Regional Political Risk Index (as of October 2012)

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.

	10/12	11	10	09	08
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	72	73
N. & Cent. America Avg.	72	72	72	71	72
Canada	93	94	92	95	96
Trinidad & Tobago	82	83	83	83	84
United States	80	79	79	76	78
Costa Rica	77	74	74	74	76
Mexico	75	74	74	74	77
Panama	75	76	77	74	70
El Salvador	72	73	70	70	69
Jamaica	71	68	70	68	70
Guatemala	70	71	70	70	73
Nicaragua	70	72	72	69	67
Dominican Republic	68	66	70	69	72
Honduras	68	70	69	67	69
Haiti	62	62	61	62	58
Cuba	50	49	49	49	51

	10/12	11	10	09	08
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	72	73
South America Avg.	68	68	68	67	67
Chile	82	81	83	83	82
Uruguay	80	80	81	77	77
Peru	74	70	72	68	69
Brazil	73	73	75	76	76
Paraguay	72	73	71	71	69
Suriname	72	72	69	73	70
Colombia	71	70	67	64	65
Bolivia	68	66	66	66	64
Guyana	66	67	65	65	66
Argentina	59	59	60	58	63
Ecuador	53	53	53	51	55
Venezuela	47	48	48	46	51

	10/12	11	10	09	08
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	72	73
West Europe Avg.	79	79	80	81	82
Norway	88	87	87	88	88
Sweden	88	89	89	89	90
Austria	86	87	88	88	88
Netherlands	86	88	88	87	89
Switzerland	86	86	86	86	85
Finland	84	86	87	87	87
Denmark	82	80	78	79	79
Germany	81	80	81	80	81
United Kingdom	80	80	80	80	86
Belgium	79	80	82	82	85
Ireland	73	74	77	80	80
Spain	73	73	74	76	79
France	72	75	77	77	79
Portugal	72	77	77	77	79
Italy	71	72	74	77	77
Turkey	70	68	65	66	68
Greece	68	68	71	73	78

	10/12	11	10	09	08
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	72	73
Cent. & South Asia Avg.	64	64	64	65	64
Azerbaijan	72	71	73	74	74
Sri Lanka	69	67	66	65	64
India	67	68	68	70	66
Kazakhstan	67	64	65	63	68
Bangladesh	59	60	59	59	57
Pakistan	52	53	53	56	55

	10/12	11	10	09	08
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	72	73
East Europe Avg.	74	74	75	76	77
Czech Republic	84	84	83	83	84
Bulgaria	82	82	82	83	84
Poland	79	78	78	80	82
Slovakia	79	83	86	83	84
Romania	73	74	74	74	75
Hungary	69	69	71	77	76
Ukraine	63	62	60	62	67
Russia	61	61	64	64	67

	10/12	11	10	09	08
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	73	73
MidEast/N. Africa Avg.	68	68	71	71	72
Oman	85	85	86	86	87
United Arab Emirates	84	85	87	88	90
Israel	80	79	78	78	76
Saudi Arabia	78	77	79	76	79
Kuwait	76	77	80	79	79
Morocco	69	68	70	70	72
Algeria	68	68	68	69	71
Egypt	67	65	67	67	67
Tunisia	67	70	73	72	74
Iraq	58	58	58	56	52
Libya	57	56	68	69	70
Syria	53	50	62	60	63
Iran	45	48	50	51	54

	10/12	11	10	09	08
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	72	73
Sub-Saharan Africa Avg.	65	65	66	66	66
Botswana	82	82	83	83	85
Gabon	74	74	74	77	77
Cameroon	72	73	73	73	73
Congo	72	72	72	72	70
Ghana	70	71	67	67	69
Angola	69	68	68	68	65
South Africa	69	69	71	72	74
Zambia	68	72	72	70	72
Kenya	67	66	70	66	67
Côte d’Ivoire	66	66	64	61	58
Nigeria	58	58	57	58	58
Congo DR	57	57	56	54	60
Guinea	54	53	55	52	51
Sudan	50	51	62	63	66
Zimbabwe	46	46	46	47	47

	10/12	11	10	09	08
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	72	73
East Asia/Pacific Avg.	78	76	75	75	75
Hong Kong	92	92	92	91	91
Taiwan	90	89	88	83	84
Singapore	89	89	89	89	90
Australia	88	88	87	86	86
Japan	84	82	83	83	83
New Zealand	83	80	82	83	83
Malaysia	78	79	79	78	79
South Korea	76	73	72	73	73
Thailand	75	72	70	69	69
Indonesia	73	72	70	67	69
Philippines	72	68	67	66	66
Papua New Guinea	71	71	69	69	69
China	69	69	70	70	70
Myanmar	65	56	46	43	45
Vietnam	64	65	67	69	71

Note: Produced semi-annually. Only the most current data is displayed.
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Regional Political Risk Index (as of October 2012)

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