As it stands, the most dangerous countries in the world are in the Middle East and North Africa.
In creating the Strategic Risk Index, Aegis asks the question: what are the risks for businesses operating in or thinking of entering these markets; and it ends with a score from one to ten, with ten the most risky.
As it currently stands, the aggregate risk for developed markets is 2.4 vs 4.84 for global emerging. The specific countries with the most strategic risk are Libya (7.4), Iraq (7.1), Syria (7.1), Sudan (7.2). The safest emerging country is, probably not surprisingly, Chile.
Aegis uses its proprietary ASTRA system, which looks at 30 different factors for each country, including political problems, security risks, criminal activity and quality of governance. Aegis has agents all over the world feeding it data, deciding what score to give to the different factors.
You can find the latest figures at http://www.strategicriskindex.com. The numbers there are updated weekly.
There is also a quarterly review which you can download from the reports section (http://www.strategicriskindex.com/reports.php)
