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Intelrift Geoeconomic Index· Edition 1 · Q4 2026

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40.3

Elevated · 40+Rank 44 of 192+1.7 against the previous edition · #49 → #44Asia · Western Asia · 5 of 5 sub-indices available
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Rank in its region18 / 47Asia
Rank in its income group4 / 62High income
Comparable countriesMongoliaIGE 43.2 · distance 6.5Comparable countriesMaldivesIGE 38.1 · distance 6.7

Comparable countries

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

  • Natural resource rents: 29.2 % of GDP (2021), risk percentile 98.source
  • Political and security events (90 days): 86.4 (2026), risk percentile 91.source
  • Total chokepoint exposure: 82.6 % of GDP (2025), risk percentile 85.source
  • Reserves in months of imports: 3.7 months (2024), risk percentile 80.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

Chokepoints42Effective 25 %
Sanctions29Effective 25 %
Commodity concentration58Effective 20 %
Institutional fragility34Effective 15 %
Sovereign stress40Effective 15 %

5 of 5 sub-indices available · ige-v1

Provenance hash

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Sub-index inputs

Chokepoints · 41.8

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)29.9 % of GDP · percentile 60
Total chokepoint exposure (2025)82.6 % of GDP · percentile 85
Net energy import dependence (2024)0 % · percentile 0
Fuel share of imports (2025)21.4 % · percentile 68
Landlocked (transit dependence) (2026)no · percentile 0
Logistics performance (LPI) (2022)3.3 · percentile 37

Sanctions · 28.9

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 regimeno regime · percentile 0
Designations linked to the country (2026)42 · percentile 59
Designations under country programmes (2026)0 · percentile 0
Entities under US export controls (2026)5 · percentile 43
Exposure to sanctioned partners (2023)39.6 · percentile 42

Commodity concentration · 57.5

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) (2025)0.56 · percentile 48
Import concentration (HHI) (2025)0.38 · percentile 13
Fuel and food share of imports (2025)36.3 % · percentile 56
Natural resource rents (2021)29.2 % of GDP · percentile 98
Terms-of-trade volatility (2024)24 % · percentile 73

Institutional fragility · 33.9

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)66.9 · percentile 35
Political stability and absence of violence (WGI) (2025)76 · percentile 23
Government effectiveness (WGI) (2025)60.1 · percentile 42
Control of corruption (WGI) (2025)58.2 · percentile 39
INFORM risk index (2026)2.3 · percentile 9
Battle-related deaths per 100,000 peopleinsufficient data
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people (2023)0.14 · percentile 0
New conflict displacements per 1,000 peopleinsufficient data
Political and security events (90 days) (2026)86.4 · percentile 91
Terror and narco incidents (90 days) (2026)insufficient data

Sovereign stress · 40.4

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 (2024)3.7 months · percentile 80
Current account balance (2025)-1.1 % of GDP · percentile 47
Annual inflation (2025)1 % · percentile 4
Annual depreciation against the dollar (2025)0 % · percentile 36
External debt to GNInot applicable
Debt service to exportsnot applicable
Short-term debt to reservesnot applicable
Broad money to reserves (2017)2.6× · percentile 12
Interest payments to revenueinsufficient data
Intelrift daily country risk (2026)35 · percentile 63