List of countries by Fragile States Index

This is a list of countries by order of appearance in the Fragile States Index of the United States think-tank Fund for Peace. A fragile state has several attributes. Common indicators include a state whose central government is so weak or ineffective, that it has little practical control over much of its territory; non-provision of public services; widespread corruption and criminality; refugees and involuntary movement of populations and sharp economic decline. Since 2005, the index has been published annually by the Fund for Peace and the magazine Foreign Policy.^[1] The list has been cited by journalists and academics in making broad comparative points about countries or regions.^[2][3]

This is the list for 2014,^[4] with comparisons of each country's current score to previous years' indices.

The report uses 12 factors to determine the rating for each nation including security threats, economic implosion, human rights violations and refugee flows.

Indicators of a fragile state

12 factors are used by Fund For Peace to ascertain the status of a country.^[5]

Social

• Mounting demographic pressures.
• Massive displacement of refugees, creating severe humanitarian emergencies.
• Widespread vengeance-seeking group grievance.
• Chronic and sustained human flight.

Economic

• Uneven economic development along group lines.
• Severe economic decline.

Political

• Criminalization and/or delegitimization of the state.
• Deterioration of public services.
• Suspension or arbitrary application of law; widespread human rights abuses.
• Security apparatus operating as a "state within a state".
• Rise of factionalized elites.
• Intervention of external political agents.

2014

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	1	South Sudan	112.9	2.3	4.5	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2	Somalia	112.6	1.3	2.3	0.8	1.7	2.1	1.6	1.5
3	Central African Republic	110.6	5.3	6.8	5.6	4.2	5.2	6.9	9.6
4	Democratic Republic of the Congo	110.2	1.7	1.0	2.0	0.3	1.5	3.5	4.7
5	Sudan	110.1	0.9	0.7	1.4	1.7	2.3	2.9	3.6

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	6	Chad	108.7	0.3	1.1	1.6	4.6	3.5	2.2	0.1
7	Afghanistan	106.5	0.2	0.5	1.0	2.8	1.7	1.1	4.2
8	Yemen	105.4	1.6	0.6	5.1	5.4	7.3	10.0	12.2
9	Haiti	104.3	1.5	0.6	3.7	2.7	2.5	5.0	3.4
10	Pakistan	103.0	0.1	1.4	0.7	0.5	1.1	0.8	2.9
11	Zimbabwe	102.8	2.4	3.5	5.1	7.4	11.2	9.7	7.3
12	Guinea	102.7	1.4	0.8	0.2	2.3	1.9	0.9	1.4
13	Iraq	102.2	1.7	2.1	2.6	5.1	6.4	8.4	9.2
14	Cote d'Ivoire	101.7	1.8	1.9	1.1	0.5	0.8	2.9	5.6
15	Syria	101.6	4.2	7.1	15.7	13.7	11.8	11.5	13.0
16	Guinea-Bissau	100.6	0.5	1.4	2.3	3.4	5.8	9.3	11.8

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	17	Nigeria	99.7	1.0	1.4	0.2	0.5	0.1	4.0	4.1
18	Kenya	99.0	0.6	0.6	0.3	1.7	2.4	5.6	7.7
19	Ethiopia	97.9	1.0		0.3	0.9	1.0	1.8	2.6
19	Niger	97.9	1.1	1.0	1.2	0.1	1.4	3.4	6.7
21	Burundi	97.1	0.5	0.4	1.5	0.4	1.4	3.0	1.9
22	Uganda	96.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	1.5	0.9	0.1	0.4
23	Eritrea	95.5	0.5	1.0	1.9	2.2	5.2	8.1	10.0
24	Liberia	94.3	0.8	1.0	0.3	2.6	2.5	3.3	1.4
24	Myanmar	94.3	0.3	1.9	4.0	5.1	7.2	6.0	2.7
26	North Korea	94.0	1.1	1.5	1.6	3.8	4.3	3.7	3.7
27	Cameroon	93.1	0.4		1.5	2.3	2.2	1.9	3.7
28	Mauritania	93.0	1.3	5.4	5.0	3.9	4.3	6.9	6.3
29	Bangladesh	92.8	0.3	0.6	1.6	3.3	5.3	7.5	3.1
30	Sri Lanka	92.6	0.3	0.4	0.5	3.1	4.1	3.0	0.5
31	Egypt	91.0	0.4	0.6	4.2	3.4	2.0	2.3	1.8
31	Nepal	91.0	0.8	2.0	2.7	4.4	4.4	3.2	2.6
31	Timor-Leste	91.0	0.5	1.7	3.9	7.2	6.2	2.8	3.9
34	Rwanda	90.5	1.2	1.2	0.5	1.8	1.5	2.5	1.3

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	35	Sierra Leone	89.9	1.3	0.5	2.2	3.7	2.2	2.4	3.5
36	Mali	89.8	0.5	11.9	10.5	10.5	11.1	14.2	14.3
37	Republic of the Congo	89.6	0.4	0.5	1.8	2.9	3.5	3.8	3.0
38	Malawi	89.1	0.1	0.3	2.1	4.5	4.7	3.8	3.1
39	Burkina Faso	89.0	1.2	1.6	0.4	1.7	2.3	0.9	0.7
40	Cambodia	88.5	0.5	0.2		0.2	1.2	2.7	2.8
41	Libya	87.8	3.3	2.9	19.1	18.7	18.4	17.8	18.5
42	Togo	87.8		0.3	1.6	0.3	0.6	1.0	1.2
43	Angola	87.4	0.3	2.3	2.8	3.7	2.4	3.6	2.5
44	Iran	87.2	2.5	2.4	3.0	5.0	2.8	1.5	4.4
45	Djibouti	87.1	1.6	3.3	4.5	5.2	6.5	7.1	6.8
46	Lebanon	86.9	0.6	1.1	0.8	4.0	6.6	8.8	5.5
47	Solomon Islands	86.4	1.2	0.8	0.5	2.2	3.2	6.0	5.6
48	Uzbekistan	86.3	0.6	1.2	2.0	4.2	6.5	7.1	7.2
49	Zambia	86.2	0.4	0.3	2.4	2.3	2.0	4.6	5.6
50	Mozambique	85.9	3.1	3.5	2.3	4.2	5.2	9.1	9.0
51	Swaziland	85.8	0.2	2.3	3.3	3.0	3.4	5.8	4.5
52	Equatorial Guinea	85.3	0.8	1.0	2.8	3.2	3.0	2.7	2.9
53	Philippines	85.3	2.5	2.1	0.3	1.8	0.5	1.9	2.1
54	Comoros	85.1	1.1	2.1	1.3		1.2	5.5	7.3
55	Tajikistan	84.6	0.6	1.1	3.7	4.6	5.7	4.3	4.1
56	Laos	84.3	0.6	1.2	2.4	4.4	4.7	4.4	2.9
57	Papua New Guinea	84.1	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.2		0.5	1.0
58	Kyrgyzstan	83.9	1.8	3.5	7.9	4.5	5.2	4.9	4.3
59	Colombia	83.1	0.7	1.3	3.9	5.1	6.1	5.9	6.6
59	Gambia	83.1	1.3	2.5	2.2	2.9	4.1	6.2	7.1
59	Madagascar	83.1	0.4	0.6	0.1	0.5	1.5	6.4	6.6
62	Senegal	82.8	1.4	3.5	6.0	8.2	8.6	11.9	15.9
63	Georgia	82.7	1.5	2.1	3.7	7.7	9.1	1.1	0.4
64	Bhutan	80.9	0.9	1.5	4.1	6.4	6.4	4.5	5.5
65	Tanzania	80.8	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.3	1.7	1.5
66	Guatemala	80.3	0.4	0.9	0.2	0.9	0.3	0.3	1.1

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	67	Israel /  West Bank	79.5	1.3	2.7	4.9	5.1	5.1	4.1	0.1
68	China	79.0	1.9	0.7	1.1	4.0	5.6	1.3	2.2
68	Fiji	79.0	1.8	1.5	2.1	1.5	0.2	2.4	3.3
70	Bolivia	78.9	1.9	3.2	4.0	6.0	7.4	5.3	3.1
71	Algeria	78.8	0.1	0.7	0.8	2.5	1.8	1.0	2.9
72	Lesotho	78.6	0.8	0.4	1.8	3.6	3.2	3.1	2.6
73	Nicaragua	78.4	0.8	1.2	2.8	4.1	4.2	3.3	1.6
74	Benin	78.2	0.3	0.4	1.8	1.4	2.7	5.4	6.2
75	Turkmenistan	78.2	1.5	0.8	1.5	4.3	6.1	8.0	9.3
76	Honduras	77.9	0.4	0.6	0.4	2.1	0.7	3.0	3.1
77	Azerbaijan	77.8	0.4	2.0	4.1	6.6	6.8	3.2	3.4
78	Tunisia	77.5	1.0	3.3	7.4	10.0	9.9	11.9	11.9
79	Ecuador	77.3	1.3	2.8	4.9	4.4	3.9	3.0	2.6
80	Thailand	77.0	1.9		1.3	1.8	2.2	1.4	1.0
81	India	76.9	0.6	1.1	2.4	2.3	0.9	4.0	6.1
82	Indonesia	76.8	1.4	3.8	4.8	6.3	7.3	6.5	7.6
83	Jordan	76.7	1.0	1.9	2.2	0.3	1.2	0.6	0.1
83	Venezuela	76.7	1.4	0.6	1.5	2.0	2.8	1.2	3.1
85	Russia	76.5	0.6	0.6	1.2	2.5	4.3	3.2	4.7
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	75.9	0.6	2.0	5.0	7.6	7.4	8.4	9.0
87	São Tomé and Príncipe	75.8	1.2	1.9	1.3		0.9	2.5	3.0
88	Maldives	75.4		0.3	0.2	2.9	3.4	5.0	5.7
89	Moldova	75.1	1.4	3.6	6.1	8.7	10.0	10.6	10.6
90	Belarus	75.0	1.7	1.6	2.6	3.7	7.3	9.4	10.2
91	Micronesia	74.6	1.7	2.7	2.7	4.0	2.7	0.6	1.1
92	Morocco	74.4	0.1	1.7	1.9	2.6	2.7	1.4	1.6
93	Cape Verde	74.1	0.4	0.6	1.7	3.1	4.4	6.6	7.0
93	Turkey	74.1	1.8	2.5	2.6	3.0	4.1	1.3	0.8
95	Dominican Republic	73.4	0.2	0.7	3.5	3.4	4.3	5.0	7.2
96	Saudi Arabia	73.1	0.4	0.3	2.1	4.4	4.4	3.8	3.4
97	Peru	72.9	0.6	0.6	0.7	4.0	4.2	4.6	3.5
98	Vietnam	72.7	0.4	1.3	3.4	3.9	4.2	1.9	5.1
99	Gabon	72.2	0.7	2.4	3.1	3.1	2.2	2.8	1.1
100	El Salvador	72.0	1.2	2.4	4.0	6.1	5.2	3.5	2.9
101	Serbia	72.0	2.4	3.0	2.4	5.8	7.2	8.1	9.0
102	Paraguay	71.6	0.2	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.4	0.7	1.3
103	Namibia	71.5	1.1	0.5	0.2	3.0	4.1	1.4	0.2
104	Armenia	71.3		0.9	1.0	2.8	3.0	0.6	1.0
105	Mexico	71.1	2.0	2.5	4.0	5.0	4.3	1.1	1.5
106	Guyana	71.0	0.2	0.4	1.6	2.0	2.0	1.2	2.3
107	Cuba	70.8	2.0	2.3	5.8	8.6	9.8	7.8	7.8
108	Ghana	70.7	1.6	3.2	3.0	3.6	4.5	6.1	8.8
109	Suriname	70.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	1.9	2.6	1.8	3.3

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	110	Samoa	69.3	0.6	0.8	0.2	1.8	2.1	3.1	4.5
111	Kazakhstan	68.5	1.3	2.4	1.7	4.2	4.0	3.9	3.8
112	Cyprus	67.9	0.9	1.1	0.3	0.1	1.0	1.8	2.3
113	Ukraine	67.2	1.3		1.8	2.3	2.5	3.6	4.2
114	Belize	67.0	0.2	0.2	0.7	1.7	2.5	3.2	2.8
115	South Africa	66.6	1.0	0.2	1.0	1.3	0.8	3.9	9.2
116	Macedonia	66.4	1.6	2.7	4.6	6.3	8.0	8.2	7.7
117	Malaysia	66.2	0.1	2.3	2.5	3.0	2.7	1.0	0.3
118	Grenada	65.2	0.6	0.2	1.2	1.8	2.7	3.8	6.4
119	Jamaica	64.9	0.7	0.9	2.2	2.5	3.7	0.8	0.2
120	Bahrain	64.7	1.8	2.5	5.7	5.9	5.7	7.9	7.7
121	Botswana	64.5	0.5	2.0	3.4	4.1	4.3	1.4	1.9
122	Seychelles	63.7	0.3	1.4	3.3	4.2	4.0	5.8	7.6
123	Albania	63.6	1.6	2.5	2.5	3.5	6.4	6.1	6.9
124	Brunei	63.6	0.4	0.5	2.2	4.0	4.5	4.9	7.6
125	Brazil	61.4	0.7	2.7	3.7	6.0	7.7	6.2	5.5
126	Trinidad and Tobago	61.3	1.3	3.1	2.4	4.8	5.4	5.7	6.0

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	127	Antigua and Barbuda	59.0	1.0	0.1	0.9	1.9	3.8	5.1	6.7
127	Kuwait	59.0	0.6	0.2	0.5	2.5	4.4	3.0	3.1
129	Mongolia	58.1	0.3	0.6	1.5	2.0	3.8	0.3	0.3
130	Romania	56.9	0.5	2.6	2.9	3.3	4.4	3.0	4.0
131	Montenegro	55.7	1.3	0.2	0.6	1.6	2.3	0.1	0.1
131	Panama	55.7	0.1	0.4	2.1	3.6	4.0	2.9	3.7
133	Bulgaria	54.4	0.6	1.9	4.6	6.8	7.1	4.1	5.9
134	Bahamas	54.1	0.6	1.0	2.4	4.8	6.8	6.4	6.0
135	Oman	53.1	1.1	1.4	3.8	4.4	5.9	5.7	7.6
136	Croatia	52.9	1.2	3.4	4.4	6.1	7.2	6.5	7.6
137	Greece	52.1	1.5	1.7	4.7	6.2	6.0	6.7	8.6
138	Barbados	51.4	0.6	0.6	1.4	4.0	5.8	7.1	8.5

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	139	Qatar	48.9	1.8	0.9	0.6	2.9	3.0	3.8	4.7
140	Costa Rica	48.5	0.2	1.2	2.1	3.5	4.0	2.4	2.0
141	Hungary	48.3	0.7		0.4	1.8	2.4	2.6	2.9
142	Latvia	48.0	0.1	3.9	6.2	7.4	6.6	6.5	8.7
143	United Arab Emirates	47.6	0.3	1.3	2.8	4.8	4.2	3.6	4.0
144	Argentina	47.3	1.2	0.8	0.5	1.5	2.6	5.9	5.9
145	Mauritius	46.1	1.6	1.4	1.9	1.7	1.4	3.7	3.4
146	Slovakia	45.3		2.1	1.8	3.5	3.3	3.5	4.0
147	Estonia	45.2	0.1	2.3	4.1	5.5	6.0	5.8	5.3
148	Italy	43.4	1.2	2.4	2.4	2.3	0.5	3.5	6.3
149	Lithuania	43.2	0.2	1.0	2.1	4.6	4.8	5.5	5.8
150	Spain	43.1	1.3	0.3		0.4	0.2	1.5	3.9
151	Malta	43.0	0.6	0.8	2.4	5.2	5.8	5.3	5.5
152	Poland	42.1	1.2	2.2	4.7	6.9	7.5	5.5	5.5
153	Chile	42.0	0.3	1.5	1.3	4.0	4.5	5.7	8.2

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	154	Czech Republic	39.4	0.5	0.1	3.0	2.1	3.2	2.7	2.7
155	Uruguay	37.9	0.5	2.6	2.5	3.4	3.3	3.5	3.0
156	South Korea	36.4	1.0	1.2	2.4	4.9	5.2	4.2	3.3
157	Japan	36.3	0.2	7.2	5.3	5.0	5.1	6.6	7.8
158	Singapore	35.9	1.9	0.3	0.8	1.1	2.1	2.6	2.9
159	United States	35.4	1.9	0.6	0.6	0.1	1.4	2.6	1.8
160	France	34.8	2.2	1.2	0.8	0.1	0.5		0.7
161	United Kingdom	34.3	1.1	1.0	0.2	0.4	0.7	1.4	0.2
162	Portugal	33.1	0.5	1.1	0.8		0.4	1.3	0.7
163	Slovenia	32.6	0.3	1.4	2.9	3.4	3.7	4.5	4.9
164	Belgium	32.0	1.1	1.5	2.1		1.5	3.0	6.5
165	Germany	30.6	0.9	1.1	3.3	4.8	5.6	6.7	7.8

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	166	Netherlands	28.6	1.7	0.5	0.3	0.7	1.6	1.3
167	Austria	28.5	1.6	1.0	1.2	1.3	0.9	2.6	2.5
168	Canada	27.4	1.4	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.3	1.1	2.3
169	Australia	26.3	0.9	2.9	1.8	1.0	0.4	1.7	3.1
170	Ireland	26.1	1.3	0.4	0.8	3.7	4.5	6.2	6.6
171	Iceland	25.9	1.2	3.2	4.2	3.9	3.1	5.0	4.8
172	Luxembourg	24.6	1.3	0.9	1.5	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.5
173	New Zealand	24.1	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.2	0.8	2.7	3.6
174	Switzerland	23.3	1.8		0.1	1.5	2.1	3.0	3.1
175	Norway	23.0	1.5	0.9	2.6	4.3	4.7	6.2	5.9
176	Denmark	22.8	0.9	0.2	1.0	0.1	0.4	1.3	0.6
177	Sweden	21.4	1.7	0.1	1.4	0.5	0.8	1.6	2.1

Position	Country	2014 score	Change from 2013[6]	Change from 2012[7]	Change from 2011[8]	Change from 2010[9]	Change from 2009[10]	Change from 2008[11]	Change from 2007[12]
	178	Finland	18.7	0.7	1.3	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.3	0.2

Previous

2013

Alert   Warning   Stable   Sustainable   No Information / Dependent Territory

2012

Critical   In Danger   Borderline   Stable   Most Stable

2011

Alert   Warning   Stable   Sustainable   No Information / Dependent Territory

2010

Alert   Warning   Moderate   Sustainable   No Information / Dependent Territory

2009

Alert   Warning   Moderate   Sustainable   No Information / Dependent Territory

2008

Alert   Warning   Moderate   Sustainable   No Information / Dependent Territory

2007

Alert   Warning   Moderate   Sustainable   No Information / Dependent Territory

2006

Alert   Warning   Moderate   Sustainable   No Information / Dependent Territory

2005

Alert   Warning   Moderate / Sustainable / No Information / Dependent Territory

References

1. ↑ "Failed States FAQ Number 6". the Fund for Peace. Retrieved 2007-10-22. 
2. ↑ "Failing States: SOS". The Economist. June 19, 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2012. 
3. ↑ Bloom, David E. (May 5, 2011). "Africa's Daunting Challenges". New York Times. Retrieved 1 December 2012. 
4. ↑ Fragile States Index 2014 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2013-06-24.
5. ↑ Indicators The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2013-09-27
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 http://ffp.statesindex.org/rankings-2013-sortable Failed States Index 2013
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7 7.8 7.9 7.10 http://ffp.statesindex.org/rankings-2012-sortable Failed States Index 2012
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 8.10 http://ffp.statesindex.org/rankings-2011-sortable Failed States Index 2011
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.10 http://ffp.statesindex.org/rankings-2010-sortable Failed States Index 2010
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 10.8 10.9 10.10 http://ffp.statesindex.org/rankings-2009-sortable Failed States Index 2009
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 11.8 11.9 11.10 http://ffp.statesindex.org/rankings-2008-sortable Failed States Index 2008
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 12.7 12.8 12.9 12.10 http://ffp.statesindex.org/rankings-2007-sortable Failed States Index 2007
13. ↑ "The Failed States Index 2013". The Fund For Peace. Retrieved 31 December 2013. The FSI focuses on the indicators of risk and is based on thousands of articles and reports that are processed by our CAST Software from electronically available sources. We encourage others to utilize the Failed States Index to develop ideas for promoting greater stability worldwide. We hope the Index will spur conversations, encourage debate, and most of all help guide strategies for sustainable security. 
14. ↑ http://www.foreignpolicy.com/failed_states_index_2012_interactive Failed States, Foreign Policy, accessed 27 Feb 2013
15. ↑ "The Failed States Index 2010". Fund For Peace. Retrieved 24 November 2014. 

External links

• Failed States List 2013 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2013-06-24
• Failed States List 2012 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2013-06-24

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