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Data for 2021

World Risk Index, 2021

2021, as IFHV’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

World Risk Index, 2021 covers 193 countries on 6 measures. Philippines is highest, at 47.42; Monaco is lowest, at 0.18. The middle country reads 4.23. Against 2020, 183 values changed (100 up, 83 down), the same countries are covered.

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World Risk Index · Data for 2021

HighestPhilippines

47.42

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
2021the year it describes
179distinct values2 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of World Risk Index, 2021, 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, 2021: 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	47.42	39.99	56.24	51.16	59.38	58.55
2	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	43.64	39.89	47.75	43.21	52.20	48.28
3	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	40.55	35.99	45.68	30.46	55.84	56.05
4	ColombiaCOLSouth America	37.65	31.54	44.95	38.57	51.09	46.10
5	MexicoMEXCentral America	37.49	50.08	28.06	35.54	12.94	48.02
6	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	36.54	22.43	59.54	54.10	62.30	62.62
7	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	34.97	18.10	67.57	66.48	64.99	71.40
8	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	27.81	16.57	46.67	35.24	58.84	49.01
9	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	27.15	28.35	26.01	11.32	39.73	39.14
10	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	26.98	64.59	11.27	12.16	11.69	10.07
11	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	26.88	18.84	38.35	56.72	14.59	68.15
12	PeruPERSouth America	26.13	16.65	41.02	27.23	50.43	50.26
13	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	25.19	13.11	48.41	29.80	59.49	64.01
14	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	24.95	26.73	23.29	20.85	13.32	45.50
15	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	24.86	8.55	72.28	68.01	81.46	68.17
16	YemenYEMWestern Asia	24.77	9.12	67.26	59.47	71.54	71.53
17	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	24.75	18.38	33.32	33.77	15.17	72.18
18	United StatesUSANorthern America	24.03	39.59	14.58	10.49	8.48	34.83
19	VenezuelaVENSouth America	23.70	19.52	28.77	24.79	15.21	63.14
=20	EcuadorECUSouth America	22.50	14.57	34.74	22.32	45.74	41.08
=20	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	22.50	14.32	35.35	20.97	51.17	41.18
22	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	21.84	31.21	15.29	8.57	14.34	29.10
23	JapanJPNEastern Asia	21.04	43.67	10.14	11.54	7.62	11.87
24	NicaraguaNICCentral America	20.92	18.71	23.40	16.50	14.29	54.37
25	CanadaCANNorthern America	19.94	25.89	15.36	12.61	8.07	35.63
26	IranIRNSouthern Asia	19.92	12.49	31.76	19.91	59.40	27.08
27	PanamaPANCentral America	19.25	15.89	23.31	26.25	11.17	43.21
28	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	18.82	10.74	32.99	16.06	46.87	47.68
29	HondurasHNDCentral America	16.79	8.82	31.95	37.80	14.82	58.22
30	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	16.42	8.90	30.30	15.45	46.13	39.03
31	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	16.39	5.49	48.94	33.50	56.14	62.32
32	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	15.31	9.62	24.38	23.96	12.77	47.39
33	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	15.06	17.99	12.61	8.71	6.25	36.80
34	ArgentinaARGSouth America	14.95	11.54	19.37	14.39	10.90	46.37
35	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	14.74	7.30	29.78	44.78	12.08	48.80
36	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	14.36	8.64	23.87	16.72	20.54	39.61
37	ChileCHLSouth America	14.10	12.86	15.47	10.26	9.22	39.14
38	BrazilBRASouth America	14.03	6.37	30.91	45.49	12.09	53.71
39	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	13.99	4.94	39.63	22.28	54.47	51.30
=40	Costa RicaCRICentral America	13.68	9.89	18.93	15.91	11.18	38.15
=40	KenyaKENEastern Africa	13.68	3.27	57.26	57.32	57.73	56.73
42	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	13.51	7.05	25.88	27.88	11.73	52.99
43	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	12.50	2.53	61.78	51.71	68.61	66.47
44	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	12.33	7.22	21.07	11.25	13.63	61.00
45	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	11.78	4.29	32.32	39.86	14.70	57.64
46	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	11.26	9.96	12.72	9.73	8.20	25.81
47	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	11.06	2.08	58.76	56.80	58.65	60.91
48	ItalyITASouthern Europe	10.92	8.69	13.73	9.03	8.16	35.15
49	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	10.91	2.37	50.18	33.75	53.42	70.08
50	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	10.90	5.80	20.49	13.07	12.29	53.59
51	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	10.23	1.65	63.37	58.41	63.24	68.89
=52	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	10.10	4.25	24.02	17.84	14.64	53.03
=52	SpainESPSouthern Europe	10.10	7.77	13.13	8.50	7.66	34.77
54	HaitiHTICaribbean	10.04	2.78	36.29	45.44	15.03	69.99
55	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	10.02	7.63	13.17	15.01	12.98	11.72
56	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	9.96	5.25	18.91	9.71	19.83	35.13
57	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	9.77	2.62	36.46	18.54	51.44	50.80
58	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	9.71	1.37	68.78	69.33	67.78	69.25
59	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	9.40	3.13	28.22	37.90	11.01	53.83
60	IraqIRQWestern Asia	9.23	1.72	49.49	37.39	57.65	56.22
61	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	9.15	1.32	63.47	55.73	64.86	70.73
62	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	8.90	8.25	9.61	11.43	8.74	8.88
63	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	8.42	2.47	28.72	30.06	14.31	55.05
64	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	8.35	2.91	23.96	17.08	13.42	60.01
65	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	8.01	2.93	21.91	14.74	12.87	55.48
66	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	7.94	2.88	21.89	21.45	11.45	42.72
67	OmanOMNWestern Asia	7.92	6.68	9.39	16.93	4.92	9.94
68	GuyanaGUYSouth America	7.83	2.63	23.34	23.95	12.14	43.71
69	FranceFRAWestern Europe	7.66	2.70	21.73	10.25	29.72	33.69
70	CubaCUBCaribbean	7.43	4.57	12.08	13.42	7.61	17.26
71	BelizeBLZCentral America	7.33	2.50	21.50	16.07	12.56	49.23
72	GuineaGINWestern Africa	6.94	1.47	32.72	31.82	14.93	73.74
73	SurinameSURSouth America	6.84	1.78	26.28	28.28	11.46	56.02
74	FijiFJIMelanesia	6.64	2.79	15.81	21.36	11.66	15.86
75	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	6.28	2.29	17.21	11.73	11.64	37.34
76	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	6.18	1.84	20.79	10.07	31.17	28.63
77	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	6.04	3.77	9.68	8.47	4.35	24.64
78	EritreaERIEastern Africa	6.03	2.30	15.80	18.51	3.66	58.22
79	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	5.96	1.60	22.20	19.16	12.48	45.73
80	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	5.89	1.32	26.24	31.02	10.52	55.39
81	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	5.85	2.58	13.28	8.12	7.88	36.62
82	SenegalSENWestern Africa	5.34	1.05	27.15	29.98	12.12	55.05
83	PolandPOLEastern Europe	5.10	1.73	15.03	10.08	7.97	42.25
84	BahamasBHSCaribbean	5.06	1.51	16.94	11.11	10.02	43.65
=85	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	5.01	1.09	23.05	14.96	13.13	62.31
=85	UruguayURYSouth America	5.01	1.54	16.32	11.67	8.61	43.26
=87	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	4.91	0.36	66.88	63.73	66.43	70.67
=87	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	4.91	3.07	7.86	9.80	3.86	12.85
89	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	4.88	0.67	35.49	55.02	13.12	61.94
90	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.70	1.57	14.06	8.15	9.65	35.31
91	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	4.69	2.20	9.99	9.55	3.31	31.56
92	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	4.54	1.10	18.74	12.08	10.73	50.76
93	GabonGABMiddle Africa	4.53	1.50	13.66	16.07	3.29	48.23
94	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	4.48	1.99	10.07	8.29	3.46	35.62
95	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	4.46	1.12	17.75	10.33	11.29	47.98
96	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	4.25	0.57	31.73	34.18	14.63	63.89
97	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	4.23	0.25	71.42	71.24	66.06	77.41
98	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	4.15	0.67	25.76	19.21	13.78	64.59
99	UkraineUKREastern Europe	4.12	0.48	35.32	20.79	41.93	50.54
100	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	4.09	0.38	43.97	29.41	49.49	58.39
101	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	4.03	0.25	64.98	55.61	70.16	70.32
102	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	3.98	1.45	10.92	8.53	6.26	24.36
103	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	3.88	1.20	12.56	5.40	9.72	37.72
104	IsraelISRWestern Asia	3.82	0.88	16.56	15.69	9.42	30.70
105	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	3.71	0.73	18.90	15.07	9.46	47.32
106	TongaTONPolynesia	3.60	1.33	9.72	7.48	11.76	10.45
107	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	3.41	0.16	72.78	75.26	66.68	76.82
108	DominicaDMACaribbean	3.39	0.79	14.57	7.55	10.48	39.12
109	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.36	0.73	15.50	8.17	10.21	44.61
110	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3.33	1.05	10.54	6.99	6.65	25.16
=111	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3.32	0.71	15.49	9.15	8.54	47.59
=111	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	3.32	0.23	48.01	47.19	46.45	50.50
113	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3.21	0.86	12.00	10.77	3.57	44.99
114	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	3.16	0.35	28.53	25.12	14.11	65.53
=115	BoliviaBOLSouth America	3.06	0.35	26.78	28.49	13.67	49.34
=115	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	3.06	0.22	42.47	33.47	44.45	51.50
117	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	3.05	0.16	58.08	47.61	61.75	66.65
=118	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	3.04	1.02	9.04	8.81	2.51	33.46
=118	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	3.04	0.34	27.15	29.39	12.88	52.87
120	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	3.02	0.54	16.86	20.45	3.52	66.54
121	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	2.97	0.49	18.05	12.05	11.48	42.52
122	SamoaWSMPolynesia	2.96	0.81	10.79	9.60	2.59	50.59
123	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	2.95	0.28	31.09	34.40	13.57	64.39
124	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	2.91	1.06	7.97	4.39	4.49	25.67
125	JordanJORWestern Asia	2.90	0.57	14.73	13.49	5.15	46.01
126	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	2.89	0.48	17.39	14.39	8.85	41.33
127	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	2.88	0.83	9.99	10.10	2.44	40.40
128	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	2.84	0.12	67.42	68.52	67.80	65.96
129	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	2.82	0.43	18.49	16.68	9.85	38.48
130	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	2.81	1.03	7.66	4.32	2.36	44.02
131	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	2.80	0.23	33.97	48.52	14.05	57.48
132	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	2.79	1.05	7.42	4.50	2.54	35.72
133	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	2.78	0.69	11.17	9.81	2.82	50.33
134	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	2.76	0.38	20.04	9.82	14.10	58.13
135	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	2.75	0.53	14.27	10.82	8.96	29.96
136	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	2.70	0.79	9.21	9.11	2.31	37.07
137	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	2.63	0.16	43.17	33.14	47.10	51.54
=138	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	2.62	0.34	20.15	14.60	11.79	47.50
=138	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	2.62	0.25	27.40	27.26	13.90	54.27
140	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	2.53	0.20	31.94	32.75	14.69	67.75
141	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.47	0.23	26.54	9.42	43.19	45.95
142	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	2.39	0.64	8.91	8.58	2.15	38.34
143	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	2.31	0.50	10.67	10.00	2.76	44.05
144	PalauPLWMicronesia	2.29	0.36	14.58	12.05	9.87	26.04
145	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	2.28	0.30	17.30	14.48	8.36	42.76
146	MaliMLIWestern Africa	2.24	0.08	62.82	60.30	59.92	68.62
147	NigerNERWestern Africa	2.16	0.07	66.42	66.66	64.46	68.18
148	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	2.15	0.33	13.96	12.58	14.96	14.46
149	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	2.09	0.46	9.54	7.04	2.61	47.27
150	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	2.05	0.25	16.87	11.31	10.21	41.56
151	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	2.04	0.21	19.89	15.63	11.10	45.33
152	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	2.03	0.23	17.89	9.09	12.73	49.44
153	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	1.94	0.31	12.20	7.21	7.21	34.89
154	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	1.89	0.07	50.77	35.82	57.73	63.28
=155	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	1.88	0.31	11.45	14.39	2.58	40.48
=155	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1.88	0.55	6.41	7.64	1.67	20.69
157	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1.85	0.43	7.93	6.94	2.06	34.84
158	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	1.82	0.13	25.35	18.64	13.21	66.13
159	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.69	0.17	16.86	11.36	9.92	42.53
160	ParaguayPRYSouth America	1.68	0.14	20.25	12.45	12.86	51.85
161	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.61	0.09	28.97	31.18	13.03	59.85
162	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	1.58	0.18	13.86	12.18	11.10	19.69
163	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	1.57	0.14	17.54	29.64	3.24	56.19
164	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.55	0.15	16.12	9.50	10.61	41.52
165	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1.53	0.49	4.80	5.28	0.81	25.90
166	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.41	0.07	28.22	30.65	11.64	63.00
167	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	1.37	0.17	11.09	9.37	3.15	46.25
=168	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	1.34	0.09	19.93	15.91	9.96	49.95
=168	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	1.34	0.33	5.47	9.43	2.24	7.76
=168	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1.34	0.10	17.89	12.68	9.04	49.92
=168	TogoTGOWestern Africa	1.34	0.07	25.67	19.04	13.91	63.89
172	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	1.28	0.10	16.45	9.51	10.00	46.80
173	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	1.23	0.17	8.94	7.33	3.25	29.95
174	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.22	0.10	15.00	12.19	7.21	38.37
=175	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	1.17	0.10	13.63	6.57	9.06	42.55
=175	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	1.17	0.07	19.53	15.25	10.73	45.55
177	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	1.16	0.11	12.23	5.99	9.93	30.75
178	QatarQATWestern Asia	1.10	0.15	8.14	3.34	8.24	19.57
179	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1.08	0.16	7.30	6.20	2.61	24.01
180	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	1.05	0.10	11.11	8.62	4.29	37.11
181	NauruNRUMicronesia	1.02	0.11	9.50	14.01	2.74	22.30
182	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.98	0.11	8.78	6.67	9.84	10.30
183	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.96	0.18	5.13	5.45	0.87	28.54
184	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.93	0.14	6.17	7.07	2.67	12.44
185	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.90	0.15	5.35	5.97	2.01	12.78
186	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.78	0.05	12.19	7.77	6.23	37.45
187	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.71	0.06	8.32	8.93	6.08	10.61
188	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	0.68	0.09	5.07	6.57	1.00	19.86
189	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.67	0.02	22.14	16.73	12.94	50.12
190	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.66	0.15	2.89	3.83	0.83	7.61
191	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	0.36	0.03	4.22	3.15	1.29	18.51
192	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	0.26	0.02	3.51	3.20	1.71	7.89
193	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	0.18	0.02	1.62	2.04	0.42	4.92

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

1Philippines47.42
2Indonesia43.64
3India40.55
4Colombia37.65
5Mexico37.49

Lowest

193Monaco0.18
192Andorra0.26
191San Marino0.36
190Singapore0.66
189São Tomé and Príncipe0.67

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
HighestChina64.59
Lowest3 share it
Middle country: 1.05
Vulnerability
HighestCentral African Republic72.78
LowestMonaco1.62
Middle country: 19.53
Susceptibility
HighestCentral African Republic75.26
LowestMonaco2.04
Middle country: 15.01
Lack of Coping Capacities
HighestSomalia81.46
LowestMonaco0.42
Middle country: 11.64
Lack of Adaptive Capacities
HighestSouth Sudan77.41
LowestMonaco4.92
Middle country: 46.10

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
183values changed, of 193 in both
100 · 83rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Iran17.43 → 19.92+2.49
Papua New Guinea24.47 → 26.88+2.41
Suriname4.98 → 6.84+1.86
Indonesia41.83 → 43.64+1.81
Belgium4.41 → 6.18+1.77

Fell most

Nicaragua23.69 → 20.92−2.77
Tunisia10.03 → 7.94−2.09
Egypt20.80 → 18.82−1.98
Mexico39.06 → 37.49−1.57
Eritrea7.56 → 6.03−1.53

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

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 2021.
179 distinct values among 193
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 1.34. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
IFHV publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
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 (2021). World Risk Index, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/world-risk-index/2021

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