Global Leadership Insecurity Index · demo
Which governments watch their people most?
Some leaders treat society like a threat: they squeeze protests, media, and civic groups. Some face populations that are poor, unequal, or shut out of opportunity. The riskiest mix is both—grievance with no safe way to organize.
1. Civic hostility
How hard is it to associate, speak, organize, or go online without being treated as a security problem?
2. Everyday hardship
Poverty, inequality, joblessness, and shocks that make people feel the future is blocked.