Data for 2025

World Risk Index, 2025

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

World Risk Index, 2025 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 46.56; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.17. Against 2024, no value changed, the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2025

HighestPhilippines

46.56

LowestMonaco

0.18

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

193countries
6measures per country
2025the year it describes
176distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2025, 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, 2025: 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	46.56	39.99	54.20	50.10	58.54	54.30
2	India`IND`Southern Asia	40.73	35.99	46.10	34.56	54.08	52.43
3	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	39.80	39.89	39.71	24.80	51.27	49.24
4	Colombia`COL`South America	39.26	31.54	48.86	47.85	50.87	47.91
5	Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.96	50.08	30.31	44.39	12.53	50.07
6	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	36.91	22.43	60.74	55.42	64.47	62.72
7	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	34.39	18.10	65.33	65.91	63.33	66.79
8	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	31.22	28.35	34.38	26.49	39.99	38.36
9	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	30.62	64.59	14.52	8.96	11.44	29.85
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.82	13.11	54.85	40.52	63.30	64.34
11	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	26.71	16.57	43.07	27.09	59.29	49.73
12	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.51	18.84	37.29	57.52	13.36	67.46
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	25.92	26.73	25.14	24.42	13.00	50.05
14	Peru`PER`South America	25.81	16.65	40.02	28.12	48.69	46.83
15	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	24.89	8.55	72.45	68.89	81.04	68.13
16	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	24.83	9.12	67.59	59.67	72.95	70.93
17	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	24.81	43.67	14.09	13.44	6.99	29.80
18	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24.14	14.57	39.98	27.02	47.78	49.50
19	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	23.68	18.38	30.51	25.96	15.28	71.62
20	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.60	18.71	29.76	35.86	14.07	52.26
21	United States`USA`Northern America	23.09	39.59	13.47	9.89	7.57	32.64
22	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.12	19.52	25.06	18.43	14.91	57.26
23	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	21.90	31.21	15.37	8.31	14.67	29.78
24	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	20.03	14.32	28.03	12.35	49.29	36.18
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.88	25.89	15.26	12.66	8.03	34.97
26	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	18.91	10.74	33.30	15.80	45.76	51.05
27	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.25	15.89	20.95	19.49	11.06	42.63
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.78	8.82	35.85	52.48	14.79	59.36
29	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	16.30	12.49	21.28	20.42	57.17	8.25
30	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	16.11	5.49	47.29	32.80	55.23	58.39
31	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.72	11.54	21.42	18.70	10.76	48.81
32	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	15.69	4.94	49.81	40.77	62.66	48.37
33	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.20	17.99	12.85	8.79	6.69	36.06
34	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	15.04	9.62	23.50	18.28	12.72	55.83
35	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	14.62	8.90	24.01	16.04	54.07	15.95
36	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.41	7.30	28.43	45.69	11.73	42.88
37	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14.28	8.64	23.61	16.46	20.53	38.95
38	Chile`CHL`South America	14.27	12.86	15.84	10.43	9.74	39.12
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.80	6.37	29.90	44.48	12.25	49.06
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.72	3.27	57.53	58.49	56.38	57.73
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.47	7.05	25.72	27.65	12.73	48.35
42	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.65	2.53	63.24	51.54	74.84	65.56
43	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	11.70	7.22	18.97	8.17	12.74	65.56
44	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.67	5.80	23.50	19.02	12.73	53.62
45	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	11.36	4.29	30.06	32.45	14.82	56.49
46	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	11.34	8.69	14.80	11.96	8.33	32.52
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	11.32	9.89	12.95	16.10	11.22	12.02
48	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.19	2.08	60.20	56.26	61.61	62.93
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.01	9.96	12.17	8.72	8.00	25.84
50	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.83	2.37	49.49	33.73	52.16	68.91
51	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	10.55	7.63	14.59	21.14	12.65	11.61
52	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.41	1.65	65.69	59.29	64.66	73.93
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	10.17	7.77	13.32	8.48	8.12	34.30
54	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	10.06	2.78	36.40	44.50	15.09	71.81
55	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	10.03	4.25	23.69	17.64	14.64	51.48
56	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	9.68	1.37	68.41	67.14	67.92	70.21
57	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	9.67	5.25	17.81	9.35	19.06	31.71
58	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	9.50	3.13	28.81	37.05	11.74	54.96
59	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	9.25	2.62	32.68	15.59	47.72	46.91
60	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.19	1.32	63.99	56.86	64.34	71.63
=61	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.06	1.72	47.68	37.66	55.70	51.67
=61	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.06	2.91	28.18	29.16	13.24	57.96
63	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.02	8.25	9.87	11.37	8.55	9.88
64	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	8.14	2.47	26.81	29.87	13.97	46.19
65	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.84	6.68	9.20	16.59	4.79	9.80
66	France`FRA`Western Europe	7.75	2.70	22.27	9.97	33.29	33.29
67	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	7.67	2.88	20.45	17.68	11.18	43.28
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	7.31	2.50	21.40	15.91	12.71	48.45
69	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	7.25	2.93	17.94	8.33	12.63	54.90
=70	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	6.92	4.57	10.47	13.06	7.49	11.74
=70	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	6.92	1.47	32.58	31.83	14.99	72.48
72	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	6.87	2.79	16.94	20.98	11.72	19.76
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	6.40	2.63	15.57	17.63	11.89	17.99
74	Suriname`SUR`South America	6.21	1.78	21.70	15.80	11.58	55.86
75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	6.18	1.50	25.43	27.59	11.86	50.28
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	6.14	2.58	14.62	10.64	7.93	37.00
77	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	6.03	2.30	15.79	18.31	3.71	57.99
78	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	5.97	3.77	9.44	6.44	4.22	30.97
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	5.91	2.29	15.25	9.06	10.16	38.54
80	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	5.86	1.32	26.05	30.78	10.15	56.57
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	5.80	1.84	18.27	7.43	28.12	29.21
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	5.21	1.54	17.64	15.42	8.81	40.38
83	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	4.96	1.09	22.57	14.08	13.02	62.75
84	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	4.92	1.73	13.98	8.40	7.87	41.34
85	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.89	1.57	15.25	10.69	9.48	34.97
=86	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	4.87	0.36	66.01	61.91	66.94	69.41
=86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.87	1.05	22.62	17.45	12.28	54.00
=86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4.87	1.60	14.83	18.75	12.37	14.07
89	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.76	3.07	7.37	13.37	2.19	13.66
90	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4.44	1.51	13.07	11.37	5.04	38.97
91	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.43	0.67	29.24	31.41	12.78	62.30
92	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	4.34	0.48	39.24	27.95	43.75	49.40
93	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.33	2.20	8.53	5.41	3.45	33.27
94	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.29	0.38	48.38	30.59	58.53	63.23
=95	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	4.28	1.99	9.19	6.38	3.55	34.22
=95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.28	0.57	32.16	35.29	14.57	64.71
=97	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.17	1.12	15.54	12.93	5.73	50.68
=97	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	4.17	0.25	69.62	69.00	66.23	73.84
99	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.97	1.10	14.35	11.05	5.98	44.71
=100	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.80	1.20	12.02	18.08	2.57	37.35
=100	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.80	0.73	19.82	19.92	10.32	37.90
102	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.70	0.25	54.81	32.13	73.62	69.61
103	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.69	0.88	15.48	11.92	9.57	32.52
104	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	3.67	1.33	10.10	7.55	11.57	11.81
105	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.64	0.54	24.52	33.94	6.64	65.45
106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.48	0.73	16.55	11.65	9.90	39.28
107	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	3.41	0.16	72.71	74.55	66.25	77.83
=108	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.38	0.35	32.63	34.65	14.90	67.30
=108	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.38	1.05	10.90	7.01	6.81	27.16
=110	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	3.36	1.02	11.09	8.93	4.56	33.45
=110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.36	0.86	13.15	10.86	3.60	58.12
=110	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.36	0.71	15.88	9.47	8.59	49.27
113	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.25	1.45	7.28	8.68	1.87	23.76
114	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	3.21	0.57	18.12	14.34	9.48	43.76
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.19	0.34	29.84	39.03	11.48	59.32
116	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.18	0.79	12.84	9.06	7.63	30.62
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.15	0.67	14.84	13.98	3.67	63.75
118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.13	0.35	27.91	27.83	13.62	57.35
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.10	0.81	11.88	12.97	2.55	50.70
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.04	0.16	57.76	45.88	60.46	69.46
121	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	3.03	0.49	18.74	14.77	11.30	39.42
122	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.00	0.38	23.63	16.10	13.57	60.42
123	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.95	1.06	8.20	4.47	4.80	25.68
124	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	2.94	0.28	30.84	34.40	13.17	64.73
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.91	0.12	70.70	67.25	70.07	75.01
126	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.90	0.23	36.56	22.01	45.42	48.89
127	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.89	0.48	17.40	13.86	8.77	43.32
128	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	2.86	0.83	9.87	9.17	2.45	42.81
129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.81	0.23	34.32	47.49	13.84	61.51
130	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.80	0.69	11.40	9.75	2.86	53.10
131	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2.73	0.79	9.42	7.56	2.46	44.89
=132	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	2.72	0.22	33.68	15.53	47.73	51.55
=132	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.72	0.43	17.25	19.65	9.90	26.40
134	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	2.69	0.33	21.91	12.60	14.13	59.08
135	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	2.68	1.03	6.96	4.40	2.21	34.64
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.66	0.16	44.18	33.19	46.56	55.82
137	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.60	0.25	27.01	27.07	13.39	54.36
138	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.53	0.46	13.93	6.98	9.57	40.45
139	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	2.52	0.50	12.75	8.28	5.27	47.50
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	2.49	0.34	18.17	11.02	11.58	46.98
141	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2.42	1.05	5.56	4.53	2.55	14.90
142	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.40	0.23	25.03	26.73	12.95	45.28
143	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.38	0.20	28.23	24.62	13.34	68.52
144	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.34	0.55	9.94	7.94	6.45	19.17
145	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.32	0.64	8.41	8.90	2.09	31.97
=146	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.24	0.08	62.53	58.61	64.25	64.92
=146	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	2.24	0.53	9.43	10.56	2.50	31.73
148	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2.23	0.30	16.59	12.18	9.04	41.47
149	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.22	0.31	15.86	12.96	8.98	34.31
=150	Niger`NER`Western Africa	2.17	0.07	67.28	65.23	66.06	70.67
=150	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	2.17	0.36	13.04	6.72	9.89	33.35
152	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.04	0.07	59.22	61.52	58.01	58.19
153	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2.02	0.31	13.15	11.55	4.94	39.82
154	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.96	0.21	18.35	12.69	11.29	43.16
155	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.91	0.23	15.85	9.21	42.50	10.18
156	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.88	0.14	25.18	25.86	12.06	51.17
157	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.86	0.13	26.62	24.16	12.54	62.28
158	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.84	0.43	7.84	6.93	2.00	34.81
159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	1.76	0.14	22.23	17.59	11.16	55.93
160	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.75	0.17	18.09	14.55	9.89	41.16
161	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.73	0.25	11.99	14.64	10.24	11.49
162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.62	0.09	29.15	31.61	13.25	59.16
163	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.60	0.49	5.20	6.82	0.86	23.95
164	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.47	0.15	14.38	7.90	10.39	36.19
165	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.45	0.07	30.18	33.60	13.63	60.05
166	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	1.42	0.18	11.19	10.02	10.82	12.92
167	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.41	0.07	28.31	30.48	11.78	63.21
=168	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.31	0.17	10.09	9.70	3.36	31.54
=168	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.31	0.33	5.20	9.62	2.17	6.73
170	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.28	0.10	16.37	9.99	9.33	47.08
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	1.27	0.17	9.43	9.31	3.14	28.73
172	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.25	0.09	17.43	20.34	5.40	48.24
173	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.23	0.16	9.47	6.42	5.12	25.85
174	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.17	0.10	13.75	9.60	7.54	35.92
175	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.16	0.07	19.29	15.08	10.54	45.19
=176	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.11	0.10	12.40	8.18	8.86	26.28
=176	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.11	0.10	12.41	11.61	4.37	37.66
178	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.07	0.18	6.32	5.73	1.54	28.54
=179	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.04	0.11	9.82	9.86	9.93	9.66
=179	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.04	0.15	7.21	5.90	2.07	30.73
181	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.01	0.10	10.12	8.48	2.58	47.42
182	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.91	0.11	7.61	8.81	4.97	10.05
=183	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.88	0.11	7.12	8.08	2.73	16.35
=183	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.88	0.15	5.19	3.37	2.31	17.98
185	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.87	0.14	5.45	7.13	2.66	8.55
186	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.72	0.05	10.44	10.14	2.95	38.02
187	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	0.68	0.09	5.07	6.63	0.98	20.08
188	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.67	0.15	2.99	3.92	0.86	7.94
189	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.61	0.02	18.86	9.76	12.99	52.92
190	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.57	0.06	5.48	5.35	3.09	9.98
191	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.35	0.03	4.08	3.06	1.30	17.08
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	1.55	1.75	0.42	5.05

02In 2025

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines46.56
2India40.73
3Indonesia39.80
4Colombia39.26
5Mexico38.96

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.29
191San Marino0.35
190Luxembourg0.57
189São Tomé and Príncipe0.61

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.17. “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 Republic72.71
LowestMonaco1.55
Middle country: 18.35
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic74.55
LowestMonaco1.75
Middle country: 15.59
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia81.04
LowestMonaco0.42
Middle country: 11.57
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestCentral African Republic77.83
LowestMonaco5.05
Middle country: 45.28

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

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

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 2025.
176 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 4.87. 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

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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.

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Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum (2025). World Risk Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2025

0626 held

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26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions