Data for 2016

World Risk Index, 2016

2016, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2016 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 44.84; Monaco is lowest, at 0.17. The middle country reads 4.23. Against 2015, 184 values changed (93 up, 91 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2016

HighestPhilippines

44.84

LowestMonaco

0.17

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

193countries
6measures per country
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum.
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1	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	44.84	40.10	50.15	39.70	59.48	53.42
2	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	43.80	35.99	53.30	49.34	54.23	56.58
3	ColombiaCOLSouth America	36.65	31.34	42.87	33.97	49.25	47.09
4	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	36.31	22.75	57.94	54.83	60.68	58.47
5	MexicoMEXCentral America	36.29	50.14	26.26	34.82	12.05	43.16
6	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	34.19	18.13	64.49	64.40	58.62	71.05
7	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	32.47	64.40	16.37	15.40	24.79	11.49
8	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	31.67	39.79	25.20	24.30	13.25	49.68
9	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	28.30	28.62	27.98	13.80	41.22	38.50
10	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	27.01	16.56	44.06	28.13	59.29	51.29
11	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	26.70	13.08	54.49	38.50	65.84	63.81
12	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	25.63	18.94	34.69	42.58	13.98	70.12
13	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	25.57	26.76	24.44	25.29	13.03	44.28
14	United StatesUSANorthern America	25.05	39.60	15.84	13.58	8.99	32.58
15	YemenYEMWestern Asia	24.48	9.12	65.69	60.10	67.94	69.41
16	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	23.51	18.23	30.31	25.71	14.94	72.50
17	VenezuelaVENSouth America	22.01	19.32	25.07	20.87	13.05	57.83
18	JapanJPNEastern Asia	21.41	43.88	10.45	14.93	7.26	10.53
19	PeruPERSouth America	20.51	16.66	25.25	26.25	12.45	49.28
20	NicaraguaNICCentral America	20.47	18.59	22.54	28.78	12.78	31.15
21	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	19.67	8.53	45.35	66.79	79.76	17.51
22	CanadaCANNorthern America	19.58	26.00	14.75	12.21	7.29	36.04
23	EcuadorECUSouth America	19.51	14.47	26.31	28.16	12.67	51.03
24	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	19.24	31.41	11.78	8.26	7.18	27.55
25	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	19.23	14.23	26.00	24.31	51.36	14.07
26	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	18.98	10.74	33.55	15.64	46.31	52.12
27	PanamaPANCentral America	18.82	15.94	22.22	25.97	10.57	39.94
28	HondurasHNDCentral America	17.09	8.84	33.05	50.05	13.64	52.86
29	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	16.99	8.96	32.21	20.93	42.76	37.33
30	IranIRNSouthern Asia	16.97	12.46	23.10	14.92	49.04	16.84
31	ArgentinaARGSouth America	16.08	11.59	22.30	22.46	10.66	46.32
32	ChileCHLSouth America	15.96	12.87	19.79	17.97	10.78	40.00
33	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	15.70	8.64	28.53	22.21	42.30	24.71
34	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	14.78	9.64	22.65	18.60	12.68	49.29
35	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	14.65	7.38	29.07	48.46	11.82	42.89
36	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	13.72	4.95	38.01	25.09	47.96	45.63
37	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	13.66	7.02	26.57	27.55	13.68	49.78
38	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	13.01	5.49	30.85	34.59	13.63	62.25
39	KenyaKENEastern Africa	12.61	3.27	48.66	33.68	55.09	62.08
40	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	12.29	4.30	35.15	51.10	14.30	59.43
41	BrazilBRASouth America	12.12	6.38	23.03	20.19	11.56	52.34
42	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	11.95	18.00	7.93	8.37	1.87	31.85
43	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	11.61	7.23	18.64	18.98	13.04	26.16
44	ItalyITASouthern Europe	11.33	8.72	14.73	12.27	8.71	29.89
45	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	11.09	2.53	48.61	30.07	58.72	65.07
46	Costa RicaCRICentral America	11.06	9.83	12.45	19.24	10.66	9.40
47	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	10.76	10.01	11.57	10.49	8.05	18.33
48	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	10.71	2.34	48.99	33.55	49.43	70.89
49	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	10.59	5.22	21.48	15.09	19.69	33.37
50	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	10.47	5.79	18.92	10.41	12.79	50.86
51	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	10.26	2.63	40.06	29.27	47.98	45.79
=52	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	10.12	2.08	49.24	33.74	60.34	58.64
=52	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	10.12	1.66	61.71	57.17	66.09	62.21
54	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	10.00	7.64	13.09	14.32	12.58	12.45
55	HaitiHTICaribbean	9.65	2.77	33.65	34.67	15.73	69.84
56	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9.62	1.38	67.04	68.70	63.99	68.55
57	SpainESPSouthern Europe	9.17	7.78	10.80	11.31	4.00	27.87
58	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	9.06	3.12	26.33	29.44	11.37	54.52
59	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	8.94	1.32	60.60	43.94	67.81	74.68
60	IraqIRQWestern Asia	8.68	1.71	44.11	28.17	60.55	50.32
61	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	8.25	2.90	23.45	17.48	12.34	59.76
=62	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	8.08	2.47	26.42	21.87	14.81	56.91
=62	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	8.08	4.25	15.35	18.43	3.45	56.86
64	FijiFJIMelanesia	8.04	2.80	23.06	21.37	12.07	47.56
65	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	7.90	2.89	21.58	16.42	11.24	54.47
=66	BelizeBLZCentral America	7.82	2.51	24.38	29.05	12.20	40.88
=66	OmanOMNWestern Asia	7.82	6.67	9.18	9.50	9.15	8.89
68	CubaCUBCaribbean	7.70	4.57	12.99	20.38	6.70	16.05
69	EritreaERIEastern Africa	7.66	2.28	25.76	19.34	14.40	61.41
70	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	7.34	8.31	6.48	11.16	9.51	2.56
71	GuyanaGUYSouth America	7.06	2.63	18.94	12.14	13.07	42.83
72	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	6.97	2.84	17.10	10.19	11.99	40.94
73	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	6.64	3.08	14.32	12.90	7.41	30.73
74	GuineaGINWestern Africa	6.59	1.47	29.53	24.75	14.57	71.42
75	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	6.54	2.31	18.53	14.89	11.65	36.69
76	FranceFRAWestern Europe	6.39	2.70	15.10	7.59	14.49	31.29
77	GabonGABMiddle Africa	5.81	1.50	22.49	16.92	13.03	51.57
78	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	5.80	2.58	13.06	8.11	7.96	34.49
79	SenegalSENWestern Africa	5.50	1.05	28.76	32.29	13.23	55.71
=80	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	5.43	1.32	22.33	18.14	10.70	57.38
=80	UruguayURYSouth America	5.43	1.54	19.12	17.98	9.10	42.73
82	BahamasBHSCaribbean	5.30	1.51	18.62	19.28	9.52	35.17
83	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	5.29	1.09	25.69	18.75	13.16	68.75
84	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	5.26	0.57	48.46	34.83	52.30	62.49
85	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5.00	1.60	15.60	24.71	12.25	12.54
86	IsraelISRWestern Asia	4.98	0.88	28.13	16.27	41.50	32.97
87	SurinameSURSouth America	4.93	1.79	13.57	15.08	2.96	56.00
88	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	4.74	0.36	62.46	62.99	56.47	68.49
=89	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	4.67	1.12	19.48	12.83	11.83	48.72
=89	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	4.67	3.73	5.84	6.58	2.39	12.66
91	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.66	1.99	10.90	6.44	6.19	32.48
92	TongaTONPolynesia	4.63	1.33	16.10	16.13	10.52	24.60
93	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.59	1.58	13.33	8.28	8.65	33.07
94	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	4.46	1.85	10.74	5.64	7.64	28.72
95	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	4.42	0.68	28.70	31.90	12.29	60.30
96	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	4.32	1.11	16.82	19.94	12.21	19.54
97	PolandPOLEastern Europe	4.23	1.73	10.34	7.93	3.93	35.50
98	UkraineUKREastern Europe	4.19	0.48	36.64	20.43	44.12	54.58
99	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	4.13	0.54	31.53	35.97	13.25	65.75
=100	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	4.02	0.25	64.70	55.88	71.38	67.89
=100	SamoaWSMPolynesia	4.02	0.81	19.91	20.05	9.97	39.51
102	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	3.90	0.25	60.73	40.27	65.57	84.84
103	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	3.86	0.83	17.96	17.97	9.17	35.18
104	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	3.73	1.04	13.36	10.77	9.52	23.27
105	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3.72	2.20	6.30	5.20	1.83	26.31
106	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	3.69	0.37	36.82	20.19	55.34	44.68
107	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.59	0.73	17.64	16.48	8.27	40.27
108	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3.55	0.70	18.01	14.13	9.00	45.95
109	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	3.54	0.73	17.16	11.83	10.04	42.57
110	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	3.46	0.69	17.40	9.61	10.67	51.41
111	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	3.44	1.20	9.86	10.17	2.55	36.95
112	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	3.37	0.16	71.18	72.73	64.85	76.45
113	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	3.34	0.66	16.90	20.35	3.81	62.20
114	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3.33	0.34	32.61	34.12	14.49	70.17
115	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3.31	0.85	12.92	10.77	3.59	55.76
116	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	3.14	0.16	61.49	61.71	56.97	66.12
117	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.11	0.38	25.42	21.12	13.84	56.19
118	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3.10	0.35	27.53	28.02	13.63	54.65
119	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.05	0.34	27.45	30.29	11.37	60.07
120	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	3.01	1.01	8.95	8.56	2.39	35.01
121	DominicaDMACaribbean	2.94	0.80	10.77	9.13	10.41	13.14
=122	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	2.92	0.50	17.07	10.08	10.23	48.22
=122	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	2.92	0.46	18.51	14.31	10.05	44.08
=122	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.92	0.23	37.10	63.71	12.86	62.33
125	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.89	0.12	69.44	67.55	67.38	73.57
126	JordanJORWestern Asia	2.71	0.56	13.13	7.92	11.02	25.91
127	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2.70	0.24	30.41	29.59	15.16	62.68
128	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	2.66	1.06	6.66	6.78	1.68	25.98
129	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.63	0.28	24.72	20.25	11.70	63.75
130	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	2.59	1.46	4.59	6.67	2.02	7.20
131	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	2.54	0.78	8.29	8.89	2.37	27.03
132	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	2.53	0.32	19.94	10.32	13.92	55.21
133	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.52	0.23	27.64	11.16	45.29	41.77
134	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2.47	0.16	37.99	33.96	46.08	35.03
=135	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.44	0.34	17.47	9.03	12.05	48.99
=135	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	2.44	1.06	5.60	4.57	1.35	28.45
137	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	2.43	0.23	25.65	27.63	12.14	50.30
138	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	2.41	0.23	25.24	8.82	43.90	41.53
139	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2.39	0.30	19.12	17.33	9.54	42.25
140	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	2.34	0.64	8.55	8.33	2.17	34.57
141	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	2.33	0.49	11.09	10.64	2.79	45.92
142	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2.31	0.20	26.58	24.55	12.42	61.59
143	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2.23	0.08	61.89	58.76	59.29	68.06
144	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.22	1.04	4.73	4.62	2.54	9.04
145	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	2.20	0.43	11.27	15.40	10.18	9.14
=146	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	2.12	0.48	9.37	9.20	2.34	38.21
=146	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2.12	0.22	20.52	18.79	11.79	39.01
148	NigerNERWestern Africa	2.10	0.07	62.86	67.20	64.05	57.72
149	PalauPLWMicronesia	2.05	0.36	11.62	6.59	9.12	26.12
150	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.04	0.25	16.64	14.92	10.11	30.52
151	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1.91	0.44	8.31	8.32	2.13	32.35
=152	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	1.89	0.53	6.72	6.27	2.48	19.48
=152	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	1.89	0.31	11.50	6.86	8.00	27.72
154	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1.88	0.67	5.29	4.49	1.75	18.82
155	ParaguayPRYSouth America	1.81	0.14	23.36	19.49	13.62	48.03
=156	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1.76	0.14	22.23	18.42	10.73	55.56
=156	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.76	0.17	18.29	14.06	10.66	40.84
158	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	1.70	0.31	9.30	8.51	2.58	36.59
159	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	1.66	0.21	13.13	11.06	11.60	17.63
160	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.62	0.09	29.25	30.80	13.92	58.38
161	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.55	0.15	16.09	9.63	10.75	40.21
162	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1.54	0.50	4.75	5.48	0.82	23.80
163	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1.51	0.07	32.65	45.89	13.46	56.37
164	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	1.44	0.33	6.27	9.76	2.38	10.61
165	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	1.43	0.13	15.79	19.22	3.55	57.70
166	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	1.37	0.10	18.79	13.75	10.36	46.57
167	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.33	0.09	19.67	16.55	9.58	47.99
168	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1.31	0.10	17.21	9.90	10.88	47.29
169	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.30	0.17	9.87	11.34	3.09	27.44
170	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	1.27	0.07	22.91	26.98	10.00	44.58
171	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	1.25	0.17	9.19	7.41	3.36	31.19
172	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.22	0.07	21.37	13.72	11.29	63.04
173	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	1.19	0.18	7.90	12.00	3.04	13.53
174	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	1.18	0.10	13.99	24.55	2.64	42.26
175	NauruNRUMicronesia	1.17	0.11	12.40	17.09	2.84	39.24
176	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1.06	0.07	16.08	19.37	3.56	60.33
=177	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.05	0.10	11.00	4.37	8.94	34.11
=177	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	1.05	0.15	7.29	5.88	1.95	33.84
179	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1.04	0.16	6.82	4.78	2.55	26.05
180	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.99	0.15	6.59	4.04	2.42	29.26
181	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.98	0.11	8.73	7.73	9.52	9.04
182	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.93	0.10	8.72	8.40	2.29	34.44
183	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.89	0.14	5.63	6.96	2.66	9.63
184	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.87	0.18	4.17	5.42	1.62	8.25
=185	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.77	0.05	11.76	7.96	5.75	35.52
=185	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.77	0.11	5.43	5.83	2.82	9.76
=187	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	0.74	0.09	6.06	6.52	1.77	19.31
=187	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.74	0.15	3.70	2.45	0.91	22.81
189	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.48	0.02	11.60	10.16	3.09	49.78
190	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.42	0.06	2.89	5.27	1.60	2.87
191	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.33	0.03	3.56	1.91	1.28	18.52
192	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.28	0.02	4.05	3.11	1.87	11.40
193	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	0.17	0.02	1.52	1.75	0.40	5.02

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines44.84
2India43.80
3Colombia36.65
4Myanmar36.31
5Mexico36.29

Lowest

193Monaco0.17
192Andorra0.28
191San Marino0.33
190Luxembourg0.42
189São Tomé and Príncipe0.48

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
HighestChina64.40
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.06
Vulnerability
HighestCentral African Republic71.18
LowestMonaco1.52
Middle country: 19.12
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic72.73
LowestMonaco1.75
Middle country: 17.09
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia79.76
LowestMonaco0.40
Middle country: 11.37
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan84.84
LowestGreece2.56
Middle country: 42.57

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
184values changed, of 193 in both
93 · 91rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Bangladesh21.58 → 27.01+5.43
Mozambique30.71 → 34.19+3.48
Papua New Guinea22.22 → 25.63+3.41
Mexico34.08 → 36.29+2.21
Angola8.56 → 10.71+2.15

Fell most

Somalia24.74 → 19.67−5.07
Iran20.53 → 16.97−3.56
Costa Rica14.04 → 11.06−2.98
Japan23.62 → 21.41−2.21
Cambodia10.14 → 8.08−2.06

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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The site’s method

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178 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 3 countries share 2.92. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 193 countries has every column.

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Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), Ruhr University Bochum (2016). World Risk Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2016

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