The Global Risks Report 2024

Global risks ranked by severity FIGURE E Source World Economic Forum Global RisksPerception Survey 2023-2024."Please estimate the likely impact (severity) of the following risks over a 2-year and 10-year period." 1st Misinformation and disinformation 2nd Extreme weather events 3rd Societal polarization 4th Cyber insecurity 5th Interstate armed conflict 6th Lack of economic opportunity 7th Inflation 8th Involuntary migration 9th Economic downturn 10th Pollution 11th Critical change to Earth systems 12th Technological power concentration 13th Natural resource shortages 14th Geoeconomic confrontation 15th Erosion of human rights 16th Debt 17th Intrastate violence 18th Insufficient public infrastructure and services 19th Disruptions to a systemically important supply chain 20th Biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse 21st Censorship and surveillance 22nd Labour shortages 23rd Infectious diseases 24th Concentration of strategic resources 25th Disruptions to critical infrastructure 26th Asset bubble bursts 27th Chronic health conditions 28th Illicit economic activity 29th Adverse outcomes of AI technologies 30th Unemployment 31st Biological, chemical or nuclear hazards 32nd Terrorist attacks 33rd Non-weather related natural disasters 34th Adverse outcomes of frontier technologies Short term (2 years) 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 8th Cyber insecurity 9th Societal polarization 10th Pollution 11th Lack of economic opportunity 12th Technological power concentration 13th Concentration of strategic resources 14th Censorship and surveillance 15th Interstate armed conflict 16th Geoeconomic confrontation 17th Debt 18th Erosion of human rights 19th Infectious diseases 20th Chronic health conditions 21st Insufficient public infrastructure and services 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 Unemployment 28th Economic downturn 29th Labour shortages 30th Asset bubble bursts 31st Illicit economic activity 32nd Inflation 33rd Non-weather related natural disasters 34th Terrorist attacks Long term (10 years) Risk categories Economic Environmental Geopolitical Societal Technological Global Risks Report 2024 11