List of countries by Fragile States Index

This is a list of countries by order of appearance in the Fragile States Index of the United States 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.
This is the list for 2020, with comparisons of each country's current score to previous years' indices.
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

The following factors are used by Fund For Peace to ascertain the status of a country.

Social

Mounting demographic pressures and tribal, ethnic and/or religious conflicts.
Massive internal and external displacement of refugees, creating severe humanitarian emergencies.
Widespread vengeance-seeking group grievances.
Chronic and sustained human flight.
Economic
Widespread corruption
High economic inequality
Uneven economic development along group lines.
Severe economic decline.
Political
Delegitimization of the state.
Deterioration of public services.
Suspension or arbitrary application of law; widespread human rights abuses.
Security forces operating as a "state within a state" often with impunity.
Rise of factionalized elites.
Intervention of external political agents and foreign states.
Fragile States Index 2013–2020

;Very high alert

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
1		112.4	1.1	0.8	1.6	1.2	4.6	7.3	5.7
2		110.9	1.4	0.9	0.2	0.8	0.8	0.6	0.7
3		110.8	1.4	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.1	0.5	2.8
4		110.7	0.8	0.1	0.8	0.6	3.5	9.8	14.0

;High alert

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
5		109.4	0.8	0.5	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.5	1.2
6		107.5	1.4	2.2	1.5	1.0	0.8	0.5	5.8
7		106.4	2.1	0.2	1.1	1.8	0.1	0.4	0.7
8		104.8	3.2	0.7	1.9	2.8	2.1	1.4	2.3
9		102.9	2.1	1.6	0.7	1.3	1.3	0.1	0.1

;Alert

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
10		99.2	0.3	2.8	0.7	1.8	2.3	0.5	2.9
11		97.9	0.9	1.7	0.3	2.5	1.0	2.2	1.8
12		97.9	0.3	0.8	1.5	3.3	0.7	0.3	0.2
13		97.7	1.6	2.7	3.3	3.1	2.5	2.3	3.8
14		97.3	1.2	1.4	1.7	3.6	2.5	0.2	0.8
15		97.2	2.2	2.2	0.8	2.2	3.3	1.1	0.3
16		96.0	1.5	1.0	0.7	1.6	0.5	3.8	4.3
17		95.9	3.2	3.1	3.2	2.5	2.3		1.7
18		95.8	0.6	0.8	0.9	1.4	0.3	1.7	2.2
19		95.3	0.9		1.2	2.2	1.6	1.7	2.8
20		95.2	3.0	2.4	1.7	1.8	0.7	6.8	10.1
21		94.6	0.4	5.4	1.5	2.4	2.1	1.7	0.7
22		94.0	0.3	1.8	0.4	0.2	1.4	1.8	1.5
23		92.9	2.6	2.6	1.4	1.7	1.8	2.5	3.0
24		92.8	2.5	0.2	0.9	2.6	1.9	0.9	1.5
25		92.1	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.9	2.3	3.5	3.1
25		92.1	2.1	2.1	2.6	5.4	6.6	6.7	6.6
27		91.7	3.0		0.3	0.9	1.8	2.8	5.9
28		91.2	1.9	3.1	3.3	4.6	7.6	9.5	10.9
29		90.3	3.2	3.8	1.0	0.9		1.6	2.2
30		90.2	2.5	0.5	0.1	0.7	0.6	0.8	1.9
31		90.0	0.2	2.7	1.2	2.9	4.7	1.7	2.5

;High warning

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
32		89.7	2.4	2.5	1.9	3.3	5.4	7.1	8.9
33		88.7	1.4	2.1	1.5	3.2	2.7	0.8	0.5
34		87.3	0.5	1.6	1.7	1.1	1.3	2.0	2.3
35		86.0	2.4	0.3	1.1	1.5	1.3	2.3	1.9
35		86.0	1.5	1.8	1.5	2.0	0.9	1.2
37		85.9	2.0	2.6	1.5	2.9	2.7	2.5	3.7
38		85.8	1.6	2.3	1.3	0.6	1.6	2.6	2.6
39		85.7	2.0	2.6	1.2	0.4	1.5	2.5	2.2
40		84.7	0.3	1.8	1.4	2.8	1.3	0.1	0.5
41		84.5	1.2	1.5	0.6	0.9	2.0	1.0	0.6
42		84.4	2.4	2.3	0.2	1.9	2.8	0.8	2.
43		84.0	0.7	2.2	2.5	2.1	1.4	3.6	3.7
44		83.4	0.4	1.3	1.5	2.6	2.9	2.9	5.4
45		83.0	0.4	0.8	1.6	1.8	1.4	1.9	2.7
45		83.0	2.3	2.2	1.3	0.1	1.2	1.7	1.9
47		82.7	2.8	2.8	2.2	2.5	2.3	2.7	3.2
47		82.7	2.4	2.0	1.8	2.6	1.0		1.6
49		82.6	2.1	3.2	3.1	3.3	2.6	3.1	3.9
50		82.3	0.8	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.4	0.7	0.1
51		82.2	1.7	3.2	2.3	0.3	1.7	4.0	5.3
52		81.8	2.2	0.9	1.7	2.8	5.7	7.7	8.0
53		81.2	0.5	0.9	2.2	1.2	0.7	2.5	1.4
54		81.0	2.1	2.4	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.2	2.7
55		80.3	2.2	1.5	1.7	3.4	3.9	4.5	4.0

;Elevated warning

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
56		79.7	2.2	1.2	1.7	2.2	2.8	3.3	2.1
57		79.2	2.2	0.4	1.3	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.1
58		79.5	1.4	2.7	0.4	0.6		0.5	0.9
59		79.1	1.2	1.9	1.4	4.9	7.7	8.1	6.3
60		78.3	1.4	0.4	1.6	0.8	0.2	1.5	0.7
61		78.1	2.0	0.8	0.9	2.4	1.4	1.4	1.7
62		77.1	1.0	2.8	2.1	3.7	3.7	3.1	3.9
63		76.9	1.8	2.0	1.7	3.7	3.8	3.6	3.0
64		76.8	1.0	0.5	1.8	2.5	0.9	0.6	1.0
65		76.6	0.9	0.9	2.3	3.6	5.9	6.5	7.2
66		75.5	2.2	1.8	2.3	4.3	3.9	5.1	5.7
67		75.4	0.5	0.9	1.9	1.2	0.1	0.1	1.1
68		75.3	0.9	1.9	1.6	3.3	3.1	0.6	1.2
69	/	75.1	1.4	2.0	0.4	1.2	0.9	1.0	2.3
70		75.0	2.1	2.3	1.6	3.3	2.8	3.7	5.6
71		74.6	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.5	3.8	3.0	2.9
71		74.6	2.6	2.4	2.7	4.0	3.4	3.2	1.8
73		73.9	2.3	2.4	1.7	2.5	3.6	5.3	7.1
74		73.1	2.6	3.4	2.4	4.4	6.3	7.2	7.8
75		73.0	1.2	3.1	0.5	3.4	6.1	7.3	6.6
76		72.6	2.1	2.5	2.0	3.8	2.8	0.7	0.1
77		72.5	1.1	2.1	1.9	3.2	3.1	2.5	2.2
78		71.3	1.9	1.4	1.7	1.7	2.7	3.2	3.6
79		71.2	0.8	2.0	2.5	4.9	5.3	8.7	10.2
79		71.2	1.8	1.0	0.9	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.3
79		71.2	1.8	1.4	2.0	2.7	0.8	0.2	1.5
82		70.8	2.3	1.9	1.2	3.8	4.1	2.0	0.1
83		70.3	0.8	1.0		0.8	1.6	3.7	2.5
84		70.2	1.1		1.7	3.3	6.1	4.6	5.2
85		70.1	1.0	1.8	0.6	3.0	5.9	6.3	5.3

;Warning

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
86		69.9	1.8	2.8	2.4	1.7	2.3	4.5	6.3
86		69.9	1.2	1.3	2.3	2.5	4.0	6.6	8.5
88		69.5	2.5	2.3	1.7	3.3	4.4	6.6	7.5
89		69.4	1.8	3.1	3.1	1.4	1.7	3.1	4.4
90		69.1	2.3	1.2	1.8	3.4	4.9	5.6	4.1
90		69.1	1.4	2.0	1.3	0.5	1.2	0.3	0.4
93		69.0	2.0	1.6	1.4	2.9	3.7	5.4	6.7
93		68.9	0.9	0.4	1.9	1.3	0.2	0.8	2.0
94		68.8	1.6	0.2	1.0	2.0	1.4	2.9	2.5
95		68.1	2.0	2.0	2.1	2.5	3.7	5.4	4.4
96		67.8	2.6	1.9	0.6	2.6	2.7	4.5	5.9
97		67.6	0.6	1.9	0.2	1.9	1.8	2.8	2.2
98		67.2	2.5	0.8	2.8	1.1	0.3	0.4	1.6
99		66.2	3.6	0.6	2.0	1.6	1.8	3.0	3.0
100		66.1	1.9	0.1	1.9	3.9	5.7	3.9	6.3
101		66.0	2.2	1.2	0.9	0.5	0.1	0.6	0.4
101		66.0	1.1	2.4	2.5	3.7	3.5	5.6	7.0
103		65.8	2.4	2.3	1.9	3.4	5.1	4.5	6.2
104		65.2	1.8	2.8	1.8	2.8	1.5	1.8	2.0
105		65.1	1.3	2.4	1.6	2.3	2.0	2.7	1.6
106		64.8	1.8	1.4	2.1	3.5	5.5	6.1	5.7
107		64.4	1.8	3.0	0.2	1.6	2.0	4.2	4.0
108		64.2	2.5	2.8	1.5	0.1	0.2	1.8	1.8
108		64.2	1.7	2.2	1.6	3.1	3.8	2.6	1.0
110		63.9	2.2	2.3	1.8	2.3	4.0	4.3	4.7
110		63.9	0.1	0.6	0.5	1.0	0.1	0.3	1.5
112		63.3	0.9	1.3	1.6	2.1	2.7	3.8	3.2
113		62.1	2.5	0.2	1.3	2.2	0.3	1.6	3.2
114		60.8	1.7	1.2	1.8	2.3	1.6	3.3	3.5
115		60.1	1.8	2.1	1.9	2.7	4.4	6.6	7.2
116		60.0	1.2	1.9	2.1	1.9	1.5	1.8	2.5

;Stable

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
117		59.8	1.8	1.8	2.5	3.1	4.9	5.1	6.4
118		59.2	1.7	2.1	1.7	3.4	4.5	7.9	9.9
119		58.8	0.1	1.2	0.4	1.1	1.8	3.5	5.1
120		57.6	2.9	3.0	1.8	2.5	2.3	2.6	2.5
121		57.1	2.4	2.5	1.8	1.5	0.8	2.5	2.0
122		56.6	0.9	2.3	1.8	2.2	3.2	3.8	3.4
123		56.1	1.7	2.5	2.3	3.7	5.9	7.6	6.7
124		55.5	0.2		0.4	0.1	1.1	0.4	0.9
125		55.2	2.4	2.3	1.6	3.1	3.5	5.3	4.7
126		54.7	0.5	1.6	2.6	3.4	5.3	6.9	7.2
127		52.1	1.8	1.4	2.2	0.6	2.7	3.2	4.7
127		52.1	2.3	1.2	0.8	0.6	2.2	3.4	2.4
129		51.9	1.1	1.6	2.1	3.2	4.1	6.7	8.0
129		51.9	2.2	0.8	1.8	1.7	2.1	3.2	2.9
131		50.9	2.3	2.6	2.6	2.6	1.6	3.1	3.7

;More stable

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
132		49.9	1.1	0.2	2.4	1.6	1.6	4.1	4.7
133		49.2	1.4	1.1	2.0	2.0	3.7	2.7	3.3
134		48.0	2.0	2.6	0.1	1.0	0.6	0.5	0.6
135		47.6	2.0	0.6	1.8	2.5	1.1	1.9	2.6
136		46.7	1.1	1.6	1.5	3.5	4.8	7.5	8.0
137		46.4	1.6	0.2	1.4	0.8	1.1	3.2	2.6
138		46.1	1.4	1.2	1.9	3.7	2.3	4.2	5.4
139		46.1	0.1	0.1	2.1	2.3	1.5	1.2
140		46.0	1.0	2.5	1.2	3.7	5.1	6.2	6.3
141		43.7	1.7	2.7	4.1	3.0	1.8	0.8	1.0
142		42.5	3.6	1.8	0.4	1.2	0.8	1.3	1.6
143		42.4	1.4		1.4	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.8
144		42.3	1.6	1.0	1.5	2.5	3.7	3.1	3.0
145		41.0	1.8	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.7	0.6	0.6
146		40.4	0.3	0.7	3.5	1.6	0.5	1.7	3.0
147		40.2	1.8	1.2	0.9	1.9	3.5	5.3	5.5

;Very stable

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
148		38.5	2.3	2.2	1.7	0.4	0.8	2.2	2.3
149		38.3	1.6	2.4	1.1	1.9	0.9		1.1
149		38.3	0.3	0.3	2.1	3.7	2.4	2.3	4.2
151		38.2	2.3	2.5	1.8	2.4	0.1	2.8	2.8
152		38.1	2.0	2.7	0.9	1.7	3.4	4.8	4.5
153		37.2	1.7	1.6	1.2	2.7	4.7	5.6	4.0
154		36.5	1.6	1.3	2.3	3.0	3.6	3.8	3.6
155		35.7	1.9	1.4	1.1	1.8	1.6	0.4	0.9
156		33.6	0.9	1.7	2.4	3.4	4.7	6.8	6.2
157		33.4	0.6	1.4	1.4	0.8	1.1	2.5	3.0
158		32.3	2.0	0.2	2.9	0.6	1.5	1.8	1.6
159		32.0	1.7	2.0	2.4	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.3
160		30.5	1.5	0.2	1.3	2.3	1.5	2.6	0.4

;Sustainable

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
161		27.1	1.5	1.1	1.1	0.7	0.7	2.3	1.2
162		26.3	1.8	2.3	2.1	2.5	4.0	5.5	3.6
163		25.8	2.2	2.3	2.1	3.6	1.3	2.3	2.0
164		24.1	0.9	1.2	1.5	1.3	0.2	2.3	0.7
165		23.5	1.8	2.0	1.7	1.9	2.4	5.8	5.3
166		23.2	1.5	1.1	2.3	2.8	2.3	4.8	3.9
167		22.9	1.9	1.4	1.2	2.0	0.6	2.4	0.7

;Very sustainable

Rank	Country	2020 score	Change from 2019	Change from 2018	Change from 2017	Change from 2016	Change from 2015	Change from 2014	Change from 2013
168		19.9	0.7	0.1	1.6	1.8	4.0	5.4	4.1
169		19.7		1.1	1.5	1.7	3.5	5.5	4.6
170		18.8	1.6	0.4	2.6	3.3	1.4	3.8	2.5
171		18.7	1.3	1.5	1.1	2.3	4.2	5.9	4.5
172		18.2	2.1	0.5	1.3	1.8	0.6	0.6	1.1
173		17.9	2.2	0.8	1.7	0.4	1.7	3.2	1.8
174		17.8	2.0	0.5	2.2	2.5	3.1	5.6	4.4
175		17.2	2.3	0.3	1.7	1.7	1.7	3.0	2.1
176		17.1	1.6	0.5	1.9	2.6	3.1	4.1	2.3
177		16.2	1.8	0.3	2.2	2.9	2.5	4.7	3.2
178		14.6	2.3	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.1	0.8	0.1

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List of countries by Fragile States Index

Indicators of a fragile state

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Fragile States Index 2013–2020

Most improved and worsened countries