Failed States Index 2010
Fund for Peace has published it’s annual Failed States Index for 2010.
The 2010 Failed States Index ranks 177 states according to 12 social, economic, political, and military indicators based on data from more than 90,000 publicly available sources. The reports are essential tools for people fighting deportation or removal.In 2010, the top ten failing states are Somalia, Chad, Sudan, Zimbabwe, DR Congo, Afghanistan, Iraq, Central African Republic, Guinea, Pakistan.
Somalia is placed at number 1 – for the third year running. Afghanistan and Iraq have improved little in this year’s rankings, despite the presence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops.
A state that is failing has several attributes. One of the most common is the loss of physical control of its territory or a monopoly on the legitimate use of force. Other attributes of state failure include the erosion of legitimate authority to make collective decisions, an inability to provide reasonable public services, and the inability to interact with other states as a full member of the international community.
All 177 countries are available on The Fund for Peace website — and an interactive database and explanatory Country Profiles are available year round as well.
