	49.31
=141	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.40	1.05	5.50	4.53	2.55	14.37
=141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.40	0.20	28.84	24.62	14.22	68.51
143	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.39	0.64	8.96	8.90	2.09	38.73
144	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.37	0.23	24.49	9.21	42.95	37.15
145	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.34	0.55	9.92	7.94	6.49	18.93
=146	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.26	0.30	16.96	12.18	9.17	43.69
=146	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.26	0.50	10.25	8.28	2.75	47.35
148	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.25	0.31	16.35	12.96	9.01	37.44
149	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.23	0.53	9.39	10.56	2.50	31.34
150	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.20	0.08	60.48	58.61	62.61	60.28
151	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.18	0.36	13.24	6.72	9.94	34.72
152	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.14	0.07	65.14	65.23	65.77	64.43
153	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.99	0.07	56.34	61.52	57.78	50.32
154	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.96	0.21	18.35	12.69	11.29	43.16
155	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.88	0.14	25.25	25.86	12.44	50.03
=156	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.85	0.13	26.44	24.16	12.63	60.59
=156	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.85	0.43	7.95	6.93	2.00	36.27
158	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	1.81	0.31	10.53	11.55	2.58	39.22
159	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.77	0.17	18.36	14.55	10.02	42.42
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.75	0.14	21.93	17.59	11.16	53.70
161	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.72	0.25	11.90	14.64	9.98	11.53
=162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.62	0.09	29.06	31.61	13.17	58.97
=162	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.62	0.49	5.37	6.82	0.86	26.45
164	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.47	0.15	14.48	7.90	10.45	36.79
165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.46	0.07	30.38	33.60	13.63	61.24
166	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.42	0.18	11.14	10.02	10.82	12.76
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.40	0.07	28.09	30.48	11.87	61.28
168	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.32	0.17	10.22	9.70	3.36	32.80
=169	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.30	0.33	5.12	9.62	2.17	6.42
=169	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.30	0.10	16.80	9.99	9.86	48.14
=171	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.23	0.16	9.49	6.42	5.16	25.80
=171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.23	0.17	8.91	9.31	3.14	24.22
173	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.18	0.10	13.89	9.60	7.11	39.27
174	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.17	0.07	19.48	15.08	10.60	46.24
175	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.13	0.10	12.69	11.61	4.37	40.32
=176	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.11	0.10	12.22	8.18	8.86	25.16
=176	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.11	0.09	13.78	20.34	2.70	47.64
178	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.07	0.18	6.35	5.73	1.54	29.07
=179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.04	0.11	9.89	9.86	10.07	9.75
=179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.04	0.15	7.27	5.90	2.07	31.45
181	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.03	0.11	9.71	8.81	9.79	10.63
182	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.01	0.10	10.12	8.48	2.58	47.36
183	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.89	0.15	5.34	3.37	2.31	19.58
184	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.88	0.11	7.06	8.08	2.73	15.94
185	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.72	0.05	10.24	10.14	2.95	35.91
186	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.70	0.14	3.50	7.13	2.66	2.27
=187	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.67	0.09	5.04	6.63	0.98	19.67
=187	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.67	0.15	3.01	3.92	0.86	8.05
189	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.63	0.06	6.66	5.35	5.70	9.67
190	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.61	0.02	18.87	9.76	12.99	53.00
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.36	0.03	4.24	3.06	1.30	19.12
192	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	0.29	0.02	4.07	3.08	1.80	12.17
193	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.18	0.02	1.54	1.75	0.42	4.98

02In 2023

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines46.69
2India40.68
3Indonesia39.75
4Colombia39.25
5Mexico38.77

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.29
191San Marino0.36
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.61
189Luxembourg0.63

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.27. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.59
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestSomalia72.03
LowestMonaco1.54
Middle country: 19.28
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic74.55
LowestMonaco1.75
Middle country: 15.59
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia81.22
LowestMonaco0.42
Middle country: 11.55
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan76.70
LowestBahrain2.27
Middle country: 46.60

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
176values changed, of 193 in both
93 · 83rose · fell
17unchanged

Rose most

China25.08 → 30.30+5.22
Japan21.54 → 24.80+3.26
Nicaragua21.16 → 23.58+2.42
Russia28.63 → 31.00+2.37
Indonesia38.04 → 39.75+1.71

Fell most

Costa Rica13.88 → 11.48−2.40
Thailand22.41 → 20.24−2.17
Djibouti11.19 → 9.96−1.23
Venezuela23.45 → 22.27−1.18
Iran17.48 → 16.39−1.09

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 2023.
175 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 2.71. 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-2023-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 (2023). World Risk Index, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2023

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
World Risk Index, 2022
193 countries
The year after ›
World Risk Index, 2024
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