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Conflict risk index

Mazziotta–Pareto aggregation, on 0 to 10, of conflict intensity, civilian harm, societal insecurity and external fragility assessments.

Page GRX-IDX-CONEdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30Indicator Standard IDX.CON.violence.conflict_riskValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
FIG 1 · Method card
Aggregation

Mazziotta–Pareto

expert weights · floor 0.1 where geometric

نادڵنیایی

1,000 draws

normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation

پێکهاتە

4 components

15 leaf indicators

چوارچێوە

67% minimum

modelled share ≤ 20%

From the Indicator Standard definition of this index.
15
leaf indicators
4
components
1,000
Monte Carlo draws
6
series read it
01Construction

From indicators to the composite

Shows where organised violence is already deadly and where structural insecurity makes it likely; the penalty for unbalance stops low militarisation masking high deadliness.

computation
How Conflict risk is computed
Graph22 nodes
گراف
01نیشاندەرەکان
02Sub-indices
03Domain index
04Pillar
05لێکدراو
100%
لیست
  1. کوژراوانی ململانێ بۆ هەر 100,000 کەس
    Indicator · IND · /10*5
    Reported fatalities from organised political violence in the year per 100,000 of the mid-year population.
  2. ڕووداوەکانی توندوتیژیی سیاسی
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of events coded as political violence in the year: battles, explosions and remote violence, violence against civilians and mob violence.
  3. بڵاوبوونەوەی جوگرافیی ململانێ
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the country’s populated grid cells (about 10 km) recording at least the diffusion threshold of political violence events in the year.
  4. پەرتبوونی لایەنە چەکدارەکان
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of distinct non-state armed and identity militia groups recorded as active in political violence events in the year.
  5. ڕووداوەکانی کردنە ئامانجی هاووڵاتیانی مەدەنی
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of political violence events in the year in which civilians were the primary target, whatever the event type.
  6. کوژراوانی مەدەنی بە توندوتیژیی ئامانجدار، بۆ هەر 100,000 کەس
    Indicator · IND · /10*5
    Deaths reported in events where civilians were the primary target, per 100,000 of the mid-year population.
  7. هێرش بۆ سەر چاودێریی تەندروستی
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of verified attacks on health facilities, transport, personnel, patients and supplies in the year.
  8. قوربانیانی مین و پاشماوە تەقەمەنییەکانی شەڕ
    Indicator · IND · persons
    People killed or injured in the year by landmines, improvised mines, cluster munition remnants and other explosive remnants of war.
  9. ڕێژەی کوشتنی بەئەنقەست
    Indicator · IND · /10*5
    Victims of unlawful death purposely inflicted by another person, per 100,000 population, excluding deaths in armed conflict.
  10. ئاژاوە و خۆپیشاندانی توندوتیژ
    Indicator · IND · 1
    Number of violent demonstrations and mob-violence events in the year.
  11. خەرجیی سەربازی، ڕێژە لە GDP
    Indicator · IND · %
    Current and capital military spending, including armed forces, defence ministries, paramilitary forces and military aid, as a percentage of GDP (SIPRI definition).
  12. کارمەندانی هێزە چەکدارەکان، ڕێژە لە هێزی کار
    Indicator · IND · %
    Active-duty military and paramilitary personnel as a percentage of the total labour force.
  13. نمرەی گشتیی Global Peace Index (IEP)
    Indicator · IND · score
    Institute for Economics and Peace composite of societal safety, ongoing conflict and militarisation, from 1 (most peaceful) to 5, ingested as the published source series.
  14. پۆلێنکردنی States of Fragility ی OECD
    Indicator · IND · class
    Class assigned in the OECD States of Fragility framework: 2 extremely fragile, 1 other fragile, 0 not listed, ingested as published for each edition.
  15. دۆخی ناسک و کاریگەربوو بە ململانێی World Bank
    Indicator · IND · yes or no
    Whether the country appears on the World Bank’s fiscal-year list of fragile and conflict-affected situations, for conflict or for institutional and social fragility.
  16. Conflict intensity sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 2 · 40.0%
    Composite of conflict fatalities per 100,000, political violence events, geographic diffusion and fragmentation of armed actors.
  17. Civilian harm sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1.5 · 30.0%
    Composite of events targeting civilians, civilian fatalities per 100,000, attacks on health care and explosive-ordnance casualties.
  18. Societal insecurity and militarisation sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 20.0%
    Composite of the homicide rate, riots, military expenditure relative to GDP and armed-forces personnel.
  19. External conflict and fragility assessments sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 0.5 · 10.0%
    Composite of the Global Peace Index score, the OECD fragility class and World Bank FCS status, each ingested as published.
  20. Conflict risk index
    Domain index · IDX · Mazziotta–Pareto
    Mazziotta–Pareto aggregation, on 0 to 10, of conflict intensity, civilian harm, societal insecurity and external fragility assessments.
  21. Hazard and threat exposure
    Pillar · PILLAR · 5 indices
    What can strike, how often, how hard and who and what stands in its way?
  22. NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) Composite Risk
    Composite · COMPOSITE · four pillars
    Composite = (HTE × VUL × MSF × LCC)^(1/4), each pillar on 0–10 floored at 0.1; pillar = expert-weighted geometric mean of its domain indices
Not runلە ئەنجامداندایەتەواو بوو
FIG 2. 15 indicators, 4 components, real Indicator Standard weights (the bar under each node is its share). Select a node to trace what it feeds and what feeds it; Simulate run plays the computation in order. Schematic of the construction; source: Indicator Standard composite definitions.
02Simulator

Run this index’s own aggregation

Set each component, change the aggregation or the weight uncertainty, and watch the interval, the class probability and each component’s contribution respond.

FIG 3 · Simulator: aggregate conflict risk on your numbers
Components (0 to 10)
3.0
5.0
7.0
4.0
25
1
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runs in your browser
Contribution of each component (leave one out)
Simulator: the index’s published aggregation run on numbers you set, with 1,000 draws over weights and aggregation. The slider positions are starting points for the explainer, not NXS-GRX values. Simulated on your own inputs; not a measured result.
03ڕێباز

Treatment, normalisation, weighting, aggregation, uncertainty

Treatment
WINSORISE
Outlier rule
|skew| > 2, kurtosis > 3.5
Normalisation
IDENTITY
Imputation
NONE
Coverage minimum
67% of components
Modelled share cap
20% of weight
Weighting
شارەزا
Aggregation
Mazziotta–Pareto
Scale
0 to 10
نادڵنیایی
1,000 Monte Carlo runs over normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation
Framework basis
INFORM Risk hazard: human (structure only); ACLED Conflict Index (structure only); JRC COIN 10-step guide; OECD/JRC Handbook (2008)
Very low0.0 to < 2.0
Low2.0 to < 3.5
Medium3.5 to < 5.0
High5.0 to < 6.5
زۆر بەرز6.5 تا 10.0
04Components

4 components, 15 indicators

Conflict intensity sub-index w 2

Composite of conflict fatalities per 100,000, political violence events, geographic diffusion and fragmentation of armed actors.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
کوژراوانی ململانێ بۆ هەر 100,000 کەسIND.CON.violence.conflict_fatalities.p100k/10*5Class Cderived:nis:IND.CON.violence.conflict_fatalities40.0%
ڕووداوەکانی توندوتیژیی سیاسیIND.CON.violence.political_violence_events1Class Cacled20.0%
بڵاوبوونەوەی جوگرافیی ململانێIND.CON.violence.conflict_diffusion%Class Dderived:acled, ghsl-pop20.0%
پەرتبوونی لایەنە چەکدارەکانIND.CON.violence.armed_group_fragmentation1Class Dderived:acled20.0%

Civilian harm sub-index w 1.5

Composite of events targeting civilians, civilian fatalities per 100,000, attacks on health care and explosive-ordnance casualties.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
ڕووداوەکانی کردنە ئامانجی هاووڵاتیانی مەدەنیIND.CON.civilian.civilian_targeting_events1Class Cacled20.0%
کوژراوانی مەدەنی بە توندوتیژیی ئامانجدار، بۆ هەر 100,000 کەسIND.CON.civilian.civilian_fatalities.p100k/10*5Class Cderived:acled, ucdp-ged40.0%
هێرش بۆ سەر چاودێریی تەندروستیIND.CON.civilian.attacks_on_health_care1Class Bwho-surveillance-system-attacks-health-care, insecurity-insight20.0%
قوربانیانی مین و پاشماوە تەقەمەنییەکانی شەڕIND.CON.civilian.explosive_ordnance_casualties{persons}Class Clandmine-monitor, unmas20.0%

Societal insecurity and militarisation sub-index w 1

Composite of the homicide rate, riots, military expenditure relative to GDP and armed-forces personnel.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
ڕێژەی کوشتنی بەئەنقەستIND.CON.violence.homicide_rate/10*5Class Bunodc-homicide, wb-wdi25.0%
ئاژاوە و خۆپیشاندانی توندوتیژIND.CON.peace.riot_events1Class Cacled25.0%
خەرجیی سەربازی، ڕێژە لە GDPIND.CON.violence.military_expenditure.gdp%Class Bsipri-milex, wb-wdi25.0%
کارمەندانی هێزە چەکدارەکان، ڕێژە لە هێزی کارIND.CON.violence.armed_forces_share%Class Biiss-military-balance, wb-wdi25.0%

External conflict and fragility assessments sub-index w 0.5

Composite of the Global Peace Index score, the OECD fragility class and World Bank FCS status, each ingested as published.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
نمرەی گشتیی Global Peace Index (IEP)IND.CON.peace.gpi_score{score}Class Ciep-global-peace-index33.3%
پۆلێنکردنی States of Fragility ی OECDIND.CON.fragility.oecd_fragility_class{class}Class Coecd-states-of-fragility33.3%
دۆخی ناسک و کاریگەربوو بە ململانێی World BankIND.CON.fragility.wb_fcs_status{bool}Class Cwb-fcs-list33.3%
05بوار

ململانێ و ئاسایش

Organised violence, its deadliness, diffusion and civilian harm, militarisation and peace.

Sub-domainنیشاندەرەکان
Organised violence10
Civilian harm4
Peacefulness3
Fragility2

Anchor frameworks (pillar structure and definitions only): ACLED Conflict Index; Global Peace Index 2026; OECD States of Fragility 2025.

06نیشاندەرەکان

All 19 conflict and security indicators

FIG 4 · Indicators in scope, by domain and sub-domain
CON · 19
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.
نیشاندەربوارSub-domainComponentیەکەئاستەکانCrosswalks
کوژراوە ڕاپۆرتکراوەکانی توندوتیژیی سیاسیی ڕێکخراوIND.CON.violence.conflict_fatalitiesCONOrganised violencehazard1COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, GRIDACLED fatalities
کوژراوانی ململانێ بۆ هەر 100,000 کەسIND.CON.violence.conflict_fatalities.p100kCONOrganised violencehazard/10*5COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2SDG 16.1.2
مردنی پەیوەست بە شەڕ (UCDP)IND.CON.violence.battle_related_deathsCONOrganised violencehazard{persons}COUNTRYWB_WDI VC.BTL.DETH
ڕووداوەکانی توندوتیژیی سیاسیIND.CON.violence.political_violence_eventsCONOrganised violencehazard1COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, GRIDACLED Political violence
ڕووداوەکانی ململانێی چەکدارIND.CON.violence.armed_conflict_eventsCONOrganised violencehazard1COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, GRIDACLED Battles ACLED Explosions/Remote violence
بڵاوبوونەوەی جوگرافیی ململانێIND.CON.violence.conflict_diffusionCONOrganised violenceexposure%COUNTRYACLED Diffusion
پەرتبوونی لایەنە چەکدارەکانIND.CON.violence.armed_group_fragmentationCONOrganised violencehazard1COUNTRYACLED Fragmentation
ڕێژەی کوشتنی بەئەنقەستIND.CON.violence.homicide_rateCONOrganised violencehazard/10*5COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYWB_WDI VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 SDG 16.1.1
خەرجیی سەربازی، ڕێژە لە GDPIND.CON.violence.military_expenditure.gdpCONOrganised violencevulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS
کارمەندانی هێزە چەکدارەکان، ڕێژە لە هێزی کارIND.CON.violence.armed_forces_shareCONOrganised violencevulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI MS.MIL.TOTL.TF.ZS
ڕووداوەکانی کردنە ئامانجی هاووڵاتیانی مەدەنیIND.CON.civilian.civilian_targeting_eventsCONCivilian harmhazard1COUNTRY, ADM1, ADM2, GRIDACLED civilian_targeting ACLED Violence against civilians
کوژراوانی مەدەنی بە توندوتیژیی ئامانجدار، بۆ هەر 100,000 کەسIND.CON.civilian.civilian_fatalities.p100kCONCivilian harmimpact/10*5COUNTRY, ADM1ACLED Danger
هێرش بۆ سەر چاودێریی تەندروستیIND.CON.civilian.attacks_on_health_careCONCivilian harmimpact1COUNTRY
قوربانیانی مین و پاشماوە تەقەمەنییەکانی شەڕIND.CON.civilian.explosive_ordnance_casualtiesCONCivilian harmimpact{persons}COUNTRY
ئاژاوە و خۆپیشاندانی توندوتیژIND.CON.peace.riot_eventsCONPeacefulnesshazard1COUNTRY, ADM1, CITYACLED Riots
نمرەی گشتیی Global Peace Index (IEP)IND.CON.peace.gpi_scoreCONPeacefulnessvulnerability{score}COUNTRYGPI Overall Score
نمرەی بواری ململانێی بەردەوامی Global Peace Index (IEP)IND.CON.peace.gpi_ongoing_conflictCONPeacefulnesshazard{score}COUNTRYGPI Ongoing Domestic and International Conflict
پۆلێنکردنی States of Fragility ی OECDIND.CON.fragility.oecd_fragility_classCONFragilityvulnerability{class}COUNTRYOECD_FRAGILITY Fragile contexts
دۆخی ناسک و کاریگەربوو بە ململانێی World BankIND.CON.fragility.wb_fcs_statusCONFragilityvulnerability{bool}COUNTRY
07Quote

Conflict risk index, world

The world reading of this index, every country as a tile and the largest movements since the previous edition.

NXS-GRX · CON · 195 profiles · 0–10 scale
Conflict risk index, world
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Values publish with the edition; the interval, class and change appear here.
Previous edition
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Range since 2016
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Coupled composite
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Coupling score S
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Pulse, latest week
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Outlook, 12 months
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ڕێباز
Indicator Standard 1.0 · NXS-GRX 2026
Draws
1,000
Conflict risk index, world, by edition

No released values yet. The first edition draws the history here with its interval band and class bounds.

The line is the point value by edition; the band is the 90% interval; dashed lines are the class bounds at 2, 3.5, 5 and 6.5.
No movements yet. Changes since the previous edition are listed here from the second edition on, with the indicators that drove them.
08بەهاکان

Country values

FIG 5 · Conflict risk index: countries (values when released)
نەخشەکە باردەکرێت
ئەندۆرائەنتیگوا و باربودابەحرەینباربادۆسدوورگەکانی قەمەرکەیپ ڤێرددۆمینیکامایکرۆنیزیا (دەوڵەتە فیدراڵەکانی)گریناداکیریباتیسەینت کیتس و نێڤیسسەینت لووسیالیختنشتاینمۆناکۆمالدیڤدوورگەکانی مارشاڵماڵتامۆریشیۆسنائورووپالاوسەنگاپوورسان مارینۆسائۆ تۆمێ و پرینسیپیسیشێلتۆنگاتووڤالووڤاتیکانسەینت ڤینسێنت و گرینادینزساموا
Equal Earth · Natural Earth 1:110mValues when released
Until the first edition is released the map shows UN M49 regions or the Nexus Reports edition; it then shows this index’s classes with each country’s interval on hover. Countries are listed by name, never ordered by value.
Tiles
/api/v1/public/grix/risk-products/tiles/con/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt
ڕێنمای چاودێری
nis:IDX.CON.violence.conflict_risk:{ISO3}:{YEAR}:A
10Validity

Crosswalks and validity checks

Crosswalks map leaf indicators to source code lists; established indices are used for validity checks, never re-weighted as inputs.

Code systemLeaf indicators mapped
ACLED7
WB_WDI3
SDG2
GPI1
OECD_FRAGILITY1
11Across the Nexus

Platforms, standards and ways to take part

Field and service platforms of GCRI, GRF and GRA, the Nexus Risk Standards for this domain, learning, working groups and open calls. Every link is a live page.

12ئاماژەپێدان

ئاماژەپێدان و بەکارهێنانەوە

GCRI Canada (2026). The Global Risks Index (NXS-GRX): Conflict risk index (GRX-IDX-CON), Baseline Edition 2026. Preparatory working draft. https://risksindex.com/indices/conflict-risk/ UNI NXS-GRX-AR-000114.

See this index in every country profile

Each profile shows this index with its interval and class once released.