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The Global Risks Index · GRX-IDX-SOC · VUL Human and systems vulnerability

Socio-economic vulnerability index

Weighted aggregation, on 0 to 10, of poverty and deprivation, inequality, human capital deficit, the social protection gap and gender inequality.

Page GRX-IDX-SOCEdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30Indicator Standard IDX.SOC.poverty.socioeconomic_vulnerabilityValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
FIG 1 · Method card
Aggregation

geometric

expert weights · floor 0.1 where geometric

نادڵنیایی

1,000 draws

normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation

پێکهاتە

5 components

18 leaf indicators

چوارچێوە

67% minimum

modelled share ≤ 20%

From the Indicator Standard definition of this index.
18
leaf indicators
5
components
1,000
Monte Carlo draws
5
series read it
01Construction

From indicators to the composite

How far a society’s poverty, inequality and thin protection would amplify any hazard; the HDI and IHDI are shown alongside as external references, not inputs, to avoid double counting.

computation
How Socio-economic vulnerability is computed
Graph26 nodes
گراف
01نیشاندەرەکان
02Sub-indices
03Domain index
04Pillar
05لێکدراو
100%
لیست
  1. ڕێژەی هەژاریی توند، USD 3.00 لە ڕۆژێکدا (2021 PPP)
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the population living in households whose consumption or income per person is below USD 3.00 a day at 2021 purchasing-power parities, the international extreme poverty line.
  2. ڕێژەی هەژاری لەسەر هێڵی نیشتمانیی هەژاری
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the population below the country’s own official poverty line, as set and estimated by national authorities from household surveys.
  3. ڕێژەی هەژاریی فرەڕەهەند (MPI ی جیهانی)
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the population deprived in at least one third of the weighted health, education and living-standard indicators of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index.
  4. نیشاندەری جینی
    Indicator · IND · score
    Gini index of household consumption or income per person, from 0 (perfect equality) to 100 (one person holds everything).
  5. بەشی داهات یان بەکارهێنانی 40 لەسەدی خوارەوە
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of total household consumption or income held by the poorest 40% of the population.
  6. گەشەی بەکارهێنان یان داهاتی 40 لەسەدی خوارەوە
    Indicator · IND · %
    Annualised growth rate of real mean consumption or income per person of the poorest 40% between two comparable surveys about five years apart.
  7. لەدەستدانی گەشەپێدانی مرۆیی بە هۆی نایەکسانییەوە
    Indicator · IND · %
    Percentage difference between the HDI and the inequality-adjusted HDI, as published by UNDP.
  8. تێکڕای ساڵانی خوێندن
    Indicator · IND · a
    Average number of years of formal education completed by people aged 25 and older, as published by UNDP.
  9. ساڵانی چاوەڕوانکراوی خوێندن
    Indicator · IND · a
    Years of schooling a child entering school can expect to receive if current age-specific enrolment rates persist, as published by UNDP.
  10. هەژاریی فێربوون
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of children at the end-of-primary age who cannot read and understand a simple age-appropriate text, counting out-of-school children as not reading proficiently.
  11. ڕێژەی خوێندەواریی گەورەساڵان
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life with understanding.
  12. دانیشتوانی داپۆشراو بە لانیکەم یەک سوودی پاراستنی کۆمەڵایەتی
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of the population receiving at least one contributory or non-contributory cash social protection benefit, or actively contributing to a social insurance scheme.
  13. کاری نافەرمی، ڕێژە لە کۆی دامەزراندن
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of all employed people, agricultural and non-agricultural, whose work is not covered by labour legislation, social security or employment benefits in law or practice.
  14. گەنجانی بێ کار، خوێندن یان ڕاهێنان
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of people aged 15 to 24 who are neither employed nor in education or training.
  15. منداڵانی تەمەن 5 تا 17 لە کاری منداڵاندا
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of children aged 5 to 17 engaged in economic activity or household chores above age-specific hour thresholds, or in hazardous work.
  16. نیشاندەری نایەکسانیی ڕەگەزی (UNDP)
    Indicator · IND · score
    UNDP composite, from 0 to 1, of gender gaps in reproductive health, empowerment and labour-market participation, ingested as published.
  17. ڕێژەی بەشداریی ئافرەتان لە هێزی کاردا
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of women aged 15 and over who are employed or seeking work (ILO modelled estimate).
  18. کورسییەکانی ئافرەتان لە پەرلەمانی نیشتمانیدا
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of seats in the single or lower chamber of the national parliament held by women.
  19. Poverty and deprivation sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 2 · 36.4%
    Composite of the extreme poverty headcount at USD 3.00 a day, the national poverty headcount and the multidimensional poverty headcount.
  20. Inequality sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 18.2%
    Composite of the Gini index, the bottom-40% share, bottom-40% growth and the inequality loss in human development.
  21. Human capital deficit sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 18.2%
    Composite of mean and expected years of schooling, learning poverty and adult literacy, oriented so that higher values mean a larger deficit.
  22. Social protection gap sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 1 · 18.2%
    Composite of social protection coverage, informal employment, youth NEET and child labour, oriented so that higher values mean a wider gap.
  23. Gender inequality sub-index
    Sub-index · SUB · w 0.5 · 9.1%
    Composite of the UNDP Gender Inequality Index, female labour-force participation and women’s parliamentary representation.
  24. Socio-economic vulnerability index
    Domain index · IDX · geometric
    Weighted aggregation, on 0 to 10, of poverty and deprivation, inequality, human capital deficit, the social protection gap and gender inequality.
  25. Human and systems vulnerability
    Pillar · PILLAR · 8 indices
    How susceptible are people, livelihoods, ecosystems and essential systems to harm when a shock arrives?
  26. 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. 18 indicators, 5 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 socio-economic vulnerability on your numbers
Components (0 to 10)
3.0
5.0
7.0
4.0
6.0
25
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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
geometric
Scale
0 to 10
نادڵنیایی
1,000 Monte Carlo runs over normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation
Framework basis
INFORM Risk vulnerability dimension (structure only); UNDP HDR 2025; 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

5 components, 18 indicators

Poverty and deprivation sub-index w 2

Composite of the extreme poverty headcount at USD 3.00 a day, the national poverty headcount and the multidimensional poverty headcount.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
ڕێژەی هەژاریی توند، USD 3.00 لە ڕۆژێکدا (2021 PPP)IND.SOC.poverty.extreme_poverty.usd300%Class Bwb-pip, wb-wdi50.0%
ڕێژەی هەژاری لەسەر هێڵی نیشتمانیی هەژاریIND.SOC.poverty.national_poverty%Class Bnational-statistical-offices, wb-wdi25.0%
ڕێژەی هەژاریی فرەڕەهەند (MPI ی جیهانی)IND.SOC.poverty.multidimensional_poverty%Class Cundp-ophi-global-mpi25.0%

Inequality sub-index w 1

Composite of the Gini index, the bottom-40% share, bottom-40% growth and the inequality loss in human development.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
نیشاندەری جینیIND.SOC.inequality.gini{score}Class Bwb-pip, wb-wdi25.0%
بەشی داهات یان بەکارهێنانی 40 لەسەدی خوارەوەIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_income_share%Class Bwb-pip, wb-wdi25.0%
گەشەی بەکارهێنان یان داهاتی 40 لەسەدی خوارەوەIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_growth%Class Bwb-pip, wb-wdi25.0%
لەدەستدانی گەشەپێدانی مرۆیی بە هۆی نایەکسانییەوەIND.SOC.inequality.human_development_loss%Class Cundp-hdr25.0%

Human capital deficit sub-index w 1

Composite of mean and expected years of schooling, learning poverty and adult literacy, oriented so that higher values mean a larger deficit.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
تێکڕای ساڵانی خوێندنIND.SOC.education.mean_years_schoolingaClass Cundp-hdr, unesco-uis, barro-lee25.0%
ساڵانی چاوەڕوانکراوی خوێندنIND.SOC.education.expected_years_schoolingaClass Cundp-hdr, unesco-uis25.0%
هەژاریی فێربوونIND.SOC.education.learning_poverty%Class Cwb-learning-poverty, unesco-uis, wb-wdi25.0%
ڕێژەی خوێندەواریی گەورەساڵانIND.SOC.education.adult_literacy%Class Bunesco-uis, wb-wdi25.0%

Social protection gap sub-index w 1

Composite of social protection coverage, informal employment, youth NEET and child labour, oriented so that higher values mean a wider gap.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
دانیشتوانی داپۆشراو بە لانیکەم یەک سوودی پاراستنی کۆمەڵایەتیIND.SOC.protection.social_protection_coverage%Class Bilo-world-social-protection-database, wb-aspire40.0%
کاری نافەرمی، ڕێژە لە کۆی دامەزراندنIND.SOC.protection.informal_employment%Class Bilo-ilostat20.0%
گەنجانی بێ کار، خوێندن یان ڕاهێنانIND.SOC.protection.youth_neet%Class Bilo-ilostat, wb-wdi20.0%
منداڵانی تەمەن 5 تا 17 لە کاری منداڵانداIND.SOC.protection.child_labour%Class Bunicef-mics, ilo-ilostat20.0%

Gender inequality sub-index w 0.5

Composite of the UNDP Gender Inequality Index, female labour-force participation and women’s parliamentary representation.

نیشاندەریەکەبەڵگەسەرچاوەکانڕێژە
نیشاندەری نایەکسانیی ڕەگەزی (UNDP)IND.SOC.gender.gender_inequality_index{score}Class Cundp-hdr50.0%
ڕێژەی بەشداریی ئافرەتان لە هێزی کارداIND.SOC.gender.female_labour_participation%Class Cilo-ilostat, wb-wdi25.0%
کورسییەکانی ئافرەتان لە پەرلەمانی نیشتمانیداIND.SOC.gender.women_in_parliament%Class Aipu-parline, wb-wdi25.0%
05بوار

Social and human development

Poverty, inequality, education, gender, social protection and human development.

Sub-domainنیشاندەرەکان
Poverty5
Inequality4
Education4
Gender3
Social protection4
گەشەپێدانی مرۆیی2

Anchor frameworks (pillar structure and definitions only): UNDP HDR 2025; SDG 1, 4, 5, 10; WB Poverty and Inequality Platform.

06نیشاندەرەکان

All 22 social and human development indicators

FIG 4 · Indicators in scope, by domain and sub-domain
SOC · 22
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
ڕێژەی هەژاریی توند، USD 3.00 لە ڕۆژێکدا (2021 PPP)IND.SOC.poverty.extreme_poverty.usd300SOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.POV.DDAY SDG 1.1.1
ڕێژەی هەژاری، USD 4.20 لە ڕۆژێکدا (2021 PPP)IND.SOC.poverty.poverty.usd420SOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.POV.LMIC
ڕێژەی هەژاری، USD 8.30 لە ڕۆژێکدا (2021 PPP)IND.SOC.poverty.poverty.usd830SOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.POV.UMIC
ڕێژەی هەژاری لەسەر هێڵی نیشتمانیی هەژاریIND.SOC.poverty.national_povertySOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1WB_WDI SI.POV.NAHC SDG 1.2.1
ڕێژەی هەژاریی فرەڕەهەند (MPI ی جیهانی)IND.SOC.poverty.multidimensional_povertySOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1SDG 1.2.2 WB_WDI SI.POV.MPWB
نیشاندەری جینیIND.SOC.inequality.giniSOCInequalityvulnerability{score}COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.POV.GINI
بەشی داهات یان بەکارهێنانی 40 لەسەدی خوارەوەIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_income_shareSOCInequalityvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.DST.FRST.20
گەشەی بەکارهێنان یان داهاتی 40 لەسەدی خوارەوەIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_growthSOCInequalityadaptive capacity%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.SPR.PC40.ZG SDG 10.1.1
لەدەستدانی گەشەپێدانی مرۆیی بە هۆی نایەکسانییەوەIND.SOC.inequality.human_development_lossSOCInequalityvulnerability%COUNTRYHDR loss
تێکڕای ساڵانی خوێندنIND.SOC.education.mean_years_schoolingSOCEducationadaptive capacityaCOUNTRYHDR mys
ساڵانی چاوەڕوانکراوی خوێندنIND.SOC.education.expected_years_schoolingSOCEducationadaptive capacityaCOUNTRYHDR eys
هەژاریی فێربوونIND.SOC.education.learning_povertySOCEducationvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SE.LPV.PRIM SDG 4.1.1
ڕێژەی خوێندەواریی گەورەساڵانIND.SOC.education.adult_literacySOCEducationadaptive capacity%COUNTRYWB_WDI SE.ADT.LITR.ZS SDG 4.6.1
نیشاندەری نایەکسانیی ڕەگەزی (UNDP)IND.SOC.gender.gender_inequality_indexSOCGendervulnerability{score}COUNTRYHDR gii
ڕێژەی بەشداریی ئافرەتان لە هێزی کارداIND.SOC.gender.female_labour_participationSOCGenderadaptive capacity%COUNTRYWB_WDI SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS
کورسییەکانی ئافرەتان لە پەرلەمانی نیشتمانیداIND.SOC.gender.women_in_parliamentSOCGenderadaptive capacity%COUNTRYWB_WDI SG.GEN.PARL.ZS SDG 5.5.1
دانیشتوانی داپۆشراو بە لانیکەم یەک سوودی پاراستنی کۆمەڵایەتیIND.SOC.protection.social_protection_coverageSOCSocial protectioncoping capacity%COUNTRYSDG 1.3.1 ILO SDG_0131_SEX_SOC_RT WB_WDI per_allsp.cov_pop_tot
گەنجانی بێ کار، خوێندن یان ڕاهێنانIND.SOC.protection.youth_neetSOCSocial protectionvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SL.UEM.NEET.ZS SDG 8.6.1 ILO SDG_0861_SEX_RT
کاری نافەرمی، ڕێژە لە کۆی دامەزراندنIND.SOC.protection.informal_employmentSOCSocial protectionvulnerability%COUNTRYSDG 8.3.1 ILO SDG_0831_SEX_ECO_RT WB_WDI SL.ISV.IFRM.ZS
منداڵانی تەمەن 5 تا 17 لە کاری منداڵانداIND.SOC.protection.child_labourSOCSocial protectionvulnerability%COUNTRYSDG 8.7.1 ILO SDG_B871_SEX_AGE_RT WB_WDI SL.TLF.0714.ZS
نیشاندەری گەشەپێدانی مرۆیی (UNDP)IND.SOC.development.hdiSOCگەشەپێدانی مرۆییadaptive capacity{score}COUNTRYHDR hdi
نیشاندەری گەشەپێدانی مرۆیی ڕێکخراو بەپێی نایەکسانی (UNDP)IND.SOC.development.ihdiSOCگەشەپێدانی مرۆییadaptive capacity{score}COUNTRYHDR ihdi
07Quote

Socio-economic vulnerability index, world

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

NXS-GRX · SOC · 195 profiles · 0–10 scale
Socio-economic vulnerability 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
Socio-economic vulnerability 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 · Socio-economic vulnerability 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/soc/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt
ڕێنمای چاودێری
nis:IDX.SOC.poverty.socioeconomic_vulnerability:{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
WB_WDI14
SDG11
HDR4
ILO4
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): Socio-economic vulnerability index (GRX-IDX-SOC), Baseline Edition 2026. Preparatory working draft. https://risksindex.com/indices/socioeconomic-vulnerability/ UNI NXS-GRX-AR-000128.

See this index in every country profile

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