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

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