5 Most Unstable Countries in the World

3. Syrian Arab Republic

Fragility Score: 108.4

Syria has seen consistent conflict for the past two decades, which erupted into a brutal civil war in 2011 that continues to devastate the country. Large swathes of the country are controlled by six different groups, apart from the Syrian Arab Republic itself. Despite a ceasefire announced in 2020, clashes still take place in Syria. Countries including the U.S., Turkey, and Russia have supported various factions, and Israel has conducted its own bombing raids. The war in Syria has made millions of people into refugees and killed hundreds of thousands of people.