"A failed state
is the term used to describe a state whose government has lost control
of its territory, economy, and people. A state that is unstable but has
not yet fully failed is called a fragile state..."
FRAGILE STATES INDEX ANNUAL REPORT for 2022- Standby for the (FSI) 2023 updated edition to come out latter 2023 to see your #RAMMM = 'Retire Abroad Mass Media Magazine' current ranking-
The following States (PERU 87) thru (Ecuador 89) - (Uzbekistan 88) - (Ukraine 92) (Belarus 91) (Serbia 94) (Moldova 105) (CUBA 117) are listed as code YELLOW - WARNING STATUS-
60.1 Cuba (117)
60.8 Suriname (116)
60.9 Vietnam (115)
61.4 Cabo Verde (114)
62.1 Jamaica (=112)
62.1 Belize (=112)
62.6 North Macedonia (111)
62.8 Dominican Republic (110)
62.9 Namibia (109)
63.0 Ghana (108)
64.2 Guyana (107)
64.5 Moldova (=105)
64.5 Maldives (=105)
64.8 Samoa (104)
65.4 Paraguay (103)
66.5 Turkmenistan (102)
66.6 Indonesia (=100)
66.6 Bahrain (=100)
66.7 Gabon (99)
66.9 China (98)
67.0 Armenia (97)
67.4 Bhutan (96)
67.5 Saudi Arabia (95)
67.8 Serbia (94)
68.2 Tunisia (93)
68.6 Ukraine (92)
68.7 Belarus (91)
68.9 Fiji (90)
69.1 Ecuador (89)
69.6 Uzbekistan (88)
69.8 Peru (87) https://fragilestatesindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/22-FSI-Report-Final.pdf
Characteristics of a failed state:
There is no official, universally accepted definition of a failed state. However, most every definition includes certain common, often intertwined characteristics:
- Decreased ability to defend national boundaries — Territory can be taken over by criminal gangs, rebellious insurgents, or invading military forces from another state.
- Decreased ability to police its territory — Government no longer holds a monopoly on the use of physical force to deter crime and protect the public. Corruption, crime, and lawlessness often increase.
- Decreased public services — State-sponsored services deteriorate, including health care, public education, infrastructure such as roads and utilities, and police/fire departments.
- Decreased economic stability — Unemployment rises, inflation skyrockets, currency loses value both domestically and internationally, tax revenue is lost and economic crimes often go unpunished.
- Decreased legitimacy — Overall trust in the government and its ability diminishes, both domestically among the state's citizens and internationally among other states.
Not all failed states cease to exist. While many failed states are absorbed into another, more stable state, many more are either reformed with a stronger government or manage to linger for years, even generations, during which time living conditions for their citizens often continue to deteriorate. This possibility, combined with the lack of an official definition of a failed state, means there is no universally accepted list of which states are failed states and which are not. In fact, at least a few analysts argue that the very idea of a failed state, much like the idea of race, is a fictional concept invented for political/social gain.
That said, one of the most well-known methods of determining whether a would-be country is a failed or fragile state is the Fragile States Index (FSI) published by the non-profit Fund for Peace. To create the FSI, the Fund for Peace measures each country's performance in more than 100 sub-indicators,
which it compiles into a dozen indicators including Security Apparatus,
Economic Decline, Human Rights and Rule of Law, and Public Services.
Those twelve metrics are then combined into a single score that ranges
from 0 (least fragile) to 120 (most fragile). The FSI stops short of
designating a specific score at which a state goes from fragile to
failed, but assigns a failure warning to any country whose score is
between 60 and 89 and places an alert on countries that score 90 or
higher."
Top 10 Failed States by FSI Score (2022)*:
| Rank | State | 2022 FSI Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yemen | 111.7 |
| 2 | Somalia | 110.5 |
| 3 | Syria | 108.4 |
| 4 | South Sudan | 108.4 |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 108.1 |
| 6 | DR Congo | 107.3 |
| 7 | Sudan | 107.1 |
| 8 | Afghanistan | 105.9 |
| 9 | Chad | 105.7 |
| 10 | Myanmar | 100.0 |
*For a full list of the entire FSI, see the table that follows this text. -
Reasons why states become failed states
States can fail for a number of reasons. One major cause of state failure is a predatory and/or corrupt government, which acts in the best interests of a small group of people (the ruling class) rather than the citizenry as a whole. Additional possible reasons include civil wars (particularly those driven by religious extremism), genocide, and ethnic violence.
Some of the states most in danger of failing due to government corruption include Nicaragua, Brazil, Sudan, and North Korea. States including Libya, Iraq, Pakistan and Siberia are in danger of failing due to civil unrest and rebellion. Nigeria and Nepal are at risk because of democratic collapse, and states including Iraq, Yemen and Turkey are in danger because of ongoing religious and ethnic conflicts.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/failed-states
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Failed state, Wikipedia,
"A failed state is a state that has lost its effective ability to govern its populace. A failed state maintains legal sovereignty but experiences a breakdown in political power, law enforcement, and civil society, leading to a state of near-anarchy.
Common characteristics of a failing state include a government unable to tax and police its populace, control its territory, fill political or civil offices, or maintain its infrastructure. When this happens, widespread corruption and criminality, the intervention of state and non-state actors, the appearance of refugees and the involuntary movement of populations, sharp economic decline, and military intervention from both within and without the state are much more likely to occur.[1]
Metrics have been developed to describe the level of governance of states. The precise 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...." -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_state
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