Regional Political Risk Index

Below is our most recent Political Risk Index (PRI) Table ranked from low to high risk within each region listed. The PRI is the overall measure of risk for a given country, calculated by using all 17 risk components from the PRS Methodology including turmoil, financial transfer, direct investment, and export markets. The Index provides a basic, convenient way to compare countries directly, as well as demonstrating changes over the past five years.

	20-Oct	19	18	17	16
GLOBAL AVERAGES	70	71	72	72	71

N. & Cent. America Avg.	71	73	73	73	74
Canada	89	91	91	92	92
United States	83	87	87	88	86
Jamaica	78	79	80	78	76
Panama	76	78	78	77	77
Trinidad & Tobago	76	78	78	79	79
Costa Rica	74	75	75	73	72
El Salvador	74	76	74	69	69
Mexico	73	71	70	75	79
Guatemala	70	71	72	71	73
Dominican Republic	69	70	71	71	69
Honduras	67	68	70	67	68
Nicaragua	66	67	66	72	74
Haiti	53	59	61	64	64
Cuba	43	48	50	48	56

South America Avg.	66	67	68	68	68
Chile	79	80	83	83	82
Uruguay	78	79	79	77	77
Peru	73	78	78	78	78
Paraguay	72	72	74	72	73
Guyana	71	68	66	67	65
Suriname	70	71	71	68	68
Colombia	70	71	73	74	73
Brazil	64	66	68	67	68
Bolivia	62	61	63	67	67
Argentina	60	62	66	70	67
Ecuador	51	59	59	57	57
Venezuela	39	39	39	39	41

West Europe Avg.	79	81	81	80	80
Norway	88	88	88	88	88
Austria	87	87	87	87	86
Sweden	86	86	86	86	88
Ireland	85	84	83	82	81
Switzerland	84	86	86	84	84
Netherlands	84	86	87	86	84
Finland	84	85	87	83	84
Germany	82	84	84	84	83
Denmark	81	83	83	82	82
Belgium	79	80	80	80	79
Spain	77	80	80	78	77
United Kingdom	77	76	77	78	80
France	72	74	78	76	75
Greece	72	74	72	68	65
Portugal	72	75	77	74	74
Turkey	72	72	72	73	72
Italy	70	70	69	71	70

Central & South Asia	65	67	67	67	66
India	72	74	72	72	70
Azerbaijan	72	74	73	71	71
Sri Lanka	67	69	68	70	71
Bangladesh	64	65	66	63	64
Kazakhstan	63	66	66	68	67
Pakistan	52	55	56	57	54

East Europe Avg.	75	75	75	74	74
Czech Republic	87	89	89	88	89
Bulgaria	84	83	83	83	81
Poland	82	82	82	78	79
Slovakia	82	83	84	81	82
Romania	76	77	77	77	77
Hungary	73	74	74	73	73
Ukraine	57	58	53	53	55
Russia	56	57	57	56	52

MidEast/N. Africa Avg.	64	65	65	65	65
United Arab Emirates	86	89	90	88	87
Israel	84	85	85	84	81
Kuwait	77	77	77	77	78
Oman	74	74	74	76	77
Saudi Arabia	74	74	76	76	76
Morocco	71	72	72	71	69
Algeria	61	62	62	62	63
Egypt	60	64	63	58	56
Tunisia	60	64	62	65	67
Iran	47	49	50	57	57
Libya	46	46	46	44	40
Iraq	45	48	48	47	47
Syria	45	45	45	46	43

Sub-Saharan Africa Avg.	60	61	62	63	63
Botswana	80	81	81	82	82
Ghana	66	68	68	71	68
South Africa	65	69	67	65	67
Angola	64	63	65	63	64
Cameroon	64	65	68	67	68
Kenya	62	65	67	67	65
Guinea	61	58	58	59	54
Gabon	61	64	63	66	69
Congo	61	62	62	63	67
Zambia	60	65	66	65	67
Côte d’Ivoire	58	60	64	68	68
Nigeria	57	57	57	55	58
Sudan	50	53	56	55	53
Congo DR	50	50	50	50	49
Zimbabwe	36	42	43	42	44

East Asia/Pacific Avg.	77	78	78	78	78
Singapore	90	92	92	91	90
Hong Kong	88	90	91	93	92
Taiwan	88	89	90	89	89
Japan	86	87	85	85	85
New Zealand	86	86	86	86	87
Australia	85	88	86	86	85
South Korea	82	81	81	81	83
Malaysia	78	78	78	79	78
Thailand	76	76	76	76	76
Indonesia	69	71	68	69	69
Vietnam	69	69	71	69	70
Philippines	67	69	70	68	68
Papua New Guinea	65	67	67	64	67
China	64	67	69	69	67
Myanmar	62	63	64	64	64

Note: Produced semi-annually. Only the most current data is displayed.
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