External interventions index - Country rankings
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External interventions index, 0 (low) - 10 (high), 2024:
The average for 2024 based on 175 countries was 4.85 index points. The highest value was in Palestine: 10 index points and the lowest value was in Australia: 0.2 index points. The indicator is available from 2007 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: index points; Source: Fund for Peace
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Countries | External interventions index, 2024 | Global rank | Available data |
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Palestine | 10 | 1 | 2021 - 2024 |
Solomon Isl. | 10 | 2 | 2007 - 2024 |
Syria | 10 | 3 | 2007 - 2024 |
Haiti | 9.7 | 4 | 2007 - 2024 |
Ukraine | 9.7 | 5 | 2007 - 2024 |
Micronesia | 9.5 | 6 | 2007 - 2024 |
Samoa | 9.4 | 7 | 2007 - 2024 |
Libya | 9.3 | 8 | 2007 - 2024 |
C.A. Republic | 9.1 | 9 | 2007 - 2024 |
Somalia | 9 | 10 | 2007 - 2024 |
Yemen | 9 | 11 | 2007 - 2024 |
DR Congo | 8.8 | 12 | 2007 - 2024 |
North Korea | 8.6 | 13 | 2007 - 2024 |
Burkina Faso | 8.4 | 14 | 2007 - 2024 |
Lebanon | 8.4 | 15 | 2007 - 2024 |
Pakistan | 8.4 | 16 | 2007 - 2024 |
Sudan | 8.2 | 17 | 2007 - 2024 |
Belarus | 8.1 | 18 | 2007 - 2024 |
Afghanistan | 8 | 19 | 2007 - 2024 |
Cyprus | 8 | 20 | 2007 - 2024 |
Mali | 8 | 21 | 2007 - 2024 |
Niger | 8 | 22 | 2007 - 2024 |
Sri Lanka | 8 | 23 | 2007 - 2024 |
Ethiopia | 7.8 | 24 | 2007 - 2024 |
Mozambique | 7.8 | 25 | 2007 - 2024 |
Russia | 7.8 | 26 | 2007 - 2024 |
Cape Verde | 7.6 | 27 | 2007 - 2024 |
Chad | 7.6 | 28 | 2007 - 2024 |
Iraq | 7.6 | 29 | 2007 - 2024 |
Armenia | 7.5 | 30 | 2007 - 2024 |
Azerbaijan | 7.5 | 31 | 2007 - 2024 |
Burundi | 7.3 | 32 | 2007 - 2024 |
Djibouti | 7.3 | 33 | 2007 - 2024 |
Ivory Coast | 7.3 | 34 | 2007 - 2024 |
Liberia | 7.2 | 35 | 2007 - 2024 |
Malawi | 7.2 | 36 | 2007 - 2024 |
Serbia | 7.2 | 37 | 2007 - 2024 |
Burma | 7 | 38 | 2007 - 2024 |
S.T.&Principe | 7 | 39 | 2007 - 2024 |
Uganda | 7 | 40 | 2007 - 2024 |
Guinea | 6.9 | 41 | 2007 - 2024 |
G.-Bissau | 6.9 | 42 | 2007 - 2024 |
Egypt | 6.8 | 43 | 2007 - 2024 |
Greece | 6.8 | 44 | 2007 - 2024 |
Israel | 6.8 | 45 | 2007 - 2024 |
Turkey | 6.8 | 46 | 2007 - 2024 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 6.7 | 47 | 2007 - 2024 |
Cambodia | 6.7 | 48 | 2007 - 2024 |
Moldova | 6.7 | 49 | 2007 - 2024 |
Kenya | 6.6 | 50 | 2007 - 2024 |
Kyrgyzstan | 6.6 | 51 | 2007 - 2024 |
Georgia | 6.5 | 52 | 2007 - 2024 |
Lesotho | 6.5 | 53 | 2007 - 2024 |
Seychelles | 6.5 | 54 | 2007 - 2024 |
Zimbabwe | 6.4 | 55 | 2007 - 2024 |
Cameroon | 6.3 | 56 | 2007 - 2024 |
Eritrea | 6.3 | 57 | 2007 - 2024 |
Fiji | 6.3 | 58 | 2007 - 2024 |
Bhutan | 6.2 | 59 | 2007 - 2024 |
Guyana | 6.2 | 60 | 2007 - 2024 |
Jordan | 6.2 | 61 | 2007 - 2024 |
R. of Congo | 6.1 | 62 | 2007 - 2024 |
Albania | 6 | 63 | 2007 - 2024 |
Honduras | 6 | 64 | 2007 - 2024 |
Qatar | 6 | 65 | 2007 - 2024 |
Comoros | 5.9 | 66 | 2007 - 2024 |
Mauritania | 5.9 | 67 | 2007 - 2024 |
Nicaragua | 5.9 | 68 | 2007 - 2024 |
Zambia | 5.9 | 69 | 2007 - 2024 |
Ant.& Barb. | 5.8 | 70 | 2007 - 2024 |
Belize | 5.8 | 71 | 2007 - 2024 |
Iran | 5.8 | 72 | 2007 - 2024 |
Sierra Leone | 5.8 | 73 | 2007 - 2024 |
Swaziland | 5.8 | 74 | 2007 - 2024 |
Mongolia | 5.7 | 75 | 2007 - 2024 |
Bahrain | 5.6 | 76 | 2007 - 2024 |
Grenada | 5.6 | 77 | 2007 - 2024 |
Nepal | 5.6 | 78 | 2007 - 2024 |
Philippines | 5.5 | 79 | 2007 - 2024 |
Tanzania | 5.5 | 80 | 2007 - 2024 |
Rwanda | 5.4 | 81 | 2007 - 2024 |
Venezuela | 5.4 | 82 | 2007 - 2024 |
Maldives | 5.3 | 83 | 2007 - 2024 |
Nigeria | 5.3 | 84 | 2007 - 2024 |
Barbados | 5.2 | 85 | 2007 - 2024 |
Gambia | 5.2 | 86 | 2007 - 2024 |
Ghana | 5.2 | 87 | 2007 - 2024 |
Bangladesh | 5.1 | 88 | 2007 - 2024 |
Togo | 5 | 89 | 2007 - 2024 |
Morocco | 4.9 | 90 | 2007 - 2024 |
El Salvador | 4.7 | 91 | 2007 - 2024 |
Madagascar | 4.7 | 92 | 2007 - 2024 |
Papua N.G. | 4.7 | 93 | 2007 - 2024 |
Benin | 4.6 | 94 | 2007 - 2024 |
Colombia | 4.6 | 95 | 2007 - 2024 |
North Macedonia | 4.6 | 96 | 2007 - 2024 |
Senegal | 4.6 | 97 | 2007 - 2024 |
Lithuania | 4.5 | 98 | 2007 - 2024 |
Laos | 4.4 | 99 | 2007 - 2024 |
Tajikistan | 4.4 | 100 | 2007 - 2024 |
Namibia | 4.3 | 101 | 2007 - 2024 |
Tunisia | 4.3 | 102 | 2007 - 2024 |
Croatia | 4.2 | 103 | 2007 - 2024 |
Ecuador | 4.2 | 104 | 2007 - 2024 |
Jamaica | 4.2 | 105 | 2007 - 2024 |
Cuba | 4.1 | 106 | 2007 - 2024 |
Romania | 4.1 | 107 | 2007 - 2024 |
Suriname | 4.1 | 108 | 2007 - 2024 |
Saudi Arabia | 4 | 109 | 2007 - 2024 |
Bahamas | 3.8 | 110 | 2007 - 2024 |
Angola | 3.7 | 111 | 2007 - 2024 |
Bolivia | 3.7 | 112 | 2007 - 2024 |
Mexico | 3.7 | 113 | 2007 - 2024 |
Gabon | 3.6 | 114 | 2007 - 2024 |
Hungary | 3.6 | 115 | 2007 - 2024 |
India | 3.6 | 116 | 2007 - 2024 |
South Korea | 3.5 | 117 | 2007 - 2024 |
Argentina | 3.4 | 118 | 2007 - 2024 |
Bulgaria | 3.4 | 119 | 2007 - 2024 |
Estonia | 3.4 | 120 | 2007 - 2024 |
Indonesia | 3.4 | 121 | 2007 - 2024 |
Vietnam | 3.4 | 122 | 2007 - 2024 |
Domin. Rep. | 3.3 | 123 | 2007 - 2024 |
Eq. Guinea | 3.3 | 124 | 2007 - 2024 |
Costa Rica | 3.2 | 125 | 2007 - 2024 |
Guatemala | 3.1 | 126 | 2007 - 2024 |
Uzbekistan | 3.1 | 127 | 2007 - 2024 |
Czechia | 3 | 128 | 2007 - 2024 |
Tr.&Tobago | 3 | 129 | 2007 - 2024 |
Italy | 2.9 | 130 | 2007 - 2024 |
Paraguay | 2.9 | 131 | 2007 - 2024 |
Algeria | 2.8 | 132 | 2007 - 2024 |
Brunei | 2.8 | 133 | 2007 - 2024 |
Kazakhstan | 2.8 | 134 | 2007 - 2024 |
South Africa | 2.8 | 135 | 2007 - 2024 |
Brazil | 2.7 | 136 | 2007 - 2024 |
Kuwait | 2.7 | 137 | 2007 - 2024 |
Mauritius | 2.7 | 138 | 2007 - 2024 |
Poland | 2.5 | 139 | 2007 - 2024 |
Latvia | 2.4 | 140 | 2007 - 2024 |
Iceland | 2.3 | 141 | 2007 - 2024 |
Japan | 2.3 | 142 | 2007 - 2024 |
Uruguay | 2.3 | 143 | 2007 - 2024 |
Malta | 2.2 | 144 | 2007 - 2024 |
Portugal | 2.2 | 145 | 2007 - 2024 |
Botswana | 2 | 146 | 2007 - 2024 |
Turkmenistan | 2 | 147 | 2007 - 2024 |
China | 1.8 | 148 | 2007 - 2024 |
Slovakia | 1.8 | 149 | 2007 - 2024 |
Malaysia | 1.7 | 150 | 2007 - 2024 |
Thailand | 1.7 | 151 | 2007 - 2024 |
Panama | 1.5 | 152 | 2007 - 2024 |
Peru | 1.5 | 153 | 2007 - 2024 |
UA Emirates | 1.5 | 154 | 2007 - 2024 |
Slovenia | 1.2 | 155 | 2007 - 2024 |
USA | 1.1 | 156 | 2007 - 2024 |
Spain | 1 | 157 | 2007 - 2024 |
UK | 1 | 158 | 2007 - 2024 |
Denmark | 0.9 | 159 | 2007 - 2024 |
Chile | 0.8 | 160 | 2007 - 2024 |
Belgium | 0.7 | 161 | 2007 - 2024 |
Finland | 0.7 | 162 | 2007 - 2024 |
Ireland | 0.7 | 163 | 2007 - 2024 |
Germany | 0.5 | 164 | 2007 - 2024 |
France | 0.3 | 165 | 2007 - 2024 |
New Zealand | 0.3 | 166 | 2007 - 2024 |
Norway | 0.3 | 167 | 2007 - 2024 |
Australia | 0.2 | 168 | 2007 - 2024 |
Austria | 0.2 | 169 | 2007 - 2024 |
Canada | 0.2 | 170 | 2007 - 2024 |
Luxembourg | 0.2 | 171 | 2007 - 2024 |
Netherlands | 0.2 | 172 | 2007 - 2024 |
Singapore | 0.2 | 173 | 2007 - 2024 |
Sweden | 0.2 | 174 | 2007 - 2024 |
Switzerland | 0.2 | 175 | 2007 - 2024 |
Definition: The External Intervention Indicator considers the influence and impact of external actors in the functioning – particularly security and economic – of a state. The higher the indicator's value, the greater the external interventions in the country.
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