The Global Risks Report 2024

Appendix C Executive Opinion Survey: National Risk Perceptions Table C.1 presents the list of 36 risks that were incorporated into the World Economic Forum’s 2023 Executive Opinion Survey (EOS), which was administered between April and August 2023. The risks are comparable to those in the GRPS (Global Risks Perception Survey) but are applied at a more granular level to reflect the possible short-term and country-level manifestations of global risks. To ensure legibility, the names of some of the global risks have been abbreviated in the figures. The portion of the full name used in the abbreviation is in bold. National risk list TABLE C.1 Risk categories Economic Environmental Geopolitical Societal Technological Source World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey 2023. Asset bubble burst Corporate debt Critical minerals shortage Economic downturn (e.g. recession, stagnation) Energy-supply shortage Household debt Illicit economic activity Inequality (wealth, income) Inflation Labour shortage and/or talent Public debt Biodiversity loss (marine, freshwater, terrestrial) Extreme weather events (floods, storms, etc.) Failure of climate-change adaptation Failure of climate-change mitigation Food-supply shortage Non-weather related natural disasters (earthquakes, volcanoes, etc.) Pollution (air, water, soil) Water-supply shortage use of biological, chemical or nuclear weapons Accidental or intentional Attacks on critical infrastructure Geoeconomic confrontation (sanctions, tariffs, investment screening) Interstate armed conflict State fragility and failure of public services Terrorism Censorship and limitations to civil liberties Chronic diseases and health conditions (heart, cancer, diabetes) Erosion of social cohesion and wellbeing Infectious diseases (COVID-19, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria, etc.) Involuntary migration Unemployment Adverse outcomes of artificial intelligence technologies Adverse outcomes of bioengineering technologies Cybercrime and cyber insecurity Digital inequality Misinformation and disinformation Global Risks Report 2024 102