Regional Political Risk Index (as of April 2015)

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.

	15-Apr	14	13	12	11
GLOBAL AVERAGES	73	73	72	72	72

N. & Cent. America Avg.	75	74	73	73	72
Canada	93	93	94	93	94
United States	84	83	80	80	79
Trinidad & Tobago	83	83	80	82	83
Mexico	80	80	79	75	74
Panama	78	77	77	77	76
Costa Rica	77	77	76	77	74
Jamaica	76	76	71	70	68
Nicaragua	74	74	71	70	72
El Salvador	71	70	73	72	73
Guatemala	71	69	69	70	71
Dominican Republic	70	70	68	68	66
Honduras	69	69	68	69	70
Haiti	65	65	63	62	62
Cuba	56	52	49	50	49

South America Avg.	70	70	69	68	68
Chile	84	84	85	82	81
Uruguay	81	81	79	80	80
Colombia	78	78	74	71	70
Peru	78	79	78	76	70
Paraguay	76	76	72	72	73
Suriname	75	75	73	73	72
Brazil	70	71	71	73	73
Bolivia	69	69	66	67	66
Guyana	65	67	66	65	67
Argentina	63	61	59	57	59
Ecuador	55	55	56	53	53
Venezuela	45	42	45	47	48

West Europe Avg.	80	80	80	79	79
Norway	90	91	89	88	87
Austria	88	88	87	87	87
Sweden	87	87	87	88	89
Finland	86	84	84	84	86
Switzerland	86	86	86	86	86
United Kingdom	86	85	80	80	80
Netherlands	85	85	84	84	88
Denmark	83	83	82	82	80
Germany	83	83	82	82	80
Belgium	81	81	82	79	80
Ireland	78	78	76	76	74
France	76	75	73	74	75
Spain	75	75	75	76	73
Portugal	74	74	72	75	77
Italy	73	73	72	72	72
Turkey	71	72	73	70	68
Greece	66	66	68	68	68

Cent. & South Asia Avg.	67	67	65	65	64
Azerbaijan	75	76	71	72	71
Sri Lanka	72	72	68	69	67
India	70	69	68	69	68
Kazakhstan	70	70	67	67	64
Bangladesh	62	61	58	59	60
Pakistan	54	53	55	52	53

East Europe Avg.	74	74	74	74	74
Czech Republic	88	88	85	83	84
Bulgaria	83	83	81	83	82
Poland	81	81	82	82	78
Slovakia	79	78	78	79	83
Romania	76	75	71	73	74
Hungary	75	73	70	69	69
Ukraine	56	57	61	62	62
Russia	52	53	60	62	61

MidEast/N. Africa Avg.	67	67	68	68	68
United Arab Emirates	89	89	86	84	85
Oman	84	84	86	85	85
Israel	82	81	81	80	79
Kuwait	81	81	80	76	77
Saudi Arabia	78	78	78	77	77
Morocco	70	70	69	69	68
Algeria	69	67	68	68	68
Tunisia	69	67	66	69	70
Egypt	58	59	59	67	65
Iran	52	52	45	45	48
Iraq	50	51	56	58	58
Libya	44	45	55	57	56
Syria	44	44	49	53	50

Sub-Saharan Africa Avg.	65	65	65	65	65
Botswana	84	83	84	82	82
Gabon	73	73	73	73	74
Congo	72	73	73	72	72
Cameroon	71	71	73	72	73
Ghana	70	70	71	70	71
Zambia	70	70	69	68	72
Angola	69	67	67	68	68
South Africa	69	69	68	70	69
Côte d’Ivoire	68	68	67	66	66
Kenya	67	68	67	67	66
Nigeria	59	58	58	59	58
Guinea	54	56	56	54	53
Congo DR	53	53	54	57	57
Sudan	50	50	48	50	51
Zimbabwe	43	43	41	45	46

East Asia/Pacific Avg.	79	79	79	78	76
Hong Kong	92	92	92	92	92
Singapore	92	92	92	89	89
Taiwan	90	90	90	90	89
Australia	88	88	88	88	88
New Zealand	86	84	82	83	80
Japan	85	86	86	84	82
South Korea	82	82	80	78	73
Malaysia	78	78	80	80	79
Thailand	76	76	76	76	72
Philippines	73	73	73	73	68
Papua New Guinea	72	72	72	71	71
China	70	70	70	70	69
Indonesia	69	71	72	73	72
Vietnam	68	68	64	64	65
Myanmar	64	64	64	65	56

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