Data for 2020

World Risk Index, 2020

2020, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2020 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 46.72; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.12. Against 2019, 180 values changed (86 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2020

HighestPhilippines

46.72

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
2020the year it describes
175distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: 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	46.72	39.99	54.58	50.16	58.71	55.21
2	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	41.83	39.89	43.86	33.23	50.90	49.89
3	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	40.52	35.99	45.61	30.38	54.99	56.80
4	MexicoMEXCentral America	39.06	50.08	30.46	43.80	12.78	50.47
5	ColombiaCOLSouth America	38.75	31.54	47.62	47.29	50.03	45.63
6	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	35.40	22.43	55.88	50.53	59.96	57.59
7	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	34.11	18.10	64.27	67.07	63.91	61.94
8	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	28.07	16.57	47.56	37.40	59.01	48.74
9	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	27.75	28.35	27.17	13.46	39.80	37.45
10	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	27.62	64.59	11.81	12.31	11.99	11.15
11	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	26.55	13.11	53.77	40.28	59.89	64.46
12	PeruPERSouth America	26.09	16.65	40.88	27.66	49.63	49.78
13	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	25.81	26.73	24.92	25.19	13.31	46.17
14	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	25.17	8.55	74.08	67.60	79.85	75.30
15	YemenYEMWestern Asia	24.61	9.12	66.42	60.10	69.07	70.60
16	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	24.47	18.84	31.78	32.49	14.34	68.91
17	United StatesUSANorthern America	24.07	39.59	14.64	10.45	9.27	32.39
18	VenezuelaVENSouth America	23.70	19.52	28.77	28.78	13.08	63.27
19	NicaraguaNICCentral America	23.69	18.71	30.00	39.56	14.09	48.46
20	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	23.68	18.38	30.51	26.12	15.15	71.78
21	EcuadorECUSouth America	23.60	14.57	38.23	26.93	47.14	44.02
22	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	21.50	31.21	14.81	8.41	14.22	27.14
23	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	21.16	14.32	31.28	15.95	50.54	37.95
24	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	20.80	10.74	40.28	27.15	48.32	49.81
25	JapanJPNEastern Asia	20.30	43.67	9.44	14.26	7.43	7.94
26	CanadaCANNorthern America	19.64	25.89	14.90	12.38	7.95	33.59
27	PanamaPANCentral America	19.47	15.89	23.86	26.51	10.97	46.68
28	IranIRNSouthern Asia	17.43	12.49	24.32	19.95	59.15	12.19
29	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	16.43	5.49	49.16	33.55	56.81	62.33
30	HondurasHNDCentral America	16.17	8.82	29.64	30.51	14.65	58.27
31	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	16.15	8.90	29.30	15.32	46.76	35.12
32	ArgentinaARGSouth America	15.77	11.54	21.54	19.04	10.88	48.22
33	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	14.90	9.62	23.09	18.17	12.46	54.40
34	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	14.76	7.30	29.86	46.95	12.07	46.98
35	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	14.64	17.99	11.92	8.45	5.92	33.89
36	ChileCHLSouth America	14.19	12.86	15.66	10.39	9.09	40.63
37	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	14.13	4.94	40.41	23.85	55.10	50.22
38	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	13.97	8.64	22.58	15.27	20.00	37.71
39	Costa RicaCRICentral America	13.89	9.89	19.52	19.48	10.91	34.99
40	KenyaKENEastern Africa	13.81	3.27	58.35	58.47	58.04	58.53
41	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	13.34	7.05	25.26	23.06	13.42	52.10
42	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	12.54	2.53	62.20	51.96	69.11	67.02
43	BrazilBRASouth America	12.48	6.37	24.45	25.76	11.11	51.06
44	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	11.67	5.80	23.47	19.11	12.37	54.70
45	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	11.24	4.29	29.45	31.38	14.51	56.11
46	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11.22	2.08	60.49	59.87	58.18	63.54
47	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	11.18	9.96	12.56	10.35	8.24	23.25
48	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	10.89	2.37	50.02	33.61	53.90	69.10
49	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	10.74	7.22	15.98	8.90	13.53	33.86
50	ItalyITASouthern Europe	10.69	8.69	13.16	9.12	8.62	28.96
=51	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	10.62	4.25	26.53	23.00	14.62	55.55
=51	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	10.62	5.25	21.47	12.89	20.31	37.79
53	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	10.18	1.65	62.85	58.58	63.82	66.41
54	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	10.04	7.63	13.22	15.20	13.05	11.64
55	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	10.03	2.88	34.95	21.68	45.17	43.61
56	HaitiHTICaribbean	10.00	2.78	35.95	43.46	15.21	70.26
57	SpainESPSouthern Europe	9.75	7.77	12.24	8.32	7.65	28.83
58	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9.74	1.37	69.24	69.10	68.15	70.48
59	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	9.68	2.62	35.76	18.71	51.54	47.41
60	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	9.25	1.32	64.84	57.86	66.38	70.97
61	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	9.12	2.91	28.56	29.30	13.50	58.92
62	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	9.00	8.25	9.81	11.00	8.60	9.97
63	IraqIRQWestern Asia	8.63	1.72	43.30	28.77	58.49	48.26
64	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	8.53	3.13	23.27	21.68	10.80	53.82
65	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	8.43	2.47	28.75	29.87	14.30	55.64
66	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	7.93	2.93	21.45	17.20	11.73	48.93
67	BelizeBLZCentral America	7.74	2.50	23.96	28.42	12.47	38.79
68	CubaCUBCaribbean	7.67	4.57	12.88	16.00	7.52	17.74
=69	EritreaERIEastern Africa	7.56	2.30	24.83	18.38	14.57	57.17
=69	FranceFRAWestern Europe	7.56	2.70	21.19	10.27	29.70	31.21
71	OmanOMNWestern Asia	7.35	6.68	8.08	12.31	4.82	8.89
72	GuineaGINWestern Africa	6.90	1.47	32.38	31.75	14.44	74.06
73	FijiFJIMelanesia	6.83	2.79	16.74	21.09	11.84	18.78
74	GuyanaGUYSouth America	6.73	2.63	17.20	16.79	11.16	27.15
75	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	6.64	3.77	11.69	10.61	4.35	34.57
76	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	6.08	2.58	14.35	10.76	7.78	35.31
77	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5.93	1.60	21.96	19.02	12.17	45.73
78	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	5.80	1.32	25.45	29.98	10.40	52.89
79	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	5.74	2.29	14.39	6.89	11.74	36.84
80	SenegalSENWestern Africa	5.36	1.05	27.36	30.23	12.29	55.15
81	UruguayURYSouth America	5.24	1.54	17.83	14.90	8.84	43.01
82	PolandPOLEastern Europe	5.09	1.73	14.96	10.22	7.79	42.02
83	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	5.01	1.09	23.02	14.32	13.25	64.27
84	SurinameSURSouth America	4.98	1.78	13.91	15.70	2.98	57.57
85	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	4.89	0.57	42.02	19.69	58.49	64.43
86	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	4.85	0.36	65.34	63.66	62.91	69.66
87	GabonGABMiddle Africa	4.80	1.50	15.38	20.93	3.29	52.82
88	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	4.79	3.07	7.47	9.75	3.83	11.16
89	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	4.70	1.10	20.08	14.31	11.93	47.40
90	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	4.47	0.67	29.81	32.39	13.05	62.64
91	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	4.43	1.12	17.56	10.34	11.27	46.44
92	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	4.41	1.84	10.56	5.85	7.90	25.50
93	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	4.22	0.25	71.33	70.49	65.95	78.07
94	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	4.20	2.20	8.03	9.13	1.84	30.85
95	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4.14	0.67	25.55	19.46	14.06	60.96
96	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.13	1.99	8.59	6.20	3.31	30.91
97	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	4.12	0.54	31.50	34.82	13.12	68.43
98	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.08	1.57	10.60	14.68	9.67	8.39
=99	TongaTONPolynesia	4.05	1.33	12.31	16.07	11.57	10.03
=99	UkraineUKREastern Europe	4.05	0.48	34.11	20.05	42.01	47.12
101	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	4.02	0.25	64.61	55.32	70.89	68.79
102	BahamasBHSCaribbean	3.99	1.51	10.54	11.06	9.92	10.68
103	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	3.87	1.20	12.49	5.43	9.71	36.93
104	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.78	0.88	16.21	15.70	9.43	28.76
105	JordanJORWestern Asia	3.73	0.57	24.43	17.34	19.95	42.13
106	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	3.66	0.73	18.36	15.24	9.20	44.13
107	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.65	0.73	18.22	13.81	10.05	43.61
108	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	3.53	0.38	32.73	12.96	48.17	56.14
109	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3.38	0.86	13.30	10.84	3.56	60.97
=110	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	3.34	0.16	69.69	73.68	65.13	70.52
=110	DominicaDMACaribbean	3.34	0.79	14.11	7.49	10.35	36.27
112	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3.31	0.35	31.23	33.77	14.17	63.66
113	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3.30	0.71	15.34	9.11	8.62	45.97
114	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3.25	1.45	7.29	8.20	6.29	7.52
115	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3.11	0.35	27.63	29.42	13.52	53.01
=116	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.07	0.34	27.74	28.91	12.71	58.09
=116	SamoaWSMPolynesia	3.07	0.81	11.67	13.19	2.54	47.47
=118	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	3.04	0.16	57.80	47.59	60.28	67.32
=118	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	3.04	0.49	18.92	15.12	11.35	39.47
120	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.03	0.38	24.20	16.96	14.17	58.95
121	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.96	0.28	31.31	34.52	13.56	65.56
=122	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	2.90	1.02	8.23	6.77	2.51	32.77
=122	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	2.90	1.06	7.96	4.42	4.54	25.15
124	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.88	0.12	69.11	69.96	62.15	75.92
125	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.81	0.23	34.43	48.79	13.87	60.31
=126	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.79	1.05	7.44	4.59	2.56	35.07
=126	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.79	0.83	9.36	9.98	2.45	33.49
128	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2.78	0.69	11.21	9.81	2.79	51.51
129	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2.69	0.16	45.26	32.94	47.25	59.56
130	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.68	0.23	31.22	16.31	42.67	43.71
131	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2.67	0.25	28.51	28.53	13.90	58.44
132	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	2.66	1.05	6.76	6.88	1.81	24.82
133	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	2.61	0.46	14.81	6.91	10.31	45.61
=134	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.59	0.34	19.72	14.95	10.72	47.88
=134	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	2.59	0.33	20.30	10.16	14.87	55.41
=136	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	2.53	1.03	6.22	4.25	2.45	23.12
=136	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2.53	0.20	31.99	32.54	14.64	68.70
138	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	2.39	0.23	24.91	27.22	11.66	48.71
139	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	2.35	0.64	8.60	8.61	2.13	34.68
140	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	2.29	0.50	10.49	10.10	2.75	41.54
141	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	2.27	0.43	12.00	11.75	10.02	14.66
=142	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	2.24	0.23	21.77	15.91	13.07	49.61
=142	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	2.24	0.53	9.47	10.24	9.10	9.10
144	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2.23	0.30	16.62	13.51	8.35	40.67
145	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	2.22	0.79	6.24	9.03	2.37	11.34
146	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	2.21	0.22	22.24	19.06	11.03	52.29
147	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2.20	0.08	60.77	60.38	60.05	61.89
148	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.18	0.25	19.09	15.52	10.08	44.49
=149	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	2.17	0.13	36.20	55.39	13.27	64.52
=149	NigerNERWestern Africa	2.17	0.07	67.34	67.52	65.92	68.62
=151	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	2.09	0.48	9.10	8.11	2.38	39.04
=151	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2.09	0.21	20.90	18.91	11.26	42.87
153	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	2.05	0.07	60.25	61.96	58.09	60.76
154	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	1.88	0.31	11.44	14.30	2.59	40.43
155	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	1.82	0.18	18.49	17.64	11.41	31.39
=156	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1.79	0.43	7.48	6.96	2.05	29.33
=156	ParaguayPRYSouth America	1.79	0.14	23.01	19.00	13.26	48.38
=158	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1.76	0.55	5.63	5.44	1.70	19.25
=158	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.76	0.17	18.20	14.86	10.07	40.31
160	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.69	0.15	19.08	16.49	10.65	39.53
161	PalauPLWMicronesia	1.65	0.36	7.54	6.74	2.49	25.54
162	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.61	0.09	28.93	30.73	12.20	64.56
=163	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1.51	0.49	4.67	5.46	0.80	23.38
=163	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	1.51	0.31	7.35	7.04	2.09	27.03
165	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.45	0.09	23.36	26.79	10.14	46.90
166	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1.43	0.14	14.70	17.88	3.21	55.34
167	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	1.42	0.33	6.10	9.51	2.25	10.61
168	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1.33	0.07	25.42	19.20	14.02	60.99
169	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1.31	0.10	17.16	9.91	10.14	50.28
170	QatarQATWestern Asia	1.30	0.15	11.22	4.89	8.39	34.39
171	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	1.28	0.10	16.43	9.52	10.01	46.53
=172	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	1.27	0.07	23.08	26.71	10.68	43.11
=172	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.27	0.17	9.47	9.50	3.12	28.69
174	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	1.19	0.17	8.39	5.78	3.25	31.40
175	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.15	0.10	13.28	8.99	7.11	36.68
176	NauruNRUMicronesia	1.10	0.11	11.06	14.02	2.74	35.22
=177	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	1.09	0.10	11.91	11.20	4.24	35.61
=177	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1.09	0.16	7.45	6.21	2.58	25.86
179	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	1.08	0.10	11.70	13.87	2.61	44.26
180	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.04	0.07	15.54	18.12	3.31	62.59
181	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	1.03	0.11	9.70	5.89	9.99	15.52
182	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	1.02	0.11	9.41	8.40	9.75	10.18
183	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	1.01	0.14	7.26	7.06	2.72	19.95
184	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.96	0.15	6.10	5.96	1.99	19.14
185	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.95	0.18	5.03	5.39	0.92	25.63
186	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.78	0.05	12.31	8.19	6.26	36.40
187	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.75	0.15	3.77	3.23	0.84	19.74
188	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	0.66	0.09	4.86	6.36	0.96	18.80
189	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.53	0.06	4.73	6.69	5.96	2.66
190	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.48	0.02	11.45	9.83	3.03	50.34
191	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.34	0.03	3.95	3.13	1.30	15.10
192	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.24	0.02	2.93	3.21	1.74	4.51
193	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	0.18	0.02	1.61	2.01	0.44	4.68

02In 2020

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines46.72
2Indonesia41.83
3India40.52
4Mexico39.06
5Colombia38.75

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.24
191San Marino0.34
190São Tomé and Príncipe0.48
189Luxembourg0.53

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 4.12. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Exposure
HighestChina64.59
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestSomalia74.08
LowestMonaco1.61
Middle country: 20.30
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic73.68
LowestMonaco2.01
Middle country: 16.00
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia79.85
LowestMonaco0.44
Middle country: 11.41
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan78.07
LowestLuxembourg2.66
Middle country: 45.63

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
180values changed, of 193 in both
86 · 94rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

Nicaragua19.15 → 23.69+4.54
Peru21.76 → 26.09+4.33
Tanzania13.10 → 16.43+3.33
El Salvador11.74 → 14.76+3.02
Egypt18.59 → 20.80+2.21

Fell most

China34.22 → 27.62−6.60
Japan25.24 → 20.30−4.94
Papua New Guinea27.17 → 24.47−2.70
Indonesia43.68 → 41.83−1.85
Bahamas5.58 → 3.99−1.59

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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175 distinct values among 193
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Which end is better
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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 (2020). World Risk Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2020

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