The Global Risks Report 2024

Over 11,000 respondents were presented with the following question: “Which five risks are the most likely to pose the biggest threat to your country in the next two years?” and were asked to select these from the list of 36 risks listed in Table C.1. “Risk 1” indicates the most frequently selected risk in each economy. Tied risks are presented in alphabetical order, with the tie indicated by numbering. For example, in Türkiye, two risks (“Inequality (wealth, income)” and “Erosion of social cohesion and wellbeing”) are tied for third place and there is, therefore, no risk listed in fourth place. For the purposes of more intuitive visual representation of results in the report, risks which were selected by zero respondents within a country tie last at #36. Further, to analyse the results of country or economy groups (such as the G20 or EU), country-level results are aggregated by taking a simple average of the ranking of the risk (from 1-36) by the countries or economies included in the group. Top five risks identified by the Executive Opinion Survey (EOS) TABLE C.2 Risk categories Economic Environmental Geopolitical Societal Technological Algeria 1 st Inflation 2 nd Infectious diseases 3 rd Involuntary migration 4 th Unemployment 5 th Energy supply shortage Angola 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Inflation 3 rd Unemployment 4 th Inequality (wealth, income) 5 th Labour shortage Argentina 1 st Inflation 2 nd Economic downturn 3 rd Public debt 4 th Erosion of social cohesion 5 th Inequality (wealth, income) Armenia 1 st Interstate armed conflict 2 nd Labour shortage 3 rd Geoeconomic confrontation 4 th Involuntary migration 5 th Economic downturn Australia 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Inflation 3 rd Household debt 4 th Energy supply shortage 5 th Extreme weather events Austria 1 st Labour shortage 2 nd Economic downturn 3 rd Inflation 4 th Cybercrime and cyber insecurity 5 th Erosion of social cohesion Bahamas 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Extreme weather events 3 rd Energy supply shortage 4 th Unemployment 5 th Failure of climate-change adaption Bahrain 1 st Inflation 2 nd Economic downturn 3 rd Public debt 4 th Labour shortage 5 th Unemployment Bangladesh 1 st Energy supply shortage 2 nd Inflation 3 rd Economic downturn 4 th Inequality (wealth, income) 5 th Public debt 5 th Unemployment Global Risks Report 2024 103