List of countries by Failed States Index
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This is a list of countries by order of appearance in the Failed States
Index of the United States
think-tank
Fund For Peace
. A failed 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; sharp economic decline. Since 2005, the index has been published annually by the Fund for Peace and the magazine Foreign Policy
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Change in rank from 2010 is shown in parentheses and the three table headings correspond to those used by the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine. This is the current list for 2011.
The report uses 12 factors to determine the rating for each nation including security threats, economic implosion, human rights
violations and refugee flows.
to ascertain the status of a country.
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Failed state
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United States
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. A failed state
Sovereign state
A sovereign state, or simply, state, is a state with a defined territory on which it exercises internal and external sovereignty, a permanent population, a government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood to be a state which is neither...
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; sharp economic decline. Since 2005, the index has been published annually by the Fund for Peace and the magazine Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is a bimonthly American magazine founded in 1970 by Samuel P. Huntington and Warren Demian Manshel.Originally, the magazine was a quarterly...
.
Change in rank from 2010 is shown in parentheses and the three table headings correspond to those used by the Fund for Peace and Foreign Policy magazine. This is the current list for 2011.
The report uses 12 factors to determine the rating for each nation including security threats, economic implosion, human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
violations and refugee flows.
Indicators of a failed state
12 factors are used by Fund For PeaceFund for Peace
The Fund for Peace is an independent Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit research and educational institution. Founded in 1957, FfP, a non-governmental organization, "works to prevent violent conflict and promote sustainable security.”...
to ascertain the status of a country.
Social
- Mounting demographic pressures.
- Massive displacement of refugees, creating severe humanitarian emergenciesHumanitarian crisisA humanitarian crisis is an event or series of events which represents a critical threat to the health, safety, security or wellbeing of a community or other large group of people, usually over a wide area...
. - Widespread vengeance-seeking group grievance.
- Chronic and sustained human flightEmigrationEmigration is the act of leaving one's country or region to settle in another. It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin. Human movement before the establishment of political boundaries or within one state is termed migration. There are many reasons why people...
. - Slum creation in poor areas.
Political
- Criminalization and/or delegitimization of the state.
- Deterioration of public services.
- Suspension or arbitrary application of law; widespread human rights abuses.
- Security apparatus operating as a "state within a state".
- Rise of factionalized elites.
- Intervention of external political agents.
Alert
| Rank | Country | FSI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | |
| 1 |  Somalia |
113.4 | (0.9) | |
| 2 |  Chad |
110.3 | (3.0) | |
| 3 |  Sudan |
108.7 | (3.1) | |
| 4 | (1) |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
108.2 | (1.7) |
| 5 | (6) |  Haiti |
108.0 | (6.4) |
| 6 | (2) |  Zimbabwe |
107.2 | (3.0) |
| 7 | (1) |  Afghanistan |
107.5 | (1.8) |
| 8 |  Central African Republic |
105.0 | (1.4) | |
| 9 | (2) |  Iraq |
104.8 | (2.5) |
| 10 | (2) |  Côte d'Ivoire |
102.8 | (1.6) |
| 11 | (2) |  Guinea |
102.5 | (2.5) |
| 12 | (2) |  Pakistan |
102.3 | (0.2) |
| 13 | (2) |  Yemen |
100.3 | (0.3) |
| 14 |  Nigeria |
99.9 | (0.3) | |
| 15 | (5) |  Niger |
99.1 | (1.3) |
| 16 | (3) |  Kenya |
98.7 | (2.0) |
| 17 | (6) |  Burundi |
98.6 | (1.9) |
| Rank | Country | FSI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | |
| 18 | (2) |  Myanmar |
98.3 | (1.1) |
| 19 | (3) |  Guinea-Bissau |
98.3 | (1.1) |
| 20 | (3) |  Ethiopia |
98.2 | (0.6) |
| 21 |  Uganda |
96.3 | (1.2) | |
| 22 | (3) |  North Korea |
95.6 | (2.2) |
| 23 | (5) |  East Timor |
94.9 | (1.0) |
| 24 | (2) |  Cameroon |
94.6 | (0.8) |
| 25 | (1) |  Bangladesh |
94.4 | (1.7) |
| 26 | (7) |  Liberia |
94.0 | (3.7) |
| 27 | (1) |  Nepal |
93.7 | (1.7) |
| 28 | (2) |  Eritrea |
93.6 | (0.3) |
| 29 | (4) |  Sri Lanka |
93.1 | (2.6) |
| 30 | (2) |  Sierra Leone |
92.1 | (1.5) |
| 31 | (14) |  Kyrgyzstan |
91.8 | (3.4) |
| 32 | (1) |  Republic of the Congo |
91.4 | (1.1) |
| 33 | (5) |  Malawi |
91.2 | (2.4) |
| 34 | (6) |  Rwanda |
91.0 | (2.3) |
| 35 | (3) |  Iran |
90.2 | (2.0) |
Warning
| Rank | Country | FSI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | |
| 36 | (11) |  Togo |
89.4 | (1.3) |
| 37 | (2) |  Burkina Faso |
88.6 | (2.1) |
| 38 | (2) |  Cambodia |
88.5 | (0.2) |
| 39 | (1) |  Tajikistan |
88.3 | (0.9) |
| 40 | (4) |  Uzbekistan |
88.3 | (2.2) |
| 41 | (3) |  Equatorial Guinea |
88.1 | (0.4) |
| 42 | (3) |  Mauritania |
88.0 | (1.1) |
| 43 | (9) |  Lebanon |
87.7 | (3.2) |
| 44 | (2) |  Colombia |
87.0 | (1.2) |
| 45 | (4) |  Egypt |
86.8 | (0.8) |
| 46 | (6) |  Laos |
86.7 | (2.0) |
| 47 | (10) |  Georgia (country) |
86.4 | (4.0) |
| 48 |  Syria |
85.9 | (3.0) | |
| 49 | (6) |  Solomon Islands |
85.9 | (2.7) |
| 50 |  Bhutan |
85.0 | (2.3) | |
| 51 |  Philippines |
85.0 | (2.1) | |
| 52 | (7) |  Angola |
84.6 | (0.9) |
| 53 | (1) |  Israel /  West Bank |
84.4 | (0.2) |
| 54 | (2) |  Papua New Guinea |
84.2 | (0.3) |
| 55 | (1) |  Zambia |
83.8 | (0.1) |
| 56 | (4) |  Comoros |
83.6 | (1.6) |
| 57 | (12) |  Mozambique |
83.6 | (2.1) |
| 58 | (6) |  Madagascar |
83.2 | (0.6) |
| 59 | (6) |  Bolivia |
82.9 | (2.0) |
| 60 | (8) |  Djibouti |
82.6 | (0.7) |
| 61 | (2) |  Swaziland |
82.5 | (0.3) |
| 62 | (7) |  Ecuador |
82.2 | (0.5) |
| 63 | (8) |  Azerbaijan |
81.9 | (2.5) |
| 64 | (3) |  Indonesia |
81.6 | (1.5) |
| 65 | (7) |  Tanzania |
81.3 | (0.1) |
| 66 | (8) |  Moldova |
81.2 | (2.6) |
| 67 | (2) |  Nicaragua |
81.2 | (1.3) |
| 68 | (6) |  Fiji |
81.1 | (0.6) |
| 69 | (6) |  The Gambia |
80.9 | (0.7) |
| 70 | (10) |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
80.9 | (2.6) |
| 71 | (4) |  Lesotho |
80.4 | (1.8) |
| 72 | (10) |  People's Republic of China |
80.1 | (2.9) |
| 73 | (1) |  Guatemala |
80.1 | (1.1) |
| 74 | (19) |  Benin |
80.0 | (3.2) |
| 75 | (10) |  Turkmenistan |
79.7 | (2.8) |
| 76 | (3) |  India |
79.3 | (0.1) |
| 77 | (1) |  Mali |
79.3 | |
| 78 | (2) |  Honduras |
78.3 | (1.7) |
| 79 | (2) |  Thailand |
78.3 | (0.5) |
| 80 | (3) |  Venezuela |
78.2 | (0.5) |
| Rank | Country | FSI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | |
| 81 | (10) |  Algeria |
78.0 | (3.3) |
| 82 | (2) |  Russia |
77.7 | (1.3) |
| 83 | (1) |  Belarus |
77.6 | (1.1) |
| 84 | (9) |  Dominican Republic |
76.9 | (0.1) |
| 85 | (14) |  Senegal |
76.8 | (2.2) |
| 86 | (9) |  Cuba |
76.6 | (2.8) |
| 87 | (3) |  Morocco |
76.3 | (0.7) |
| 88 | (7) |  Vietnam |
76.1 | (0.5) |
| 89 | (4) |  El Salvador |
76.0 | (1.2) |
| 90 | (2) |  Cape Verde |
75.8 | (1.6) |
| 91 | (7) |  Maldives |
75.6 | (2.7) |
| 92 | (6) |  Gabon |
75.3 | |
| 93 | (6) |  Saudi Arabia |
75.2 | (2.3) |
| 94 | (2) |  Mexico |
75.1 | (1.0) |
| 95 | (6) |  Turkey |
74.9 | (2.2) |
| 96 | (6) |  Jordan |
74.5 | (2.5) |
| 97 | (1) |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
74.5 | (1.3) |
| 98 | (11) |  Serbia (without KosovoKosovo Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia... ) |
74.4 | (3.4) |
| 99 | (6) |  Peru |
73.6 | (3.3) |
| 100 | (3) |  Guyana |
72.6 | (0.4) |
| 101 | (6) |  Paraguay |
72.4 | (0.3) |
| 102 |  Armenia |
72.3 | (1.8) | |
| 103 | (6) |  Federated States of Micronesia |
71.9 | (1.3) |
| 104 | (3) |  Namibia |
71.7 | (2.8) |
| 105 |  Suriname |
71.1 | (1.4) | |
| 106 | (3) |  Republic of Macedonia |
71.0 | (1.7) |
| 107 | (3) |  Kazakhstan |
70.2 | (2.5) |
| 108 | (10) |  Tunisia |
70.1 | (2.6) |
| 109 | (2) |  Samoa |
69.5 | (1.6) |
| 110 | (1) |  Ukraine |
69.0 | (0.5) |
| 111 |  Libya |
68.7 | (0.4) | |
| 112 | (2) |  Malaysia |
68.7 | (0.5) |
| 113 |  Botswana |
67.9 | (0.7) | |
| 114 | (2) |  Belize |
67.7 | (1.0) |
| 115 | (7) |  Ghana |
67.7 | (0.6) |
| 116 | (2) |  Cyprus |
67.6 | (0.4) |
| 117 | (1) |  South Africa |
67.6 | (0.3) |
| 118 | (2) |  Jamaica |
67.1 | (0.3) |
| 119 | (4) |  Seychelles |
67.0 | (0.9) |
| 120 | (3) |  Grenada |
66.4 | (0.6) |
| 121 |  Albania |
66.1 | (1.0) | |
| 122 | (5) |  Brunei |
65.8 | (1.8) |
| 123 | (4) |  Brazil |
65.1 | (2.3) |
| 124 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
63.7 | (2.4) | |
Moderate
| Rank | Country | FSI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | |
| 125 | (2) |  Antigua and Barbuda |
59.9 | (1.0) |
| 126 | (2) |  Kingdom of Romania |
59.8 | (0.4) |
| 127 | (2) |  Mongolia |
59.6 | (0.5) |
| 128 | (3) |  Kuwait |
59.5 | (2.0) |
| 129 | (4) |  Bahrain |
59.0 | (0.2) |
| 130 | (4) |  Kingdom of Bulgaria |
59.0 | (2.2) |
| 131 | (1) |  Panama |
57.8 | (1.5) |
| 132 | (1) |  Independent State of Croatia |
57.3 | (1.7) |
| 133 | (1) |  The Bahamas |
56.5 | (2.4) |
| 134 |  Kingdom of Montenegro |
56.3 | (1.0) | |
| 135 | (1) |  Latvia |
54.2 | (1.2) |
| 136 | (1) |  Barbados |
52.8 | (2.6) |
| 137 | (1) |  Costa Rica |
50.6 | (1.4) |
| 138 | (1) |  United Arab Emirates |
50.4 | (2.0) |
| 139 |  Qatar |
49.5 | (2.3) | |
| 140 |  Estonia |
49.3 | (1.0) | |
| 141 | (3) |  Oman |
49.3 | (0.6) |
| 142 | (1) |  Hungary |
48.7 | (2.4) |
| 143 | (4) |  Greece |
47.4 | (1.5) |
| 144 | (1) |  Slovakia |
47.1 | (1.7) |
| 145 | (3) |  Argentina |
46.8 | (1.0) |
| Rank | Country | FSI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | |
| 146 | (4) |  Poland |
46.8 | (2.2) |
| 147 | (2) |  Italy |
45.8 | (0.1) |
| 148 | (3) |  Malta |
45.4 | (2.8) |
| 149 | (3) |  Lithuania |
45.3 | (2.5) |
| 150 |  Mauritius |
44.2 | (0.2) | |
| 151 |  Spain |
43.1 | (0.4) | |
| 152 |  Czech Republic |
42.4 | (0.9) | |
| 153 | (3) |  Chile |
40.7 | (2.7) |
| 154 |  Uruguay |
40.4 | (0.9) | |
| 155 | (2) |  South Korea |
38.8 | (2.5) |
| 156 |  Slovenia |
35.5 | (0.5) | |
| 157 | (3) |  Singapore |
35.1 | (0.3) |
| 158 |  United States |
34.8 | (0.5) | |
| 159 | (2) |  United Kingdom |
34.1 | (0.2) |
| 160 | (3) |  Belgium |
34.1 | (2.1) |
| 161 | (2) |  Early Modern France |
34.0 | (0.9) |
| 162 | (5) |  Germany |
33.9 | (1.5) |
| 163 | (1) |  Portugal |
32.3 | (0.8) |
| 164 |  Japan |
31.0 | (0.3) | |
| 165 |  Iceland |
30.1 | (0.3) |
Sustainable
| Rank | Country | FSI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | |
| 166 | (1) |  Netherlands |
28.3 | (0.4) |
| 167 | (2) |  Australia |
28.1 | (0.8) |
| 168 | (2) |  Canada |
27.7 | (0.2) |
| 169 | (1) |  Austria |
27.3 | (0.1) |
| 170 | (2) |  Luxembourg |
26.1 | (1.2) |
| 171 | (2) |  Republic of Ireland |
25.3 | (2.9) |
| Rank | Country | FSI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | 2011 | Change compared to 2010 | |
| 172 | (2) |  New Zealand |
24.8 | (0.9) |
| 173 | (1) |  Denmark |
23.8 | (0.9) |
| 174 |  Switzerland |
23.2 | (1.4) | |
| 175 |  Sweden |
22.8 | (1.9) | |
| 176 | (1) |  Norway |
20.4 | (1.7) |
| 177 | (1) |  Finland |
19.7 | (0.4) |
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External links
- Failed States List 2011 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2011-06-24
- Failed States List 2010 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2010-06-21
- Failed States List 2009 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2009-06-24
- Failed States List 2008 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2008-07-14
- Failed States List 2007 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2007-09-17
- Failed States List 2006 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2011-02-04
- Failed States List 2005 The Fund for Peace. Retrieved on 2011-02-04