Global risks of the next 18 months, from October 2015

This statistic shows what respondents to the World Economic Forum's global risk survey perceived as the 5 risks of highest concern for the global community in the 18 months following October 2015. Large-scale involuntary migration was perceived as a high risk in the next 18 months by 52% of survey respondents.

Top 5 global risks of the next 18 months, from October 2015

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Large-scale involuntary migration	52%
State collapse or crisis	27.9%
Intersate conflict	26.3%
Unemployment or underemployment	26%
Failure of national governance	25.2%

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Release date

January 2016

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

September to October 2015

Number of respondents

742 respondents

Special properties

leaders from business, government, academia and non-governmental and international organizations

Supplementary notes

The survey took place among the World Economic Forum's multistakeholder community of business, government, academcia and non-governmental and international organizations. Respondents were asked to select what they perceived as the 5 risks of highest concern for the next 18 months.

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