Results by nation

Scenario tests

Each scenario run against each nation’s capability scores: 197 nations, 10 load tests, 10 capture tests, two indices and 7 archetypes. Downside scenarios get a load test: how far the nation’s capability index falls. Upside scenarios get a capture test: how much of the gain the nation takes, net of what it loses.

Read with care

Third illustrative run, on the second-pass scenario set. The capability scores are candidate ratings and the test settings were drafted with the scenario records in the second pass; neither has been adopted. Scores are from the GINC National Capability Index 2026, which describes them as candidate ratings. Exposure is set nation by nation from the CIA World Factbook 2025 and the scenario’s regional exposure. Results show the method working on real scores; they are not findings about any nation. How the tests work.

Three ways to run a scenario against a nation

A scenario can be run against a nation's capability scores in three ways. Each answers a different question.

TestLoad testReverse stress testCapture test
The questionWhat happens to this nation under this scenario?What would it take to produce this outcome?How much of the upside does this nation capture?
DirectionForward: fix the shock, read the damageReverse: fix the outcome, find the conditionsForward: fix the opportunity, read the share
FixedThe scenario at Standard SevereThe outcome: a basket of capabilities falling or risingThe scenario at Standard Severe
Solved forStressed scores and tier shiftsThe routes to the outcome, ranked by likelihoodCapture rate and net position
Used forDownside scenarios; comparison across nationsFailure and prosperity outcomes; a nation's own planningUpside scenarios; the gainers in downside ones
Headline result'Two domains fall a tier; energy fails first''Energy security falls a band most likely through a supply shock and a chokepoint closure together''Captures 40 per cent of the gain; grid capacity is the limit'

All three use the same inputs

Baseline
The nation's capability scores and domain tiers from the Atlas.
Load
The scenario's loading table, mapped from working domains to the capabilities beneath them through the domain map. High, Medium and Low become a size of shock.
Exposure
How directly the scenario reaches this nation, from 0 to 1. It starts from the scenario's regional exposure and is refined by Atlas metrics that the scenario's own parameters name: the share of crude arriving through one strait, months of import cover, the share of the budget funded by aid.
Absorption
How much of the shock the nation's buffers soak up, from 0 to 1. Buffers are the capabilities the scenario's stakeholder actions point to: stockpiles, fiscal space, backup power, surge capacity.
Policy response
The grammar's ninth slider: none, current plans executed, or best practice.

The three are complementary, not alternatives. The load test runs every nation against every downside scenario and is the comparable public result. The capture test does the same for the upside scenarios. The reverse stress test is built on both: it takes the falls from the load test and the gains from the capture test and asks which combinations of them produce an outcome a government cares about. How the tests work.

Vulnerability and opportunity

Two indices sum up a nation's results. Vulnerability is its expected loss: each downside scenario's fall, as a share of the nation's baseline capability, weighted by how likely the scenario is. The most vulnerable nation is 100. Opportunity is its likelihood-weighted net position across the upside scenarios, from −100 to +100. The dashed lines are the medians.

020406080100−200+20+40Vulnerability index, 10 years (0 to 100)Opportunity indexWell placedHigh stakesInsulatedExposedSouth Sudan (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 100, opportunity index −33.50Somalia (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 95.3, opportunity index −13.10Nauru (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 89.6, opportunity index −15.30Afghanistan (South Asia): vulnerability index, 10 years 89.1, opportunity index −15.10Yemen (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 87.7, opportunity index −14.60Holy See (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 77.4, opportunity index −24.60Kiribati (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 77.3, opportunity index −12.60Eritrea (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 71.9, opportunity index −14.70Haiti (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 71.7, opportunity index −22.20Tuvalu (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 71.3, opportunity index −14.50Micronesia (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 66.6, opportunity index −12.20Central African Rep. (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 66.1, opportunity index −13.20Marshall Islands (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 63.6, opportunity index −16.20Syria (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 61.2, opportunity index −9.40Guinea-Bissau (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 59, opportunity index −10.30Sudan (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 56, opportunity index −14.80Djibouti (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 54.6, opportunity index −7.10Comoros (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 53.9, opportunity index −10.30Burundi (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 52, opportunity index −8.20Palau (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 51.5, opportunity index −17.00Vanuatu (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 49.4, opportunity index −10.30Tonga (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 48.6, opportunity index −14.60Solomon Islands (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 48.6, opportunity index −13.30São Tomé & Príncipe (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 47.8, opportunity index −9.30Laos (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 47.3, opportunity index −12.80Timor-Leste (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 46.7, opportunity index −28.50DR Congo (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 46.5, opportunity index −15.70Equatorial Guinea (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 46.2, opportunity index −31.60Palestine (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 45.4, opportunity index −2.10Libya (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 45.2, opportunity index −30.10Chad (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 44.2, opportunity index −29.20Guinea (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 44.1, opportunity index −12.50Samoa (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 43.9, opportunity index −12.60Congo (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 43.6, opportunity index −28.30Mauritania (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 42.9, opportunity index −10.90Gambia (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 42.7, opportunity index −7.30Liberia (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 41.7, opportunity index −10.70North Korea (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 41.4, opportunity index −15.00Lesotho (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 39.1, opportunity index −12.20Saint Vincent & Grenadines (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 38.8, opportunity index −12.50Niger (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 38.2, opportunity index −8.90Sierra Leone (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 37.9, opportunity index −8.80Tajikistan (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 37.3, opportunity index −18.20Saint Kitts & Nevis (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.8, opportunity index −13.90Saint Lucia (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.6, opportunity index −15.10Myanmar (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.5, opportunity index −29.20Turkmenistan (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.5, opportunity index −39.20Lebanon (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.2, opportunity index −1.40Bhutan (South Asia): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.2, opportunity index −11.10Grenada (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.1, opportunity index −11.40Kosovo (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 35.8, opportunity index −13.10Eswatini (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 35.3, opportunity index −10.40Maldives (South Asia): vulnerability index, 10 years 35.1, opportunity index −4.40Burkina Faso (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 34.7, opportunity index −10.20Madagascar (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 34.5, opportunity index −6.70Dominica (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 34.2, opportunity index −11.90Mali (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 33.9, opportunity index −8.10Malawi (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 33.2, opportunity index −5.10Zimbabwe (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 33.1, opportunity index −6.80Togo (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 33.1, opportunity index −8.10San Marino (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 32.8, opportunity index −15.00Papua New Guinea (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 32.7, opportunity index −27.30Belize (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 32.3, opportunity index −10.20Gabon (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 32.3, opportunity index −25.50Benin (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 31.9, opportunity index −2.90Antigua & Barbuda (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 31.6, opportunity index −14.50Kyrgyzstan (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 31.2, opportunity index −18.30Cambodia (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 31.1, opportunity index −10.70Nicaragua (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 30.9, opportunity index −12.10Venezuela (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 30.8, opportunity index −25.60Iraq (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 30.7, opportunity index −22.00Andorra (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 30.2, opportunity index −9.30Suriname (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 29.7, opportunity index −19.00Fiji (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 29.6, opportunity index −6.50Cabo Verde (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 29.4, opportunity index −5.20Monaco (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 29.2, opportunity index −7.60Mozambique (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 28.6, opportunity index −18.50Angola (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 27.8, opportunity index −21.20Zambia (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.8, opportunity index −4.40Bosnia & Herzegovina (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.7, opportunity index −10.30Bahamas (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.5, opportunity index −9.50Honduras (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.5, opportunity index −9.60Seychelles (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.1, opportunity index −2.70Brunei (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 26, opportunity index −22.00Nepal (South Asia): vulnerability index, 10 years 25.8, opportunity index −3.10Montenegro (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 25.5, opportunity index −4.30El Salvador (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 24.9, opportunity index −5.70Mongolia (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 24.7, opportunity index −10.00Guyana (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 24.5, opportunity index −30.10Armenia (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 24.3, opportunity index −8.80Cameroon (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 23.9, opportunity index −19.10North Macedonia (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 23.8, opportunity index −4.40Albania (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 22.8, opportunity index −10.80Moldova (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 22, opportunity index −10.60Cuba (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.9, opportunity index −9.50Uzbekistan (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.8, opportunity index −12.50Liechtenstein (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.4, opportunity index −4.60Uganda (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.3, opportunity index −0.90Namibia (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.1, opportunity index −1.30Georgia (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 21, opportunity index −4.70Bolivia (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.8, opportunity index −20.60Ethiopia (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.6, opportunity index −1.30Barbados (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.6, opportunity index −8.90Jamaica (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.5, opportunity index −5.90Bahrain (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.4, opportunity index −8.90Azerbaijan (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.1, opportunity index −25.30Senegal (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.1, opportunity index +1.00Rwanda (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.1, opportunity index +2.80Botswana (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.8, opportunity index −3.40Paraguay (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.7, opportunity index −13.70Côte d'Ivoire (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.7, opportunity index −2.80Guatemala (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.6, opportunity index −5.90Jordan (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.5, opportunity index +8.10Belarus (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.3, opportunity index −8.30Cyprus (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 18.8, opportunity index +3.50Dominican Republic (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 18.5, opportunity index −3.50Iran (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 18.1, opportunity index −1.40Kuwait (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 18.1, opportunity index −10.10Malta (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 17.8, opportunity index +6.40Tanzania (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 17.7, opportunity index −4.30Bangladesh (South Asia): vulnerability index, 10 years 17.4, opportunity index −2.10Sri Lanka (South Asia): vulnerability index, 10 years 17.3, opportunity index +0.30Ecuador (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 16.3, opportunity index −17.00Kenya (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 16.2, opportunity index +7.90Panama (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 16.2, opportunity index −2.80Algeria (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 16.2, opportunity index −12.40Tunisia (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 16, opportunity index +4.40Kazakhstan (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.6, opportunity index −17.30Ghana (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.6, opportunity index −7.20Costa Rica (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.5, opportunity index +3.70Trinidad & Tobago (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.5, opportunity index −18.50Pakistan (South Asia): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.3, opportunity index +5.00Serbia (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.2, opportunity index +4.40Oman (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.2, opportunity index −5.80Bulgaria (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 14.9, opportunity index +3.40Latvia (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 14.7, opportunity index +8.20Philippines (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 14.6, opportunity index +6.70Mauritius (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 14, opportunity index +5.70Croatia (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.9, opportunity index +5.40Ukraine (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.9, opportunity index −5.00Iceland (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.8, opportunity index +10.40Slovakia (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.6, opportunity index +9.80Vietnam (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.6, opportunity index +7.70Lithuania (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.2, opportunity index +12.20Nigeria (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.1, opportunity index −8.10Slovenia (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 13, opportunity index +11.70Hungary (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.9, opportunity index +15.60Luxembourg (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.6, opportunity index +14.70Greece (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.5, opportunity index +8.80Qatar (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.5, opportunity index −1.40Morocco (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.4, opportunity index +12.80Uruguay (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.3, opportunity index +3.30Egypt (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.2, opportunity index +6.10Thailand (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 11.4, opportunity index +12.10Romania (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 11.4, opportunity index +6.60Argentina (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 11.4, opportunity index +1.30Estonia (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 11.2, opportunity index +13.70Peru (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.8, opportunity index −4.00Ireland (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.7, opportunity index +23.00Indonesia (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.6, opportunity index −1.60Portugal (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.3, opportunity index +16.30Czechia (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.3, opportunity index +20.10Malaysia (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.2, opportunity index +11.30Poland (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.8, opportunity index +20.40South Africa (Africa): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.5, opportunity index +19.70Colombia (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.5, opportunity index −6.80Austria (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.2, opportunity index +27.30Chile (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.2, opportunity index +11.00Belgium (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 9, opportunity index +31.40Mexico (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 8.8, opportunity index +7.70Taiwan (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 8.5, opportunity index +38.70United Arab Emirates (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 8.5, opportunity index +12.50Saudi Arabia (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 8.5, opportunity index +6.30Türkiye (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 8, opportunity index +21.30Spain (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.8, opportunity index +26.60Italy (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.8, opportunity index +23.60New Zealand (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.7, opportunity index +22.10India (South Asia): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.7, opportunity index +18.50Finland (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.4, opportunity index +31.30Denmark (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.2, opportunity index +28.00Singapore (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.7, opportunity index +38.80Switzerland (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.7, opportunity index +34.50Brazil (Latin America and Caribbean): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.5, opportunity index +4.60Netherlands (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.3, opportunity index +37.90Norway (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.2, opportunity index +18.90Sweden (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.1, opportunity index +35.70Russia (Russia and Eurasia): vulnerability index, 10 years 6, opportunity index −7.10South Korea (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.9, opportunity index +41.70Israel (Gulf and Middle East): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.6, opportunity index +30.80Australia (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.5, opportunity index +22.80Germany (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.4, opportunity index +42.20United Kingdom (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.2, opportunity index +38.50Canada (North America): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.2, opportunity index +23.70France (Europe): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.1, opportunity index +38.70Japan (Indo-Pacific): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.1, opportunity index +39.70China (China): vulnerability index, 10 years 4.4, opportunity index +30.20United States (North America): vulnerability index, 10 years 3.4, opportunity index +34.00South SudanSomaliaNauruEquatorial GuineaTurkmenistanNigeriaSaudi ArabiaIndiaBrazilRussiaSouth KoreaGermanyUnited KingdomJapanChinaUnited States
  • North America
  • Europe
  • China
  • Indo-Pacific
  • South Asia
  • Gulf and Middle East
  • Africa
  • Latin America and Caribbean
  • Russia and Eurasia
Well placed: 84 nations (lower vulnerability, higher opportunity) · High stakes: 15 nations (higher vulnerability, higher opportunity) · Insulated: 15 nations (lower vulnerability, lower opportunity) · Exposed: 83 nations (higher vulnerability, lower opportunity).

197 of 197 nations

Nation
Archetype
Vulnerability 10 years
3 years
Worst case
Tail
Breadth
Absorbed
Policy dividend
Opportunity 10 years
3 years
Best case
Group
Weakest link
South SudanAcute fragility
100.0
100.0−64.7% S05−62.6%0/105%+0.30−33.5−33.7−2 S16ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
SomaliaAcute fragility
95.3
95.3−72.0% S06−62.3%0/105%+0.34−13.1−13.1+2 S15ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
NauruAcute fragility
89.6
88.9−51.2% S03−50.3%8/108%+0.39−15.3−14.9+4 S15ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
AfghanistanAcute fragility
89.1
89.1−67.8% S06−61.7%0/106%+0.29−15.1−14.7−0 S16ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
YemenAcute fragility
87.7
87.2−70.8% S06−60.9%0/105%+0.32−14.6−14.6+2 S14ExposedEnergy Infrastructure 2 of 10
Holy SeeAcute fragility
77.4
76.7−40.1% S10−38.7%10/107%+0.28−24.6−24.5+4 S20ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
KiribatiAcute fragility
77.3
76.7−45.0% S03−42.3%4/1010%+0.38−12.6−12.1+3 S15ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
EritreaAcute fragility
71.9
71.9−45.9% S06−44.1%8/107%+0.33−14.7−14.3+3 S15ExposedMonetary & Currency Capability 2 of 10
HaitiAcute fragility
71.7
71.6−55.4% S07−49.1%0/107%+0.34−22.2−21.8+3 S15ExposedAdvanced Materials & Manufacturing 1 of 10
TuvaluAcute fragility
71.3
70.7−43.0% S08−42.1%2/109%+0.34−14.5−14.0+2 S20ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
MicronesiaAcute fragility
66.6
66.1−42.7% S03−38.5%3/1011%+0.35−12.2−11.6+4 S14ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
Central African Rep.Acute fragility
66.1
66.0−48.8% S05−45.1%0/107%+0.26−13.2−13.1+2 S15ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
Marshall IslandsAcute fragility
63.6
63.1−39.7% S03−38.0%10/1011%+0.36−16.2−15.9+4 S20ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
SyriaAcute fragility
61.2
60.5−48.0% S06−41.0%9/108%+0.31−9.4−9.2+4 S14ExposedMonetary & Currency Capability 2 of 10
Guinea-BissauFragile and exposed
59.0
58.8−41.8% S06−39.0%10/109%+0.28−10.3−10.3+2 S15ExposedEnergy Infrastructure 2 of 10
SudanFragile and exposed
56.0
55.8−50.0% S06−40.5%9/109%+0.34−14.8−14.8+6 S16ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
DjiboutiFragile and exposed
54.6
54.4−34.8% S06−32.6%8/1014%+0.38−7.1−7.1+7 S14ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
ComorosFragile and exposed
53.9
53.7−46.4% S06−37.0%9/1010%+0.28−10.3−10.3+3 S15ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
BurundiFragile and exposed
52.0
51.9−35.8% S03−33.5%9/1011%+0.29−8.2−8.1+4 S11ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
PalauFragile and exposed
51.5
51.1−32.3% S10−30.6%10/1013%+0.32−17.0−16.6+4 S20ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
VanuatuFragile and exposed
49.4
48.9−32.8% S03−30.1%6/1014%+0.32−10.3−9.7+5 S14ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
TongaFragile and exposed
48.6
48.3−32.3% S03−27.3%10/1014%+0.34−14.6−14.2+3 S20ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
Solomon IslandsFragile and exposed
48.6
48.2−34.3% S03−31.2%10/1013%+0.31−13.3−12.5+5 S14ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
São Tomé & PríncipeFragile and exposed
47.8
47.5−30.2% S06−28.0%10/1013%+0.30−9.3−9.2+4 S11ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10
LaosFragile and exposed
47.3
47.0−29.7% S03−25.3%8/1015%+0.38−12.8−12.2+11 S14ExposedConnectivity, Cyber & Trust Technologies 2 of 10

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Hover a column heading for its definition. Each likelihood band is turned into a probability at the midpoint of its range; band 5, which is open-ended, is taken as 40 per cent. For scenarios that strike one nation at a time, a nation's probability is the scenario's probability scaled by its exposure relative to the average nation, so that more exposed nations are also more likely to be struck. Scenarios are treated as independent. They are not: one can trigger another, so the sum overstates some combinations and misses compounding. Worst case and tail are shares of the baseline index. Download the indices as CSV.

Seven archetypes

Nations with similar results across all 20 scenarios fall into seven groups. Archetypes are found, not assigned. Nations are grouped by k-means clustering on their results in all 20 scenarios, each scenario standardised so that none dominates. The names and descriptions are GINC's reading of each group. An archetype describes a pattern of results in this run; it is not a judgement of a nation.

020406080100−200+20+40Vulnerability index, 10 years (0 to 100)Opportunity indexSouth Sudan (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 100, opportunity index −33.50Somalia (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 95.3, opportunity index −13.10Nauru (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 89.6, opportunity index −15.30Afghanistan (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 89.1, opportunity index −15.10Yemen (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 87.7, opportunity index −14.60Holy See (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 77.4, opportunity index −24.60Kiribati (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 77.3, opportunity index −12.60Eritrea (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 71.9, opportunity index −14.70Haiti (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 71.7, opportunity index −22.20Tuvalu (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 71.3, opportunity index −14.50Micronesia (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 66.6, opportunity index −12.20Central African Rep. (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 66.1, opportunity index −13.20Marshall Islands (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 63.6, opportunity index −16.20Syria (Acute fragility): vulnerability index, 10 years 61.2, opportunity index −9.40Guinea-Bissau (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 59, opportunity index −10.30Sudan (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 56, opportunity index −14.80Djibouti (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 54.6, opportunity index −7.10Comoros (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 53.9, opportunity index −10.30Burundi (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 52, opportunity index −8.20Palau (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 51.5, opportunity index −17.00Vanuatu (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 49.4, opportunity index −10.30Tonga (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 48.6, opportunity index −14.60Solomon Islands (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 48.6, opportunity index −13.30São Tomé & Príncipe (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 47.8, opportunity index −9.30Laos (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 47.3, opportunity index −12.80Timor-Leste (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 46.7, opportunity index −28.50DR Congo (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 46.5, opportunity index −15.70Equatorial Guinea (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 46.2, opportunity index −31.60Palestine (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 45.4, opportunity index −2.10Libya (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 45.2, opportunity index −30.10Chad (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 44.2, opportunity index −29.20Guinea (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 44.1, opportunity index −12.50Samoa (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 43.9, opportunity index −12.60Congo (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 43.6, opportunity index −28.30Mauritania (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 42.9, opportunity index −10.90Gambia (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 42.7, opportunity index −7.30Liberia (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 41.7, opportunity index −10.70North Korea (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 41.4, opportunity index −15.00Lesotho (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 39.1, opportunity index −12.20Saint Vincent & Grenadines (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 38.8, opportunity index −12.50Niger (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 38.2, opportunity index −8.90Sierra Leone (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 37.9, opportunity index −8.80Tajikistan (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 37.3, opportunity index −18.20Saint Kitts & Nevis (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.8, opportunity index −13.90Saint Lucia (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.6, opportunity index −15.10Myanmar (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.5, opportunity index −29.20Turkmenistan (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.5, opportunity index −39.20Lebanon (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.2, opportunity index −1.40Bhutan (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.2, opportunity index −11.10Grenada (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 36.1, opportunity index −11.40Kosovo (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 35.8, opportunity index −13.10Eswatini (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 35.3, opportunity index −10.40Maldives (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 35.1, opportunity index −4.40Burkina Faso (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 34.7, opportunity index −10.20Madagascar (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 34.5, opportunity index −6.70Dominica (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 34.2, opportunity index −11.90Mali (Fragile and exposed): vulnerability index, 10 years 33.9, opportunity index −8.10Malawi (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 33.2, opportunity index −5.10Zimbabwe (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 33.1, opportunity index −6.80Togo (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 33.1, opportunity index −8.10San Marino (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 32.8, opportunity index −15.00Papua New Guinea (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 32.7, opportunity index −27.30Belize (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 32.3, opportunity index −10.20Gabon (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 32.3, opportunity index −25.50Benin (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 31.9, opportunity index −2.90Antigua & Barbuda (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 31.6, opportunity index −14.50Kyrgyzstan (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 31.2, opportunity index −18.30Cambodia (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 31.1, opportunity index −10.70Nicaragua (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 30.9, opportunity index −12.10Venezuela (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 30.8, opportunity index −25.60Iraq (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 30.7, opportunity index −22.00Andorra (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 30.2, opportunity index −9.30Suriname (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 29.7, opportunity index −19.00Fiji (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 29.6, opportunity index −6.50Cabo Verde (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 29.4, opportunity index −5.20Monaco (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 29.2, opportunity index −7.60Mozambique (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 28.6, opportunity index −18.50Angola (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 27.8, opportunity index −21.20Zambia (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.8, opportunity index −4.40Bosnia & Herzegovina (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.7, opportunity index −10.30Bahamas (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.5, opportunity index −9.50Honduras (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.5, opportunity index −9.60Seychelles (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 26.1, opportunity index −2.70Brunei (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 26, opportunity index −22.00Nepal (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 25.8, opportunity index −3.10Montenegro (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 25.5, opportunity index −4.30El Salvador (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 24.9, opportunity index −5.70Mongolia (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 24.7, opportunity index −10.00Guyana (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 24.5, opportunity index −30.10Armenia (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 24.3, opportunity index −8.80Cameroon (Fuel-dependent): vulnerability index, 10 years 23.9, opportunity index −19.10North Macedonia (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 23.8, opportunity index −4.40Albania (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 22.8, opportunity index −10.80Moldova (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 22, opportunity index −10.60Cuba (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.9, opportunity index −9.50Uzbekistan (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.8, opportunity index −12.50Liechtenstein (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.4, opportunity index −4.60Uganda (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.3, opportunity index −0.90Namibia (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 21.1, opportunity index −1.30Georgia (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 21, opportunity index −4.70Bolivia (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.8, opportunity index −20.60Ethiopia (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.6, opportunity index −1.30Barbados (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.6, opportunity index −8.90Jamaica (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.5, opportunity index −5.90Bahrain (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.4, opportunity index −8.90Azerbaijan (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.1, opportunity index −25.30Senegal (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.1, opportunity index +1.00Rwanda (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 20.1, opportunity index +2.80Botswana (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.8, opportunity index −3.40Paraguay (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.7, opportunity index −13.70Côte d'Ivoire (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.7, opportunity index −2.80Guatemala (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.6, opportunity index −5.90Jordan (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.5, opportunity index +8.10Belarus (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 19.3, opportunity index −8.30Cyprus (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 18.8, opportunity index +3.50Dominican Republic (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 18.5, opportunity index −3.50Iran (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 18.1, opportunity index −1.40Kuwait (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 18.1, opportunity index −10.10Malta (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 17.8, opportunity index +6.40Tanzania (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 17.7, opportunity index −4.30Bangladesh (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 17.4, opportunity index −2.10Sri Lanka (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 17.3, opportunity index +0.30Ecuador (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 16.3, opportunity index −17.00Kenya (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 16.2, opportunity index +7.90Panama (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 16.2, opportunity index −2.80Algeria (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 16.2, opportunity index −12.40Tunisia (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 16, opportunity index +4.40Kazakhstan (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.6, opportunity index −17.30Ghana (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.6, opportunity index −7.20Costa Rica (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.5, opportunity index +3.70Trinidad & Tobago (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.5, opportunity index −18.50Pakistan (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.3, opportunity index +5.00Serbia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.2, opportunity index +4.40Oman (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 15.2, opportunity index −5.80Bulgaria (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 14.9, opportunity index +3.40Latvia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 14.7, opportunity index +8.20Philippines (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 14.6, opportunity index +6.70Mauritius (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 14, opportunity index +5.70Croatia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.9, opportunity index +5.40Ukraine (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.9, opportunity index −5.00Iceland (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.8, opportunity index +10.40Slovakia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.6, opportunity index +9.80Vietnam (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.6, opportunity index +7.70Lithuania (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.2, opportunity index +12.20Nigeria (Stretched developers): vulnerability index, 10 years 13.1, opportunity index −8.10Slovenia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 13, opportunity index +11.70Hungary (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.9, opportunity index +15.60Luxembourg (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.6, opportunity index +14.70Greece (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.5, opportunity index +8.80Qatar (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.5, opportunity index −1.40Morocco (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.4, opportunity index +12.80Uruguay (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.3, opportunity index +3.30Egypt (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 12.2, opportunity index +6.10Thailand (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 11.4, opportunity index +12.10Romania (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 11.4, opportunity index +6.60Argentina (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 11.4, opportunity index +1.30Estonia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 11.2, opportunity index +13.70Peru (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.8, opportunity index −4.00Ireland (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.7, opportunity index +23.00Indonesia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.6, opportunity index −1.60Portugal (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.3, opportunity index +16.30Czechia (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.3, opportunity index +20.10Malaysia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 10.2, opportunity index +11.30Poland (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.8, opportunity index +20.40South Africa (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.5, opportunity index +19.70Colombia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.5, opportunity index −6.80Austria (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.2, opportunity index +27.30Chile (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 9.2, opportunity index +11.00Belgium (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 9, opportunity index +31.40Mexico (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 8.8, opportunity index +7.70Taiwan (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 8.5, opportunity index +38.70United Arab Emirates (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 8.5, opportunity index +12.50Saudi Arabia (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 8.5, opportunity index +6.30Türkiye (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 8, opportunity index +21.30Spain (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.8, opportunity index +26.60Italy (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.8, opportunity index +23.60New Zealand (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.7, opportunity index +22.10India (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.7, opportunity index +18.50Finland (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.4, opportunity index +31.30Denmark (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 7.2, opportunity index +28.00Singapore (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.7, opportunity index +38.80Switzerland (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.7, opportunity index +34.50Brazil (Climbers): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.5, opportunity index +4.60Netherlands (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.3, opportunity index +37.90Norway (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.2, opportunity index +18.90Sweden (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 6.1, opportunity index +35.70Russia (Holding ground): vulnerability index, 10 years 6, opportunity index −7.10South Korea (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.9, opportunity index +41.70Israel (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.6, opportunity index +30.80Australia (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.5, opportunity index +22.80Germany (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.4, opportunity index +42.20United Kingdom (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.2, opportunity index +38.50Canada (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.2, opportunity index +23.70France (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.1, opportunity index +38.70Japan (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 5.1, opportunity index +39.70China (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 4.4, opportunity index +30.20United States (Anchors): vulnerability index, 10 years 3.4, opportunity index +34.00SomaliaDR CongoIraqNigeriaIndiaRussiaUnited States
  • Anchors
  • Climbers
  • Holding ground
  • Fuel-dependent
  • Stretched developers
  • Fragile and exposed
  • Acute fragility
The same chart as above, coloured by archetype. One nation from each is named. The groups are found on all 20 scenario results, not on these two indices, which is why some overlap here.

Anchors

27 nations

Absorb most shocks and take most of the upside.

High-capability economies with deep buffers. No downside scenario costs them more than a few per cent of their capability, and their own buffers absorb more than half of every shock. They are ready for the gains that reward research and health systems: the automated discovery step, the chronic disease advance and the outbreak defence. Their lead is narrowest in a breadbasket failure, hybrid coercion and a disaster in the core, and they gain little from the scenarios built for catch-up, such as a debt service reset.

baseline
14.5
vulnerability
7
opportunity
+30
worst case
−4%
absorbed
56%

Climbers

39 nations

Low vulnerability, and gains from open markets and digital public services.

Large and mid-sized emerging economies and the smaller European states, with working institutions and room to grow. They lose little in most downside scenarios and absorb about two fifths of each shock. They gain most from a public service leap, a market access opening and a working outbreak defence. Hybrid coercion, a breadbasket failure and a disaster in the core are where they sit furthest behind the leaders, and debt relief and the food leap largely pass them by.

baseline
9.9
vulnerability
12
opportunity
+8
worst case
−8%
absorbed
40%

Holding ground

40 nations

Mid-table on vulnerability; the upside mostly passes them by.

Middle-income states, many of them small or in Europe’s neighbourhood, Central Asia and the Caribbean. Their buffers hold against a legitimacy rupture and a breadbasket failure better than their income would suggest, while hybrid coercion, a cryptographic trust break and a trade bloc rupture find them more exposed. Cheap clean power and a public service leap are within reach; the health and food upsides are not aimed at them.

baseline
6.2
vulnerability
24
opportunity
−11
worst case
−16%
absorbed
26%

Fuel-dependent

15 nations

Budgets built on oil, gas and commodities: two of the upside scenarios are their downside.

Hydrocarbon and commodity exporters with thin buffers. A funding seizure or a regional war that closes a sea route hurts them less than it hurts others, because they are suppliers. A trade bloc rupture, a legitimacy rupture and a disaster in the core hurt them more. Their distinguishing feature is on the other side: a Middle East settlement and cheap clean power, both gains for most of the world, are losses for them, which gives this group the lowest opportunity of the seven.

baseline
3.8
vulnerability
35
opportunity
−27
worst case
−25%
absorbed
16%

Stretched developers

27 nations

Exposed to food and funding shocks; debt relief and better yields are their upside.

Lower-middle-income developing economies, most of them in Africa and South Asia, with institutions that work under strain. A breadbasket failure, a legitimacy rupture and a funding seizure are their hardest tests. They hold up better against a trade bloc rupture and hybrid coercion, which reach them less directly. A debt service reset, the food leap and a Middle East settlement are their upside; the research and health-defence upsides need capabilities they do not yet have.

baseline
6.0
vulnerability
22
opportunity
−3
worst case
−15%
absorbed
25%

Fragile and exposed

35 nations

Highly vulnerable importers of fuel, finance and food.

Low-income and small island states with weak buffers, which absorb about a seventh of a shock. A regional war that closes a sea route, a funding seizure and a breadbasket failure each remove a large share of what capability they have, because they import their fuel, their finance and their food. A debt service reset, cheap clean power and a Middle East settlement reach them, though delivery limits how much they capture.

baseline
3.4
vulnerability
43
opportunity
−11
worst case
−30%
absorbed
15%

Acute fragility

14 nations

Every scenario is severe; there is little capability left to lose.

States in conflict or collapse, and the smallest micro-states, where many capabilities are absent. Every downside scenario removes a large share of a very low baseline, and almost none of the upside reaches them, because capturing a gain needs the capabilities they lack. For the micro-states this is partly an artefact: several capabilities do not apply to them.

baseline
1.9
vulnerability
78
opportunity
−17
worst case
−53%
absorbed
7%

Archetype by scenario

Each archetype's mean result in every scenario: the share of the capability index lost in the downside scenarios, and the net position in the upside ones.

Archetype01 S01 Critical trade divides into rival blocs: mean share of index lost02 S02 A global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets: mean share of index lost03 S03 A regional war closes a globally important sea route: mean share of index lost04 S04 Hybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout: mean share of index lost05 S05 A disputed transfer of power breaks effective government: mean share of index lost06 S06 Two breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis: mean share of index lost07 S07 A major disaster disables the national economic core: mean share of index lost08 S08 An AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement: mean share of index lost09 S09 A cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust: mean share of index lost10 S10 A novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity: mean share of index lost11↗ S11 A creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity: mean net position12↗ S12 A cross-regional market access compact redirects investment: mean net position13↗ S13 A great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers: mean net position14↗ S14 A verified Middle East settlement restores access: mean net position15↗ S15 Cheap firm clean power becomes available at scale: mean net position16↗ S16 A validated farming package raises water-efficient output: mean net position17↗ S17 AI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step: mean net position18↗ S18 A public service platform reaches inclusive operation: mean net position19↗ S19 Affordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness: mean net position20↗ S20 A live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence: mean net position
Anchors-2.9%-2.4%-4.0%-2.7%-1.9%-1.8%-2.3%-3.8%-3.7%-3.8%0+21+25+30+41+11+46+14+38+54
Climbers-5.3%-4.6%-6.8%-4.5%-4.8%-3.6%-4.9%-6.9%-7.2%-7.0%+1+7+1+13+13+4+1+7+10+29
Holding ground-11.0%-9.3%-13.6%-7.9%-9.9%-6.5%-9.2%-12.7%-12.6%-13.5%−2−12−16−5−4−13−21−6−11+8
Fuel-dependent-18.9%-15.6%-11.6%-10.3%-21.6%-19.1%-18.7%-17.6%-16.7%-20.3%−1−29−22−40−65−3−38−16−12−4
Stretched developers-7.6%-10.1%-13.0%-4.8%-12.3%-12.9%-10.4%-10.8%-9.8%-11.0%+8−7−9+4+3+13−23−3−3+3
Fragile and exposed-16.5%-19.1%-26.6%-10.0%-22.3%-23.3%-18.8%-20.3%-17.7%-21.2%0−15−19+1+2−2−28−14−14−4
Acute fragility-29.9%-32.3%-44.2%-19.8%-41.4%-43.3%-36.7%-36.0%-30.5%-37.6%−6−22−26−4−7−8−32−20−17−5
Smaller to larger fallSmaller to larger net gain

Scenario by scenario

ScenarioFamilyTestLikelihood, 3 years · 10 yearsTypical nationHardest hit or least gainMost exposed regionSpread
Trade bloc rupture S01AEconomic and tradeLoad4% · 15%−0.53−1.12Indo-Pacific −0.67149 nations lose a domain band
Global funding seizure S02AEconomic and tradeLoad4% · 15%−0.52−0.86Africa −0.62140 nations lose a domain band
Regional war spillover S03BGeopolitical and securityLoad4% · 15%−0.79−1.22South Asia −0.82152 nations lose a domain band
Hybrid coercion S04BGeopolitical and securityLoad4% · 15% per nation−0.35−0.71Russia and Eurasia −0.52117 nations lose a domain band
Legitimacy rupture S05BGeopolitical and securityLoad1% · 3% per nation−0.62−1.01Africa −0.77146 nations lose a domain band
Breadbasket failure S06CEnergy, climate and resourcesLoad4% · 15%−0.44−1.31Africa −0.80133 nations lose a domain band
Core disaster S07CEnergy, climate and resourcesLoad1% · 3% per nation−0.52−1.12Latin America and Caribbean −0.66146 nations lose a domain band
AI labour shock S08DTechnology and infrastructureLoad4% · 15%−0.66−1.17Indo-Pacific −0.75163 nations lose a domain band
Cryptographic trust break S09DTechnology and infrastructureLoad0% · 3%−0.63−0.95Russia and Eurasia −0.76158 nations lose a domain band
Severe pandemic S10EHealthLoad1% · 3%−0.69−1.01Latin America and Caribbean −0.75165 nations lose a domain band
Debt service reset S11 ↗AEconomic and tradeCapture1% · 3%−0.3−15.6China −9.615 gainers · 176 mixed · 6 losers
Market access opening S12 ↗AEconomic and tradeCapture4% · 15%−7.5−43.4Africa −16.335 gainers · 82 mixed · 80 losers
Great-power détente S13 ↗BGeopolitical and securityCapture0% · 3%−10.6−43.0Russia and Eurasia −21.525 gainers · 70 mixed · 102 losers
Middle East settlement S14 ↗BGeopolitical and securityCapture1% · 3%+3.6−52.2Russia and Eurasia −14.565 gainers · 98 mixed · 34 losers
Clean power threshold S15 ↗CEnergy, climate and resourcesCapture4% · 15%+6.7−80.0Gulf and Middle East −14.880 gainers · 72 mixed · 45 losers
Water-efficient food leap S16 ↗CEnergy, climate and resourcesCapture4% · 15%+0.5−37.4Russia and Eurasia −20.437 gainers · 109 mixed · 51 losers
Automated discovery step S17 ↗DTechnology and infrastructureCapture4% · 15%−20.5−47.5Africa −28.632 gainers · 34 mixed · 131 losers
Public service leap S18 ↗DTechnology and infrastructureCapture1% · 3% per nation−5.0−29.1Russia and Eurasia −14.030 gainers · 98 mixed · 69 losers
Chronic disease advance S19 ↗EHealthCapture4% · 15%−4.2−39.2Latin America and Caribbean −8.549 gainers · 76 mixed · 72 losers
Outbreak defence succeeds S20 ↗EHealthCapture1% · 3%+7.6−20.0Africa −3.992 gainers · 92 mixed · 13 losers

Load test figures are changes in the capability index, in points on its 0 to 20 scale, under current plans. Capture test figures are net positions on a scale of −100 to +100.

Reverse stress test

The tests above start from a scenario. This one starts from an outcome and works backwards to the conditions most likely to produce it, over 10 years. Shown here are the six most likely failure outcomes and the six most likely prosperity outcomes, of 50. All outcomes and how to read them.

OutcomeKindNations with a routeTypical likelihoodLeads most routes
Breakdown of state functionFailure188 of 1972.5%Legitimacy rupture 80 nations
Loss of financial stabilityFailure181 of 1971.8%Global funding seizure 78 nations
Broad fall in governance and integrityFailure185 of 1971.3%Legitimacy rupture 89 nations
Broad fall in financial strengthFailure178 of 1971.1%Global funding seizure 92 nations
Rupture in trade and supplyFailure178 of 1970.8%Regional war spillover 134 nations
Rule of law failureFailure181 of 1970.7%Legitimacy rupture 93 nations
Capable digital governmentProsperity88 of 197noneOutbreak defence succeeds 33 nations
Stronger health and biotechnologyProsperity85 of 197noneOutbreak defence succeeds 48 nations
Trusted public institutionsProsperity85 of 197noneOutbreak defence succeeds 29 nations
Broad rise in governance and integrityProsperity80 of 197noneOutbreak defence succeeds 43 nations
Reliable low-cost energyProsperity76 of 197noneClean power threshold 60 nations
Broad rise in trade and investmentProsperity70 of 197noneMarket access opening 30 nations

Every nation, every scenario

Nations in order of their baseline capability index. Darker cells are larger falls; purple cells are net gains in the upside scenarios. Select a nation or a scenario for its page.

197 of 197 nations

Nation
Index
01 S01 Critical trade divides into rival blocs: change in index
02 S02 A global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets: change in index
03 S03 A regional war closes a globally important sea route: change in index
04 S04 Hybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout: change in index
05 S05 A disputed transfer of power breaks effective government: change in index
06 S06 Two breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis: change in index
07 S07 A major disaster disables the national economic core: change in index
08 S08 An AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement: change in index
09 S09 A cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust: change in index
10 S10 A novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity: change in index
11↗ S11 A creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity: net position
12↗ S12 A cross-regional market access compact redirects investment: net position
13↗ S13 A great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers: net position
14↗ S14 A verified Middle East settlement restores access: net position
15↗ S15 Cheap firm clean power becomes available at scale: net position
16↗ S16 A validated farming package raises water-efficient output: net position
17↗ S17 AI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step: net position
18↗ S18 A public service platform reaches inclusive operation: net position
19↗ S19 Affordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness: net position
20↗ S20 A live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence: net position
United States18.0−0.18−0.30−0.16−0.19−0.21−0.20−0.51−0.46−0.37−0.38+0+15+27+11+16+4+87+14+59+52
France16.6−0.27−0.36−0.48−0.29−0.24−0.24−0.41−0.50−0.43−0.46+3+26+26+42+59+10+60+18+44+65
United Kingdom16.5−0.48−0.43−0.43−0.26−0.24−0.19−0.12−0.52−0.44−0.43+6+36+52+36+41+3+60+17+54+62
Germany16.4−0.32−0.34−0.55−0.34−0.19−0.25−0.22−0.47−0.45−0.47+1+23+33+42+67+15+64+15+51+66
Japan16.3−0.33−0.24−0.48−0.34−0.21−0.16−0.46−0.49−0.44−0.46+2+23+35+36+63+24+66+22+30+63
South Korea16.0−0.48−0.26−0.57−0.35−0.21−0.23−0.50−0.46−0.45−0.49+3+31+50+35+61+26+68+22+28+64
China15.6−0.31−0.25−0.35−0.08−0.27−0.29−0.58−0.50−0.43−0.41−10+4+36+30+53+28+57−1+18+38
Netherlands15.5−0.39−0.40−0.57−0.39−0.21−0.24−0.28−0.51−0.47−0.57−1+32+35+34+49+9+59+15+45+68
Sweden15.3−0.39−0.33−0.61−0.37−0.25−0.23−0.18−0.48−0.48−0.54−1+31+26+38+53+4+48+18+47+65
Singapore15.2−0.45−0.31−0.71−0.41−0.23−0.24−0.29−0.45−0.48−0.56−1+37+49+29+46+22+61+12+32+70
Canada15.1−0.47−0.35−0.26−0.28−0.23−0.20−0.29−0.51−0.49−0.51+2+13+35−0+2−5+54+14+56+52
Australia14.9−0.40−0.27−0.22−0.36−0.22−0.21−0.42−0.53−0.49−0.46+4+21+14+8+4+4+33+24+53+54
Switzerland14.7−0.41−0.23−0.83−0.43−0.19−0.17−0.23−0.50−0.51−0.53−3+30+31+32+48+6+52+13+42+59
Norway14.6−0.36−0.26−0.28−0.50−0.21−0.15−0.22−0.50−0.54−0.54−3+14+14+10+9−1+31+13+41+54
Finland14.5−0.38−0.39−0.61−0.49−0.22−0.24−0.18−0.49−0.47−0.55+1+22+20+36+50+4+41+19+43+58
Israel14.5−0.36−0.24−0.40−0.28−0.37−0.36−0.38−0.47−0.47−0.44−1+21+20+42+9+28+56+19+46+42
Taiwan14.0−0.62−0.28−0.75−0.43−0.27−0.31−0.50−0.63−0.58−0.60+3+30+25+25+58+27+51+23+39+58
Denmark13.9−0.48−0.32−0.52−0.46−0.20−0.27−0.24−0.51−0.57−0.58−4+22+20+24+34+13+32+13+43+60
Spain13.8−0.34−0.47−0.59−0.40−0.32−0.30−0.37−0.63−0.59−0.57+2+12+9+34+51+9+33+11+32+53
Italy13.7−0.36−0.45−0.59−0.40−0.31−0.27−0.46−0.64−0.58−0.58−1+8+14+31+49+7+39+9+17+50
Belgium13.5−0.45−0.51−0.77−0.48−0.29−0.33−0.28−0.61−0.61−0.67−1+30+26+30+42+10+44+14+36+58
New Zealand12.8−0.44−0.27−0.50−0.44−0.25−0.20−0.42−0.60−0.63−0.55+3+20+6+25+29+9+17+20+38+44
Austria12.8−0.45−0.48−0.80−0.48−0.26−0.29−0.29−0.57−0.60−0.59−2+19+22+28+46+4+40+10+32+47
India12.6−0.32−0.32−0.50−0.25−0.60−0.40−0.62−0.72−0.41−0.43+8+16−1+23+31+29+9+23+10+24
Poland12.4−0.47−0.41−0.68−0.52−0.32−0.30−0.28−0.62−0.60−0.63−3+8+10+37+48+7+19+10+20+44

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