Nigeria, Zimbabwe ranked 13th least stable countries in the world

Nigeria and Zimbabwe have been co-ranked as the 13th least stable countries in the world on the 2017 Fragile States Index, FSI, released on Monday by the United States think tank, the Fund for Peace and the magazine Foreign Policy.

 
Behind them is Ethiopia as the 14th least stable country in the world.

The list aims to assess states’ vulnerability to conflict or collapse, ranking all sovereign states with membership in the United Nations where there is enough data available for analysis.

The list measures levels of stability in 178 countries and ranks them according to their vulnerability to threats from social, political, economic and demographic pressures.

South Sudan is ranked the world most unstable country, followed by Somalia and Central African Republic.

Nigeria and Zimbabwe outranks only seven African countries, including South Sudan, Somalia, Central African Republic, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Chad and Guinea.

Below is the complete set of Fragile States Index data from 2006-2017. Find full list HERE