INDEX OF STATE WEAKNESS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
Color Coding Key
Color coding and quintiles
are based on full sample of
141 countries
The 141 weakest states and their index basket
scores are presented below. A basket score of 0.00
represents the worst score in the 141-country sample,
a score of 10.00 signifies the best.
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
Pull-out 1
Country
Somalia
Afghanistan
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Iraq
Burundi
Sudan
Central African Rep.
Zimbabwe
Liberia
Cote D’Ivoire
Angola
Haiti
Sierra Leone
Eritrea
North Korea
Chad
Burma
Guinea-Bissau
Ethiopia
Congo, Rep.
Niger
Nepal
Guinea
Rwanda
Equatorial Guinea
Togo
Uganda
Nigeria
Cameroon
Yemen
Comoros
Zambia
Pakistan
Cambodia
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Mauritania
Djibouti
Mozambique
Papua New Guinea
Swaziland
Tajikistan
East Timor
Burkina Faso
Laos
Malawi
Colombia
Bangladesh
Madagascar
Kenya
Gambia
Mali
Lesotho
Solomon Islands
Tanzania
Sri Lanka
Algeria
Philippines
Syria
Guatemala
Sao Tome & Principe
Cuba
Gabon
Bolivia
Russia
Iran
India
Senegal
Honduras
Venezuela
Benin
Nicaragua
Kyrgyzstan
China
Paraguay
Fiji
Indonesia
Egypt
Thailand
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Namibia
Vietnam
Ghana
Ecuador
Libya
Guyana
Moldova
Kazakhstan
Georgia
Dominican Republic
Peru
Lebanon
Bhutan
El Salvador
Morocco
Mongolia
Turkey
Brazil
Maldives
Jamaica
Botswana
Micronesia
Tonga
Armenia
Marshall Islands
Ukraine
Serbia
Suriname
South Africa
Albania
Tunisia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Macedonia
Argentina
Vanuatu
Belize
Jordan
Kiribati
Mexico
Romania
Panama
Cape Verde
Malaysia
Samoa
Seychelles
Bulgaria
Oman
Grenada
Costa Rica
Croatia
Uruguay
Mauritius
Dominica
Poland
Latvia
Saint Lucia
Lithuania
Chile
Hungary
Slovak Republic
Overall
Score
0.52
1.65
1.67
3.11
3.21
3.29
3.33
3.44
3.64
3.66
3.72
3.76
3.77
3.84
3.87
3.90
4.16
4.16
4.46
4.56
4.60
4.61
4.67
4.68
4.77
4.80
4.86
4.88
5.12
5.18
5.20
5.23
5.23
5.27
5.27
5.30
5.30
5.31
5.32
5.32
5.33
5.35
5.51
5.51
5.53
5.60
5.63
5.64
5.65
5.65
5.79
5.85
5.88
5.92
5.94
5.94
6.07
6.08
6.14
6.15
6.17
6.17
6.18
6.19
6.20
6.25
6.28
6.28
6.33
6.33
6.36
6.37
6.39
6.41
6.44
6.47
6.49
6.50
6.50
6.54
6.63
6.66
6.66
6.72
6.78
6.80
6.83
6.89
6.92
6.99
7.01
7.01
7.02
7.08
7.10
7.11
6.16
7.18
7.22
7.25
7.26
7.27
7.28
7.32
7.34
7.37
7.38
7.43
7.49
7.50
7.59
7.61
7.63
7.66
7.67
7.70
7.71
7.74
7.75
7.83
7.91
7.94
7.96
8.20
8.21
8.23
8.38
8.46
8.48
8.65
8.67
8.76
8.79
8.90
9.01
9.08
9.11
9.27
9.35
9.41
9.41
Economic
0.00
4.51
4.06
2.87
5.01
5.05
4.11
1.56
3.39
5.23
5.42
3.90
5.04
3.09
0.52
5.80
4.72
5.22
6.14
5.08
5.45
5.17
5.00
5.33
7.51
4.78
5.78
5.39
5.78
5.80
4.24
5.08
6.58
6.33
5.05
5.20
6.23
5.05
5.60
5.13
5.57
6.18
3.93
6.30
5.88
5.68
5.84
6.08
5.24
5.77
5.26
6.33
4.59
4.59
6.38
6.32
6.83
6.18
4.62
5.63
4.86
3.60
6.51
4.64
7.14
5.51
6.72
6.38
5.30
6.01
6.25
5.61
6.27
6.89
4.78
5.99
6.46
6.34
7.14
7.85
6.57
5.21
6.33
5.92
5.55
6.84
5.56
6.41
7.43
6.58
5.83
6.58
7.05
6.04
6.03
6.77
6.68
7.32
6.12
7.00
6.28
6.59
4.65
4.90
7.97
4.20
6.92
7.14
5.86
6.89
7.42
7.12
7.52
7.04
6.18
6.06
6.49
7.26
5.65
7.82
7.91
7.06
6.60
7.64
5.87
7.33
8.05
8.67
7.03
6.89
9.26
7.14
7.34
7.47
8.95
9.18
8.01
9.33
7.99
10.00
9.95
Political
0.00
2.08
1.80
1.67
3.46
2.06
2.90
1.56
3.91
2.12
2.67
2.62
3.87
2.78
0.95
2.42
0.89
3.83
4.03
2.77
4.69
3.84
2.64
4.26
1.73
2.68
4.55
3.51
3.09
3.64
4.20
4.59
3.52
3.00
1.40
1.78
4.34
3.69
5.33
4.62
3.65
3.03
4.41
4.87
2.56
4.83
5.79
3.97
5.95
4.72
4.54
6.16
6.40
5.05
5.41
5.47
4.27
5.59
2.76
4.66
5.77
2.94
3.93
5.01
3.81
3.32
6.72
5.97
4.86
3.76
5.82
4.79
3.62
3.69
4.50
5.19
5.25
4.09
5.30
3.36
2.31
7.26
3.67
7.02
4.53
2.45
5.71
4.69
3.59
5.66
5.89
5.69
4.86
6.16
6.00
5.50
6.01
6.53
6.42
4.77
6.39
8.41
7.77
5.25
4.73
6.66
5.34
5.89
6.63
8.07
5.33
5.57
5.63
5.84
6.17
7.21
6.92
6.16
7.61
6.38
6.77
7.02
8.46
7.06
7.77
6.54
7.21
6.26
7.87
8.31
7.27
8.67
8.49
8.92
8.17
8.54
9.60
8.44
10.00
8.92
8.68
Security
1.37
0.00
0.28
1.63
2.95
1.46
5.06
6.81
6.01
3.71
5.32
5.21
5.43
7.01
7.28
6.18
3.96
5.96
5.91
6.45
7.33
2.94
7.43
6.62
7.95
7.38
4.89
5.37
7.54
6.43
8.18
8.15
4.69
7.18
7.88
6.66
6.38
8.21
8.35
7.45
8.28
6.39
7.74
8.30
7.98
8.11
1.78
6.55
7.65
6.95
8.29
8.49
8.35
7.66
8.08
3.38
4.04
4.16
7.49
6.65
7.95
8.28
8.36
7.77
4.83
6.91
4.87
7.96
7.68
7.12
8.51
8.14
7.53
6.85
8.00
6.32
5.92
6.55
5.07
7.06
8.24
8.93
8.35
8.44
7.47
8.12
7.89
7.93
8.33
7.15
8.18
7.25
6.77
9.78
8.13
8.01
8.78
5.83
7.32
8.96
7.78
9.29
9.81
9.52
8.23
9.82
7.90
7.39
8.72
7.72
7.95
8.22
7.87
8.09
8.54
10.00
8.54
8.03
10.00
7.63
8.42
9.05
9.49
8.49
9.86
9.52
8.61
9.42
9.49
9.62
8.46
9.43
9.67
9.57
8.98
9.45
9.25
9.63
9.43
9.01
9.32
Bottom quintile
2nd quintile
3rd quintile
4th quintile
Top quintile
Social
Welfare
0.70
0.00
0.52
6.27
1.43
4.59
1.25
3.84
1.25
3.56
1.45
3.31
0.76
2.48
6.73
1.21
7.07
1.69
1.75
3.95
0.94
6.50
3.61
2.51
1.91
4.38
4.23
5.24
4.07
4.85
4.20
3.11
6.13
4.57
6.75
7.54
4.24
4.29
1.98
4.08
3.80
5.82
5.98
2.59
5.71
3.77
9.11
5.98
3.76
5.15
5.06
2.43
4.18
6.39
3.89
8.59
9.13
8.40
9.67
7.65
6.12
9.88
5.94
7.34
9.04
9.28
6.79
4.82
7.47
8.44
4.86
6.94
8.14
8.21
8.50
8.37
8.34
9.03
8.51
7.89
9.41
5.23
8.31
5.48
9.56
9.77
8.15
8.54
8.31
8.58
8.14
8.54
9.40
6.33
8.23
8.15
7.17
9.06
9.01
8.29
8.60
4.78
6.90
9.63
8.44
8.82
9.34
9.29
8.74
7.33
9.65
9.53
9.51
9.66
9.77
7.52
8.88
9.50
7.75
9.51
8.54
8.64
7.30
9.61
9.33
9.55
9.64
9.48
9.52
9.79
9.70
9.79
9.68
9.66
9.95
9.16
9.59
9.69
10.00
9.69
9.68
GNI Per
Capita
226
271
130
1134
100
810
360
350
140
870
1980
480
240
200
n/a
480
n/a
190
180
1100
260
290
410
250
8250
350
300
640
1080
760
660
630
770
480
1700
610
740
1060
340
770
2430
390
840
460
500
170
2740
480
280
580
310
440
1030
680
350
1300
3030
1420
1570
2640
780
n/a
5000
1100
5780
3000
820
750
1200
6070
540
1000
490
2010
1400
3300
1420
1350
2990
1850
3380
3230
690
520
2840
7380
1130
1100
3790
1560
2850
2920
5490
1410
2540
1900
880
5400
4730
2680
3480
5900
2380
2170
1930
3000
1950
3910
3200
5390
2960
2970
2980
3060
5150
1710
3650
2660
1230
7870
4850
4890
2130
5490
2270
8650
3990
9070
4420
4980
9330
5310
5450
3960
8190
8100
5110
7870
6980
10950
9870