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The Fund for Peace, Failed States Index, World, 2008

This dataset from The Fund for Peace, ranks the works countries based on 12 different factors related to democracy, security, and the economy. The overall ranks are from 1-177, 1 being the most failed state. Notable are the first 60 weakest states. All other ratings are from 1-10, 10 being the worst and 1 the best and the total is the total of each ranking from the 12 factors.

Attributes Range Median Mean Standard Deviation
Country Name text column (no statistics available)

Country Name (according to shapefile)

Country Name text column (no statistics available)

Country Name (according to shapefile)

Failed State Index Rank 1.00 - 177.00 88.00 88.65 51.34

Failed State Index Rank (1 being the worst)

Economy 1.20 - 10.00 5.90 5.58 2.08

Sharp and/or Severe Economic Decline

Group Grievance 1.00 - 10.00 6.00 5.95 2.03

Legacy of Vengeance-Seeking Group Grievance or Group Paranoia

Country Name text column (no statistics available)

Country Name (according to data)

External Intervention 0.90 - 10.00 6.00 5.75 2.17

Intervention of Other States or External Political Actors

Factionalized Elites 0.70 - 10.00 6.70 6.01 2.50

Rise of Factionalized Elites

Security Apparatus 0.90 - 10.00 6.00 5.60 2.49

Security Apparatus Operates as a "State Within a State"

Uneven Development 1.90 - 9.60 7.20 6.80 1.80

Uneven Economic Development along Group Lines

Human Rights 1.40 - 9.90 6.30 6.01 2.23

Suspension or Arbitrary Application of the Rule of Law and Widespread Violation of Human Rights

Demographic Pressures 1.00 - 9.80 6.70 6.44 1.96

Mounting Demographic Pressures

Country Code text column (no statistics available)

Country Code

Total Score 16.80 - 114.20 75.80 70.91 23.27

Total Score is the sum of all ratings of the 12 factors. A score of 120 is considered the most failed state

Delegitimization of State 0.90 - 10.00 7.20 6.44 2.40

Criminalization and/or Delegitimization of the State

Public Services 1.20 - 10.00 6.00 5.75 2.31

Progressive Deterioration of Public Services

Human Flight 1.00 - 10.00 6.00 5.60 2.06

Chronic and Sustained Human Flight

Refugees and Displaced Persons 0.90 - 9.80 4.90 4.99 2.31

Massive Movement of Refugees or Internally Displaced Persons creating Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

Region text column (no statistics available)

Region

Country Code text column (no statistics available)

Country Code