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Most Fragile Countries not in Africa

Can you name the most fragile countries of the world that aren't in Africa, according to the 2023 Fragile States Index?
Based on 12 factors including demographic pressure, economic failure, and political discord
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First submittedJanuary 1, 2017
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Rank
Score
Country
2
108.9
Yemen
6
107.1
Syria
7
106.6
Afghanistan
11
102.9
Haiti
13
100.2
Myanmar
18
95.9
Ukraine
25
91.8
Lebanon
Rank
Score
Country
28
91.4
Iraq
30
90.5
Venezuela
32
89.9
Pakistan
38
87.0
North Korea
40
85.4
Iran
41
85.2
Bangladesh
52
81.2
Turkey
Rank
Score
Country
53
80.7
Russia
54
80.3
Cambodia
55
80.2
Nepal
56
79.6
Solomon Islands
57
79.6
Honduras
59
78.1
Colombia
60
78.1
Papua New Guinea
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100 Recent Comments
atomsline
+8
Level 47
Jan 1, 2017
I am honestly surprised that Venezuela isn't on the list.
Jerry928
+10
Level 76
Jan 2, 2017
It's #63 (#23 on this list), behind Uzbekistan and Guatemala. The US press tends to gleefully report what goes wrong in Venezuela, after years of being teased by Chavez, which is probably why Uzbekistan and Guatemala, and many countries in the Top 20, are less noticed than Venezuela. Also, many rating numbers are so close together that in real terms a whole bunch of nations are as "fragile" as each other.
Quizmaster
+11
Level ∞
Jan 2, 2017
While Venezuela would score poorly in economic areas, they don't have overpopulation or ethnic/religious conflict. It's not tough to imagine that things will rapidly improve once the Chavistas are gone. The problems in other countries are more intractable. Which is why the situation in Venezuela is so sad. It's entirely self-inflicted.
AliHamid
+3
Level 49
May 22, 2024
It is so sad, Venezuela and Lebanon are probably the only countries which have self inflicted their downfall like maybe 5-10 years ago both of these countries would have been nowhere near this list. For example, Lebanon started collapsing economically in October 2019 then covid hit, the currency devalued by 98% and then it was topped off with the Beirut blast which destroyed the port area and destroyed half of the capital Beirut. Same thing for Venezuela in 2014 the government ruined its own country just like Lebanon, so they can profit off the people's suffering. It's so sad that these two countries went through that, and they both are really beautiful countries and deserve better. I pray for better days for both Venezuela and Lebanon.
rgc1600
+3
Level 73
Mar 20, 2017
Really, if Venezuela isn't on this list, the list is silly. Maybe things have gotten worse since the list was compiled, but I don't believe there's a country more fragile than Venezuela that isn't in open civil war.
Quizmaster
+23
Level ∞
Jul 23, 2019
Two years have passed and Maduro has succeeded in making the country poor enough to appear on the list. I stand by my position that once those clowns are gone, Venezuela will rapidly improve.
AzevedusJH
+6
Level 68
Aug 1, 2024
It surely makes me feel a certain way when I see gullible comments on South American issues from a clearly poorly informed POV. Maduro is bad, quite bad. But you cannot improve Venezuela by putting a Guaidó or a Corina Machado in power, puppets for the US State Department, financed by US institutions. Those do not mean signs of positive change to Venezuelans, just a different kind of slap on their faces - possibly worse. The difference is that that way you may not have those hindering US sanctions anymore, designed explicitly to pressure the population so much that eventually they want any change to power and prefer to put leeches such as these ones. Tragic perspective, I'd suggest y'all get a better grasp on SA's politics before yapping so much and pointing "clowns" without understanding what the alternatives are.
Ferbin
+1
Level 77
Aug 1, 2024
^^^ This person knows what they're talking about.
wehraboo
+3
Level 68
May 15, 2024
This didn't age well.
joeythelemur
+6
Level 83
Jan 3, 2017
Went through a bunch of the Pacific island countries and figured I was on the wrong track. I guess I didn't go through them all! :-\

And missed one very obvious one near the USA. Nice quiz.

samiamco
+2
Level 69
Jan 5, 2017
I went that direction too. I thought those ones with all the a's and u's that are going to be totally underwater in under 50 years surely qualified as "fragile".
jaredhall
+3
Level 41
Mar 23, 2018
exactly what i thought, after the few obvious ones of syria, yemen and north korea tuvalu was my next guess.
samiamco
+2
Level 69
Jul 29, 2019
So I finally took a look at the actual report: there’s only 178 countries in it, and as far as I can tell, there are no small island nations in the Pacific Basin included, with the exception of the Solomon Islands. I’m guessing it was a matter of not being able to collect enough useful data due to their diminutive sizes.
GrandMo
+3
Level 70
Jan 13, 2017
That was fun! In a depressing sort of way... Nearly missed North Korea because I was thinking largely about government hold on power. Finally broadened my thinking a little bit. Some past experience with UN Peacekeeping made Solomon Islands an easy guess.
Rowand33
+3
Level 51
Jan 31, 2017
North Korea? But not Lebanon? Really?
vincc
+1
Level 58
Mar 20, 2017
Venezuela should be on this list
vincc
+4
Level 58
Mar 20, 2017
i have never read so many pompous comments anywhere
Malbaby
+44
Level 70
Mar 22, 2017
New to jetpunk eh?
IsleAuHaulte
+11
Level 90
Oct 22, 2019
First time logging back on the internet since Windows95?
xarnac
+31
Level 72
Mar 20, 2017
I'm in a Fragile State after the weekend I had
fitheach
+21
Level 58
Mar 20, 2017
Note to self: when it says NOT in Africa, don't start typing lots of African countries and wonder why none of the them are correct...
DeusCaritasEst
+9
Level 55
Mar 20, 2017
Note to self: read fitheach's note to self...
cornflakesfu
+3
Level 87
Oct 28, 2018
Yeah . . . I tried both Libya and Somalia before I realized I was a moron . . .
cornflakesfu
+16
Level 87
Jul 27, 2019
Nine months later, still a moron . . .
JoeCrouchMMA
+9
Level 59
Mar 20, 2017
Anyone else get Yemen straight from the photo?
DeusCaritasEst
+4
Level 55
Mar 20, 2017
Nope! My first guess for that picture would have been Madagascar. Which, obviously, wasn't an option, so...
Moosefight
+1
Level 60
Mar 20, 2017
I did! That's why I thought it was environmental fragility until I went back and read the note.
sulfuratus
+4
Level 67
Mar 20, 2017
Yesss. Socotra dragon trees.
deathmobile
+2
Level 43
Oct 6, 2017
How does everyone know what tree that is?????????
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 86
May 24, 2023
What else could it possibly be???
HydratedMite
+2
Level 67
Mar 28, 2024
It's a famous tree
ZaKitty
+1
Level 77
May 18, 2024
I only know it because of coming across it on another Jetpunk quiz!
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 89
Aug 23, 2019
@deathmobile because it's so cool!
EytanMelech
+2
Level 67
Mar 17, 2020
@deathmobile Socotra Island is famous for its alien-looking nature.
plattitude
+1
Level 93
Feb 7, 2020
Yep. Started in that region and worked my way east, picked up 80% of the answers that way.
matt78
+1
Level 33
Mar 20, 2017
No Cuba? Surprised by that.
jmellor13
+17
Level 67
Mar 20, 2017
Cuba's not all that bad, relatively speaking. It's a very poor country, but that's about it. There isn't much violence. People don't live well by any stretch, but there is no civil unrest or threat of war. There is a lot of national pride too. I think most of us find the government's stronghold over the people upsetting (I certainly do), but a lot of Cubans genuinely believe(d) in Castro and support Communism. Whether that's a consequence of propaganda is a fair question...but I think most countries' citizens are swayed by propaganda. The real exacerbating factor for Cuba is the embargo/blockade, but with relations with the U.S. opening up, there is hope for the future in Cuba. Every nation on this list has a much, much bleaker outlook...
AdamD
+4
Level 72
Jul 24, 2019
Your ignorance is not bliss! Cubans are literally dying to leave the country. There is plenty of violence, it just does not happen in public. The reason Cuba is not on many "worst of" lists is the government does not release honest figures. In Cuba babies born with any birth defect are murdered, guess what, those murdered children are not calculated into their infant mortality numbers.
AdamC0912
+2
Level 82
Mar 20, 2017
Also surprised no Greece given their economy and the migrant crisis
sulfuratus
+11
Level 67
Mar 20, 2017
That's because Greece is comparatively developed. No overpopulation, no starvation, no religion or ethnicity conflicts, democracy, you get the gist.
Jacktheguy
+6
Level 91
Mar 20, 2017
Europe in general seems to be doing pretty well all things considered. Most of its countries are at the very bottom of the list. Highest is Russia at #65.
Kabouterbert
+2
Level 65
May 12, 2022
Not anymore i guess With Russia invading ukraine
rabble
+1
Level 68
Aug 1, 2024
Hey don't worry 2017, we created ethnicity and religion conflicts for all the comparatively developed countries for some reason. Hope you enjoy people rioting & looting, and a two-tiered justice system
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Mar 20, 2017
Feels like there was too much time. Normally I never would have guessed the Solomon Islands or East Timor over Thailand, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Iran and so on... but there was so much time I managed 100% with 1:23 left through almost random guessing. (well not completely random, skipped over Europe completely now that I think about it- didn't even guess Ukraine or Romania)
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Apr 2, 2017
I know these guess-a-country quizzes typically are 4 minutes long. But even in most cases that seems like an excessive time limit. When you block out Africa and the huge number of countries that the continent represents, then 4 minutes becomes way too much. Should be 2 minutes, or at most 3, if you're going to exclude an entire continent.
amm14
+2
Level 66
Oct 22, 2019
Seconded, especially where, as here, you can safely exclude Europe from consideration. I guessed all of Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and still had time to start thumbing through Oceania. 100% with 0:19 remaining.
KingWilwin
+2
Level 59
Dec 23, 2019
Yeah, but if fragility is associated with Africa it would be(and was, for me) difficult to come up with so many fragile countries out of the continent. So I think the amount of time is perfect.
mf3
+1
Level 88
Mar 20, 2017
Moldova!
thebest21
+1
Level 65
Mar 20, 2017
I am Sri Lankan and I am not sure why Sri Lanka is still on this list after the civil war ended.
dewey1971
+1
Level 70
Mar 20, 2017
I wonder how South Sudan measures up?
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 91
Mar 20, 2017
#2.
jmellor13
+8
Level 67
Mar 21, 2017
Fra-gi-le? Must be Italian.
loganite
+1
Level 90
May 14, 2024
It's a MAJOR Award!!!
Bouhuisd
+2
Level 33
Mar 21, 2017
Wasn't expecting the Solomon islands on this list
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Apr 2, 2017
Where is Eggstonia?
TWM03
+3
Level 70
Jul 24, 2019
Somewhere near Hamburg and Chipschester.
TWM03
+3
Level 70
Jul 26, 2019
On the same tectonic plate, in fact.
kogatora
+1
Level 93
Sep 9, 2019
Number 146 with a score of 40.8. https://fundforpeace.org/2019/04/10/fragile-states-index-2019/
santanderslovak
+1
Level 49
Jul 24, 2019
Where is South Sudan?
communisteggplant
+11
Level 73
Jul 24, 2019
...Africa?
Tramp
+12
Level 76
Sep 1, 2019
South of Sudan
JoanSR
+1
Level 75
Jul 27, 2019
If North Korea ranks #26 I pitty the top 25.
Baxtergrad
+2
Level 51
Oct 22, 2020
Um...well, these are fragile states. Basically war, violence, flimsy government puts a country on this list. Besides the obvious government, North Korea is one of the most peaceful places on Earth.
peardestroyer
+3
Level 60
Nov 24, 2020
Yeah, I don't think North Korea has as much crime as some of the nations on this list. They're not (really) engaged in a military conflict at the moment, despite the fact that the Korean War hasn't ended. But there is starvation in North Korea, so it could come close to being on this list.
kogatora
+6
Level 93
Sep 9, 2019
While the majority of African countries are near the top, it is worth pointing out 17 of the countries are less fragile than this list, all of those except Tanzania are becoming less fragile, and of the fragile countries in Africa which would be on the list all of them are becoming less fragile too except 5 (Mali, Uganda, Cameroon, Burundi & Chad). I point this out because without this it is easy to continue thinking of Africa as a place with no prospects but it is in fact fast growing, vibrant and increasingly modern.
Werifesteria
+2
Level 65
Oct 22, 2019
Socotra = Top of my bucket list
CardinalSin
+3
Level 79
Jan 12, 2020
Sounds a fascinating to place to visit but my advice........maybe not just now.
mf3
+6
Level 88
May 16, 2024
It's actually OK -- under the protection of UAE, not involved in Yemen civil war.
Devadatta
+1
Level 71
Aug 1, 2024
Maybe Socotra might become a Taiwan equivalent?
ing
+4
Level 72
Oct 22, 2019
My surprise non-includees: Nauru and Maldives.
CatcoolH
+2
Level 66
Nov 28, 2019
For some reason, I just kept typing in Somalia even thought I knew that I shouldn't do that :/
Jnorm
+7
Level 74
Jun 30, 2021
i tried south sudan, niger, nigeria, mali, mauritania, libya, chad, burkina faso, somalia, mozambique, drc, car and egypt then finally realised the quiz is of countries outside of africa... read the notes!!!!
Gjberg
+7
Level 44
May 21, 2022
Oh read the title
wario85
+1
Level 68
Nov 16, 2022
How does Cuba manage to no get into this lists?
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 69
May 1, 2023
What's wrong with Nepal?
bacongravy
+1
Level 70
Aug 11, 2023
Great quiz! Any chance for a 2023 update?
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
May 14, 2024
Updated
Fianchetto
+3
Level 75
May 14, 2024
Well it looks like Haiti shot up
GoblinOfCooz
+1
Level 77
May 14, 2024
wonder when this was tabulated. Burma at 13 should be much higher.
Etanna
+1
Level 71
May 14, 2024
I expected Sri Lanka to be on the list
thebest21
+1
Level 65
Aug 1, 2024
As a Sri Lankan living abroad, the situation has definitely improved since 2022. It is still terrible, but nothing compares to the state of the country when I last visited it 2 weeks after the former President was forced out in July 2022. The airport was deserted with military guards on every corner, no one had fuel to travel because people had to wait in miles-long lines for gas, and there were mandatory unannounced blackouts several times a week
Polandball6
+1
Level 46
May 14, 2024
I missed only Honduras I am surprised that Armenia or Moldova or Belarus are on the list
Ghostbuster
+7
Level 91
May 15, 2024
It always surprises me how Israel seems to never appear in this kind of lists. Looking at the source, they consider Palestine and Israel as separate entities, the first being 34th on the list —so they would be between Pakistan and North Korea— and the later 143rd; I think this should be noted on the quiz somehow. Still, I'd say that's quite a low position for a country inmersed in two wars on its borders, suffering periodical rocket attacks and experiencing lots of political turmoil.
arjaygee
+2
Level 69
May 15, 2024
Sri Lanka, at 90.3, falls between Venezuela and Pakistan, but is missing from the quiz.
Grabajay
+2
Level 65
May 16, 2024
this ranking isn't objective at all, putting turkey and russia in this top doesn't make any sense, you can see that the criteria are pro-western.
Tadeu
+1
Level 61
Sep 17, 2024
"FFP attempts as much as possible to de-emphasize rankings,as it is our firm belief that a country’s overall score (and indeed, its indicator scores) are a far more important and accurate barometer of a country’s performance, and that as much as countries should be compared against other countries, it is more useful to compare a country against itself, over time. Hence, our analysis focuses more on specific indicator scores or trend lines over time rather than just rankings."

The report is very clear that the comparison between countries doesnt make sense and the purpose its to understand how the countries are getting better or worst through time.

Tadeu
+1
Level 61
Sep 17, 2024
I'm not defending it, I was just as curious and read a bit of it. This is just what they claim.

I also feel there is a bit of shenanigans here

mf3
+4
Level 88
May 16, 2024
Still wondering why Turkey -- but not, say, Moldova -- is on the list.
quizzicalguy
+2
Level 66
May 24, 2024
Yes, you don't really think of Turkey as a fragile state. That under slightly different circumstances it would disappear seems untrue. I'm curious what the rationale is.
Tadeu
+1
Level 61
Sep 17, 2024
They considered that Turkeys inflation is one of the worst in the world rn (top 4 worst, at 83% in 2023), 10% of unemployment (very bad, but eswatini unemployment rate was about 30% and they are not at the list, so go figure), 1 in 3 turks live bellow porverty line. Even said that minimal wage is bellow starvation line there.

Quote: "The deterioration of economic trends can be trace back to 2011, slowly building to an economic crisis in 2018 and descending into a fully-fledged depression in 2020, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic"

Also

"Throughout 2022, Türkiye’s already worrying Human Rights record continued to be a concern, with its corresponding FSI score remaining high at 8.0 points in the 2023 Index. Freedom of expression, association, and assembly had already been sharply eroded under the AKP’s rule"

They are also claiming censorship of media under the pretense of stoping fake news. And worsened already high femicide rates and women’s rights overall.

Tadeu
+1
Level 61
Sep 17, 2024
I'm not saying I agree or disagree with any of these. I was just as curious and read the report and this is what I read (among more information).

And they said that

"FP attempts as much as possible to de-emphasize rankings, as it is our firm belief that a country’s overall score (and indeed, its indicator scores) are a far more important and accurate barometer of a country’s performance, and that as much as countries should be compared against other countries, it is more useful to compare a country against itself, over time."

So they would claim these comparisons dont make sense.

I'm personally not very confident on the report, but I'm still open to it.

Kabouterbert
+5
Level 65
May 21, 2024
I am surprised israel isnt on here sure they are not poor but stable? You can't tell me that country has ever been stable. (I am not saying who is wrong or right there just that it has never been stable)
Nickelz
+1
Level 67
Oct 9, 2024
as far as corruption and stuff there's not an excessive amount
Qaijerry
+2
Level 52
Aug 1, 2024
Outside Africa is wild
Nickelz
+1
Level 67
Oct 9, 2024
i mean not really
MalNith
+1
Level 54
Aug 1, 2024
Quite easy to score at least 4 points. Most of them are countries which value their sovereignty and refuse to bow to the interests of American imperialism. As a result, the imperialist bully starves off the dignified people in the name of sanctions
AnastasiaNastya
+1
Level 31
Aug 1, 2024
Russia? Are you seriously?🤡
Tadeu
+1
Level 61
Sep 17, 2024
About Russia they claim that lack of transparency, lack of openness and fairness of the political process, elections not being perceived as fair, lots of political violance gave them a terrible score. They also claim problems with security like private militias and paramilitary activity and powerful factionalized elites all are a problems that would sharply raise their scores (the bigger the score the worst).

They claim that "In a highly interconnected world, pressures on one fragile state can have serious repercussions not only for that state and its people, but also for its neighbors and other states halfway across the globe. Since the end of the Cold War, a number of states have erupted into mass violence stemming from internal conflict."

So I dont think this is about how fragil or stable the actual people in power are but their society.

Btw I'm not defending the report. I think there are lots of shenanigans there. I'm just comenting on what I read bc I was also curious

Nickelz
+1
Level 67
Oct 9, 2024
um, yes?
MaaaxiKing
+1
Level 52
Aug 4, 2024
According to the source, are the ranks correct?
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