http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2...countries/
For the first time, FM Global has put countries through a rigorous evaluation process and produced a publicly available ranking of the places it deems most resilient. Landing in first place is a country that may not be at the top of your list for opening a subsidiary or a factory: Norway (ExxonMobil has operated there for more than 120 years; ConocoPhillips also has longstanding oil fields there). Coming in second is a more obvious choice, given its bank secrecy laws and stable political environment: Switzerland. Canada, with its solid government, oil reserves and well-developed infrastructure, is in third place.
The U.S. doesn’t rank until 10th place and then only a portion of the country FM Global calls Region 3, made up of 26 states in the Southwest, Midwest, the South and Washington, D.C. on the East Coast is in the slot. Other states in the group include Arizona, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. The U.S.’s region 1 is at risk for wind storms and includes Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York, placing 18th on the list. US Region 1 is made up mostly of Western states like California and Oregon, plus Hawaii and Alaska. Because of those states’ vulnerability to earthquakes, the region scores down at 21 on the list, just behind the United Kingdom and above Singapore.
The 25 Most Reliable Countries http://cf.datawrapper.de/wwim7/1/
The 25 Least Reliable Countries http://cf.datawrapper.de/1GKzN/2/
For the first time, FM Global has put countries through a rigorous evaluation process and produced a publicly available ranking of the places it deems most resilient. Landing in first place is a country that may not be at the top of your list for opening a subsidiary or a factory: Norway (ExxonMobil has operated there for more than 120 years; ConocoPhillips also has longstanding oil fields there). Coming in second is a more obvious choice, given its bank secrecy laws and stable political environment: Switzerland. Canada, with its solid government, oil reserves and well-developed infrastructure, is in third place.
The U.S. doesn’t rank until 10th place and then only a portion of the country FM Global calls Region 3, made up of 26 states in the Southwest, Midwest, the South and Washington, D.C. on the East Coast is in the slot. Other states in the group include Arizona, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. The U.S.’s region 1 is at risk for wind storms and includes Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey and New York, placing 18th on the list. US Region 1 is made up mostly of Western states like California and Oregon, plus Hawaii and Alaska. Because of those states’ vulnerability to earthquakes, the region scores down at 21 on the list, just behind the United Kingdom and above Singapore.
The 25 Most Reliable Countries http://cf.datawrapper.de/wwim7/1/
The 25 Least Reliable Countries http://cf.datawrapper.de/1GKzN/2/