Regional Political Risk Index (as of October 2016)

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.

	16-Oct	15	14	13	12
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	73	73	72	72

N. & Cent. America Avg.	74	75	74	73	73
Canada	92	92	93	94	93
United States	85	84	83	80	80
Mexico	79	81	80	79	75
Trinidad & Tobago	79	83	83	80	82
Panama	77	77	77	77	77
Jamaica	75	76	76	71	70
Nicaragua	74	73	74	71	70
Costa Rica	72	75	77	76	77
Guatemala	71	71	69	69	70
El Salvador	70	71	70	73	72
Dominican Republic	68	70	70	68	68
Honduras	68	68	69	68	69
Haiti	64	66	65	63	62
Cuba	57	57	52	49	50

South America Avg.	68	70	70	69	68
Chile	82	84	84	85	82
Uruguay	78	81	81	79	80
Peru	77	78	79	78	76
Colombia	76	78	78	74	71
Paraguay	73	74	76	72	72
Suriname	69	73	75	73	73
Bolivia	68	69	69	66	67
Brazil	68	70	71	71	73
Guyana	65	66	67	66	65
Argentina	63	62	61	59	57
Ecuador	55	55	55	56	53
Venezuela	42	45	42	45	47

West Europe Avg.	80	81	80	80	79
Norway	88	90	91	89	88
Sweden	88	88	87	87	88
Austria	86	88	88	87	87
Switzerland	86	86	86	86	86
Finland	85	85	84	84	84
Netherlands	84	85	85	84	84
Germany	83	83	83	82	82
Denmark	82	83	83	82	82
United Kingdom	81	87	85	80	80
Belgium	80	81	81	82	79
Ireland	79	78	78	76	76
France	76	76	75	73	74
Spain	76	75	75	75	76
Portugal	74	75	74	72	75
Turkey	72	72	72	73	70
Italy	70	73	73	72	72
Greece	65	66	66	68	68

Cent. & South Asia Avg.	66	67	67	65	65
Azerbaijan	71	75	76	71	72
Sri Lanka	71	71	72	68	69
India	70	70	69	68	69
Kazakhstan	67	69	70	67	67
Bangladesh	64	62	61	58	59
Pakistan	54	54	53	55	52

East Europe Avg.	74	74	74	74	74
Czech Republic	89	88	88	85	83
Slovakia	82	80	78	78	79
Bulgaria	81	83	83	81	83
Poland	81	81	81	82	82
Romania	77	76	75	71	73
Hungary	73	75	73	70	69
Russia	55	52	53	60	62
Ukraine	55	56	57	61	62

MidEast/N. Africa Avg.	65	66	67	68	68
United Arab Emirates	87	87	89	86	84
Israel	81	82	81	81	80
Kuwait	78	80	81	80	76
Oman	78	82	84	86	85
Saudi Arabia	76	78	78	78	77
Morocco	68	70	70	69	69
Tunisia	67	66	67	66	69
Algeria	64	64	67	68	68
Iran	57	52	52	45	45
Egypt	56	58	59	59	67
Iraq	47	51	51	56	58
Syria	43	44	44	49	53
Libya	40	40	45	55	57

Sub-Saharan Africa Avg.	64	65	65	65	65
Botswana	82	83	83	84	82
Congo	70	72	73	73	72
Gabon	69	72	73	73	73
Cameroon	68	71	71	73	72
Côte d’Ivoire	68	67	68	67	66
Ghana	68	69	70	71	70
South Africa	67	69	69	68	70
Zambia	67	70	70	69	68
Kenya	66	68	68	67	67
Angola	64	67	67	67	68
Nigeria	58	59	58	58	59
Sudan	55	54	50	48	50
Guinea	54	56	56	56	54
Congo DR	52	52	53	54	57
Zimbabwe	45	45	43	41	45

East Asia/Pacific Avg.	78	79	79	79	78
Hong Kong	92	92	92	92	92
Singapore	91	91	92	92	89
Taiwan	89	90	90	90	90
New Zealand	87	86	84	82	83
Australia	85	87	88	88	88
Japan	85	85	86	86	84
South Korea	81	83	82	80	78
Malaysia	78	78	78	80	80
Thailand	76	76	76	76	76
China	69	70	70	70	70
Indonesia	69	68	71	72	73
Papua New Guinea	69	72	72	72	71
Philippines	68	73	73	73	73
Vietnam	68	69	68	64	64
Myanmar	63	62	64	64	65

Note: Produced semi-annually. Only the most current data is displayed.
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Regional Political Risk Index (as of October 2016)

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