There were a few questions last Friday about failed states. It just so happens that Foreign Policy, an excellent magazine, publishes a Failed States Index. The last index was published back in July/August 2010. According to them, the world's failed states are as follows:
1. Somalia
2. Chad
3. Sudan
4. Zimbabwe
5. Dem. Rep. of the Congo
6. Afghanistan
7. Iraq
8. Cen. African Rep.
9. Guinea
10. Pakistan
11. Haiti
12. Ivory Coast
13. Kenya
14. Nigeria
15. Yemen
16. Burma
17. Ethiopia
18. East Timor
19. Niger
19. North Korea
These countries are considered failed because of their demographics, refugees, illegitimate governments, brain drain, public services, inequality, human rights, economic decline, security forces, factionalized elites, and external intervention.
