Intelrift Geoeconomic Index· Edition 1 · Q4 2026
Afghanistan
53.6
Comparable countries
- Myanmar (Burma)IGE 53.7 · distance 10.6
- SyriaIGE 54.1 · distance 10.7
- CubaIGE 48.8 · distance 11.2
- BelarusIGE 48.7 · distance 14.2
Nearest in the five-dimensional sub-index space (euclidean distance over shared dimensions).
What would move the score
- Chokepoints±2.5 points
- Sanctions±2.5 points
- Commodity concentration±2.0 points
- Institutional fragility±1.5 points
- Sovereign stress±1.5 points
Change in the IGE if one sub-index moved by 10 points, with this country's effective weights.
Sub-indices against the regional and global mean
CountryRegional meanGlobal mean
Source: Intelrift, IGE. Simple means of covered countries.Data through 19 October 2026
History by edition
Hollow points are retrospectives: past years computed with the current method, without newsroom events and with the current snapshot of the sanctions lists.
Source: Intelrift, IGEData through 19 October 2026
Key factors
What drives the score
- Landlocked (transit dependence): yes (2026), risk percentile 100.source
- Designations under country programmes: 420 (2026), risk percentile 100.source
- Rule of law (WGI): 28.1 (2025), risk percentile 100.source
- Political stability and absence of violence (WGI): 29.8 (2025), risk percentile 100.source
Each factor comes from a sourced, dated input; the percentile says where the country sits among those covered.
How it is calculated
Weights, coverage and provenance
5 of 5 sub-indices available · ige-v1
Provenance hash
SHA-256 of the canonical JSON of the inputs, their sources and periods, the winsorisation bounds and the weights. Same inputs, same hash.
Sub-index inputs
Chokepoints · 58.7
How much of the country's GDP depends on six maritime passages (Hormuz, Suez, Malacca, Bab el-Mandeb, Panama, Bosphorus) staying open, plus its imported-energy dependence, logistics performance and whether it is landlocked.
| Exposure to the main chokepoint (2025) | 6.4 % of GDP · percentile 7 |
| Total chokepoint exposure (2025) | 19.2 % of GDP · percentile 13 |
| Net energy import dependence | insufficient data |
| Fuel share of imports (2019) | 22.7 % · percentile 73 |
| Landlocked (transit dependence) (2026) | yes · percentile 100 |
| Logistics performance (LPI) (2022) | 1.9 · percentile 100 |
Sanctions · 78.2
Whether the jurisdiction is under a sanctions regime (and how intense), how many people and entities linked to the country appear on the OFAC, EU, UN and UK lists, how many on US export-control lists, and how much it trades with sanctioned partners.
| Jurisdiction-level sanctions regime (2026) | targeted regime · percentile 30 |
| Designations linked to the country (2026) | 576 · percentile 100 |
| Designations under country programmes (2026) | 420 · percentile 100 |
| Entities under US export controls (2026) | 30 · percentile 83 |
| Exposure to sanctioned partners (2023) | 43.8 · percentile 78 |
Commodity concentration · 29.4
Concentration of exports and imports by product group (Herfindahl index), fuel and food share of imports, natural resource rents over GDP and terms-of-trade volatility.
| Export concentration (HHI) (2019) | 0.46 · percentile 32 |
| Import concentration (HHI) (2019) | 0.3 · percentile 0 |
| Fuel and food share of imports (2019) | 49.6 % · percentile 89 |
| Natural resource rents (2021) | 0.4 % of GDP · percentile 1 |
| Terms-of-trade volatility (2024) | 9.2 % · percentile 24 |
Institutional fragility · 69.4
Rule of law, political stability, government effectiveness and control of corruption (WGI), the INFORM index, battle deaths, homicides and new conflict displacements per capita, and the quarter's political and security events recorded by Intelrift.
| Rule of law (WGI) (2025) | 28.1 · percentile 100 |
| Political stability and absence of violence (WGI) (2025) | 29.8 · percentile 100 |
| Government effectiveness (WGI) (2025) | 12 · percentile 100 |
| Control of corruption (WGI) (2025) | 21.7 · percentile 93 |
| INFORM risk index (2026) | 7.8 · percentile 100 |
| Battle-related deaths per 100,000 people (2025) | 0.59 · percentile 19 |
| Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (2021) | 4.03 · percentile 12 |
| New conflict displacements per 1,000 people (2025) | 0.73 · percentile 15 |
| Political and security events (90 days) (2026) | 83.1 · percentile 86 |
| Terror and narco incidents (90 days) (2026) | insufficient data |
Sovereign stress · 20.5
Reserves in months of imports, current account balance, inflation, depreciation against the dollar, external debt and its service, short-term debt over reserves, broad money over reserves, interest over revenue and Intelrift's daily country risk.
| Reserves in months of imports (2020) | 16.6 months · percentile 0 |
| Current account balance (2020) | -15.7 % of GDP · percentile 89 |
| Annual inflation (2024) | -6.6 % · percentile 0 |
| Annual depreciation against the dollar (2020) | -1.2 % · percentile 29 |
| External debt to GNI (2023) | 19.9 % · percentile 7 |
| Debt service to exports (2020) | 2.7 % · percentile 0 |
| Short-term debt to reserves (2020) | 4.5 % · percentile 3 |
| Broad money to reserves (2020) | 0.8× · percentile 0 |
| Interest payments to revenue (2017) | 0.1 % · percentile 0 |
| Intelrift daily country risk (2026) | 42 · percentile 77 |