List of countries by Fragile States Index

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This article consists of a list of countries by order of appearance in the Fragile States Index (FSI; formerly called the Failed States Index) of the American think tank Fund for Peace.

A fragile state has several attributes. Common indicators include a state whose central government is so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory; non-provision of public services; widespread corruption and criminality; refugees and involuntary movement of populations; and sharp economic decline. Since 2005, the index has been published annually by the Fund for Peace and the magazine Foreign Policy. The list has been cited by journalists and academics in making broad comparative points about countries or regions.

The report uses 12 factors to determine the rating for each nation, including security threats, economic implosion, human rights violations and refugee flows.

Indicators of a fragile state

Fund For Peace ranks (between 0 and 10) the following factors to determine the overall status of a country on the index.

  • Cohesion
    • Security apparatus
    • Factionalized elites
    • Group grievance
  • Economic
    • Economic decline and poverty
    • Uneven development
    • Human flight and brain drain
  • Political
    • State legitimacy
    • Public services
    • Human rights and rule of law
  • Social
    • Demographic pressures
    • Refugees and internally displaced persons
  • Cross-cutting
    • External intervention

Fragile States Index (2024)

The table below shows the FSI for 2024, with comparisons of each country's current score to previous years' indices. A higher score (with a maximum of 120) indicates a weaker, more vulnerable, or more fragile situation in the country.

Rank Country 2024 score Change from 2023 Change from 2022 Change from 2021 Change from 2020 Change from 2019 Change from 2018
1 Somalia 111.3 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.9
2 Sudan 109.3 3.1 2.2 4.1 4.5 1.3 0.6
3 South Sudan 109.0 0.5 0.6 0.4 1.8 3.2 4.4
4 Syria 108.1 1.0 0.3 2.6 2.6 3.4 3.3
5 Congo-Kinshasa 106.7 0.5 0.6 1.7 2.7 3.5 4.0
6 Yemen 106.6 2.3 5.1 5.1 5.8 6.9 6.1
7 Afghanistan 103.9 2.7 2.0 1.8 1.0 1.1 2.7
Central African Republic
103.9
 1.8 4.2 3.1 3.6 5.0 7.2
9 Haiti 103.5 0.6 3.8 6.0 5.8 4.2 1.5
10 Chad 102.7 1.9 3.0 3.1 3.7 5.8 5.6
11 Myanmar 100.0 0.2 6.2 6.0 5.7 3.9
12 Ethiopia 98.1 2.3 1.2 0.9 3.5 3.9 1.5
13 Palestine 97.8 9.9 12.2 11.8 n/a n/a n/a
14 Mali 97.3 2.2 1.3 0.7 1.3 2.8 3.7
15 Nigeria 96.6 1.4 0.6 1.4 0.7 1.9 3.3
16 Libya 96.5 0.4 2.2 0.5 1.3 4.3 1.9
17 Guinea 96.4 2.1 3.2 1.0 0.8 3.0 5.2
18 Zimbabwe 95.7 1.2 2.1 3.4 3.5 3.8 6.6
19 Niger 95.2 1.8 0.8 0.1 1.0 1.0
20 Cameroon 94.3 0.3 1.7 2.9 3.6 2.7 1.0
21 Burkina Faso 94.2 0.2 3.7 7.1 8.3 10.3 7.7
22 Ukraine 93.1 2.8 24.5 23.3 24.1 22.1 20.5
23 Lebanon 92.7 0.9 1.4 3.7 8.0 7.7 5.9
24 Burundi 92.6 1.6 2.8 4.5 5.3 5.6 4.8
25 Mozambique 92.5 1.5 1.8 1.4 0.8 3.8 3.8
26 Eritrea 92.1 2.4 3.8 4.9 3.7 4.3 5.1
27 Pakistan 91.7 1.8 2.0 1.2 0.4 2.5 4.6
28 Uganda 91.1 0.4 1.0 1.8 1.7 4.2 4.0
29 Congo-Brazzaville 90.2 0.5 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.3 2.9
30 Venezuela 89.0 1.5 2.6 3.6 2.2 0.3 2.8
31 Iraq 88.6 2.8 5.2 7.6 7.3 10.5 13.6
32 Guinea-Bissau 88.4 1.5 2.9 3.6 4.5 7.1 9.7
33 Sri Lanka 88.2 2.1 8.9 7.7 6.4 4.2 3.3
34 Mauritania 87.0 0.9 2.1 1.7 3.1 5.2
35 Liberia 86.9 2.0 1.3 2.6 3.1 3.3 5.7
36 Kenya 86.5 1.3 1.7 2.7 3.8 7.0 10.9
37 Bangladesh 85.9 0.7 1.4 0.9 0.2 1.8 4.4
38 Angola 85.6 1.3 2.5 3.4 1.7 2.2 3.8
39 Ivory Coast 85.3 1.8 4.3 5.4 4.4 6.8 9.3
40 North Korea 84.9 2.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 7.8 8.3
41 Turkey 84.0 2.8 5.9 4.3 4.9 3.7 1.8
42 Equatorial Guinea 83.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.3
43 Iran 82.9 2.5 1.2 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.4
44 Egypt 82.8 1.2 0.8 2.2 3.2 5.6 5.9
45 Sierra Leone 82.6 1.2 0.2 0.8 1.8 4.2 6.5
46 Rwanda 81.8 0.5 1.9 3.2 4.2 5.7 7.5
47 Comoros 81.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.9
48 Djibouti 81.6 0.6 0.3 0.8 1.1 3.5 5.5
Russia
81.6
 0.9 9.0 8.0 9.0 6.9 4.4
50 Zambia 81.2 0.6 2.4 3.7 3.3 4.5 6.0
51 Togo 81.1 1.0 2.5 4.0 4.7 6.3 4.1
52 Malawi 80.5 2.7 2.5 2.7 3.5 2.8 5.0
53 Madagascar 79.8 1.9 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.1 3.8
54 Papua New Guinea 78.8 0.7 0.7 2.1 3.5 4.3 6.0
55 Cambodia 78.6 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.7 3.9 5.4
56 Honduras 78.1 1.5 0.6 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.8
57   Nepal 78.0 2.2 2.6 4.2 4.6 6.7 9.9
58 Eswatini 77.6 1.5 2.8 4.9 5.4 7.7 9.9
Solomon Islands
77.6
 2.0 2.8 1.7 2.1 4.3 5.5
60 Nicaragua 76.7 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.4 1.4 1.4
61 Gambia 76.1 2.5 4.4 6.1 7.8 11.0
62 Tanzania 75.7 0.9 2.5 3.6 2.4 4.4 3.7
63 Colombia 75.6 2.5 2.8 3.7 1.0 0.1 1.0
64 Philippines 75.1 2.7 5.4 7.3 5.9 8.0 10.4
65 Guatemala 74.9 2.4 2.6 4.5 4.3 6.5 6.9
Kyrgyzstan
74.9
 0.7 2.2 1.5 1.0 1.3 3.7
67 East Timor 74.8 2.7 4.5 6.1 7.9 10.7 13.5
68 Lesotho 74.6 1.7 2.8 3.3 3.7 5.1 5.5
69 Jordan 74.3 1.4 2.3 2.5 1.1 1.6 2.5
70 Senegal 74.2 2.7 2.1 0.8 0.4 3.0 5.4
71 Laos 73.8 0.9 1.7 2.2 3.1 4.9 6.9
72 Azerbaijan 72.8 0.1 0.3 2.3 1.5 0.4 1.8
Tajikistan
72.8
 1.4 2.2 2.3 2.7 4.9 6.7
74 Benin 72.5 0.8 0.3 1.1 3.2
75 India 72.3 1.8 3.0 4.7 3.0 2.1 4.0
76 Peru 72.0 1.1 2.2 0.6 4.4 3.8 1.9
77 Bosnia-Herzegovina 71.0 1.3 2.0 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.3
78 Brazil 70.3 4.2 3.6 5.5 2.7 1.5 1.6
79 Gabon 70.2 4.7 3.5 2.8 1.1 0.3 2.3
80 South Africa 69.6 2.4 2.4 0.4 0.5 1.5 3.3
81 Bolivia 69.4 1.3 4.0 5.5 5.6 3.5 5.8
82 Georgia 69.3 2.6 2.5 3.3 1.9 2.7 4.7
83 Mexico 69.0 0.8 1.3 0.9 1.8 0.7 2.5
84 Morocco 68.8 0.6 1.3 2.7 2.4 4.2 5.2
85 Belarus 68.7 1.2 0.7 2.9 0.5 1.8
El Salvador
68.7
 0.6 2.1 2.9 0.2 1.1 2.5
87 Algeria 68.6 1.4 3.6 5.0 6.0 6.8 7.2
88 São Tomé and Príncipe 68.5 1.2 1.9 3.0 1.8 2.6 3.6
89 Armenia 68.1 0.6 1.1 1.7 3.9 1.4 1.4
90 Ecuador 68.0 1.4 1.1 3.2 1.4 3.2 6.2
91 Serbia 67.8 0.1 0.4 1.7 0.2 0.3
92 Tunisia 67.2 0.8 1.0 2.0 0.9 2.9 4.9
93 F.S. Micronesia 66.9 2.4 4.1 4.8 4.3 6.1 7.5
94 Fiji 66.4 3.8 2.5 4.0 3.5 5.3 8.1
95 Thailand 66.2 1.8 3.8 4.7 4.6 6.9 8.8
96 Uzbekistan 64.8 2.0 4.8 7.2 8.3 10.9 14.3
97 Moldova 64.7 2.7 0.2 2.3 1.3 2.4 4.8
98 Bhutan 64.5 1.9 2.9 3.8 5.0 7.5 9.8
99 China 64.4 0.7 2.5 4.5 5.5 6.7 8.0
100 Bahrain 64.2 0.9 2.4 2.5 0.3 0.4 0.2
101 Samoa 63.9 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.6
102 Indonesia 63.7 1.9 2.9 3.9 4.1 6.7 8.6
103 Saudi Arabia 63.2 2.1 4.3 6.5 5.6 7.2 7.0
104 Turkmenistan 62.2 2.3 4.3 6.0 6.9 9.2 10.4
105 Paraguay 61.5 2.2 3.9 4.9 3.7 5.5 8.3
106 Ghana 60.8 1.5 2.2 3.1 3.4 5.1 7.3
107 Maldives 60.3 2.6 4.2 7.3 5.9 9.5 12.1
108 Dominican Republic 60.2 0.6 2.6 4.5 4.2 6.0 9.0
109 Jamaica 59.3 2.6 2.8 1.9 0.7 1.9 3.8
Namibia
59.3
 1.0 3.6 5.0 5.8 7.1 9.5
111 Guyana 59.2 2.4 5.0 6.9 6.8 9.0 11.2
112 Cuba 59.1 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.7 3.8
113 Suriname 58.8 0.9 2.0 2.7 1.3 3.1 5.2
114 North Macedonia 58.1 2.2 4.5 6.4 4.0 6.5 6.7
115 Kazakhstan 57.8 2.8 1.7 3.4 2.0 3.8 5.6
116 Cape Verde 57.2 2.9 4.2 7.0 7.6 9.4 10.8
117 Belize 57.0 2.8 5.1 7.2 3.8 5.5 6.7
118 Montenegro 56.9 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.6
119 Vietnam 56.2 2.1 4.7 7.1 7.7 9.9 12.2
120 Albania 55.9 0.9 0.8 3.1 2.9 3.0 4.2
121 Greece 54.7 0.4 1.1 0.2 2.6 0.8 0.6
122 Cyprus 54.1 2.9 2.8 3.3 2.0 3.7 6.2
123 Brunei 53.9 0.8 1.2 2.4 2.7 3.6 5.9
124 Botswana 53.6 1.7 2.5 3.4 3.5 5.9 8.4
125 Trinidad and Tobago 53.5 0.6 1.1 0.6 1.6 0.5 1.1
126 Malaysia 53.1 1.9 3.3 3.8 4.5 7.4 10.5
127 Antigua and Barbuda 51.9 1.9 2.3 3.0 0.2 2.5 3.7
Grenada
51.9
 1.8 2.4 4.2 3.3 5.7 8.0
129 Israel 51.5 7.4 8.9 8.5 n/a n/a n/a
130 Romania 51.0 2.0 0.2 4.3 3.2 1.6
Seychelles
51.0
 2.3 3.2 5.3 3.7 4.2 5.8
132 Mongolia 50.7 0.6 0.9 1.6 1.2 3.4 4.2
133 Bulgaria 49.4 2.4 2.2 2.2 0.2 1.2 2.3
134 Kuwait 49.3 1.9 2.9 3.6 1.6 3.9 6.6
135 Bahamas 48.0 1.2 2.6 4.4 1.9 0.8 2.0
136 Panama 47.7 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.7 0.7 1.8
137 Oman 47.4 1.3 2.1 3.0 0.6 2.6 5.2
138 Hungary 46.2 2.6 4.6 4.9 1.4 3.4 4.0
139 Croatia 45.9 2.8 3.4 3.9 0.2 1.6 2.8
140 Barbados 44.7 0.7 1.2 2.3 1.7 3.3 3.5
141 United States 44.5 0.8 2.1 0.1 6.2 6.5 6.8
142 Argentina 44.2 2.2 3.7 5.9 1.9 1.8 1.9
143 Spain 44.0 0.5 0.4 0.8 3.6 3.3 2.6
144 Poland 41.7 3.5 0.5 1.4 0.7 1.1 0.2
145 Latvia 41.4 1.9 1.4 2.6 0.9 2.5 3.5
146 Chile 41.1 1.1 2.1 3.0 1.4 2.2 0.4
Italy
41.1
 1.5 2.3 4.1 1.3 2.7 2.7
148 United Kingdom 40.8 1.1 0.2 0.7 2.5 4.1 6.5
149 Qatar 39.8 0.7 2.5 4.3 3.9 5.6 8.3
150 Costa Rica 39.4 1.0 1.6 3.1 0.8 2.6 3.8
151 Mauritius 37.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.1 2.7
152 Czech Republic 37.7 2.5 2.2 1.6 2.0 0.1 1.3
153 Lithuania 37.4 2.0 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.7 2.0
154 Estonia 36.5 2.1 1.2 3.0 2.0 4.3 6.5
155 Slovakia 35.3 2.5 1.8 3.7 2.9 5.2 7.2
156 United Arab Emirates 34.7 2.3 4.4 5.6 3.4 5.4 8.1
157 Uruguay 33.7 0.7 1.5 2.2 0.3 0.3 1.7
158 Malta 31.1 1.9 3.6 5.1 2.5 3.4 5.1
159 Belgium 30.3 1.1 1.6 0.7 3.2 1.7 0.6
160 Japan 30.2 0.3 0.8 2.0 2.1 4.1 4.3
161 South Korea 29.8 1.7 2.9 2.7 2.2 3.9 5.9
162 France 28.3 0.5 2.6 4.2 2.2 3.7 3.9
163 Slovenia 26.1 1.2 1.6 2.1 0.3 1.9 4.2
164 Portugal 25.9 0.2 1.6 0.9 2.4 0.6 1.4
165 Singapore 25.4 0.1 0.4 1.2 0.9 2.7 5.0
166 Germany 24.0 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.8
167 Austria 23.1 1.3 2.3 3.0 1.0 1.9 3.1
168 Sweden 20.6 0.3 0.8 2.4 0.3 0.2
169 Australia 19.6 2.4 3.1 2.2 0.1 0.1 1.2
170 Netherlands 19.5 1.5 2.6 4.6 3.4 5.3 6.7
171 Luxembourg 18.7 0.8 1.3 2.4 0.1 1.7 2.1
172 Canada 18.6 0.3 1.5 3.1 0.1 1.4 2.9
Ireland
18.6
 0.9 2.2 3.6 1.3 2.0 2.1
174  Switzerland 16.2 1.6 2.7 3.7 0.9 2.5 3.0
175 Denmark 15.9 2.0 2.2 2.9 1.3 3.6 3.9
New Zealand
15.9
 0.8 1.6 2.5 2.0 4.2 5.0
177 Iceland 15.2 0.5 1.9 2.8 2.6 4.6 5.1
178 Finland 14.3 1.7 0.8 1.9 0.3 2.6 3.6
179 Norway 12.7 1.8 2.9 3.9 3.5 5.3 5.6
  1. Prior to the 2021 index, Israel and Palestine (West Bank) were scored as a single state.
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