This document is a table from the International Country Risk Guide listing political risk points and ratings for various countries in May 2015. It assigns scores out of 12 for 12 different components of political risk (such as government stability, socioeconomic conditions, internal conflict) and provides a total political risk rating for each country. It shows changes from the previous month for some countries' component scores and overall ratings.

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TABLE 3B
POLITICAL RISK POINTS BY COMPONENT – MAY 2015
This table lists the total points for each of the following political risk components out of the maximum
points indicated. The symbol > indicates a rise in the points awarded to that specific risk component from
the previous month (an improving risk), while the symbol < indicates a decrease (deteriorating risk). The
final columns in the table show the overall political risk rating (the sum of the points awarded to each
component) and the change from the preceding month.
A Government Stability 12 E External Conflict 12 J Ethnic Tensions 6
B Socioeconomic 12 F Corruption 6 K Democratic 6
Conditions G Military in Politics 6 Accountability
C Investment Profile 12 H Religious Tensions 6 L Bureaucracy Quality 4
D Internal Conflict 12 I Law and Order 6
COUNTRY A B C D E F G H I J K L
Political
Risk Rating
Albania 7.5 5.0 <7.0 9.0 11.0 2.5 5.0 5.0 2.5 4.5 5.0 2.0 66.0 -0.5
Algeria >7.5 5.5 8.5 >8.0 9.5 2.0 2.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 3.5 2.0 58.0 1.0
Angola 7.0 3.0 7.0 >9.0 10.5 1.0 2.0 4.0 2.5 3.0 2.5 1.5 53.0 0.5
Argentina 7.0 5.0 6.5 8.5 9.5 2.0 4.5 6.0 2.0 6.0 4.0 3.0 64.0 0.5
Armenia 5.0 5.0 7.5 9.0 7.0 2.0 3.5 5.0 3.0 5.5 2.5 1.0 56.0 0.0
Australia 6.5 8.5 12.0 9.5 11.0 4.5 6.0 6.0 5.5 4.0 6.0 4.0 83.5 0.0
Austria 6.5 9.0 9.5 11.0 11.5 4.5 6.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 83.0 0.0
Azerbaijan 7.5 7.5 6.0 8.5 7.5 1.5 3.0 4.0 3.5 4.5 1.5 1.0 56.0 0.0
Bahamas 8.0 5.5 10.5 11.0 12.0 4.5 6.0 6.0 4.5 4.0 5.5 3.0 80.5 0.0
Bahrain 8.0 6.5 9.5 7.0 10.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 2.0 63.5 0.0
Bangladesh 8.0 >3.0 6.5 7.0 8.5 3.0 2.5 3.0 2.0 2.5 3.5 2.0 51.5 1.0
Belarus >7.5 4.0 6.5 9.0 8.5 2.0 3.0 5.0 3.5 5.0 1.0 1.0 56.0 0.5
Belgium >8.0 9.0 8.0 >9.5 11.5 4.5 6.0 4.5 5.0 3.0 6.0 4.0 79.0 1.5
Bolivia 8.5 5.5 6.5 >10.0 9.5 2.0 3.0 6.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 2.5 62.5 0.5
Botswana 8.5 5.5 10.5 >11.0 11.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 3.5 4.5 3.5 2.0 74.0 0.5
Brazil 5.5 6.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 2.0 4.0 6.0 2.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 62.5 0.0
Brunei 9.0 >9.5 9.5 10.5 10.0 2.5 5.0 4.5 5.0 4.5 0.5 3.5 74.0 0.5
Bulgaria >7.0 5.0 >10.0 10.0 9.0 2.5 5.0 5.0 2.5 4.5 5.5 2.0 68.0 1.5
Burkina Faso 6.5 2.5 7.5 <7.0 8.5 2.5 2.0 5.0 3.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 52.5 -0.5
Cameroon 7.0 2.0 8.0 7.5 9.0 2.0 3.0 4.5 2.0 4.0 2.0 1.5 52.5 0.0
Canada 7.5 >9.0 12.0 10.0 11.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.5 3.5 6.0 4.0 85.5 0.5
Chile >7.5 8.0 10.5 >9.0 9.0 4.5 4.5 6.0 4.5 5.0 5.0 3.0 76.5 1.0
China 9.0 7.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 3.5 3.5 1.5 2.0 56.5 0.0
Colombia 8.0 <4.0 8.0 7.5 9.5 2.5 2.0 5.0 2.0 5.0 4.5 2.0 60.0 -0.5
Congo, D.R. 6.0 1.5 6.0 6.0 8.0 1.5 1.5 4.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 0.0 38.5 0.0
Congo, Rep. 10.5 3.0 8.5 7.5 10.0 1.5 3.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 3.0 1.0 57.0 0.0
Costa Rica <6.5 6.5 8.5 11.0 9.5 3.0 6.0 5.0 3.0 6.0 5.5 2.0 72.5 -1.0
Cote d'Ivoire 8.5 >3.5 8.0 7.5 9.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.0 2.5 0.0 50.0 0.5
Croatia 6.0 5.0 8.0 10.0 10.5 3.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.0 5.5 3.0 69.5 0.0
Cuba 8.0 6.5 6.0 10.5 10.5 2.5 2.0 4.0 3.0 6.0 0.0 2.0 61.0 1.0
Cyprus 6.5 7.0 10.5 >11.0 9.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 2.5 6.0 4.0 74.5 0.5
Czech Republic <7.5 8.0 8.0 >10.5 10.5 3.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 5.5 3.0 77.0 -0.5
Denmark 6.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 8.5 5.5 6.0 5.5 6.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 78.5 0.0
Dominican Rep. 10.0 5.5 9.5 11.0 9.5 2.0 3.0 5.0 2.5 5.0 5.0 1.0 69.0 0.0
Ecuador <8.5 5.5 6.5 8.0 9.5 2.0 1.5 5.0 <2.5 3.5 3.0 2.0 57.5 0.0
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A Government Stability 12 E External Conflict 12 J Ethnic Tensions 6
B Socioeconomic 12 F Corruption 6 K Democratic 6
Conditions G Military in Politics 6 Accountability
C Investment Profile 12 H Religious Tensions 6 L Bureaucracy Quality 4
D Internal Conflict 12 I Law and Order 6
COUNTRY A B C D E F G H I J K L
Political
Risk Rating
Egypt 8.0 4.0 7.0 5.5 8.5 2.0 1.0 2.5 3.0 5.0 2.0 2.0 50.5 0.0
El Salvador 7.0 4.5 8.0 9.5 10.5 2.5 2.5 6.0 1.5 6.0 5.0 2.0 65.0 0.0
Estonia >8.5 7.5 9.5 11.0 10.5 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 2.5 5.5 2.5 75.5 0.5
Ethiopia 7.5 >3.0 7.0 6.5 7.0 2.0 1.0 4.0 4.5 2.5 2.5 1.5 49.0 1.0
Finland >7.5 9.0 10.5 10.5 11.5 5.5 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 4.0 88.5 1.0
France 5.5 7.5 9.0 9.0 10.0 4.5 5.5 4.0 5.0 2.5 6.0 3.0 71.5 0.0
Gabon 7.5 4.0 7.5 8.0 9.5 2.0 2.0 5.0 3.0 4.5 2.0 1.5 56.5 0.0
Gambia 6.0 4.0 7.5 9.0 10.5 2.0 2.0 4.5 3.5 5.0 2.0 2.0 58.0 0.0
Germany <8.5 9.5 11.0 10.5 10.5 5.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 85.0 -0.5
Ghana 6.0 4.0 7.5 9.0 11.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.5 3.5 5.0 2.5 63.0 0.0
Greece <6.5 5.0 7.0 9.5 10.5 2.5 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 3.0 69.5 -0.5
Guatemala 5.0 4.5 9.5 8.5 9.5 2.0 4.0 6.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 2.0 60.0 0.0
Guinea 6.5 3.5 5.0 8.0 8.0 1.5 0.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 44.5 0.0
Guinea-Bissau 7.0 3.0 5.5 8.5 8.5 1.0 2.0 5.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 1.5 51.5 0.0
Guyana >8.0 3.5 6.5 >9.0 9.5 1.5 4.0 6.0 1.5 2.0 5.0 3.0 59.5 2.0
Haiti 5.5 0.0 4.0 9.0 8.5 1.0 0.0 6.0 1.5 5.0 3.5 0.0 44.0 0.0
Honduras 7.5 2.0 7.0 10.5 10.5 2.5 2.5 5.0 1.5 5.0 4.5 2.0 60.5 0.0
Hong Kong 7.0 <9.5 12.0 11.0 10.5 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 2.5 3.0 79.5 0.0
Hungary <7.5 7.0 8.5 11.0 10.0 3.0 6.0 5.5 4.0 4.0 5.5 3.0 75.0 -0.5
Iceland 7.5 9.0 9.5 11.5 10.5 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.5 6.0 4.0 86.5 0.0
India 8.0 5.0 7.5 6.5 9.0 2.5 4.0 2.5 4.5 2.5 6.0 3.0 61.0 0.0
Indonesia <6.5 6.0 7.5 8.5 9.5 3.0 2.5 1.0 2.5 2.0 4.0 2.0 55.0 -0.5
Iran 7.0 6.0 5.5 8.5 8.0 1.5 4.5 2.0 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.0 55.5 0.0
Iraq 7.0 0.5 6.5 5.0 8.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 4.0 1.5 38.5 0.0
Ireland 7.0 8.5 >12.0 >10.0 11.5 4.5 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.5 6.0 4.0 86.0 2.0
Israel 7.5 8.5 10.0 8.0 7.5 3.5 2.5 2.5 5.0 2.0 6.0 4.0 67.0 0.0
Italy 7.0 7.0 9.0 9.5 11.0 2.5 6.0 5.5 4.0 4.5 5.5 2.5 74.0 0.0
Jamaica 7.0 6.5 9.0 10.0 11.5 2.5 6.0 6.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 73.5 0.0
Japan 8.5 9.0 11.5 10.0 9.5 4.5 5.0 5.5 5.0 5.5 5.0 4.0 83.0 0.0
Jordan 8.0 4.0 9.0 6.5 9.5 3.0 4.5 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.0 61.0 0.0
Kazakhstan 8.0 7.0 >6.5 8.5 11.0 1.5 5.0 4.0 3.5 4.0 1.5 2.0 62.5 0.5
Kenya 8.5 2.0 <8.5 7.5 9.5 1.5 4.0 4.0 2.0 2.5 5.0 2.0 57.0 -0.5
Korea, D.P.R. 7.5 2.0 4.5 9.5 7.0 1.0 1.0 6.0 4.5 6.0 0.0 0.0 49.0 0.0
Korea, South 6.5 10.0 10.0 10.0 8.5 3.0 4.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 5.5 3.0 77.5 0.0
Kuwait 6.5 9.0 9.0 8.0 9.5 3.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 68.0 0.0
Latvia 7.5 7.0 10.0 10.5 10.5 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 2.5 5.0 2.5 73.5 0.0
Lebanon 7.0 5.0 8.0 5.5 7.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 4.0 5.0 5.0 2.0 55.0 0.0
Liberia >7.5 1.5 6.0 8.0 9.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 2.0 3.0 5.0 0.0 51.5 0.5
Libya 5.5 4.0 6.5 6.0 9.0 1.0 3.0 4.5 4.0 5.0 2.0 1.5 52.0 0.0
Lithuania 8.0 7.0 9.0 10.5 10.5 3.5 5.0 5.5 4.0 4.0 5.5 2.5 75.0 0.0
Luxembourg 8.0 9.0 11.0 11.5 10.5 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 88.0 0.0
Madagascar 7.5 3.5 7.0 9.0 10.5 2.0 1.0 5.0 2.5 2.5 4.0 1.0 55.5 0.0
Malawi 6.0 2.5 6.0 8.0 9.5 2.0 3.5 2.5 2.5 3.5 3.5 2.5 52.0 0.0
Malaysia 8.0 9.5 8.0 9.5 10.5 2.5 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 72.0 0.0
Mali 7.5 3.5 7.0 6.0 9.5 2.0 2.5 4.0 3.0 3.5 3.0 0.0 51.5 0.0
Malta 6.0 8.0 9.0 10.5 12.0 3.5 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 3.0 79.0 0.0

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A Government Stability 12 E External Conflict 12 J Ethnic Tensions 6
B Socioeconomic 12 F Corruption 6 K Democratic 6
Conditions G Military in Politics 6 Accountability
C Investment Profile 12 H Religious Tensions 6 L Bureaucracy Quality 4
D Internal Conflict 12 I Law and Order 6
COUNTRY A B C D E F G H I J K L
Political
Risk Rating
Mexico 6.0 6.5 7.5 8.0 10.5 1.5 3.0 5.5 1.5 3.0 4.0 2.5 59.5 0.0
Moldova 6.5 4.5 6.0 9.0 9.5 2.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 1.0 58.5 0.0
Mongolia 8.0 4.0 8.0 10.5 11.5 2.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 2.0 69.0 0.0
Morocco 7.0 5.5 8.0 7.0 9.5 2.5 4.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 2.0 64.0 0.0
Mozambique 8.5 3.5 8.5 9.0 11.5 2.0 4.0 6.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 65.0 0.0
Myanmar 9.0 >5.0 >7.0 7.0 9.0 1.5 1.5 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.5 1.0 52.5 1.0
Namibia 9.5 6.0 7.0 10.5 11.5 3.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.5 4.0 2.0 75.0 0.0
Netherlands <6.0 8.5 10.5 10.0 12.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 6.0 4.5 6.0 4.0 82.5 -1.5
New Zealand 8.0 10.0 12.0 11.5 10.5 5.5 6.0 6.0 5.5 3.5 6.0 4.0 88.5 0.0
Nicaragua 9.0 4.0 8.0 10.0 9.0 1.5 2.5 5.0 3.5 5.0 3.0 1.0 61.5 0.0
Niger 7.0 <2.5 <7.0 7.0 10.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 1.5 48.5 -1.0
Nigeria <7.5 2.0 6.0 <6.0 9.0 1.5 2.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 4.5 1.0 45.0 -1.0
Norway 8.0 10.5 11.0 10.5 11.0 5.5 6.0 5.5 6.0 4.5 6.0 4.0 88.5 0.0
Oman 9.5 6.5 11.0 9.5 10.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 2.0 2.0 72.5 0.0
Pakistan 6.0 5.5 7.0 5.5 9.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 3.0 1.0 4.5 2.0 48.0 0.0
Panama 8.0 6.0 9.5 10.0 11.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 5.0 6.0 2.0 72.5 0.0
Papua N. Guinea 6.5 3.5 7.5 8.5 9.5 2.0 4.5 5.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 57.0 0.0
Paraguay 8.0 5.5 8.5 8.0 10.5 2.0 1.5 6.0 2.0 5.0 2.0 1.0 60.0 0.0
Peru 5.0 <4.0 8.0 8.0 10.0 2.0 4.5 6.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 60.5 -0.5
Philippines 6.5 4.5 8.0 7.5 10.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 2.5 4.0 5.0 3.0 59.5 0.0
Poland 6.0 7.0 9.5 10.5 10.5 3.5 6.0 5.0 4.5 6.0 6.0 3.0 77.5 0.0
Portugal 6.5 6.5 8.5 9.5 9.5 4.0 6.0 5.5 5.0 6.0 5.5 3.0 75.5 0.0
Qatar 10.5 8.0 10.0 9.5 8.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 2.0 2.0 73.5 0.0
Romania 8.0 5.5 7.5 9.0 11.0 2.5 5.0 5.0 3.5 3.5 6.0 1.0 67.5 0.0
Russia 8.5 6.0 7.5 7.0 6.5 1.5 4.0 5.5 3.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 55.5 0.0
Saudi Arabia 8.5 6.5 10.0 7.5 <8.0 3.0 5.0 3.5 5.0 5.0 1.0 2.0 65.0 -0.5
Senegal 7.0 4.0 8.0 8.0 9.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 1.0 55.0 0.0
Serbia 7.5 3.5 6.5 9.0 <9.0 2.0 4.0 5.0 3.5 3.0 5.5 2.0 60.5 -0.5
Sierra Leone 6.5 1.5 5.5 >9.5 10.5 2.0 2.5 5.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 0.0 55.0 0.5
Singapore 8.0 9.5 12.0 9.5 10.5 4.5 5.0 4.5 5.0 6.0 2.0 4.0 80.5 0.0
Slovakia 6.5 5.5 9.0 10.5 11.0 3.0 6.0 4.0 4.0 3.5 6.0 3.0 72.0 0.0
Slovenia 6.5 5.5 7.0 10.0 11.0 3.5 5.5 5.5 4.5 3.5 5.0 3.0 70.5 0.0
Somalia 6.5 0.0 3.0 5.5 6.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 0.5 2.0 1.5 0.0 30.0 0.0
South Africa 7.5 4.5 7.0 9.0 10.5 2.5 5.0 5.0 2.0 3.5 5.0 2.0 63.5 0.0
Spain 7.0 7.0 9.0 9.0 10.0 3.5 5.0 4.5 5.0 4.0 6.0 3.0 73.0 0.0
Sri Lanka 8.5 4.5 8.0 8.5 11.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 3.5 2.0 3.0 2.0 58.0 0.0
Sudan 6.0 1.0 7.0 5.5 6.5 0.5 0.0 2.0 2.5 1.5 2.0 1.0 35.5 0.0
Suriname 7.5 5.0 7.0 9.0 10.0 2.0 3.0 6.0 3.0 4.0 5.5 2.0 64.0 0.0
Sweden 6.5 8.5 12.0 10.0 11.0 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 86.0 0.0
Switzerland 9.0 >10.5 11.5 12.0 10.5 5.0 6.0 4.5 5.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 88.0 0.5
Syria 6.0 3.5 4.0 5.0 6.0 1.0 2.0 3.5 4.5 2.5 1.0 1.5 40.5 0.0
Taiwan 5.0 9.5 11.5 10.5 8.5 3.0 4.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 76.0 0.0
Tanzania 8.0 3.0 8.0 8.0 9.5 2.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 59.5 0.0
Thailand 7.5 7.0 7.5 6.5 9.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.5 4.0 3.0 2.0 55.0 0.0
Togo 8.0 2.5 7.5 >9.0 9.5 2.0 2.5 5.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 53.0 0.5
Trinidad & Tob. 6.0 6.5 <9.0 9.0 11.0 2.0 5.0 5.0 2.0 3.5 4.0 3.0 66.0 -1.0

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A Government Stability 12 E External Conflict 12 J Ethnic Tensions 6
B Socioeconomic 12 F Corruption 6 K Democratic 6
Conditions G Military in Politics 6 Accountability
C Investment Profile 12 H Religious Tensions 6 L Bureaucracy Quality 4
D Internal Conflict 12 I Law and Order 6
COUNTRY A B C D E F G H I J K L
Political
Risk Rating
Tunisia >6.5 5.0 8.0 7.0 9.5 2.5 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 2.0 63.0 0.5
Turkey 7.5 6.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 2.5 2.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 2.0 53.0 0.0
Uganda 7.5 3.0 8.0 7.5 8.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 51.0 0.0
Ukraine 7.0 4.5 7.5 7.5 7.0 1.5 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 1.0 59.0 0.0
United Arab Em. 10.0 9.5 11.5 9.0 9.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 2.5 3.0 76.5 0.0
United Kingdom >9.0 9.5 12.0 10.0 9.5 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 6.0 4.0 86.0 1.0
United States 8.0 <8.5 12.0 10.5 10.0 4.5 4.0 5.5 5.0 5.0 6.0 4.0 83.0 -1.0
Uruguay 7.0 7.0 10.0 10.0 9.5 4.5 3.5 5.0 2.5 6.0 5.0 2.0 72.0 0.0
Venezuela 5.0 4.0 4.0 8.0 7.5 1.0 0.5 4.0 1.0 5.0 3.0 1.0 44.0 0.0
Vietnam 8.0 >5.5 8.0 10.5 11.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 1.5 2.0 64.5 0.5
Yemen 4.0 3.0 4.5 4.0 6.5 1.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 3.0 2.5 1.0 36.5 0.0
Zambia 6.5 2.0 7.0 10.5 10.5 2.5 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.5 4.0 1.0 62.5 0.0
Zimbabwe 6.0 1.0 2.5 8.5 9.5 1.0 2.0 5.0 3.0 4.0 2.0 1.5 46.0 0.0