The Global Risks Report 2024

Top five risks identified by the Executive Opinion Survey (EOS) TABLE C.2 Risk categories Economic Environmental Geopolitical Societal Technological Jordan 1 st Unemployment 2 nd Public debt 3 rd Inflation 4 th Economic downturn 5 th Infectious diseases Kazakhstan 1 st Inflation 2 nd Economic downturn 3 rd Erosion of social cohesion 4 th Water-supply shortage 5 th Interstate armed conflict Kenya 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Public debt 3 rd Unemployment 4 th Inflation 5 th Food-supply shortage Kuwait 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Labour shortage 3 rd State fragility 4 th Inflation 5 th Erosion of social cohesion Kyrgyzstan 1 st Interstate armed conflict 2 nd Economic downturn 3 rd Involuntary migration 4 th Public debt 5 th Inflation Lao PDR 1 st Infectious diseases 2 nd Inflation 3 rd Economic downturn 4 th Energy supply shortage 5 th Labour shortage Latvia 1 st Use of biological, chemical or nuclear weapons 2 nd Failure of climate-change mitigation 3 rd Pollution (air, water, soil) 4 th Terrorism 5 th State fragility Lesotho 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Infectious diseases 3 rd Failure of climate-change adaption 4 th Extreme weather events 5 th Failure of climate-change mitigation Lithuania 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Interstate armed conflict 3 rd Inflation 4 th Labour shortage 5 th Use of biological, chemical or nuclear weapons Luxembourg 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Labour shortage 3 rd Inflation 4 th Energy supply shortage 5 th Asset bubble burst Malawi 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Public debt 3 rd Inflation 4 th Unemployment 5 th Extreme weather events Malaysia 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Labour shortage 3 rd Food-supply shortage 4 th Inflation 5 th Erosion of social cohesion 5 th Infectious diseases Mali 1 st Terrorism 2 nd Unemployment 3 rd Cybercrime and cyber insecurity 4 th Interstate armed conflict 5 th Energy supply shortage Malta 1 st Economic downturn 2 nd Inflation 3 rd Labour shortage 4 th Asset bubble burst 5 th Public debt Global Risks Report 2024 107