International Country Risk (ICRG) Researcher Datasets

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The Researcher's Datasets from the PRS Group provide annual and monthly weighted averages from 1984 to the present for Political, Economic, Financial and Composite Risk in 140 countries (see list of countries).

More information: User Guide | Guide to Data Variables


Annual tables:

Table 3B - Political Risk Points by Component
The Political Risk index is based on 100 points for 12 political components,. | Excel table

The components of the ICRG Political Risk Rating are Bureaucracy Quality, Corruption, Investment Profile, Government Stability, Socioeconomic Conditions, Internal Conflict, External Conflict, Military in Politics, Religious Tensions, Law and Order, Ethnic Tensions, and Democratic Accountability.


Table 4B - Financial Risk by Component
The Financial Risk index is based on 50 points for 5 financial components. | Excel table

The components of the ICRG Financial Risk Rating are Foreign Debt as a % of GDP, Exchange Rate Stability, Debt Service as a % of Exports of Goods & Services (XGS), Current Account as a % of XGS, and International Liquidity.>


Table 5B - Economic Risk by Component
The Economic Risk index is based on 50 points for 5 economic components. | Excel table

The components of the ICRG Financial Risk Rating are Foreign Debt as a % of GDP, Exchange Rate Stability, Debt Service as a % of Exports of Goods & Services (XGS), Current Account as a % of XGS, and International Liquidity.


Table 2B - Historical - Political, Economic, Financial & Composite Risk
The Composite risk index is based on 100 points and aggregates political, financial and economic risk using the PRS Composite Risk Rating formula . | Excel table

Most versatile and widely used of the historical data files.



Monthly tables:


Table 3Ba - Political Risk by Subcomponents, May-2001 -
This monthly Political Risk index is based on 50 points for the subcomponents for political components (Government Stability, Socioeconomic Conditions, Investment Profile, Internal Conflict and External Conflict) which are each comprised of separate "subcomponents"
Components | Excel table .

The table above starts in May 2001 and provides detailed subcomponents.
See for example, User guide, page 29, "Government Stability" includes breakdowns for its subcomponents: "Government Unity", "Legislative Strength" and "Popular Support" as well as the aggregated "Government Stability" and the following page, e.g., "Internal conflict" includes each of its subcomponents: "Civil War/Coup Threat", "Terrorism/Political Violence" and "Civil Disorder" as well as aggregated the "Internal conflict".


Table 3B - Political risk by components, January 1984 -
This table starts in January 1984 and covers the 12 general components for Political Risk.
This is a monthly index based on 12 political components | Excel table

The components of the ICRG Political Risk Rating are Bureaucracy Quality, Corruption, Investment Profile, Government Stability, Socioeconomic Conditions, Internal Conflict, External Conflict, Military in Politics, Religious Tensions, Law and Order, Ethnic Tensions, and Democratic Accountability.