Global PRS Risk Index (as of April 2014)

Countries ranked in ascending order of political risk.

	04/2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
GLOBAL AVERAGES	72	72	72	72	72
1. Canada	93	94	93	94	92
1. Hong Kong	93	92	92	92	92
3. Norway	91	89	88	87	87
4. Singapore	90	92	89	89	89
4. Taiwan	90	90	90	89	88
6. Australia	88	88	88	88	87
6. Austria	88	87	87	87	88
8. Sweden	87	87	88	89	89
9. Czech Republic	86	84	83	84	83
9. Oman	86	86	85	85	86
9. Switzerland	86	86	86	86	86
9. United Arab Emirates	86	86	84	85	87
13. Chile	85	85	82	81	83
13. Japan	85	86	84	82	83
15. Botswana	84	83	82	82	83
15. Finland	84	84	84	86	87
17. New Zealand	83	82	83	80	82
17. South Korea	83	80	78	73	72
17. Trinidad & Tobago	83	80	82	83	83
20. Denmark	82	82	82	80	78
20. Germany	82	82	82	80	81
20. Netherlands	82	84	84	88	88
20. United Kingdom	82	80	80	80	80
24. Bulgaria	81	80	83	82	82
24. Israel	81	81	80	79	78
24. Kuwait	81	80	76	77	80
24. Poland	81	82	82	78	78
24. United States	81	80	80	79	79
29. Belgium	80	82	79	80	82
29. Mexico	80	79	75	74	74
31. Panama	79	77	77	76	77
31. Uruguay	79	79	80	80	81
33. Peru	78	78	76	70	72
33. Saudi Arabia	78	78	77	77	79
33. Slovakia	78	78	79	83	86
36. Costa Rica	77	76	77	74	74
36. Ireland	77	76	76	74	77
36. Malaysia	77	80	80	79	79
39. Azerbaijan	76	71	72	71	73
39. Colombia	76	74	71	70	67
39. Romania	76	71	73	74	74
39. Spain	76	75	76	73	74
43. France	75	73	74	75	77
43. Paraguay	75	72	72	73	71
43. Thailand	75	77	76	72	70
46. Jamaica	74	71	70	68	70
46. Portugal	74	72	75	77	77
48. Cameroon	73	71	72	73	73
48. Congo	73	73	72	72	72
48. Gabon	73	73	73	74	74
48. Suriname	73	73	73	72	69
52. Hungary	72	70	69	69	71
52. Indonesia	72	72	73	72	70
52. Italy	72	72	72	72	74
52. Nicaragua	72	71	70	72	72
52. Papua New Guinea	72	73	71	71	69
52. Philippines	72	73	73	68	67
52. Turkey	72	73	70	68	65
59. Brazil	71	71	73	73	75
59. El Salvador	71	73	72	73	70
59. Sri Lanka	71	68	69	67	66
62. China	70	70	70	69	70
62. Ghana	70	71	70	71	67
62. Morocco	70	69	69	68	70
65. Bolivia	69	66	67	66	66
65. Dominican Republic	69	68	68	66	70
65. Guatemala	69	69	70	71	70
65. Kazakhstan	69	67	67	64	65
65. Kenya	69	67	67	66	70
65. Zambia	69	69	68	72	71
71. Côte d’Ivoire	68	67	66	66	64
71. Greece	68	68	68	68	71
71. Honduras	68	68	69	70	69
71. Tunisia	68	66	69	70	73
75. Angola	67	68	68	68	68
75. Guyana	67	66	65	67	65
75. South Africa	67	68	70	69	71
75. Vietnam	67	64	64	65	67
79. Algeria	66	68	68	68	68
79. India	66	68	69	68	68
81. Bangladesh	63	59	59	60	59
81. Haiti	63	63	62	62	61
81. Myanmar	63	66	65	56	46
84. Argentina	59	59	57	59	60
84. Egypt	59	59	67	65	67
84. Russia	59	60	62	61	64
87. Nigeria	58	59	59	58	57
88. Ecuador	56	56	53	53	53
88. Guinea	56	56	54	53	55
88. Pakistan	56	55	52	53	53
88. Ukraine	56	61	62	62	60
92. Iraq	55	56	58	58	58
93. Congo DR	54	54	57	57	56
94. Cuba	51	49	50	49	49
95. Libya	50	55	57	56	68
95. Sudan	50	48	50	51	62
97. Iran	47	45	45	48	50
98. Syria	44	49	53	50	62
98. Venezuela	44	45	47	48	48
100. Zimbabwe	43	41	45	46	46

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

Global PRS Risk Index (as of April 2014)

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