Failed State is a straightforward term. The Wikipedia is being evasive about it; that is why they do not give a link to their List of Failed States. They call it their List of Countries by Failed States Index. The Wiki can be very good, until the agenda cuts in. Then it is different. They still pretend to be unbiased so you need to Read critically; what
Marxists call Deconstruction.You can look at the listing, currently in 2022, called the List of Countries by Fragile States Index you might see connections between failure and who rules them. The best are run by by White Men. The worst are run by Blacks. Some with big problems are being attacked by America because they have oil, Venezuela & Syria being examples.
You might even go on to ask if things are better since we stopped running these places, whether Decolonization was a very good thing as any Marxist friends would say. Of course now that Decolonization is an accomplished fact, one that they strove mightily for, results are surfacing. People are voting with their feet, they are coming to live with us, whether we want them or not. Marxists incited Decolonization. Now Marxists are inciting Immigration, legal or Illegal. Their policy is Ethnic Fouling in Western Civilization to be followed by Genocide. The perpetrators? Try God's Chosen People or maybe just the Zionist crazies full of Paranoia & hate. They run the Stolen Land, calling it Israel.
Failed State ex Wiki
"A failed state is a state perceived as having failed at some of the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government. There is no general consensus on the definition of a failed state. The definition of a failed state according to the Fund for Peace is often used to characterize a state with the following characteristics :
- loss of control of its territory, or of the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force therein
- erosion of legitimate authority to make collective decisions
- an inability to provide public services
- an inability to interact with other states as a full member of the international community
Common characteristics of a failing state include a central government so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory; non-provision of public services; widespread corruption and criminality; refugees and involuntary movement of populations; and sharp economic decline.[1]
The level of government control required to avoid being considered a failed state varies considerably amongst authorities.[2] Furthermore, the declaration that a state has "failed" is generally controversial and, when made authoritatively, may carry significant geopolitical consequences.[2]................................
Failed State Index
The Failed States Index published its ninth annual report in 2013, prepared by the Fund for Peace and published by Foreign Policy Magazine. The Index categorizes states in four categories, with variations in each category. The Alert category is in dark red, Warning in orange, Stable in yellow and Sustainable is green.The FSI total score is out of 120, and in 2013 there were 178 states making the ranking. There are three groupings: social, economic and political with overall twelve indicators.
- Mounting Demographic Pressures
- Massive Movement of Refugees or Internally Displaced Persons
- Vengeance Seeking Group Grievance
- Chronic and Sustained Human Flight
- Uneven Economic Development
- Poverty, Sharp or Severe Economic Decline
- Legitimacy of the State
- Progressive Deterioration of Public Services
- Violation of Human Rights and Rule of Law
- Security Apparatus
- Rise of Factionalized Elites
- Intervention of External Actors
Each indicator is out of 10, adding up to a total of 120. However, in order to add up to 120, the indicator scores are rounded up-or-down to the nearest one decimal place.[25] In the 2013 Index, Somalia ranked number one for the 6th consecutive year, scoring a near 10/10 in almost all categories.[26]
While it is important to note that the FSI is used in many researches and makes the categorization of states more pragmatic, it often receives much criticism due to several reasons. Firstly, it does not include the Human Development Index to reach the final score, but instead focuses on institutions to measure what are often also considered human aspects for development. Secondly, it parallels fragility or vulnerability of states with underdevelopment. This comparison firstly assumes that underdevelopment (economic) creates vulnerability, thus assuming that if a state is ‘developed’ it is stable or sustainable. Secondly, it measures the failure (or success) of a state without including the progress of other areas outside the sphere of the 12 indicators, thus excluding important measures of development such as the decline the of illiteracy, decrease in fetal mortality rates, increased access to clean water sources and medication, amongst others. Nonetheless, when discussing failed states it is important to mention the FSI not just for its use by governments, organisations, educators, and analysts, but also because it provides a measure of assessment that tries to address the issues that cause threats, both domestically and internationally."
List of Countries by Fragile States Index
Africa? Run by blacks, reverting to the Stone Age.
Europe is better. Run by the White Man.
America is too, of course.
Fragile States Index 2021
The table below shows the FSI for 2021,[5] with comparisons of each country's current score to previous years' indices.[6] A higher score (with a maximum of 120) indicates a weaker, more vulnerable, or more fragile situation in the country.
Rank Country 2021 score Change from 2020 Change from 2019 Change from 2018 Change from 2017 1 Yemen 111.7 0.7 1.8 1.0 0.6 2 Somalia 110.9 1.4 2.3 2.5 3 Syria 110.7 0.8 0.7 0.1 4 South Sudan 109.4 1.4 2.8 4.0 4.5 5 DR Congo 108.4 1.0 1.8 2.3 1.6 6 Central African Republic 107.0 0.5 1.9 4.1 5.6 7 Chad 105.8 0.6 2.7 2.5 3.6 8 Sudan 105.2 0.4 2.8 3.5 5.4 9 Afghanistan 102.1 0.8 2.9 4.5 5.2 10 Zimbabwe 99.1 0.1 0.4 3.2 2.5 11 Ethiopia 99.0 4.4 4.8 0.6 2.1 12 Nigeria 98.0 0.7 0.5 1.9 3.6 13 Haiti 97.5 0.2 1.8 4.5 7.8 14 Guinea 97.4 0.2 2.0 4.2 5.0 15 Cameroon 97.2 0.7 0.2 1.9 1.6 16 Burundi 97.1 0.8 1.1 0.3 1.8 17 Libya 97.0 1.8 4.8 2.4 0.7 Eritrea 97.0 1.2 0.6 0.2 1.1 19 Mali 96.6 0.6 2.1 3.0 3.7 20 Iraq 96.2 0.3 2.9 6.0 9.2 21 Niger 96.0 0.7 0.2 0.2 1.4 22 Mozambique 93.9 2.2 5.2 5.2 4.9 23 Myanmar 93.8 0.2 0.5 2.3 1.9 24 Uganda 92.9 0.1 2.4 2.2 3.1 25 Venezuela 92.6 1.4 3.3 6.4 9.7 26 Congo 92.4 0.3 0.1 0.7 1.0 27 Guinea-Bissau 92.0 0.9 3.5 6.1 7.5 28 Côte d'Ivoire 90.7 1.0 1.4 3.9 5.8 29 Pakistan 90.5 1.6 3.7 5.8 8.4 30 North Korea 90.0 0.2 2.7 3.2 3.3 31 Liberia 89.5 0.5 0.7 3.1 4.3 32 Kenya 89.2 1.1 4.3 8.2 7.2 33 Mauritania 89.1 0.4 1.0 3.1 4.6 34 Lebanon 89.0 4.3 4.0 2.2 0.8 Angola 89.0 1.7 1.2 0.4 2.1 36 Burkina Faso 87.1 1.2 3.2 0.6 0.9 37 Palestine[a] 86.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 38 Togo 85.1 0.7 2.3 0.1 1.2 39 Egypt 85.0 1.0 3.4 3.7 4.8 Bangladesh 85.0 0.7 2.7 5.3 4.1 Rwanda 85.0 1.0 2.5 4.3 5.8 42 Zambia 84.9 0.4 0.8 2.3 2.9 43 Iran 84.5 1.1 1.5 0.2 1.3 44 Equatorial Guinea 84.1 1.1 1.5 0.7 0.9 45 Sierra Leone 83.4 1.0 3.4 5.7 5.9 46 Malawi 83.2 0.8 0.1 2.3 4.8 47 Eswatini 82.5 0.5 2.8 5.0 6.3 Comoros 82.5 1.3 0.8 0.1 2.3 49 Philippines 82.4 1.4 0.7 3.1 2.0 Djibouti 82.4 0.3 2.7 4.7 6.5 51 Nepal 82.2 0.4 2.5 5.7 8.8 52 Timor-Leste 80.9 1.8 4.6 7.4 9.6 Papua New Guinea 80.9 1.4 2.2 3.9 5.5 54 Cambodia 80.6 0.3 1.9 3.4 5.1 55 Sri Lanka 80.5 1.3 3.5 4.4 6.1 Gambia 80.5 1.7 3.4 6.6 8.9 57 Turkey 79.7 0.6 0.6 2.5 1.1 58 Madagascar 79.5 1.4 4.1 4.5 59 Honduras 79.4 2.6 1.6 2.1 0.3 Guatemala 79.4 0.2 2.0 2.4 3.7 61 Solomon Islands 79.3 0.4 2.6 3.8 5.5 Tanzania 79.3 1.2 0.8 0.1 1.0 Colombia 79.3 2.7 3.6 2.7 0.4 64 Lesotho 77.9 0.4 1.8 2.2 3.8 65 Nicaragua 77.1 1.0 1.8 0.3 66 India 77.0 1.7 2.6 0.7 0.9 67 Jordan 76.8 1.4 0.9 1.9 68 Kyrgyzstan 76.4 2.5 0.2 2.2 3.9 69 Laos 76.0 0.9 2.7 4.7 6.4 70 Brazil 75.8 2.8 4.0 7.1 7.6 71 Azerbaijan 75.1 3.8 1.9 0.5 1.2 Tajikistan 75.1 0.4 2.6 4.4 6.7 73 Bolivia 74.9 0.1 2.0 0.3 1.9 74 Algeria 73.6 1.0 1.8 2.2 3.2 Russia 73.6 1.0 1.1 3.6 5.6 76 Senegal 73.4 1.2 3.8 6.2 8.9 77 Bosnia-Herzegovina 72.9 2.7 1.6 1.6 0.1 78 Benin 72.8 0.3 0.8 2.9 4.8 79 Georgia 72.6 1.4 0.6 1.4 3.9 80 Uzbekistan 72.0 1.1 3.7 7.1 9.5 81 Micronesia 71.7 0.5 1.3 2.7 4.7 82 El Salvador 71.6 2.7 1.8 0.4 1.5 83 Săo Tomé and Príncipe 71.5 1.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 Morocco 71.5 0.3 1.5 2.5 3.4 85 Peru 71.4 3.8 3.2 1.3 1.1 86 Ecuador 71.2 1.8 3.0 6.1 87 Thailand 70.9 0.1 2.2 4.1 5.3 88 Fiji 70.4 0.5 1.3 4.1 6.5 89 South Africa 70.0 0.1 1.1 2.9 2.3 90 Mexico 69.9 2.7 0.2 1.6 4.4 91 Ukraine 69.8 0.8 1.2 2.8 4.2 Armenia 69.8 5.6 3.1 0.3 1.2 93 Saudi Arabia 69.7 0.9 0.7 0.5 1.5 94 Tunisia 69.2 1.1 0.9 2.9 5.0 95 China 68.9 1.0 2.2 3.5 5.8 96 Bhutan 68.3 1.2 3.7 6.0 7.7 97 Turkmenistan 68.2 0.9 3.2 4.4 6.2 98 Belarus 68.0 2.2 0.2 2.5 4.4 99 Maldives 67.6 1.4 2.2 4.8 6.8 Indonesia 67.6 0.2 2.8 4.7 5.3 101 Serbia 67.4 1.3 0.6 0.7 2.6 Gabon 67.4 1.7 3.1 5.1 6.4 103 Moldova 67.0 1.0 0.1 2.5 5.0 104 Bahrain 66.7 2.8 2.9 2.3 1.8 105 Paraguay 66.4 1.2 0.6 3.4 5.2 106 Guyana 66.1 0.1 2.1 4.3 5.2 107 Dominican Republic 64.7 0.3 1.5 4.5 4.3 108 North Macedonia 64.5 2.4 0.1 0.3 1.6 109 Namibia 64.3 0.8 2.1 4.5 6.1 110 Samoa 64.2 0.9 1.3 2.9 Cape Verde 64.2 0.6 2.4 3.8 5.9 Belize 64.2 3.4 1.7 0.5 1.3 113 Ghana 63.9 0.3 2.0 4.2 5.8 114 Vietnam 63.3 0.6 2.8 5.1 6.9 115 Suriname 61.5 1.4 0.4 2.5 4.4 116 Kazakhstan 61.2 1.4 0.4 2.2 4.7 Jamaica 61.2 1.2 1.9 4.0 118 Cuba 59.5 0.3 1.3 3.4 5.1 119 Albania 59.0 0.2 0.1 1.1 1.5 120 Montenegro 58.5 3.0 3.2 3.2 2.8 121 Cyprus 57.4 1.3 0.4 2.9 5.2 122 Botswana 57.0 0.1 2.5 5.0 6.8 123 Malaysia 56.9 0.7 3.6 6.7 8.5 124 Seychelles 56.3 1.6 1.1 0.5 3.1 Brunei 56.3 0.3 1.2 3.5 5.3 126 Grenada 56.1 0.9 1.5 3.8 5.4 127 Antigua and Barbuda 54.9 2.8 0.5 0.7 0.1 128 Greece 54.5 2.4 0.6 0.8 3.0 129 Kuwait 52.9 2.0 0.3 3.0 5.6 Trinidad and Tobago 52.9 1.0 0.1 1.7 3.8 131 Bahamas 52.4 2.5 3.6 2.4 132 Mongolia 52.3 0.4 1.8 2.6 4.4 133 Bulgaria 51.6 2.4 1.0 0.1 2.1 134 Hungary 51.1 3.5 1.5 0.9 0.9 135 Romania 51.0 4.3 3.2 1.6 0.1 136 Oman 50.4 2.4 0.4 2.2 2.1 137 Argentina 50.1 4.0 4.1 4.0 1.9 138 Croatia 49.8 3.7 2.3 1.1 0.8 139 Panama 48.7 2.7 1.7 0.8 2.0 140 Barbados 47.0 0.6 1.0 1.2 2.6 141 Italy 45.2 2.8 1.4 1.4 142 Spain 44.8 4.4 4.1 3.4 6.9 143 United States 44.6 6.3 6.6 6.9 9.0 144 Qatar 44.1 0.4 1.3 4.0 0.1 Chile 44.1 1.6 5.2 3.4 3.0 146 Latvia 44.0 1.7 0.1 0.9 2.4 147 Poland 43.1 2.1 0.3 1.6 2.3 148 Israel[a] 43.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 149 Costa Rica 42.5 2.3 0.5 0.7 1.6 150 United Kingdom 41.5 3.2 4.8 7.2 8.3 151 United Arab Emirates 40.3 2.2 0.2 2.5 3.4 152 Estonia 39.5 1.0 1.3 3.5 5.2 153 Czechia 39.3 3.6 1.7 0.3 0.8 154 Slovakia 39.0 0.8 1.5 3.5 5.3 155 Lithuania 38.7 2.2 0.6 0.7 3.0 156 Mauritius 38.1 0.9 0.8 2.4 3.6 157 Malta 36.2 2.6 1.7 2.4 158 Uruguay 35.9 2.5 1.9 0.5 0.9 159 South Korea 32.5 0.5 1.2 3.2 5.6 France 32.5 2.0 0.5 0.3 1.0 161 Japan 32.2 0.1 2.1 2.3 5.2 162 Belgium 31.0 3.9 2.4 1.3 0.2 163 Slovenia 28.2 2.4 0.2 2.1 4.2 164 Portugal 26.8 3.3 1.5 0.5 2.2 165 Singapore 26.6 0.3 1.5 3.8 5.9 166 Austria 26.1 2.0 1.1 0.1 1.6 167 Germany 24.8 1.6 0.1 1.0 3.3 168 Netherlands 24.1 1.2 0.7 2.1 3.3 169 Ireland 22.2 2.3 1.6 1.5 0.1 170 Australia 21.8 2.1 2.1 1.0 0.5 171 Canada 21.7 3.0 1.7 0.2 0.9 172 Sweden 21.4 3.2 1.1 0.6 0.7 173 Luxembourg 21.1 2.3 0.7 0.3 2.3 174 Switzerland 19.9 2.8 1.2 0.7 1.2 175 Denmark 18.8 1.6 0.7 1.0 2.7 176 New Zealand 18.4 0.5 1.7 2.5 4.2 177 Iceland 18.0 0.2 1.8 2.3 4.5 178 Norway 16.6 0.4 1.4 1.7 3.9 179 Finland 16.2 1.6 0.7 1.7 2.5
- Prior to the 2021 index, Israel and Palestine (West Bank) were scored as a single state.