Top Fallers: Countries Facing Increased Exposure

The May 2026 Global Investment Risk and Resilience Index (GIRRI) Special Edition shows how country rankings have shifted following recent geopolitical shocks by overlaying long-term structural resilience with real-time market risk signals using Country Risk Premium (CRP) data as at 1 April 2026. The rankings reflect a composite measure of both risk and resilience, with higher-ranked countries generally exhibiting lower risk and greater resilience. Movements reflect relative positioning between countries rather than absolute changes in risk or resilience. See methodology note for further details.

The chart shows the countries that have dropped most in the rankings, reflecting increased exposure to geopolitical, economic, or structural risks.

Top Fallers Insights

Sources

¹International Monetary Fund, ‘Maldives Staff Report for the 2024 Article IV Consultation—Debt Sustainability Analysis’ elibrary.imf.org/downloadpdf/view/journals/002/2024/106/article-A003-en.pdf accessed 28 April 2026

²Buenos Aires Herald, ‘Bolivia Declares ‘Energy and Social Emergency’ After Widespread Protests’ (15 January 2026) buenosairesherald.com/world/latin-america/bolivia-declares-energy-and-social-emergency-after-widespread-protests accessed 28 April 2026

³International Monetary Fund, ‘IMF Executive Board Concludes the 2025 Post-Financing Assessment with Uganda’ (23 January 2026) imf.org/en/news/articles/2026/01/23/pr-26017-uganda-imf-executive-board-concludes-the-2025-post-financing-assessment accessed 28 April 2026

You can view the original GIRRI, published in October 2025, here.