Which countries are stable, and which are cracking
40 countries that matter for markets — the big economies, the energy producers, the geopolitical flashpoints. Each one is scored across four dimensions that historically precede crises: political stability, economic stress, governance quality, and news-cycle tone.
Countries tracked
40
Data year: 2024
Median risk
39/100
World below long-term average
High-risk countries
4
Overall score ≥ 60
Trending worse
4
vs 2023
Active conflict monitoring
Source: ACLED + UCDP GED
Live conflict-event feed (ACLED + UCDP GED) is wired into the pipeline but awaiting API credentials. Once the feed activates, this band will surface countries with elevated real-world violence in rolling 90-day windows — independent of the slower structural indicators below.
Structural Constraints Index
Data year: 2025 · Stratfor-style framework
Five structural axes that constrain what a country can do — regardless of who governs it. Higher score = more constrained = more fragile. Based on 21 World Bank indicators + V-Dem + WGI + geographic features.
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Political Instability Outlook — 24 Months
PITF methodology · Brier score: 0.05
Probability of political instability onset within 24 months, based on the Political Instability Task Force model (Goldstone et al. 2010, AJPS). Uses regime type, governance indicators, and GDELT media tone as inputs.
#
Country
Risk Level
1
SSD
MODERATE
2
Nigeria
MODERATE
3
NER
MODERATE
4
SOM
MODERATE
5
LBR
MODERATE
6
ZWE
MODERATE
7
GIN
MODERATE
8
CAF
MODERATE
9
COD
MODERATE
10
TCD
MODERATE
11
LSO
MODERATE
12
SLE
MODERATE
13
Afghanistan
MODERATE
14
Pakistan
MODERATE
15
GNQ
MODERATE
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Methodology: Logistic regression on regime type (V-Dem), governance indicators (WGI), and media tone (GDELT). Calibrated on 1955-2018 historical data. Walk-forward validated Brier score = 0.05 (lower = better). This is a statistical estimate, not a prediction of specific events.
How these scores are built
Each country gets four sub-scores on a 0-100 scale (higher = riskier):
Political — World Bank Political Stability index + V-Dem regime type.
Governance — World Bank governance indicators (effectiveness, rule of law, corruption).
News tone — GDELT global news-media tone average + volatility.
Overall risk = 30% political + 25% economic + 25% governance + 20% news tone. Data is annual, latest available year; trend compares the latest year to the prior year. Sources: World Bank (WGI, WDI), V-Dem Institute, GDELT 2.0. Updated monthly.
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This page shows slow risk — where cracks are forming. The 90-day forecast shows fast risk — the scheduled events that convert that stress into market moves.