Political Risk Index (September 2021)
Below is our most recent Political Risk Index (PRI) Table with countries ranked from low to high risk. 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.
21-Sep | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | |
GLOBAL AVERAGES | 70 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 72 |
1. Singapore | 90 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 91 |
2. Norway | 89 | 89 | 88 | 88 | 88 |
2. Canada | 89 | 89 | 91 | 91 | 92 |
4. Austria | 88 | 88 | 87 | 87 | 87 |
4. Czech Republic | 88 | 88 | 89 | 89 | 88 |
6. New Zealand | 87 | 87 | 86 | 86 | 86 |
6. Hong Kong | 87 | 87 | 90 | 91 | 93 |
8. Taiwan | 86 | 86 | 89 | 90 | 89 |
8. Australia | 86 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 86 |
8. United Arab Emirates | 86 | 86 | 89 | 90 | 88 |
8. Ireland | 86 | 86 | 84 | 83 | 82 |
8. Sweden | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 | 86 |
13. Netherlands | 85 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 86 |
13. Japan | 85 | 86 | 87 | 85 | 85 |
15. Switzerland | 84 | 84 | 86 | 86 | 84 |
15. Bulgaria | 84 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 83 |
15. Finland | 84 | 84 | 85 | 87 | 83 |
15. Israel | 84 | 84 | 85 | 85 | 84 |
19. Germany | 83 | 83 | 84 | 84 | 84 |
19. Denmark | 83 | 83 | 83 | 83 | 82 |
19. United States | 83 | 83 | 87 | 87 | 88 |
19. Poland | 83 | 83 | 82 | 82 | 78 |
19. Slovakia | 83 | 83 | 83 | 84 | 81 |
24. South Korea | 82 | 81 | 81 | 81 | 81 |
24. Chile | 82 | 82 | 80 | 83 | 83 |
26. Belgium | 81 | 81 | 80 | 80 | 80 |
27. Botswana | 80 | 80 | 81 | 81 | 82 |
28. Malaysia | 79 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 79 |
28. Uruguay | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 |
30. Jamaica | 78 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 78 |
31. Spain | 77 | 77 | 80 | 80 | 78 |
32. Romania | 76 | 77 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
32. Oman | 76 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 76 |
32. United Kingdom | 76 | 76 | 76 | 77 | 78 |
32. Trinidad & Tobago | 76 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 79 |
36. Panama | 75 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 77 |
36. Kuwait | 75 | 75 | 77 | 77 | 77 |
36. Peru | 75 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 78 |
36. Thailand | 75 | 75 | 76 | 76 | 76 |
36. Hungary | 75 | 75 | 74 | 74 | 73 |
36. Azerbaijan | 75 | 75 | 74 | 73 | 71 |
42. Saudi Arabia | 74 | 74 | 74 | 76 | 76 |
42. Portugal | 74 | 74 | 75 | 77 | 74 |
44. Costa Rica | 73 | 73 | 75 | 75 | 73 |
44. Paraguay | 73 | 73 | 72 | 74 | 72 |
44. France | 73 | 74 | 74 | 78 | 76 |
47. Mexico | 72 | 72 | 71 | 70 | 75 |
47. Greece | 72 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 68 |
47. India | 72 | 72 | 74 | 72 | 72 |
50. Vietnam | 71 | 71 | 69 | 71 | 69 |
50. Guyana | 71 | 71 | 68 | 66 | 67 |
50. Morocco | 71 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 71 |
53. El Salvador | 70 | 70 | 76 | 74 | 69 |
53. Guatemala | 70 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 71 |
53. Suriname | 70 | 70 | 71 | 71 | 68 |
53. Indonesia | 70 | 70 | 71 | 68 | 69 |
53. Italy | 70 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 71 |
58. Dominican Republic | 69 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 71 |
58. Turkey | 69 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 73 |
58. Colombia | 69 | 69 | 71 | 73 | 74 |
58. Honduras | 69 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 67 |
58. Philippines | 69 | 69 | 69 | 70 | 68 |
63. Kazakhstan | 68 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 68 |
64. Ghana | 67 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 71 |
64. China | 67 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 69 |
66. South Africa | 66 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 65 |
66. Côte d’Ivoire | 66 | 66 | 60 | 64 | 68 |
68. Bangladesh | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 63 |
68. Papua New Guinea | 65 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 64 |
68. Gabon | 65 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 66 |
71. Angola | 64 | 64 | 63 | 65 | 63 |
71. Brazil | 64 | 64 | 66 | 68 | 67 |
71. Bolivia | 64 | 64 | 61 | 63 | 67 |
74. Nicaragua | 63 | 63 | 67 | 66 | 72 |
74. Sri Lanka | 63 | 63 | 69 | 68 | 70 |
74. Cameroon | 63 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 67 |
74. Kenya | 63 | 63 | 65 | 67 | 67 |
78. Argentina | 62 | 61 | 62 | 66 | 70 |
78. Guinea | 62 | 62 | 58 | 58 | 59 |
80. Algeria | 61 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 62 |
80. Zambia | 61 | 61 | 65 | 66 | 65 |
82. Egypt | 60 | 60 | 64 | 63 | 58 |
82. Congo | 60 | 60 | 62 | 62 | 63 |
82. Tunisia | 60 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 65 |
85. Ukraine | 57 | 57 | 58 | 53 | 53 |
85. Nigeria | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 55 |
87. Russia | 56 | 56 | 57 | 57 | 56 |
87. Ecuador | 53 | 53 | 59 | 59 | 57 |
87. Pakistan | 53 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 57 |
87. Sudan | 53 | 53 | 53 | 56 | 55 |
91. Haiti | 51 | 51 | 59 | 61 | 64 |
92. Congo DR | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
93. Libya | 49 | 49 | 46 | 46 | 44 |
93. Myanmar | 49 | 49 | 63 | 64 | 64 |
95. Cuba | 48 | 49 | 48 | 50 | 48 |
96. Iran | 46 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 57 |
97. Syria | 45 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 |
97. Iraq | 45 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 47 |
99. Zimbabwe | 38 | 38 | 42 | 43 | 42 |
100. Venezuela | 37 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 |
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