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The Global Risks Index

The Global Risks Index · 46 entries · 2026-10

The risk index landscape

What the world’s risk indices measure, how, and where they stop, so NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) can interoperate with them and close the gaps between them. Source series are read where licences admit and never re-weighted.

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01Gaps

What no index does yet

Established risk and resilience indices, read for interoperability and validity checks. Names are those of their stewards and are cited for reference only; no text of any index is reproduced and no endorsement is implied. Commercial providers are described by category. Indicator counts change between editions; the current methodology note of each index governs. NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) relation: SOURCE (a published series NXS-GRX may read as a source where its licence admits, never re-weighted), CROSSWALK (used for validity checks and mapping), COMPLEMENT (a different object NXS-GRX does not reproduce).

Lacuna NXS-GRX design
No index unifies hazard, vulnerability, conflict, macro-finance, cyber, health, food, nature and technology in one structure Twenty index domain indices in four pillars, one grammar
Systemic and cascading risk is described, not modelled Coupling instrument: typed dependency networks, contagion models, coupled beside standalone composite
A cobertura subnacional é escassa e não comparável ADM1, ADM2 and one H3 fabric for hazard, exposure and capacity
A incerteza raramente é informada; as classificações são superinterpretadas 90% intervals, class probabilities and Sobol sensitivity on every value; no league tables
Os dados têm defasagem de um a três anos Pulse instrument: weekly nowcast over admitted event streams
Poucos índices fazem previsões ou passam por testes retrospectivos Instrumento de perspectivas com quadros de verificação publicados
Projeções de cenários são raras e apenas macro Pathways instrument: SSP × warming level and transition families to 2030, 2050 and 2100
Risco percebido e risco medido se confundem Perception instrument kept separate, with a published gap
Values rarely trace to sources, versions and licences Proveniência por registro, controle de licença, registro público de correções
O acesso por máquina é fraco (publicações em PDF e planilhas) API, SDMX keys, vector tiles, bulk files and versioned releases
Restrições de licença bloqueiam a reutilização derivada Controle de licença por fonte; valores retidos são contabilizados
Coverage gaps cluster in fragile and small-island states Coverage vector per country; imputation flagged and capped
A capacidade no papel é confundida com desempenho Capability ladder from listed to demonstrated in real events
Os métodos mudam e rompem a comparabilidade Versões semânticas, séries retroprojetadas, resumos criptográficos por versão
Neglected domains: AI, space weather, biosecurity, minerals, digital infrastructure, tail risk Exponential technology and strategic systems series; Tail instrument
Nenhuma taxonomia comum entre os índices hazards with HIPs crosswalks; indicators with 501 crosswalks to source code lists
As médias escondem caudas pesadas Exceedance curves, return-period losses and expected shortfall where loss can be modelled
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Risco multiameaça de desastres e humanitário

Índice Steward Cobertura Periodicidade Structure and method Relation Limitation
INFORM Risk EU Joint Research Centre with the IASC reference group 191 countries Annual with mid-year update 3 dimensions, about 15 components, roughly 74 to 80 indicators. Arithmetic means to component level, geometric mean of hazard and exposure, vulnerability and lack of coping capacity; 0–10 Source series No financial, cyber or systemic risk; no intervals; one to three year data lag
INFORM Severity, Climate Change, Warning and subnational models EU Joint Research Centre and partners Crises, projections, admin levels Monthly to irregular INFORM grammar applied to severity, projections and subnational units. INFORM method Correspondência Subnational models are not mutually comparable and share no grid
WorldRiskIndex NGO alliance with a university institute 193 countries Ciclo operacional anual do Exposure × vulnerability (susceptibility, coping, adaptation); more than 100 indicators. Geometric mean; 0–100 Correspondência Population-driven exposure; no conflict hazard
Global Assessment Report and Global Risk Assessment Framework UNDRR Global About biennial Thematic assessment; earlier probabilistic global risk model. Probabilistic loss modelling and narrative Complement No standing index or API; systemic risk described rather than measured
ThinkHazard! World Bank GFDRR Admin-2, global Occasional 11 hazards by intensity and frequency. Classification in four classes Correspondência Hazard only; no vulnerability
Climate Risk Index Germanwatch (NGO) About 170 to 190 countries Ciclo operacional anual do 6 loss indicators. Weighted rank sum; single-year and 30-year windows Correspondência Backward-looking; inherits loss-database reporting bias
ND-GAIN University of Notre Dame About 185 countries Ciclo operacional anual do Vulnerability and readiness; 45 indicators. Arithmetic means; 0–100 Correspondência Country level only; readiness bias toward high-income countries
States of Fragility OECD 170+ contexts screened About biennial 6 dimensions, about 50 indicators. Principal components and clustering into classes Correspondência Classifies rather than measures; not predictive
Global Conflict Risk Index EU Joint Research Centre About 130 to 190 countries Annual or semi-annual About 24 structural variables. Logit models of conflict probability; 0–10 Correspondência Structural only; no event nowcast
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Conflito, paz, fragilidade e governança

Índice Steward Cobertura Periodicidade Structure and method Relation Limitation
Fragile States Index Fund for Peace (NGO) 179 countries Ciclo operacional anual do 12 indicators in 4 groups. Content analysis, quantitative data and review; 0–120 Correspondência Media-volume bias; reuse restricted
Global Peace Index and Global Terrorism Index Institute for Economics and Peace (NGO) About 163 countries Ciclo operacional anual do 23 indicators; 4 terrorism indicators. Banded weighted means; log-banded scores Correspondência Contested weights; source-dataset dependency
ACLED Conflict Index ACLED (NGO) About 240 countries and territories Annual and weekly Deadliness, danger, diffusion, fragmentation. Rank-based severity categories Source series Licence limits redistribution
UCDP Uppsala University Global, geocoded events Annual and monthly Event data with best, low and high fatality estimates. Event coding; no composite Source series Threshold of 25 battle deaths for conflicts
V-Dem University of Gothenburg 202 countries Ciclo operacional anual do More than 500 indicators, 5 high-level indices. Bayesian measurement model with credible intervals; 0–1 Correspondência Expert subjectivity; one-year lag
Worldwide Governance Indicators World Bank About 214 economies Ciclo operacional anual do 6 dimensions from about 35 sources. Unobserved components with standard errors Source series Perception-based; correlated source errors
Corruption Perceptions Index Transparency International (NGO) 180 countries Ciclo operacional anual do 13 expert and business sources. Standardised mean with confidence intervals; 0–100 Correspondência No-derivatives licence constrains reuse
Global Organised Crime Index GI-TOC (NGO) 193 countries Biennial Criminal markets, actors and resilience. Expert assessment; 1–10 Correspondência Expert-driven
Basel AML Index Basel Institute on Governance (NGO) About 160 to 200 jurisdictions Ciclo operacional anual do 17 to 18 indicators in 5 domains. Weighted mean; 0–10 Correspondência Depends on evaluation cycles
Bertelsmann Transformation Index and Ibrahim Index of African Governance Fundamentos 137 and 54 countries Biennial Expert criteria; about 96 indicators. Expert scores; arithmetic means Correspondência Partial coverage
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Risco econômico, soberano e financeiro

Índice Steward Cobertura Periodicidade Structure and method Relation Limitation
Country Risk Classification OECD (export credits arrangement) About 200 countries Three times a year Model plus expert adjustment. Classes 0–7 Correspondência Transfer and convertibility risk only; model unpublished
Debt sustainability frameworks (LIC-DSF, SRDSF) IMF and World Bank Low-income and market-access countries Per review Thresholds, stress tests, fan charts. Mechanical signals plus judgement Source series Per-country, not a comparable index; NXS-GRX never reproduces the published signals
Sovereign credit ratings Commercial rating agencies (category) About 130 to 150 sovereigns Ongoing Committee scorecards. Letter grades Complement Paywalled; NXS-GRX is not a rating and uses no rating scale
Early-warning indicators and financial stress indices BIS and central banks 40+ economies Daily to quarterly Credit gaps, debt service, stress composites. Gaps, thresholds, portfolio weights Source series Advanced economies mostly
Global Supply Chain Pressure Index Federal Reserve Bank of New York Global Monthly 27 variables. Principal components; standard deviations Correspondência No country decomposition
Logistics Performance Index World Bank 139 countries Every 3 to 5 years 6 dimensions plus tracking KPIs. Survey; 1–5 Correspondência Infrequent; perception-based
Economic complexity University research centres About 130 to 145 countries Ciclo operacional anual do Export diversity and ubiquity. Eigenvector method Correspondência Structural signal, not risk
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Clima, meio ambiente e natureza

Índice Steward Cobertura Periodicidade Structure and method Relation Limitation
Environmental Performance Index Yale and Columbia universities 180 countries About biennial 58 indicators, 11 issue categories. Weighted mean; 0–100 Correspondência Performance, not risk
Central-bank network climate scenarios Network of central banks and supervisors Global, regional, country About annual 6 to 7 scenario families. Integrated assessment and macro models Source series Pathways, not an index; physical risk understated
Aqueduct water risk World Resources Institute (NGO) Global sub-basins Occasional 13 indicators. Weighted; 0–5 with projections Source series Coarse units; ageing layers
Biodiversity intactness, ENCORE and the Ocean Health Index Museums, UNEP-WCMC, universities Global grid, sectors, EEZs Varies Models, dependency matrices, goals. Statistical models; materiality ratings; 0–100 Correspondência Weak link to local ground truth
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Saúde e alimentação

Índice Steward Cobertura Periodicidade Structure and method Relation Limitation
Global Health Security Index NGO and university partnership 195 países 2019 and 2021 6 categories, 37 indicators. Weighted mean; 0–100 Correspondência Measured capacity on paper; not updated since 2021
IHR self-assessment (SPAR) and Joint External Evaluation WHO 196 States Parties Annual and ad hoc 15 capacities; 19 technical areas. Self and external scoring; 1–5 Source series Self-reporting bias
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification and Cadre Harmonisé Multi-agency technical partnership Assessed areas Per country cycle Phases 1–5, current and projected. Evidence convergence by technical working groups Source series Limited to assessed areas
Global Hunger Index and Global Report on Food Crises NGOs; FAO, WFP and EU network About 50 to 136 countries Ciclo operacional anual do 4 indicators; headcounts. Standardised sum; aggregation Correspondência Three-year lag; aggregation rather than scoring
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Risco tecnológico, cibernético e de fronteira

Índice Steward Cobertura Periodicidade Structure and method Relation Limitation
Global Cybersecurity Index ITU 194 countries About biennial 5 pillars. Questionnaire; 5 tiers since 2024 Source series Measures commitment, not threat or incidents
National Cyber Security Index Government-backed academy 170+ countries Rolling 12 capacities, 46 indicators. Evidence-checked; 0–100 Correspondência Capacity only
AI indices and incident monitors Universities, OECD and NGOs Varies Annual or continuous Descriptive indicators, responsible-AI scores, incident data. Mixed Correspondência No probabilistic national AI-risk index exists
Global catastrophic risk assessments University centres and foundations Global Irregular Narrative and elicited probabilities. Expert elicitation Complement No standardised country index
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Percepção e prospectiva

Índice Steward Cobertura Periodicidade Structure and method Relation Limitation
Global Risks Report World Economic Forum (not-for-profit foundation) Global Ciclo operacional anual do Survey of experts rating about 33 global risks over 2- and 10-year horizons. Perception survey Correspondência Perception only; no probabilities; respondent pool skewed
World Risk Poll Lloyd’s Register Foundation (charity) About 142 countries Biennial Experienced and perceived risk. Household poll Correspondência Survey cadence
Corporate risk barometers and reinsurer research Commercial insurers and reinsurers (category) Global Ciclo operacional anual do Surveys and loss databases. Perception and proprietary loss data Complement Proprietary inputs
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Desenvolvimento e resiliência

Índice Steward Cobertura Periodicidade Structure and method Relation Limitation
Human Development Index and Multidimensional Poverty Index UNDP with OPHI 193 and about 110 countries Ciclo operacional anual do 3 dimensions; 10 indicators. Geometric mean; Alkire–Foster Source series Survey lags
SDG Index and Social Progress Index UN SDSN; a non-profit About 167 to 170 countries Ciclo operacional anual do 17 goals; 12 components. Arithmetic means; PCA weights Correspondência Outcome dashboards, not risk
Sendai Framework Monitor UNDRR Reporting countries Ciclo operacional anual do 38 indicators under 7 targets. National self-reporting Source series Uneven reporting
Global Innovation Index WIPO About 133 countries Ciclo operacional anual do 7 pillars, about 80 indicators. Arithmetic means with a published statistical audit Correspondência Innovation, not risk; a model of audit transparency
Business Ready (B-READY) World Bank 101 economies (2025), expanding Ciclo operacional anual do 3 pillars over 10 topics. Expert questionnaires and firm surveys; 0–100 Source series Coverage still expanding

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