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 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 1 111.3 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 1.0 1.9 2 109.3 3.1 2.2 4.1 4.5 1.3 0.6 3 109.0 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 5 106.7 0.5 0.6 1.7 2.7 3.5 4.0 6 106.6 2.3 5.1 5.1 5.8 6.9 6.17 103.9 2.7 2.0 1.8 1.0 1.1 2.7 1.8 4.2 3.1 3.6 5.0 7.2 9 103.5 0.6 3.8 6.0 5.8 4.2 1.5 10 102.7 1.9 3.0 3.1 3.7 5.8 5.6 11 100.0 0.2 6.2 6.0 5.7 3.9 12 98.1 2.3 1.2 0.9 3.5 3.9 1.5 13 97.8 9.9 12.2 11.8n/an/an/a 14 97.3 2.2 1.3 0.7 1.3 2.8 3.7 15 96.6 1.4 0.6 1.4 0.7 1.9 3.3 16 96.5 0.4 2.2 0.5 1.3 4.3 1.9 17 96.4 2.1 3.2 1.0 0.8 3.0 5.2 18 95.7 1.2 2.1 3.4 3.5 3.8 6.6 19 95.2 1.8 0.8 0.1 1.0 1.0 20 94.3 0.3 1.7 2.9 3.6 2.7 1.0 21 94.2 0.2 3.7 7.1 8.3 10.3 7.7 22 93.1 2.8 24.5 23.3 24.1 22.1 20.5 23 92.7 0.9 1.4 3.7 8.0 7.7 5.9 24 92.6 1.6 2.8 4.5 5.3 5.6 4.8 25 92.5 1.5 1.8 1.4 0.8 3.8 3.8 26 92.1 2.4 3.8 4.9 3.7 4.3 5.1 27 91.7 1.8 2.0 1.2 0.4 2.5 4.6 28 91.1 0.4 1.0 1.8 1.7 4.2 4.0 29 90.2 0.5 2.0 2.2 1.9 2.3 2.9 30 89.0 1.5 2.6 3.6 2.2 0.3 2.8 31 88.6 2.8 5.2 7.6 7.3 10.5 13.6 32 88.4 1.5 2.9 3.6 4.5 7.1 9.7 33 88.2 2.1 8.9 7.7 6.4 4.2 3.3 34 87.0 0.9 2.1 1.7 3.1 5.2 35 86.9 2.0 1.3 2.6 3.1 3.3 5.7 36 86.5 1.3 1.7 2.7 3.8 7.0 10.9 37 85.9 0.7 1.4 0.9 0.2 1.8 4.4 38 85.6 1.3 2.5 3.4 1.7 2.2 3.8 39 85.3 1.8 4.3 5.4 4.4 6.8 9.3 40 84.9 2.1 4.2 5.1 5.3 7.8 8.3 41 84.0 2.8 5.9 4.3 4.9 3.7 1.8 42 83.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.3 43 82.9 2.5 1.2 1.6 0.5 0.1 1.4 44 82.8 1.2 0.8 2.2 3.2 5.6 5.9 45 82.6 1.2 0.2 0.8 1.8 4.2 6.5 46 81.8 0.5 1.9 3.2 4.2 5.7 7.5 47 81.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.948 81.6 0.6 0.3 0.8 1.1 3.5 5.5 0.9 9.0 8.0 9.0 6.9 4.4 50 81.2 0.6 2.4 3.7 3.3 4.5 6.0 51 81.1 1.0 2.5 4.0 4.7 6.3 4.1 52 80.5 2.7 2.5 2.7 3.5 2.8 5.0 53 79.8 1.9 0.6 0.3 0.3 1.1 3.8 54 78.8 0.7 0.7 2.1 3.5 4.3 6.0 55 78.6 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.7 3.9 5.4 56 78.1 1.5 0.6 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.8 57 78.0 2.2 2.6 4.2 4.6 6.7 9.958 77.6 1.5 2.8 4.9 5.4 7.7 9.9 2.0 2.8 1.7 2.1 4.3 5.5 60 76.7 1.0 1.0 0.4 0.4 1.4 1.4 61 76.1 2.5 4.4 6.1 7.8 11.0 62 75.7 0.9 2.5 3.6 2.4 4.4 3.7 63 75.6 2.5 2.8 3.7 1.0 0.1 1.0 64 75.1 2.7 5.4 7.3 5.9 8.0 10.465 74.9 2.4 2.6 4.5 4.3 6.5 6.9 0.7 2.2 1.5 1.0 1.3 3.7 67 74.8 2.7 4.5 6.1 7.9 10.7 13.5 68 74.6 1.7 2.8 3.3 3.7 5.1 5.5 69 74.3 1.4 2.3 2.5 1.1 1.6 2.5 70 74.2 2.7 2.1 0.8 0.4 3.0 5.4 71 73.8 0.9 1.7 2.2 3.1 4.9 6.972 72.8 0.1 0.3 2.3 1.5 0.4 1.8 1.4 2.2 2.3 2.7 4.9 6.7 74 72.5 0.8 0.3 1.1 3.2 75 72.3 1.8 3.0 4.7 3.0 2.1 4.0 76 72.0 1.1 2.2 0.6 4.4 3.8 1.9 77 71.0 1.3 2.0 1.9 0.8 0.3 0.3 78 70.3 4.2 3.6 5.5 2.7 1.5 1.6 79 70.2 4.7 3.5 2.8 1.1 0.3 2.3 80 69.6 2.4 2.4 0.4 0.5 1.5 3.3 81 69.4 1.3 4.0 5.5 5.6 3.5 5.8 82 69.3 2.6 2.5 3.3 1.9 2.7 4.7 83 69.0 0.8 1.3 0.9 1.8 0.7 2.5 84 68.8 0.6 1.3 2.7 2.4 4.2 5.285 68.7 1.2 0.7 2.9 0.5 1.8 0.6 2.1 2.9 0.2 1.1 2.5 87 68.6 1.4 3.6 5.0 6.0 6.8 7.2 88 68.5 1.2 1.9 3.0 1.8 2.6 3.6 89 68.1 0.6 1.1 1.7 3.9 1.4 1.4 90 68.0 1.4 1.1 3.2 1.4 3.2 6.2 91 67.8 0.1 0.4 1.7 0.2 0.3 92 67.2 0.8 1.0 2.0 0.9 2.9 4.9 93 66.9 2.4 4.1 4.8 4.3 6.1 7.5 94 66.4 3.8 2.5 4.0 3.5 5.3 8.1 95 66.2 1.8 3.8 4.7 4.6 6.9 8.8 96 64.8 2.0 4.8 7.2 8.3 10.9 14.3 97 64.7 2.7 0.2 2.3 1.3 2.4 4.8 98 64.5 1.9 2.9 3.8 5.0 7.5 9.8 99 64.4 0.7 2.5 4.5 5.5 6.7 8.0 100 64.2 0.9 2.4 2.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 101 63.9 1.2 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.3 1.6 102 63.7 1.9 2.9 3.9 4.1 6.7 8.6 103 63.2 2.1 4.3 6.5 5.6 7.2 7.0 104 62.2 2.3 4.3 6.0 6.9 9.2 10.4 105 61.5 2.2 3.9 4.9 3.7 5.5 8.3 106 60.8 1.5 2.2 3.1 3.4 5.1 7.3 107 60.3 2.6 4.2 7.3 5.9 9.5 12.1 108 60.2 0.6 2.6 4.5 4.2 6.0 9.0109 59.3 2.6 2.8 1.9 0.7 1.9 3.8 1.0 3.6 5.0 5.8 7.1 9.5 111 59.2 2.4 5.0 6.9 6.8 9.0 11.2 112 59.1 0.4 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.7 3.8 113 58.8 0.9 2.0 2.7 1.3 3.1 5.2 114 58.1 2.2 4.5 6.4 4.0 6.5 6.7 115 57.8 2.8 1.7 3.4 2.0 3.8 5.6 116 57.2 2.9 4.2 7.0 7.6 9.4 10.8 117 57.0 2.8 5.1 7.2 3.8 5.5 6.7 118 56.9 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.4 1.6 1.6 119 56.2 2.1 4.7 7.1 7.7 9.9 12.2 120 55.9 0.9 0.8 3.1 2.9 3.0 4.2 121 54.7 0.4 1.1 0.2 2.6 0.8 0.6 122 54.1 2.9 2.8 3.3 2.0 3.7 6.2 123 53.9 0.8 1.2 2.4 2.7 3.6 5.9 124 53.6 1.7 2.5 3.4 3.5 5.9 8.4 125 53.5 0.6 1.1 0.6 1.6 0.5 1.1 126 53.1 1.9 3.3 3.8 4.5 7.4 10.5127 51.9 1.9 2.3 3.0 0.2 2.5 3.7 1.8 2.4 4.2 3.3 5.7 8.0 129 51.5 7.4 8.9 8.5n/an/an/a130 51.0 2.0 0.2 4.3 3.2 1.6 2.3 3.2 5.3 3.7 4.2 5.8 132 50.7 0.6 0.9 1.6 1.2 3.4 4.2 133 49.4 2.4 2.2 2.2 0.2 1.2 2.3 134 49.3 1.9 2.9 3.6 1.6 3.9 6.6 135 48.0 1.2 2.6 4.4 1.9 0.8 2.0 136 47.7 1.0 0.2 1.0 1.7 0.7 1.8 137 47.4 1.3 2.1 3.0 0.6 2.6 5.2 138 46.2 2.6 4.6 4.9 1.4 3.4 4.0 139 45.9 2.8 3.4 3.9 0.2 1.6 2.8 140 44.7 0.7 1.2 2.3 1.7 3.3 3.5 141 44.5 0.8 2.1 0.1 6.2 6.5 6.8 142 44.2 2.2 3.7 5.9 1.9 1.8 1.9 143 44.0 0.5 0.4 0.8 3.6 3.3 2.6 144 41.7 3.5 0.5 1.4 0.7 1.1 0.2 145 41.4 1.9 1.4 2.6 0.9 2.5 3.5146 41.1 1.1 2.1 3.0 1.4 2.2 0.4 1.5 2.3 4.1 1.3 2.7 2.7 148 40.8 1.1 0.2 0.7 2.5 4.1 6.5 149 39.8 0.7 2.5 4.3 3.9 5.6 8.3 150 39.4 1.0 1.6 3.1 0.8 2.6 3.8 151 37.8 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.6 1.1 2.7 152 37.7 2.5 2.2 1.6 2.0 0.1 1.3 153 37.4 2.0 1.2 1.3 0.9 0.7 2.0 154 36.5 2.1 1.2 3.0 2.0 4.3 6.5 155 35.3 2.5 1.8 3.7 2.9 5.2 7.2 156 34.7 2.3 4.4 5.6 3.4 5.4 8.1 157 33.7 0.7 1.5 2.2 0.3 0.3 1.7 158 31.1 1.9 3.6 5.1 2.5 3.4 5.1 159 30.3 1.1 1.6 0.7 3.2 1.7 0.6 160 30.2 0.3 0.8 2.0 2.1 4.1 4.3 161 29.8 1.7 2.9 2.7 2.2 3.9 5.9 162 28.3 0.5 2.6 4.2 2.2 3.7 3.9 163 26.1 1.2 1.6 2.1 0.3 1.9 4.2 164 25.9 0.2 1.6 0.9 2.4 0.6 1.4 165 25.4 0.1 0.4 1.2 0.9 2.7 5.0 166 24.0 0.6 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.8 167 23.1 1.3 2.3 3.0 1.0 1.9 3.1 168 20.6 0.3 0.8 2.4 0.3 0.2 169 19.6 2.4 3.1 2.2 0.1 0.1 1.2 170 19.5 1.5 2.6 4.6 3.4 5.3 6.7 171 18.7 0.8 1.3 2.4 0.1 1.7 2.1172 18.6 0.3 1.5 3.1 0.1 1.4 2.9 0.9 2.2 3.6 1.3 2.0 2.1 174 16.2 1.6 2.7 3.7 0.9 2.5 3.0175 15.9 2.0 2.2 2.9 1.3 3.6 3.9 0.8 1.6 2.5 2.0 4.2 5.0 177 15.2 0.5 1.9 2.8 2.6 4.6 5.1 178 14.3 1.7 0.8 1.9 0.3 2.6 3.6 179 12.7 1.8 2.9 3.9 3.5 5.3 5.6
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