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Most Fragile Countries not in Africa

Can you name the most fragile countries of the world that aren't in Africa, according to the 2019 Fragile States Index?
Based on 12 factors including demographic pressure, economic failure, and political discord
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Last updated: July 23, 2019
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First submittedJanuary 1, 2017
Times taken36,042
Average score70.0%
Rating4.41
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Rank
Score
Country
1
113.5
Yemen
4
111.5
Syria
9
105.0
Afghanistan
12
99.3
Haiti
13
99.1
Iraq
22
94.3
Myanmar
23
94.2
Pakistan
26
92.7
North Korea
32
89.3
Venezuela
36
87.7
Bangladesh
Rank
Score
Country
41
85.5
East Timor
44
85.0
Lebanon
45
84.7
Nepal
46
84.0
Sri Lanka
50
83.1
Papua New Guinea
50
83.1
Philippines
52
83.0
Iran
54
82.5
Cambodia
55
81.9
Solomon Islands
57
81.4
Guatemala
sillie
+11
Level 77
Jan 1, 2017
I am surprised that Yemen is topping Syria.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jan 2, 2017
Me too
relessness
+52
Level 47
Jan 2, 2017
Yemen's civil war at the moment is probably worse than Syria's but the media's coverage has been far lower so most people are barely aware of it.
ctleng76
+4
Level 65
Oct 23, 2019
Media coverage of Yemen's civil war is low because Trump impeachment hearings are way more important.
peardestroyer
+2
Level 56
Nov 24, 2020
Relessness is correct. See some YouTube videos about the two countries and you'll quickly realize that Syria is in a better position than Yemen is (although Syria is still not in a very good position)
manchesterutd10
+1
Level 55
Mar 20, 2017
swathes of yemen are already completely under militant rule and that amount grows everyday...same with afghanistan where al qaeda is making a terrifying comeback
Djilas
+4
Level 82
Sep 16, 2019
Nobody should be surprised anymore in 2019 :/
atomsline
+8
Level 47
Jan 1, 2017
I am honestly surprised that Venezuela isn't on the list.
TenThousand
+8
Level 76
Jan 2, 2017
It's #63 (#23 on this list), behind Uzbekistan and Guatemala. The US press tends to gleefully report what goes wrong in Venezuela, after years of being teased by Chavez, which is probably why Uzbekistan and Guatemala, and many countries in the Top 20, are less noticed than Venezuela. Also, many rating numbers are so close together that in real terms a whole bunch of nations are as "fragile" as each other.
Quizmaster
+9
Level ∞
Jan 2, 2017
While Venezuela would score poorly in economic areas, they don't have overpopulation or ethnic/religious conflict. It's not tough to imagine that things will rapidly improve once the Chavistas are gone. The problems in other countries are more intractable. Which is why the situation in Venezuela is so sad. It's entirely self-inflicted.
rgc1600
+3
Level 73
Mar 20, 2017
Really, if Venezuela isn't on this list, the list is silly. Maybe things have gotten worse since the list was compiled, but I don't believe there's a country more fragile than Venezuela that isn't in open civil war.
Quizmaster
+21
Level ∞
Jul 23, 2019
Two years have passed and Maduro has succeeded in making the country poor enough to appear on the list. I stand by my position that once those clowns are gone, Venezuela will rapidly improve.
joeythelemur
+5
Level 84
Jan 3, 2017
Went through a bunch of the Pacific island countries and figured I was on the wrong track. I guess I didn't go through them all! :-\

And missed one very obvious one near the USA. Nice quiz.

samiamco
+1
Level 69
Jan 5, 2017
I went that direction too. I thought those ones with all the a's and u's that are going to be totally underwater in under 50 years surely qualified as "fragile".
jaredhall
+2
Level 42
Mar 23, 2018
exactly what i thought, after the few obvious ones of syria, yemen and north korea tuvalu was my next guess.
samiamco
+1
Level 69
Jul 29, 2019
So I finally took a look at the actual report: there’s only 178 countries in it, and as far as I can tell, there are no small island nations in the Pacific Basin included, with the exception of the Solomon Islands. I’m guessing it was a matter of not being able to collect enough useful data due to their diminutive sizes.
GrandMo
+3
Level 71
Jan 13, 2017
That was fun! In a depressing sort of way... Nearly missed North Korea because I was thinking largely about government hold on power. Finally broadened my thinking a little bit. Some past experience with UN Peacekeeping made Solomon Islands an easy guess.
Rowand33
+3
Level 51
Jan 31, 2017
North Korea? But not Lebanon? Really?
vincc
+1
Level 58
Mar 20, 2017
Venezuela should be on this list
vincc
+2
Level 58
Mar 20, 2017
i have never read so many pompous comments anywhere
Malbaby
+31
Level 71
Mar 22, 2017
New to jetpunk eh?
IsleAuHaulte
+5
Level 89
Oct 22, 2019
First time logging back on the internet since Windows95?
xarnac
+21
Level 73
Mar 20, 2017
I'm in a Fragile State after the weekend I had
fitheach
+15
Level 59
Mar 20, 2017
Note to self: when it says NOT in Africa, don't start typing lots of African countries and wonder why none of the them are correct...
DeusCaritasEst
+8
Level 55
Mar 20, 2017
Note to self: read fitheach's note to self...
cornflakesfu
+3
Level 86
Oct 28, 2018
Yeah . . . I tried both Libya and Somalia before I realized I was a moron . . .
cornflakesfu
+6
Level 86
Jul 27, 2019
Nine months later, still a moron . . .
JoeCrouchMMA
+8
Level 60
Mar 20, 2017
Anyone else get Yemen straight from the photo?
DeusCaritasEst
+3
Level 55
Mar 20, 2017
Nope! My first guess for that picture would have been Madagascar. Which, obviously, wasn't an option, so...
Moosefight
+1
Level 60
Mar 20, 2017
I did! That's why I thought it was environmental fragility until I went back and read the note.
sulfuratus
+3
Level 66
Mar 20, 2017
Yesss. Socotra dragon trees.
deathmobile
+1
Level 43
Oct 6, 2017
How does everyone know what tree that is?????????
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 85
May 24, 2023
What else could it possibly be???
HydratedMite
+1
Level 65
Mar 28, 2024
It's a famous tree
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 88
Aug 23, 2019
@deathmobile because it's so cool!
EytanMelech
+1
Level 67
Mar 17, 2020
@deathmobile Socotra Island is famous for its alien-looking nature.
plattitude
+1
Level 92
Feb 7, 2020
Yep. Started in that region and worked my way east, picked up 80% of the answers that way.
matt78
+1
Level 34
Mar 20, 2017
No Cuba? Surprised by that.
jmellor13
+13
Level 67
Mar 20, 2017
Cuba's not all that bad, relatively speaking. It's a very poor country, but that's about it. There isn't much violence. People don't live well by any stretch, but there is no civil unrest or threat of war. There is a lot of national pride too. I think most of us find the government's stronghold over the people upsetting (I certainly do), but a lot of Cubans genuinely believe(d) in Castro and support Communism. Whether that's a consequence of propaganda is a fair question...but I think most countries' citizens are swayed by propaganda. The real exacerbating factor for Cuba is the embargo/blockade, but with relations with the U.S. opening up, there is hope for the future in Cuba. Every nation on this list has a much, much bleaker outlook...
AdamD
+4
Level 71
Jul 24, 2019
Your ignorance is not bliss! Cubans are literally dying to leave the country. There is plenty of violence, it just does not happen in public. The reason Cuba is not on many "worst of" lists is the government does not release honest figures. In Cuba babies born with any birth defect are murdered, guess what, those murdered children are not calculated into their infant mortality numbers.
AdamC0912
+1
Level 81
Mar 20, 2017
Also surprised no Greece given their economy and the migrant crisis
sulfuratus
+8
Level 66
Mar 20, 2017
That's because Greece is comparatively developed. No overpopulation, no starvation, no religion or ethnicity conflicts, democracy, you get the gist.
Jacktheguy
+5
Level 89
Mar 20, 2017
Europe in general seems to be doing pretty well all things considered. Most of its countries are at the very bottom of the list. Highest is Russia at #65.
Kabouterbert
+1
Level 63
May 12, 2022
Not anymore i guess With Russia invading ukraine
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Mar 20, 2017
Feels like there was too much time. Normally I never would have guessed the Solomon Islands or East Timor over Thailand, Cuba, Venezuela, Colombia, Iran and so on... but there was so much time I managed 100% with 1:23 left through almost random guessing. (well not completely random, skipped over Europe completely now that I think about it- didn't even guess Ukraine or Romania)
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Apr 2, 2017
I know these guess-a-country quizzes typically are 4 minutes long. But even in most cases that seems like an excessive time limit. When you block out Africa and the huge number of countries that the continent represents, then 4 minutes becomes way too much. Should be 2 minutes, or at most 3, if you're going to exclude an entire continent.
amm14
+2
Level 66
Oct 22, 2019
Seconded, especially where, as here, you can safely exclude Europe from consideration. I guessed all of Latin America, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, and still had time to start thumbing through Oceania. 100% with 0:19 remaining.
KingWilwin
+2
Level 54
Dec 23, 2019
Yeah, but if fragility is associated with Africa it would be(and was, for me) difficult to come up with so many fragile countries out of the continent. So I think the amount of time is perfect.
mf3
+1
Level 87
Mar 20, 2017
Moldova!
thebest21
+1
Level 63
Mar 20, 2017
I am Sri Lankan and I am not sure why Sri Lanka is still on this list after the civil war ended.
dewey1971
+1
Level 68
Mar 20, 2017
I wonder how South Sudan measures up?
Jacktheguy
+2
Level 89
Mar 20, 2017
#2.
jmellor13
+6
Level 67
Mar 21, 2017
Fra-gi-le? Must be Italian.
Bouhuisd
+2
Level 33
Mar 21, 2017
Wasn't expecting the Solomon islands on this list
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Apr 2, 2017
Where is Eggstonia?
TWM03
+3
Level 70
Jul 24, 2019
Somewhere near Hamburg and Chipschester.
TWM03
+3
Level 70
Jul 26, 2019
On the same tectonic plate, in fact.
kogatora
+1
Level 93
Sep 9, 2019
Number 146 with a score of 40.8. https://fundforpeace.org/2019/04/10/fragile-states-index-2019/
santanderslovak
+1
Level 49
Jul 24, 2019
Where is South Sudan?
communisteggplant
+7
Level 73
Jul 24, 2019
...Africa?
Tramp
+9
Level 76
Sep 1, 2019
South of Sudan
JoanSR
+1
Level 74
Jul 27, 2019
If North Korea ranks #26 I pitty the top 25.
Baxtergrad
+1
Level 52
Oct 22, 2020
Um...well, these are fragile states. Basically war, violence, flimsy government puts a country on this list. Besides the obvious government, North Korea is one of the most peaceful places on Earth.
peardestroyer
+1
Level 56
Nov 24, 2020
Yeah, I don't think North Korea has as much crime as some of the nations on this list. They're not (really) engaged in a military conflict at the moment, despite the fact that the Korean War hasn't ended. But there is starvation in North Korea, so it could come close to being on this list.
kogatora
+5
Level 93
Sep 9, 2019
While the majority of African countries are near the top, it is worth pointing out 17 of the countries are less fragile than this list, all of those except Tanzania are becoming less fragile, and of the fragile countries in Africa which would be on the list all of them are becoming less fragile too except 5 (Mali, Uganda, Cameroon, Burundi & Chad). I point this out because without this it is easy to continue thinking of Africa as a place with no prospects but it is in fact fast growing, vibrant and increasingly modern.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Oct 22, 2019
Trump 2020: Arguably We're Still Better Off Than Guatemala
TheQuizzler
+4
Level 63
Oct 22, 2019
Imagine being so hysterically opposed to a political adversary that you believe the USA being better off than Guatemala in any capacity is "arguable".
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Oct 22, 2019
Imagine being so blindly partisan and in slavish lockstep behind an objectively terrible demagogue and narcissist that you view any valid criticism of them or one-line jokes made at their expense to be "hysteria."
French2010
+5
Level 93
Oct 22, 2019
I don't regard myself as any of the above, but I find it tiresome that one can't even get away from the world for a while to do a trivia quiz and read (relevant) comments without having to come across the same tedious political tripe to be found anywhere else. Give it a rest, kalba. Seriously.
IsleAuHaulte
+1
Level 89
Oct 22, 2019
Somebody made it to the fragile list.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Oct 22, 2019
Reality has been fairly exhausting lately, granted. But your escape of choice is to take a quiz on countries of the world that are politically unstable? Riiight.
Werifesteria
+2
Level 65
Oct 22, 2019
Socotra = Top of my bucket list
CardinalSin
+1
Level 77
Jan 12, 2020
Sounds a fascinating to place to visit but my advice........maybe not just now.
ing
+3
Level 72
Oct 22, 2019
My surprise non-includees: Nauru and Maldives.
CatcoolH
+2
Level 65
Nov 28, 2019
For some reason, I just kept typing in Somalia even thought I knew that I shouldn't do that :/
anonimous
+2
Level 57
Oct 15, 2020
Why Solomon Islands?
Jnorm
+3
Level 73
Jun 30, 2021
i tried south sudan, niger, nigeria, mali, mauritania, libya, chad, burkina faso, somalia, mozambique, drc, car and egypt then finally realised the quiz is of countries outside of africa... read the notes!!!!
Gjberg
+2
Level 44
May 21, 2022
Oh read the title
wario85
+1
Level 68
Nov 16, 2022
How does Cuba manage to no get into this lists?
MCdoesgeography
+1
Level 69
May 1, 2023
What's wrong with Nepal?
bacongravy
+1
Level 69
Aug 11, 2023
Great quiz! Any chance for a 2023 update?
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