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

Indice di vulnerabilità socioeconomica

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

Incertezza

1,000 draws

normalisation, weights, aggregation, imputation

Struttura

5 components

18 leaf indicators

Copertura

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
Grafo
01Indicatori
02Sub-indices
03Domain index
04Pilastro
05Composito
100%
Indice
  1. Incidenza della povertà estrema, USD 3.00 al giorno (PPA 2021)
    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. Incidenza della povertà rispetto alla soglia di povertà nazionale
    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. Incidenza della povertà multidimensionale (MPI globale)
    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. Indice di Gini
    Indicator · IND · score
    Gini index of household consumption or income per person, from 0 (perfect equality) to 100 (one person holds everything).
  5. Quota di reddito o consumo del 40 percento più povero
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of total household consumption or income held by the poorest 40% of the population.
  6. Crescita del consumo o del reddito del 40 percento più povero
    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. Perdita di sviluppo umano dovuta alla disuguaglianza
    Indicator · IND · %
    Percentage difference between the HDI and the inequality-adjusted HDI, as published by UNDP.
  8. Anni medi di istruzione
    Indicator · IND · a
    Average number of years of formal education completed by people aged 25 and older, as published by UNDP.
  9. Anni di istruzione attesi
    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. Povertà di apprendimento
    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. Tasso di alfabetizzazione degli adulti
    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. Popolazione coperta da almeno una prestazione di protezione sociale
    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. Occupazione informale, quota dell'occupazione totale
    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. Giovani che non studiano, non lavorano e non seguono una formazione
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of people aged 15 to 24 who are neither employed nor in education or training.
  15. Bambini tra 5 e 17 anni coinvolti nel lavoro minorile
    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. Indice di disuguaglianza di genere (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. Tasso di partecipazione femminile alla forza lavoro
    Indicator · IND · %
    Share of women aged 15 and over who are employed or seeking work (ILO modelled estimate).
  18. Seggi occupati da donne nel parlamento nazionale
    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. Indice di vulnerabilità socioeconomica
    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. Vulnerabilità umana e dei sistemi
    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
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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)
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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.
03Metodo

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
esperto
Aggregation
geometric
Scale
0 to 10
Incertezza
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)
Molto bassoda 0.0 a < 2.0
Bassoda 2.0 a < 3.5
Medioda 3.5 a < 5.0
Altoda 5.0 a < 6.5
Molto altoda 6.5 a 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.

IndicatoreUnitàEvidenzeFontiQuota
Incidenza della povertà estrema, USD 3.00 al giorno (PPA 2021)IND.SOC.poverty.extreme_poverty.usd300%Class Bwb-pip, wb-wdi50.0%
Incidenza della povertà rispetto alla soglia di povertà nazionaleIND.SOC.poverty.national_poverty%Class Bnational-statistical-offices, wb-wdi25.0%
Incidenza della povertà multidimensionale (MPI globale)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.

IndicatoreUnitàEvidenzeFontiQuota
Indice di GiniIND.SOC.inequality.gini{score}Class Bwb-pip, wb-wdi25.0%
Quota di reddito o consumo del 40 percento più poveroIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_income_share%Class Bwb-pip, wb-wdi25.0%
Crescita del consumo o del reddito del 40 percento più poveroIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_growth%Class Bwb-pip, wb-wdi25.0%
Perdita di sviluppo umano dovuta alla disuguaglianzaIND.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.

IndicatoreUnitàEvidenzeFontiQuota
Anni medi di istruzioneIND.SOC.education.mean_years_schoolingaClass Cundp-hdr, unesco-uis, barro-lee25.0%
Anni di istruzione attesiIND.SOC.education.expected_years_schoolingaClass Cundp-hdr, unesco-uis25.0%
Povertà di apprendimentoIND.SOC.education.learning_poverty%Class Cwb-learning-poverty, unesco-uis, wb-wdi25.0%
Tasso di alfabetizzazione degli adultiIND.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.

IndicatoreUnitàEvidenzeFontiQuota
Popolazione coperta da almeno una prestazione di protezione socialeIND.SOC.protection.social_protection_coverage%Class Bilo-world-social-protection-database, wb-aspire40.0%
Occupazione informale, quota dell'occupazione totaleIND.SOC.protection.informal_employment%Class Bilo-ilostat20.0%
Giovani che non studiano, non lavorano e non seguono una formazioneIND.SOC.protection.youth_neet%Class Bilo-ilostat, wb-wdi20.0%
Bambini tra 5 e 17 anni coinvolti nel lavoro minorileIND.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.

IndicatoreUnitàEvidenzeFontiQuota
Indice di disuguaglianza di genere (UNDP)IND.SOC.gender.gender_inequality_index{score}Class Cundp-hdr50.0%
Tasso di partecipazione femminile alla forza lavoroIND.SOC.gender.female_labour_participation%Class Cilo-ilostat, wb-wdi25.0%
Seggi occupati da donne nel parlamento nazionaleIND.SOC.gender.women_in_parliament%Class Aipu-parline, wb-wdi25.0%
05Dominio

Social and human development

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

Sub-domainIndicatori
Poverty5
Inequality4
Education4
Gender3
Social protection4
Sviluppo umano2

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

06Indicatori

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.
IndicatoreDominioSub-domainComponenteUnitàLivelliCrosswalks
Incidenza della povertà estrema, USD 3.00 al giorno (PPA 2021)IND.SOC.poverty.extreme_poverty.usd300SOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.POV.DDAY SDG 1.1.1
Incidenza della povertà, USD 4.20 al giorno (PPA 2021)IND.SOC.poverty.poverty.usd420SOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.POV.LMIC
Incidenza della povertà, USD 8.30 al giorno (PPA 2021)IND.SOC.poverty.poverty.usd830SOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.POV.UMIC
Incidenza della povertà rispetto alla soglia di povertà nazionaleIND.SOC.poverty.national_povertySOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1WB_WDI SI.POV.NAHC SDG 1.2.1
Incidenza della povertà multidimensionale (MPI globale)IND.SOC.poverty.multidimensional_povertySOCPovertyvulnerability%COUNTRY, ADM1SDG 1.2.2 WB_WDI SI.POV.MPWB
Indice di GiniIND.SOC.inequality.giniSOCInequalityvulnerability{score}COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.POV.GINI
Quota di reddito o consumo del 40 percento più poveroIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_income_shareSOCInequalityvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.DST.FRST.20
Crescita del consumo o del reddito del 40 percento più poveroIND.SOC.inequality.bottom40_growthSOCInequalityadaptive capacity%COUNTRYWB_WDI SI.SPR.PC40.ZG SDG 10.1.1
Perdita di sviluppo umano dovuta alla disuguaglianzaIND.SOC.inequality.human_development_lossSOCInequalityvulnerability%COUNTRYHDR loss
Anni medi di istruzioneIND.SOC.education.mean_years_schoolingSOCEducationadaptive capacityaCOUNTRYHDR mys
Anni di istruzione attesiIND.SOC.education.expected_years_schoolingSOCEducationadaptive capacityaCOUNTRYHDR eys
Povertà di apprendimentoIND.SOC.education.learning_povertySOCEducationvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SE.LPV.PRIM SDG 4.1.1
Tasso di alfabetizzazione degli adultiIND.SOC.education.adult_literacySOCEducationadaptive capacity%COUNTRYWB_WDI SE.ADT.LITR.ZS SDG 4.6.1
Indice di disuguaglianza di genere (UNDP)IND.SOC.gender.gender_inequality_indexSOCGendervulnerability{score}COUNTRYHDR gii
Tasso di partecipazione femminile alla forza lavoroIND.SOC.gender.female_labour_participationSOCGenderadaptive capacity%COUNTRYWB_WDI SL.TLF.CACT.FE.ZS
Seggi occupati da donne nel parlamento nazionaleIND.SOC.gender.women_in_parliamentSOCGenderadaptive capacity%COUNTRYWB_WDI SG.GEN.PARL.ZS SDG 5.5.1
Popolazione coperta da almeno una prestazione di protezione socialeIND.SOC.protection.social_protection_coverageSOCSocial protectioncoping capacity%COUNTRYSDG 1.3.1 ILO SDG_0131_SEX_SOC_RT WB_WDI per_allsp.cov_pop_tot
Giovani che non studiano, non lavorano e non seguono una formazioneIND.SOC.protection.youth_neetSOCSocial protectionvulnerability%COUNTRYWB_WDI SL.UEM.NEET.ZS SDG 8.6.1 ILO SDG_0861_SEX_RT
Occupazione informale, quota dell'occupazione totaleIND.SOC.protection.informal_employmentSOCSocial protectionvulnerability%COUNTRYSDG 8.3.1 ILO SDG_0831_SEX_ECO_RT WB_WDI SL.ISV.IFRM.ZS
Bambini tra 5 e 17 anni coinvolti nel lavoro minorileIND.SOC.protection.child_labourSOCSocial protectionvulnerability%COUNTRYSDG 8.7.1 ILO SDG_B871_SEX_AGE_RT WB_WDI SL.TLF.0714.ZS
Indice di sviluppo umano (UNDP)IND.SOC.development.hdiSOCSviluppo umanoadaptive capacity{score}COUNTRYHDR hdi
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (UNDP)IND.SOC.development.ihdiSOCSviluppo umanoadaptive capacity{score}COUNTRYHDR ihdi
07Quotazione

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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I valori sono pubblicati con l'edizione; qui compaiono intervallo, classe e variazione.
Edizione precedente
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Range since 2016
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Composito accoppiato
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Punteggio di accoppiamento S
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Pulse, ultima settimana
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Outlook, 12 months
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Metodo
Indicator Standard 1.0 · NXS-GRX 2026
Estrazioni
1,000
Socio-economic vulnerability index, world, by edition

Nessun valore ancora pubblicato. La prima edizione traccia qui lo storico con la banda dell'intervallo e i limiti di classe.

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.
Nessuna variazione per ora. Dalla seconda edizione in poi, le variazioni rispetto all’edizione precedente sono elencate qui, insieme agli indicatori che le hanno determinate.
08Valori

Country values

FIG 5 · Socio-economic vulnerability index: countries (values when released)
Caricamento della mappa
AndorraAntigua e BarbudaBahreinBarbadosComoreCapo VerdeDominicaMicronesia (Stati Federati di)GrenadaKiribatiSaint Kitts e NevisSanta LuciaLiechtensteinMonacoMaldiveIsole MarshallMaltaMauritiusNauruPalauSingaporeSan MarinoSão Tomé e PríncipeSeychellesTongaTuvaluSanta SedeSaint Vincent e GrenadineSamoa
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.
Tile
/api/v1/public/grix/risk-products/tiles/soc/{z}/{x}/{y}.mvt
Chiave di osservazione
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
11In tutto il 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.

12Cita

Cita e riutilizza

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.