Data for 2019

World Risk Index, 2019

2019, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2019 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 47.09; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.23. Against 2018, 183 values changed (98 up, 85 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2019

HighestPhilippines

47.09

LowestMonaco

0.18

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
2019the 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, 2019, 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, 2019: 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	47.09	40.08	55.32	51.13	59.28	55.85
2	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	43.68	39.88	47.84	42.29	51.42	50.34
3	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	41.77	35.99	48.47	36.77	54.95	56.37
4	MexicoMEXCentral America	39.05	50.12	30.43	43.20	12.82	50.88
5	ColombiaCOLSouth America	38.61	31.50	47.32	47.58	49.11	45.36
6	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	35.95	22.49	57.45	52.12	61.62	59.04
7	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	34.61	18.09	66.22	67.53	62.44	68.88
8	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	34.22	64.58	18.13	14.90	23.62	16.92
9	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	29.16	28.46	29.88	17.73	39.49	38.09
10	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	28.26	16.56	48.24	37.69	58.92	50.56
11	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	27.80	13.10	58.98	51.75	61.33	64.65
12	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	27.17	18.88	39.11	58.69	14.80	68.85
13	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	25.93	26.76	25.13	25.24	13.24	47.51
14	JapanJPNEastern Asia	25.24	43.73	14.57	14.73	7.54	27.86
15	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	25.23	8.58	74.18	68.19	80.57	74.30
16	United StatesUSANorthern America	25.09	39.57	15.91	13.74	8.95	32.78
17	YemenYEMWestern Asia	24.78	9.16	67.06	59.94	70.25	71.61
18	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	23.62	18.34	30.42	25.58	15.22	72.33
19	EcuadorECUSouth America	23.41	14.53	37.72	26.76	48.09	41.70
20	VenezuelaVENSouth America	22.79	19.46	26.68	22.14	13.45	63.77
21	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	21.82	31.27	15.22	8.60	14.48	28.31
22	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	21.79	14.29	33.23	19.14	49.88	38.43
23	PeruPERSouth America	21.76	16.65	28.43	36.25	12.85	49.32
24	CanadaCANNorthern America	19.75	25.89	15.06	12.49	7.51	36.38
25	NicaraguaNICCentral America	19.15	18.61	19.71	27.70	13.19	20.97
26	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	18.59	10.74	32.19	13.33	47.56	52.62
27	PanamaPANCentral America	18.52	15.88	21.61	25.71	10.83	36.24
28	IranIRNSouthern Asia	17.56	12.48	24.71	21.00	57.02	12.60
29	ArgentinaARGSouth America	15.88	11.56	21.81	19.81	10.90	48.06
30	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	15.56	4.93	49.13	41.95	54.35	52.01
31	HondurasHNDCentral America	15.10	8.84	25.80	22.10	13.61	57.12
32	ChileCHLSouth America	14.91	12.89	17.24	12.61	10.63	38.22
33	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	14.25	8.93	22.74	15.40	44.91	17.00
34	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	14.10	9.62	20.68	13.48	12.13	54.08
35	Costa RicaCRICentral America	14.05	9.84	20.07	19.34	10.96	38.12
36	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	13.97	8.62	22.65	15.91	19.94	36.63
37	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	13.58	7.03	26.23	27.65	13.65	47.83
38	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	13.44	18.02	10.03	8.48	3.42	34.75
39	KenyaKENEastern Africa	13.17	3.27	53.05	43.87	55.83	60.95
40	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	13.10	5.50	31.20	33.50	14.54	62.35
41	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	12.46	2.53	61.36	52.66	68.11	64.41
42	BrazilBRASouth America	12.22	6.38	23.41	21.56	11.47	51.89
43	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	11.74	7.31	18.85	47.93	11.46	12.20
44	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	11.56	5.80	23.03	18.42	12.38	53.54
45	ItalyITASouthern Europe	11.45	8.70	15.06	11.86	8.59	33.50
46	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	11.41	7.23	18.01	9.30	13.50	46.54
=47	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	11.27	4.28	29.65	32.28	14.35	56.26
=47	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	11.27	9.98	12.72	10.55	8.23	23.68
=49	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11.24	2.08	60.76	59.30	58.83	64.30
=49	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	11.24	4.30	29.37	30.78	14.21	57.94
51	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	10.86	2.37	49.80	33.38	53.05	69.73
52	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	10.55	5.24	21.24	13.05	20.45	35.89
53	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	10.14	1.66	61.94	59.03	64.18	62.72
54	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	10.05	7.64	13.23	18.39	13.15	9.58
55	HaitiHTICaribbean	9.95	2.78	35.64	42.36	15.07	70.91
56	SpainESPSouthern Europe	9.94	7.78	12.71	8.46	7.56	32.14
57	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9.74	1.38	68.81	69.29	67.69	69.46
58	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	9.70	2.62	35.91	18.56	53.34	46.77
59	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	9.39	3.13	28.17	37.82	10.71	55.19
60	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	9.28	1.32	65.30	58.04	66.21	72.45
61	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	9.18	2.91	28.93	30.35	13.15	60.67
62	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	9.16	2.87	29.25	13.24	44.38	42.60
=63	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	8.88	8.27	9.54	10.90	8.62	9.24
=63	IraqIRQWestern Asia	8.88	1.72	45.81	38.93	61.70	40.02
65	OmanOMNWestern Asia	8.61	6.69	11.07	15.81	9.39	9.14
66	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	8.40	2.47	28.56	30.24	13.94	55.27
67	FijiFJIMelanesia	7.80	2.79	21.81	20.85	11.42	43.59
68	FranceFRAWestern Europe	7.64	2.70	21.60	10.12	28.67	34.73
69	EritreaERIEastern Africa	7.56	2.28	25.05	19.06	14.53	56.75
70	BelizeBLZCentral America	7.45	3.01	18.42	16.45	12.20	31.15
71	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	7.26	2.92	18.05	10.03	11.23	52.20
72	CubaCUBCaribbean	7.13	4.57	11.13	15.28	7.46	12.10
73	GuyanaGUYSouth America	6.98	2.63	18.52	17.12	12.87	28.85
74	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	6.92	2.58	18.54	10.89	15.55	37.64
75	GuineaGINWestern Africa	6.58	1.47	29.44	24.10	14.22	74.47
76	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	6.34	1.10	36.53	57.23	13.62	62.54
77	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	5.70	3.76	8.63	7.06	4.31	21.10
78	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	5.67	0.57	56.32	47.01	58.11	65.39
79	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	5.62	1.32	23.96	23.24	10.26	57.71
80	BahamasBHSCaribbean	5.58	1.52	20.48	19.86	10.09	42.89
81	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	5.53	2.29	13.36	12.35	11.69	16.53
82	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5.46	1.60	18.62	41.70	12.21	12.68
83	SenegalSENWestern Africa	5.28	1.05	26.54	30.89	11.77	51.39
84	UruguayURYSouth America	5.12	1.54	16.99	19.30	9.10	27.94
85	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	5.05	3.07	8.32	12.78	3.80	11.86
86	PolandPOLEastern Europe	5.03	1.73	14.63	10.11	7.66	40.46
87	SurinameSURSouth America	4.91	1.78	13.55	15.98	2.96	52.58
88	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	4.78	0.36	63.52	64.23	56.04	71.19
89	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	4.72	1.11	20.11	14.53	11.82	47.38
90	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	4.64	1.84	11.71	7.46	7.92	27.21
91	GabonGABMiddle Africa	4.61	1.49	14.26	16.70	3.29	52.80
92	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	4.55	1.12	18.45	10.40	11.92	50.67
93	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.54	1.57	13.12	8.34	8.36	32.41
94	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	4.49	0.67	30.04	31.89	13.09	64.94
95	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4.39	0.67	28.82	32.92	14.05	51.74
96	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.25	1.99	9.07	6.48	3.29	35.00
97	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	4.23	0.25	71.67	71.74	64.89	79.07
98	IsraelISRWestern Asia	4.19	0.88	19.99	15.63	16.48	30.99
99	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	4.16	0.55	31.48	34.09	13.13	69.69
100	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	4.01	0.25	64.42	57.24	70.25	66.49
101	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	3.99	1.20	13.25	6.49	9.51	37.66
102	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	3.91	2.20	6.96	5.38	1.84	34.09
103	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	3.89	0.38	39.87	22.53	55.42	50.75
=104	JordanJORWestern Asia	3.78	0.57	25.07	17.29	19.98	45.60
=104	TongaTONPolynesia	3.78	1.33	10.77	9.37	11.43	11.67
106	UkraineUKREastern Europe	3.49	0.48	25.34	15.31	21.37	49.72
107	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	3.44	0.73	16.22	11.83	8.92	40.42
=108	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	3.41	0.16	72.80	76.91	65.00	77.18
=108	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	3.41	0.69	16.88	9.86	10.46	46.64
110	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.37	0.34	33.39	52.47	12.81	55.39
111	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3.35	0.35	32.12	34.76	14.66	65.06
=112	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3.32	0.85	12.98	11.02	3.56	55.80
=112	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3.32	0.70	15.71	9.20	8.78	47.96
114	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.31	0.73	15.00	14.04	10.09	23.84
115	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3.28	0.35	30.73	39.09	13.56	54.75
116	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3.21	1.45	7.09	6.65	6.60	8.11
117	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	3.09	0.49	19.44	15.21	11.38	42.42
118	DominicaDMACaribbean	3.06	0.79	11.89	9.19	11.08	16.52
119	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.05	0.38	24.56	17.71	14.30	58.49
120	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	2.98	0.16	55.54	47.54	60.22	59.84
121	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.96	0.81	10.84	9.65	2.52	52.41
122	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.94	0.23	37.46	65.51	13.68	58.65
123	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	2.90	0.33	25.42	18.44	14.76	60.35
124	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	2.87	1.02	8.07	6.74	2.44	31.94
125	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	2.80	1.05	7.45	8.91	1.79	25.93
=126	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	2.78	1.06	7.29	5.77	2.55	26.35
=126	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	2.78	0.46	16.77	11.51	9.94	41.20
128	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.77	1.05	7.29	4.63	2.52	33.14
129	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.74	0.83	9.07	8.60	2.45	35.45
130	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2.69	0.25	28.88	29.10	14.70	56.31
131	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	2.67	0.53	13.48	10.23	9.01	26.60
132	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2.64	0.16	43.40	33.77	47.34	51.12
133	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2.55	0.20	32.42	33.98	14.51	69.09
=134	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.54	0.12	53.67	70.15	30.86	71.42
=134	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	2.54	0.43	15.04	21.07	10.26	15.73
136	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.53	0.34	18.79	15.13	9.57	45.81
=137	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.43	0.23	25.74	9.22	42.62	43.39
=137	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	2.43	0.23	25.73	27.52	12.07	51.29
139	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	2.39	0.64	8.91	8.80	2.17	37.09
140	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.33	0.28	19.38	34.28	3.26	65.09
=141	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	2.32	0.48	11.24	14.17	2.38	42.16
=141	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	2.32	0.79	6.82	9.19	2.38	14.49
=143	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2.26	0.22	23.23	24.91	11.58	43.44
=143	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2.26	0.08	63.57	60.90	59.29	71.16
145	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2.23	0.30	16.64	13.63	8.14	41.53
146	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	2.20	1.03	4.71	4.29	2.40	10.12
147	NigerNERWestern Africa	2.16	0.07	66.90	66.87	64.72	69.19
148	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	2.04	0.23	18.11	11.45	11.92	43.50
149	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	2.02	0.50	8.19	17.66	2.77	11.24
150	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	1.99	0.21	18.84	14.13	11.60	40.81
151	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	1.95	0.13	29.40	32.81	13.06	59.32
152	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	1.94	0.25	15.09	8.85	9.88	39.28
153	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1.92	0.44	8.41	8.29	2.09	34.27
154	ParaguayPRYSouth America	1.91	0.14	26.15	26.66	13.46	49.82
155	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1.89	0.07	50.78	36.30	55.59	64.89
156	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	1.87	0.31	11.25	14.41	2.66	37.10
157	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.72	0.17	17.49	14.05	9.98	38.17
158	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1.65	0.67	4.04	3.52	0.95	19.79
159	PalauPLWMicronesia	1.64	0.36	7.48	6.74	2.48	25.02
=160	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	1.56	0.31	7.88	7.07	2.03	34.13
=160	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.56	0.15	16.22	9.70	10.54	41.74
162	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1.54	0.49	4.86	5.54	0.81	25.59
163	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1.43	0.14	14.60	18.10	3.17	54.29
164	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	1.40	0.33	5.93	9.70	2.32	9.26
=165	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.33	0.09	19.72	16.31	9.75	48.23
=165	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	1.33	0.18	9.78	10.06	3.00	31.00
=167	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1.31	0.10	17.14	9.85	10.58	48.28
=167	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1.31	0.07	24.70	19.48	13.23	58.50
169	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.30	0.09	18.77	31.20	3.54	59.83
170	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	1.28	0.10	16.48	9.52	10.11	46.49
171	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	1.24	0.17	9.11	7.38	3.19	32.12
=172	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	1.18	0.11	12.74	9.73	9.97	21.30
=172	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.18	0.17	8.23	13.74	3.09	13.13
174	NauruNRUMicronesia	1.13	0.11	11.62	14.27	2.76	39.81
175	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.11	0.10	12.22	6.96	7.06	37.10
176	QatarQATWestern Asia	1.09	0.15	7.94	3.36	8.47	17.57
177	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1.08	0.16	7.33	6.14	2.57	24.91
178	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	1.06	0.18	6.28	5.43	1.59	28.72
179	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	1.05	0.15	7.32	6.03	2.07	31.37
180	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.04	0.07	15.60	17.97	3.29	64.27
181	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	1.03	0.10	10.70	10.78	2.59	43.90
182	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	1.02	0.11	9.47	8.48	9.72	10.29
183	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.93	0.07	12.29	15.54	2.72	43.90
184	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.91	0.10	8.36	6.67	2.34	37.48
185	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.88	0.14	5.52	7.07	2.73	8.72
186	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.84	0.15	4.68	4.88	0.87	24.07
187	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.78	0.05	12.03	8.22	5.83	36.29
188	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	0.74	0.09	6.01	6.43	1.70	19.86
189	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.70	0.06	8.27	8.89	5.85	10.88
190	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.48	0.02	11.63	10.01	3.02	51.98
191	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.35	0.03	4.07	2.98	1.30	17.46
192	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.25	0.02	3.04	3.08	1.78	5.14
193	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	0.18	0.02	1.55	1.74	0.43	5.00

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines47.09
2Indonesia43.68
3India41.77
4Mexico39.05
5Colombia38.61

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.25
191San Marino0.35
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.48
189Luxembourg0.70

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
HighestChina64.58
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestSomalia74.18
LowestMonaco1.55
Middle country: 18.84
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic76.91
LowestMonaco1.74
Middle country: 15.91
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia80.57
LowestMonaco0.43
Middle country: 11.47
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan79.07
LowestMonaco5.00
Middle country: 43.44

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 193 in both
98 · 85rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Ecuador19.20 → 23.41+4.21
Libya11.49 → 15.56+4.07
Mexico36.04 → 39.05+3.01
Panama15.98 → 18.52+2.54
Djibouti8.78 → 11.27+2.49

Fell most

El Salvador14.92 → 11.74−3.18
Madagascar26.05 → 23.62−2.43
Honduras17.30 → 15.10−2.20
India43.60 → 41.77−1.83
Egypt20.31 → 18.59−1.72

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. 2 countries share 11.27. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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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 (2019). World Risk Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2019

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