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The Global Risks Index · 20 indices · 451 indicators

Twenty domain indices

One index per index domain, each with its own components, weights, aggregation and uncertainty analysis, grouped in four pillars and always shown beside the composite.

Hazard and threat exposure Indicator catalogue
Page GRX-IDXEdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30Values not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
FIG 1 · Indicator Standard: indicators by domain and sub-domain
HAZ · 53FIS · 37FIN · 32CLI · 31HLT · 31INF · 24DEM · 24FOO · 23ENE · 23SOC · 22ENV · 22GOV · 20CON · 19CRS · 18ECO · 18MAC · 14
Area is the number of indicator definitions; colour is the pillar the domain feeds (Macroeconomy and Space feed through their indices). Select a block to filter the table. Source: Indicator Standard Nexus Indicator Standard register.
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01HTE

Hazard and threat exposure

What can strike, how often, how hard and who and what stands in its way?

HAZMulti-hazard exposure indexINFORM-style 0–10 index of natural-hazard exposure: the geophysical, flood and coastal, storm and climatological sub-indices plus the multi-hazard population share, combined by a geometric mean of complements (10 minus each score) so that one severe hazard is not averaged away.17 indicators CLIClimate physical hazard index0–10 index of physical climate hazard combining chronic change, observed extremes and projected change (projection sub-index taken at SSP2-4.5, 2041–2060 by default, with other scenarios as alternative runs).16 indicators CONConflict risk indexMazziotta–Pareto aggregation, on 0 to 10, of conflict intensity, civilian harm, societal insecurity and external fragility assessments.15 indicators SPCSpace-weather exposure index0–10 index of space-weather exposure as the product of the space-weather hazard and space-service dependence sub-indices; mostly modelled and expert inputs, so its grade is capped.6 indicators CLIClimate transition exposure index0–10 index of an economy’s exposure to a low-carbon transition, combining transition exposure (fossil rents, fuel exports, subsidies) and emissions intensity (per capita and per unit of GDP).5 indicators
02VUL

Human and systems vulnerability

How susceptible are people, livelihoods, ecosystems and essential systems to harm when a shock arrives?

SOCSocio-economic vulnerability indexWeighted aggregation, on 0 to 10, of poverty and deprivation, inequality, human capital deficit, the social protection gap and gender inequality.18 indicators DEMDisplacement pressure indexWeighted aggregation of displacement outflow, refugee hosting pressure, age-structure pressure and unplanned urbanisation, on 0 to 10.10 indicators FOOFood insecurity risk indexWeighted aggregation, on 0 to 10, of acute and chronic food insecurity, food price stress, supply fragility and agricultural dependence.20 indicators WATWater security risk index0–10 index of water security risk combining scarcity and stress, WASH access, water quality and transboundary dependence; geometric so that good access does not offset severe scarcity.11 indicators HLTHealth security risk indexINFORM-style aggregation, on 0 to 10, of epidemic and AMR hazard, disease burden and undernutrition against health-system and IHR capacity, each component oriented by its own polarity.25 indicators ENVEnvironmental pressure index0–10 index of environmental pressure and ecosystem condition combining air pollution, land and forest degradation, biodiversity status, ocean condition and waste pressure.16 indicators ENEEnergy security risk indexIndex of energy access deficit, fuel import dependence, mix rigidity, supply unreliability and critical-mineral dependence on a 0–10 scale, higher meaning riskier.20 indicators INFInfrastructure fragility indexIndex of transport and digital connectivity deficits, utility fragility, energy supply unreliability and realised disruption impact on a 0–10 scale, higher meaning more fragile.24 indicators
03MSF

Macro-financial and structural fragility

How much fiscal, financial, external, digital and technological room does the system have before stress turns into crisis?

FISFiscal and public debt risk indexExpert-weighted geometric mean of the six fiscal sub-indices and the MAC external vulnerability sub-index, each on 0–10 and floored at 0.1 before aggregation.27 indicators FINFinancial stability risk indexExpert-weighted Mazziotta–Pareto aggregation of the six financial sub-indices and the MAC macroeconomic instability sub-index, each on 0–10, with a penalty for unbalanced profiles.28 indicators ECOExternal dependence risk indexWeighted arithmetic mean of the four ECO sub-indices and the MAC external vulnerability sub-index, each on 0–10.22 indicators CYBCyber risk indexIndex of cyber incident pressure, digital dependence and the lack of cyber capability on a 0–10 scale, higher meaning riskier.12 indicators TECTechnology concentration risk indexIndex of technology dependence, critical-mineral dependence and, inverted, innovation capacity and biosecurity oversight, on a 0–10 scale, higher meaning riskier.10 indicators
04LCC

Lack of coping and adaptive capacity

Can institutions anticipate, absorb, respond, recover and adapt?

CRSLack of coping capacity indexIndex on a 0–10 scale of the absence of DRR governance, early warning, risk financing and response capacity (each inverted), together with transport and digital connectivity deficits; higher means less able to cope.26 indicators GOVGovernance weakness indexWeighted aggregation, on 0 to 10, of governance quality, rule of law, policy and institutional quality and statistical capacity, each oriented by its own polarity so that higher values mean weaker governance.16 indicators

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La méthodologie et les définitions du NXS-GRX sont un projet de travail préparatoire (2026). Le NXS-GRX est une information de recherche et d’analyse des risques : ni notation, ni indice de référence financier, ni statistique officielle, ni alerte, ni conseil. Les classes de risque sont des bandes sur une échelle publiée, non des classements.