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.

This section shows information about this dataset's attributes
Attributes Range Median Mean Std. Dev.
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  to  177
88 88.65 51.34
Failed State Index Rank (1 being the worst)
Economy
1.20  to  10.00
5.90 5.58 2.08
Sharp and/or Severe Economic Decline
Group Grievance
1.00  to  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  to  10.00
6.00 5.75 2.17
Intervention of Other States or External Political Actors
Factionalized Elites
0.70  to  10.00
6.70 6.01 2.50
Rise of Factionalized Elites
Security Apparatus
0.90  to  10.00
6.00 5.60 2.49
Security Apparatus Operates as a "State Within a State"
Uneven Development
1.90  to  9.60
7.20 6.80 1.80
Uneven Economic Development along Group Lines
Human Rights
1.40  to  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  to  9.80
6.70 6.44 1.96
Mounting Demographic Pressures
Country Code Text column (no statistics available)
Country Code
Total Score
 
16.80  to  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  to  10.00
7.20 6.44 2.40
Criminalization and/or Delegitimization of the State
Public Services
1.20  to  10.00
6.00 5.75 2.31
Progressive Deterioration of Public Services
Human Flight
1.00  to  10.00
6.00 5.60 2.06
Chronic and Sustained Human Flight
Refugees and Displaced Persons
0.90  to  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