Global PRS Risk Index (as of April 2011)

Below is our most recent Political Risk Index (PRI) Table ranked in ascending order of political 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. This index provides a basic, convenient way to compare countries directly, as well as demonstrating changes over the past five years.

	Apr-2011	2010	2009	2008	2007
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	72	73
1. Canada	92	92	95	96	96
1. Hong Kong	92	92	91	91	92
3. Singapore	89	89	89	90	90
3. Sweden	89	89	89	90	91
5. Austria	88	88	88	88	87
5. Taiwan	88	88	83	84	85
7. Finland	87	87	87	87	87
7. Netherlands	87	88	87	89	89
7. Norway	87	87	88	88	87
7. United Arab Emirates	87	87	88	90	90
11. Oman	86	86	86	87	87
11. Slovakia	86	86	83	84	81
11. Switzerland	86	86	86	85	87
14. Australia	85	87	86	86	87
15. Czech Republic	84	83	83	84	84
16. Chile	83	83	83	82	83
16. Japan	83	83	83	83	85
16. Trinidad & Tobago	83	83	83	84	84
16. Uruguay	83	81	77	77	77
20. Botswana	82	83	83	85	85
20. Bulgaria	82	82	83	84	84
20. New Zealand	82	82	83	83	81
23. Belgium	80	82	82	85	86
23. Germany	80	81	80	80	81
23. United Kingdom	80	80	80	86	89
26. Denmark	79	78	79	79	82
27. Israel	78	78	78	76	75
27. Malaysia	78	79	78	79	80
27. Poland	78	78	80	82	80
27. Saudi Arabia	78	79	76	79	78
31. Kuwait	77	80	79	79	80
31. Portugal	77	77	77	79	81
31. United States	77	79	76	78	79
34. Ireland	76	77	80	80	84
34. Panama	76	77	74	70	73
36. Costa Rica	75	74	74	76	73
36. France	75	77	77	79	81
36. Mexico	75	74	74	77	81
39. Gabon	74	74	77	77	76
39. Spain	74	74	76	79	79
41. Brazil	73	75	76	76	77
41. Cameroon	73	73	73	73	73
41. Italy	73	74	77	77	78
41. Romania	73	74	74	75	75
41. South Korea	73	72	73	73	73
46. Congo	72	72	72	70	71
46. Indonesia	72	70	67	69	69
46. Nicaragua	72	72	69	67	66
46. Peru	72	72	68	69	67
46. Zambia	72	71	70	72	72
51. El Salvador	71	70	70	69	71
51. Greece	71	71	73	78	80
51. Hungary	71	71	77	76	80
51. Paraguay	71	71	71	69	67
51. Suriname	71	69	73	70	67
56. Guatemala	70	70	70	73	73
56. Jamaica	70	70	68	70	71
56. Thailand	70	70	69	69	70
56. Tunisia	70	73	72	74	75
60. Azerbaijan	69	73	74	74	73
60. China	69	70	70	70	70
60. Honduras	69	69	67	69	69
60. Papua New Guinea	69	69	69	69	69
60. South Africa	69	71	72	74	77
65. Angola	68	68	68	65	67
65. Colombia	68	67	64	65	66
65. Ghana	68	67	67	69	70
65. India	68	68	70	66	66
65. Morocco	68	70	70	72	73
70. Kenya	67	70	66	67	67
70. Philippines	67	67	66	66	66
70. Sri Lanka	67	66	65	64	65
70. Turkey	67	65	66	68	70
74. Bolivia	66	66	66	64	62
74. Dominican Republic	66	70	69	72	72
74. Egypt	66	67	67	67	64
74. Guyana	66	65	65	66	65
74. Vietnam	66	67	69	71	68
79. Algeria	65	68	69	71	73
79. Côte d’Ivoire	65	64	61	58	58
79. Kazakhstan	65	65	63	68	68
82. Haiti	63	61	62	58	62
83. Russia	62	64	64	67	68
84. Bangladesh	61	59	59	57	54
84. Sudan	61	62	63	66	66
84. Ukraine	61	60	62	67	68
87. Argentina	60	60	58	63	64
88. Iraq	58	58	56	52	48
89. Congo DR	57	56	54	60	61
89. Nigeria	57	57	58	58	58
89. Syria	57	62	60	63	63
92. Guinea	55	55	52	51	51
93. Ecuador	53	53	51	55	55
93. Pakistan	53	53	56	55	53
95. Cuba	49	49	49	51	49
95. Iran	49	50	51	54	54
95. Myanmar	49	46	43	45	47
98. Libya	48	68	69	70	68
99. Venezuela	47	48	46	51	51
100. Zimbabwe	46	46	47	47	49

Note: Produced semi-annually. Only the most current data is displayed.
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Global PRS Risk Index (as of April 2011)

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