Fragile States Index

This article is about the Fragile States Index. For a list of countries, see List of countries by Fragile States Index.
Fragile States according to the "Fragile States Index", 2023
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The Fragile States Index (FSI; formerly the Failed States Index) is an annual report mainly published and supported by the United States think tank the Fund for Peace. The FSI is also published by the American magazine Foreign Policy from 2005 to 2018, then by The New Humanitarian since 2019.[1] The list aims to assess states' vulnerability to conflict or collapse, ranking all sovereign states with membership in the United Nations where there is enough data available for analysis.[2] Taiwan, Northern Cyprus, Kosovo and Western Sahara are not ranked, despite being recognized as sovereign by one or more other nations. The Palestinian Territories were ranked together with Israel until 2021. Ranking is based on the sum of scores for 12 indicators (see below). Each indicator is scored on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 being the lowest intensity (most stable) and 10 being the highest intensity (least stable), creating a scale spanning 0−120.[2]

  1. ^ "Tipping points 2019 | Lessons from fragility". The New Humanitarian. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  2. ^ a b "Failed States FAQ". the Fund for Peace. Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved 2007-08-25.