Global Risks Report 2025

Global risks ranked by severity over the short and long term FIGURE G Source World Economic Forum Global Risks Perception Survey 2024-2025"Please estimate the likely impact (severity) of the following risks over a 2-year and 10-year period." Risk categories Economic Environmental Geopolitical Societal Technological 1st Misinformation and disinformation Online harms 2nd Extreme weather events 3rd Societal polarization 4th Cyber espionage and warfare 5th State-based armed conflict 6th Lack of economic opportunity or unemployment 7th Inflation 8th Involuntary migration or displacement Inequality 9th Economic downturn 10th Pollution 11th Critical change to Earth systems 12th 13th Natural resource shortages 14th Geoeconomic confrontation 15th Erosion of human rights and/or of civic freedoms 16th Debt 17th Intrastate violence 18th Insufficient public infrastructure and social protections 19th Disruptions to a systemically important supply chain 20th Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse 21st Censorship and surveillance 22nd Talent and/or labour shortages 23rd Infectious diseases 24th Concentration of strategic resources 25th Disruptions to critical infrastructure 26th Asset bubble bursts 27th Decline in health and well-being 28th Crime and illicit economic activity 29th Adverse outcomes of AI technologies 30th 31st Biological, chemical or nuclear hazards 32nd 33rd Non-weather related natural disasters Adverse outcomes of frontier technologiesShort term (2 years) State-based armed conflict Inequality Decline in health and well-being Crime and illicit economic activity 1st Extreme weather events 2nd Critical change to Earth systems 3rd Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse 4th Natural resource shortages 5th Misinformation and disinformation 6th Adverse outcomes of AI technologies 7th Involuntary migration or displacement 8th Cyber espionage and warfare 9th Societal polarization 10th Pollution 11th Lack of economic opportunity or unemployment 12th Online harms 13th Concentration of strategic resources 14th Censorship and surveillance 15th 16th Geoeconomic confrontation 17th Debt 18th Erosion of human rights and/or of civic freedoms 19th Infectious diseases 20th 21st Insufficient public infrastructure and social protections 22nd Intrastate violence 23rd Disruptions to critical infrastructure 24th Adverse outcomes of frontier technologies 25th Disruptions to a systemically important supply chain 26th Biological, chemical or nuclear hazards 27th 28th Economic downturn 29th Talent and/or labour shortages 30th Asset bubble bursts 31st 32nd Inflation 33rd Non-weather related natural disasters Long term (10 years) Global Risks Report 2025 12