Ship'em to Mars

The world's most harmful leaders, ranked

Each country's leader, scored on conflict deaths, repression, economy, corruption and poverty, weighted by population and time in office. Higher is worse.

Updated · 331 leaders · Δ rank vs. the March 2026 edition · Click a row for the full breakdown

Ranking

# Leader Score Δ Harm drivers Harm Exposure
1
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan
Sudan · Head of State
0.487▲20.6390.842
2
Salva Kiir Mayardit
South Sudan · Head of State & Government
0.449▼10.5880.773
3
Vladimir Putin
Russia · Head of State
0.418▲50.4770.890
4
Mikhail Mishustin
Russia · Head of Government
0.375▲160.4770.890
5
Félix Tshisekedi
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Head of State
0.348▲10.4350.879
6
Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Central African Republic · Head of State
0.322▲30.4560.736
7
Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
Somalia · Head of State
0.321▲430.5180.796
8
Hamza Abdi Barre
Somalia · Head of Government
0.3180.5180.796
9
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe · Head of State & Government
0.311▼50.4220.789
10
Rashad al-Alimi
Yemen · Head of State
0.310▲220.4750.831
11
Évariste Ndayishimiye
Burundi · Head of State
0.299▼10.4410.781
12
Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopia · Head of Government
0.299▲10.3620.887
13
Paul Biya
Cameroon · Head of State
0.275▲50.3370.816
14
Hibatullah Akhundzada
Afghanistan · Head of State
0.273▲240.4000.834
15
Isaias Afwerki
Eritrea · Head of State & Government
0.271▲40.3790.715
16
Assimi Goïta
Mali · Head of State
0.269▲350.4010.808
17
Kim Jong-un
North Korea · Head of State
0.268▼60.3350.810
18
Ibrahim Traoré
Burkina Faso · Head of State
0.267▲610.4420.805
19
Félix Moloua
Central African Republic · Head of Government
0.266▲220.4560.736
20
Kamil Idris
Sudan · Head of Government
0.2620.6390.842
21
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Ukraine · Head of State
0.260▲50.3480.828
22
Xi Jinping
China · Head of State
0.258▼70.2630.998
23
Denis Sassou-Nguesso
Republic of the Congo · Head of State
0.252▲10.3400.743
24
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Egypt · Head of State
0.251▼100.2920.881
25
Joseph Ngute
Cameroon · Head of Government
0.251▲120.3370.816
26
Isaac Herzog
Israel · Head of State
0.251▼50.3980.764
27
Moe Aung
Myanmar · Head of Government
0.2500.4560.844
28
João Lourenço
Angola · Head of State & Government
0.246▼60.3160.828
29
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Turkey · Head of State & Government
0.245▼130.2910.866
30
Ilham Aliyev
Azerbaijan · Head of State
0.245▼10.3210.765
31
Norodom Sihamoni
Cambodia · Head of State
0.243▼10.3080.791
32
Mostafa Madbouly
Egypt · Head of Government
0.238▼150.2920.881
33
Teodoro Obiang
Equatorial Guinea · Head of State
0.234▲20.3410.686
34
Emomali Rahmon
Tajikistan · Head of State
0.232▲540.3030.767
35
Judith Suminwa
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Head of Government
0.2310.4350.879
36
Mohammad Hasan Akhund
Afghanistan · Head of Government
0.231▲320.4000.834
37
Min Aung Hlaing
Myanmar · Head of State
0.228▼120.4560.844
38
Kokhir Rasulzoda
Tajikistan · Head of Government
0.227▼150.3030.767
39
Mahamat Déby
Chad · Head of State & Government
0.227▲210.3400.799
40
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel · Head of Government
0.224▼40.3980.764
41
Nabbanja Robinah
Uganda · Head of Government
0.221▼10.3180.841
42
Mswati III
Eswatini · Head of State
0.221▼30.3320.665
43
Bola Tinubu
Nigeria · Head of State & Government
0.219▲30.3410.914
44
Ali Asadov
Azerbaijan · Head of Government
0.219▼10.3210.765
45
Alexander Lukashenka
Belarus · Head of State
0.215▼170.2830.759
46
Alix Didier Fils-Aimé
Haiti · Head of Government
0.213▲190.4970.772
47
Abdourahamane Tiani
Niger · Head of State
0.213▲370.3810.812
48
Ali Lamine Zeine
Niger · Head of Government
0.212▲370.3810.812
49
Samia Suluhu Hassan
Tanzania · Head of State & Government
0.212▲80.2960.856
50
Paul Kagame
Rwanda · Head of State
0.210▼50.2690.782
51
Anatole Collinet Makosso
Republic of the Congo · Head of Government
0.210▲40.3400.743
52
Abdulla Aripov
Uzbekistan · Head of Government
0.205▼190.2610.826
53
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
Uzbekistan · Head of State
0.205▼190.2610.826
54
Miguel Díaz-Canel
Cuba · Head of State
0.205▲80.2870.768
55
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Saudi Arabia · Head of State
0.199▼80.2490.826
56
Manuel Marrero Cruz
Cuba · Head of Government
0.195▲150.2870.768
57
Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo
Burkina Faso · Head of Government
0.1950.4420.805
58
Ismail Omar Guelleh
Djibouti · Head of State
0.192▼90.2900.663
59
Thongloun Sisoulith
Laos · Head of State
0.189▲240.3000.752
60
Li Qiang
China · Head of Government
0.189▲70.2630.998
61
Hakainde Hichilema
Zambia · Head of State & Government
0.189▲20.2890.801
62
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Djibouti · Head of Government
0.189▼80.2900.663
63
Mahmoud Abbas
Palestine · Head of State
0.188▼560.2570.735
64
Serdar Berdimuhamedow
Turkmenistan · Head of State & Government
0.188▼200.3180.751
65
Alassane Ouattara
Ivory Coast · Head of State
0.188▼10.2310.820
66
Masoud Pezeshkian
Iran · Head of Government
0.186▲240.3630.869
67
Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistan · Head of Government
0.183▼190.3150.917
68
Taye Atske Selassie
Ethiopia · Head of State
0.183▲210.3620.887
69
Asif Ali Zardari
Pakistan · Head of State
0.182▲340.3150.917
70
Mohammed VI of Morocco
Morocco · Head of State
0.182▼40.2200.828
71
Julius Maada Bio
Sierra Leone · Head of State
0.181▼180.2570.758
72
Mohamed al-Menfi
Libya · Head of State
0.181▼20.2880.750
73
Abdoulaye Maïga
Mali · Head of Government
0.1790.4010.808
74
Narendra Modi
India · Head of Government
0.179–0.1831.000
75
Letsie III of Lesotho
Lesotho · Head of State
0.178▼170.2560.695
76
Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Algeria · Head of State
0.178▼150.2400.837
77
James Marape
Papua New Guinea · Head of Government
0.177▲30.2560.767
78
Rama X of Thailand
Thailand · Head of State
0.175▼30.2140.857
79
Mamadi Doumbouya
Guinea · Head of State
0.175▼70.2740.783
80
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani
Mauritania · Head of State
0.171▲160.2600.734
81
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Kazakhstan · Head of State
0.170▼80.2350.799
82
Fathi Bashagha
Libya · Head of Government
0.1700.2880.750
83
William Ruto
Kenya · Head of State & Government
0.168▲100.2630.847
84
Hun Manet
Cambodia · Head of Government
0.166▲170.3080.791
85
Sonexay Siphandone
Laos · Head of Government
0.166▼290.3000.752
86
Hamad II of Bahrain
Bahrain · Head of State
0.165▼40.2430.677
87
Maria Benvinda Levy
Mozambique · Head of Government
0.164▲460.3720.824
88
Daniel Chapo
Mozambique · Head of State
0.164▲460.3720.824
89
Nestor Ntahontuye
Burundi · Head of Government
0.1570.4410.781
90
Sadyr Japarov
Kyrgyzstan · Head of State
0.157▲80.2480.749
91
Nayib Bukele
El Salvador · Head of State & Government
0.155▲110.2320.742
92
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud
Saudi Arabia · Head of Government
0.1550.2490.826
93
Abdullah II of Jordan
Jordan · Head of State
0.154▲430.2000.770
94
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
United Arab Emirates · Head of Government
0.153▲470.2000.770
95
Cyril Ramaphosa
South Africa · Head of State & Government
0.152▼90.1920.852
96
Azali Assoumani
Comoros · Head of State & Government
0.152▼150.2600.649
97
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Qatar · Head of State
0.152▲70.2190.706
98
Pak Thae-song
North Korea · Head of Government
0.149▲10.3350.810
99
Shaya al-Zindani
Yemen · Head of Government
0.1480.4750.831
100
Edeupa Yerimin
Eswatini · Head of Government
0.147▲80.3320.665
101
Adama Barrow
The Gambia · Head of State & Government
0.145▲110.2170.704
102
Kais Saied
Tunisia · Head of State
0.145▲110.2100.774
103
Bongbong Marcos
Philippines · Head of State & Government
0.145▲160.2130.880
104
David Sengeh
Sierra Leone · Head of Government
0.143▲60.2570.758
105
Haitham bin Tarik Al Said
Oman · Head of State & Government
0.141▲40.2160.735
106
Salman bin Hamad, Crown Prince of Bahrain
Bahrain · Head of Government
0.140–0.2430.677
107
Droupadi Murmu
India · Head of State
0.140▲70.1831.000
108
Delcy Rodriguez
Venezuela · Head of State & Government
0.140▲600.4410.813
109
Rui Duarte de Barros
Guinea-Bissau · Head of Government
0.140▲140.3080.693
110
Manuel Osa Nsue Nsua
Equatorial Guinea · Head of Government
0.137▲140.3410.686
111
Bah Oury
Guinea · Head of Government
0.136▲150.2740.783
112
Sam Matekane
Lesotho · Head of Government
0.133▼10.2560.695
113
Robert Beugré Mambé
Ivory Coast · Head of Government
0.127▲140.2310.820
114
Daniel Noboa
Ecuador · Head of State & Government
0.124▲10.2370.792
115
Andrew Holness
Jamaica · Head of Government
0.124▲540.1830.704
116
Daniel Ortega
Nicaragua · Head of State & Government
0.123▼890.3170.747
117
Bernardo Arévalo de León
Guatemala · Head of State & Government
0.122▲130.2380.793
118
Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei
Brunei · Head of State & Government
0.121▲760.1960.618
119
Olzhas Bektenov
Kazakhstan · Head of Government
0.1200.2350.799
120
Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan
United Arab Emirates · Head of State
0.120▲50.2000.770
121
Mohammad Mustafa
Palestine · Head of Government
0.118▼690.2570.735
122
Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema
Gabon · Head of State
0.116▲70.2430.700
123
Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico · Head of State & Government
0.116▲90.2290.886
124
Raymond Ndong Sima
Gabon · Head of Government
0.116▲40.2430.700
125
Jean-Lucien Savi de Tové
Togo · Head of State
0.114▲480.3060.757
126
Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé
Togo · Head of Government
0.114▲460.3060.757
127
Mojtaba Khamenei
Iran · Head of State
0.1140.3630.869
128
Ram Chandra Poudel
Nepal · Head of State
0.114▲270.1930.815
129
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Brazil · Head of State & Government
0.113▲140.1690.909
130
Moctar Ould Djay
Mauritania · Head of Government
0.112▲260.2600.734
131
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
Qatar · Head of Government
0.112▲230.2190.706
132
Joseph Boakai
Liberia · Head of State & Government
0.112▲330.2350.737
133
Alexander Turchyn
Belarus · Head of Government
0.110▲310.2830.759
134
Edi Rama
Albania · Head of Government
0.110▲590.1620.695
135
Michael Randrianirina
Madagascar · Head of State
0.109▲140.3120.820
136
José Ramos-Horta
Timor-Leste · Head of State
0.107▼50.2060.671
137
Joseph Aoun
Lebanon · Head of State
0.107▲230.2710.738
138
Javier Milei
Argentina · Head of State & Government
0.106▼380.1940.836
139
Irfaan Ali
Guyana · Head of State
0.106–0.1900.646
140
Hugo Chávez
Guyana · Head of Government
0.106–0.1900.646
141
Nawaf Salam
Lebanon · Head of Government
0.105▲180.2710.738
142
Santiago Peña Palacios
Paraguay · Head of State & Government
0.103▲150.2020.747
143
Peter Mutharika
Malawi · Head of State & Government
0.102▼480.2960.802
144
Luis Abinader
Dominican Republic · Head of State & Government
0.102▼60.1530.770
145
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait · Head of State
0.101▲70.2120.730
146
Adylbek Kasymaliev
Kyrgyzstan · Head of Government
0.101▼20.2480.749
147
Željko Komšić
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Head of State
0.1000.1890.709
148
Khurelsukh Ukhnaa
Mongolia · Head of State
0.099▲100.1680.715
149
Prabowo Subianto
Indonesia · Head of State & Government
0.098▲180.1890.923
150
Albin Kurti
Kosovo · Head of Government
0.0980.1730.676
151
Borjana Krišto
Bosnia and Herzegovina · Head of Government
0.098▲100.1890.709
152
Justin Nsengiyumva
Rwanda · Head of Government
0.097▲270.2690.782
153
Xanana Gusmão
Timor-Leste · Head of Government
0.096▼60.2060.671
154
Johnny Briceño
Belize · Head of Government
0.096▲200.1830.614
155
Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysia · Head of Government
0.095▲70.1550.824
156
Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah
Kuwait · Head of Government
0.0950.2120.730
157
Ralph Gonsalves
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Head of Government
0.0930.1710.545
158
Maia Sandu
Moldova · Head of State
0.093▲50.1570.695
159
Mamitiana Rajaonarison
Madagascar · Head of Government
0.0910.3120.820
160
Nikol Pashinyan
Armenia · Head of Government
0.091▼140.1560.708
161
Ahmed al-Sharaa
Syria · Head of State
0.0900.2110.808
162
Sifi Ghrieb
Algeria · Head of Government
0.090▲130.2400.837
163
Jafar Hassan
Jordan · Head of Government
0.089▲30.2000.770
164
Irakli Kobakhidze
Georgia · Head of Government
0.089▲500.1920.720
165
Christine Kangaloo
Trinidad and Tobago · Head of State
0.088▲160.1830.669
166
Yoweri Museveni
Uganda · Head of State
0.088▼1540.3180.841
167
Horta Inta-A Na Man
Guinea-Bissau · Head of State
0.0870.3080.693
168
Vahagn Khachatryan
Armenia · Head of State
0.087▲80.1560.708
169
Bassirou Diomaye Faye
Senegal · Head of State & Government
0.087▲160.1750.794
170
Bajram Begaj
Albania · Head of State
0.086▲100.1620.695
171
Cho Jung-tai
Taiwan · Head of Government
0.086▲200.1750.804
172
Lai Ching-te
Taiwan · Head of State
0.086▲180.1750.804
173
John Mahama
Ghana · Head of State & Government
0.085▲230.1930.823
174
Bob Loughman
Vanuatu · Head of Government
0.085▲100.1620.603
175
Serhii Koretskyi
Ukraine · Head of Government
0.0850.3480.828
176
Carlos Vila Nova
São Tomé and Príncipe · Head of State
0.084▲60.1750.587
177
Sarra Zaafrani
Tunisia · Head of Government
0.083▲350.2100.774
178
Gilmar Pisas
Curaçao · Head of Government
0.083–0.1760.567
179
Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor
Malaysia · Head of State
0.082▲190.1550.824
180
Mohamed Muizzu
Maldives · Head of State & Government
0.082▲120.1990.625
181
Roosevelt Skerrit
Dominica · Head of Government
0.082▲220.1560.526
182
Anutin Charnvirakul
Thailand · Head of Government
0.0810.2140.857
183
Nasry Asfura
Honduras · Head of State & Government
0.081▲580.2780.768
184
Nizar Amidi
Iraq · Head of State
0.0800.2790.837
185
Tarique Rahman
Bangladesh · Head of Government
0.0800.2400.900
186
Anura Kurankan Dissanayake
Sri Lanka · Head of State
0.079▼150.1730.801
187
Harini Amarasuriya
Sri Lanka · Head of Government
0.079▼170.1730.801
188
Andrej Plenković
Croatia · Head of Government
0.079▼110.1150.719
189
Ali Falih Al-Zaidi
Iraq · Head of Government
0.0780.2790.837
190
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Bhutan · Head of State
0.076▼20.1180.644
191
Đuro Macut
Serbia · Head of Government
0.075▲330.2020.744
192
Pravind Jugnauth
Mauritius · Head of Government
0.075▲30.1190.665
193
Mikheil Kavelashvili
Georgia · Head of State
0.0750.1920.720
194
Nikenike Vurobaravu
Vanuatu · Head of State
0.075▲70.1620.603
195
Terrance Drew
Saint Kitts and Nevis · Head of Government
0.075▲120.1920.510
196
Rodrigo Paz
Bolivia · Head of State & Government
0.074▲40.2300.775
197
Lê Minh Hưng
Vietnam · Head of Government
0.0730.2430.874
198
Tô Lâm
Vietnam · Head of State
0.073▼810.2430.874
199
Zoran Milanović
Croatia · Head of State
0.073▼100.1150.719
200
Philip J. Pierre
Saint Lucia · Head of Government
0.071▲130.1510.573
201
José Raúl Mulino
Panama · Head of State & Government
0.070▲70.1620.727
202
Sergio Mattarella
Italy · Head of State
0.070▲20.0850.848
203
Mark Brown
Cook Islands · Head of Government
0.069▲30.1770.456
204
Tupou VI of Tonga
Tonga · Head of State
0.069▲110.1270.547
205
Sitiveni Rabuka
Fiji · Head of Government
0.068▼80.1420.651
206
Gaston Browne
Antigua and Barbuda · Head of Government
0.068▲480.1280.543
207
Philip "Brave" Davis
The Bahamas · Head of Government
0.068▲180.1360.612
208
Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova
North Macedonia · Head of State
0.068▲30.1610.683
209
Felipe VI of Spain
Spain · Head of State
0.066▲110.0810.839
210
Hristijan Mickoski
North Macedonia · Head of Government
0.066–0.1610.683
211
Tharman Shanmugaratnam
Singapore · Head of State
0.063▲110.1260.740
212
Duma Boko
Botswana · Head of State & Government
0.063▼30.1610.699
213
Elijah Ngurare
Namibia · Head of Government
0.063▲320.1740.708
214
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
Namibia · Head of State
0.063▲300.1740.708
215
Jakov Milatović
Montenegro · Head of State
0.062▲10.1390.632
216
Kamla Persad-Bissessar
Trinidad and Tobago · Head of Government
0.061▲220.1830.669
217
Romuald Wadagni
Benin · Head of State & Government
0.0610.2410.782
218
Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir
Bangladesh · Head of State
0.0590.2400.900
219
Milojko Spajić
Montenegro · Head of Government
0.058▼20.1390.632
220
Dickon Mitchell
Grenada · Head of Government
0.058▲230.1360.553
221
Lawrence Wong
Singapore · Head of Government
0.057▲140.1260.740
222
José Maria Neves
Cape Verde · Head of State
0.057▲100.1130.624
223
Kyriakos Mitsotakis
Greece · Head of Government
0.056▼180.1050.766
224
Balendra Shah
Nepal · Head of Government
0.0550.1930.815
225
Sylvanie Burton
Dominica · Head of State
0.055▲250.1560.526
226
Robert Abela
Malta · Head of Government
0.055–0.0990.629
227
Américo Ramos
São Tomé and Príncipe · Head of Government
0.055▲320.1750.587
228
Luc Mercelina
Sint Maarten · Head of Government
0.0550.1760.507
229
Donald Trump
United States · Head of State & Government
0.055▲440.1100.931
230
Robert Fico
Slovakia · Head of Government
0.054▲120.1110.735
231
Dalton Tagelagi
Niue · Head of Government
0.054▲60.1770.352
232
Giorgia Meloni
Italy · Head of Government
0.054▲10.0850.848
233
Nicușor Dan
Romania · Head of State
0.054▲180.1390.794
234
Taneti Maamau
Kiribati · Head of State & Government
0.054▼30.1000.560
235
Va'aletoa Sualauvi II
Samoa · Head of State
0.053▲10.0960.583
236
Ilie Bolojan
Romania · Head of Government
0.052▲160.1390.794
237
Abelardo de la Espriella
Colombia · Head of State & Government
0.0520.2200.843
238
Emmanuel Macron
France · Head of State
0.052▼80.0650.855
239
Naiqama Lalabalavu
Fiji · Head of State
0.0510.1420.651
240
Donald Tusk
Poland · Head of Government
0.051▼220.0940.825
241
Jennifer Geerlings-Simons
Suriname · Head of State & Government
0.050▲70.1700.633
242
Naruhito
Japan · Head of State
0.050▼30.0630.883
243
Peter Pellegrini
Slovakia · Head of State
0.049▲170.1110.735
244
Tshering Tobgay
Bhutan · Head of Government
0.049▲130.1180.644
245
Wesley Simina
Micronesia · Head of State & Government
0.049▲210.1240.552
246
Keiko Fujimori
Peru · Head of State & Government
0.0470.1970.823
247
Nicos Christodoulides
Cyprus · Head of State & Government
0.046▲110.0960.670
248
Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri
Morocco · Head of Government
0.0460.2200.828
249
Gitanas Nausėda
Lithuania · Head of State
0.045▼150.0710.705
250
Pedro Sánchez
Spain · Head of Government
0.045▼270.0810.839
251
Iliana Iotova
Bulgaria · Head of State
0.044▲340.1540.743
252
Xavier Espot Zamora
Andorra · Head of Government
0.043▲220.0890.537
253
Dharam Gokhool
Mauritius · Head of State
0.043▲20.1190.665
254
Mia Mottley
Barbados · Head of Government
0.043▲160.0780.595
255
Uchral Nyam-Osor
Mongolia · Head of Government
0.0420.1680.715
256
Nataša Pirc Musar
Slovenia · Head of State
0.042▲70.0820.690
257
Konstantinos Tasoulas
Greece · Head of State
0.041▲220.1050.766
258
Péter Magyar
Hungary · Head of Government
0.0410.1650.761
259
Petr Pavel
Czech Republic · Head of State
0.041▲20.0730.768
260
Albulena Haxhiu
Kosovo · Head of State
0.0410.1730.676
261
Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Monaco · Head of State
0.040▼150.0810.500
262
Surangel Whipps Jr.
Palau · Head of State & Government
0.040▲140.1020.463
263
Matthew Wale
Solomon Islands · Head of Government
0.0390.1870.646
264
Myriam Spiteri Debono
Malta · Head of State
0.039▲80.0990.629
265
Ana Brnabić
Serbia · Head of State
0.0380.2020.744
266
Edgars Rinkēvičs
Latvia · Head of State
0.038▼10.0800.684
267
Rumen Radev
Bulgaria · Head of Government
0.0380.1540.743
268
David Adeang
Nauru · Head of State & Government
0.038▲70.1260.445
269
Lee Jae Myung
South Korea · Head of State
0.036▲90.0880.842
270
Karol Nawrocki
Poland · Head of State
0.035▼30.0940.825
271
András Baka
Hungary · Head of State
0.0350.1650.761
272
Philippe of Belgium
Belgium · Head of State
0.035▼40.0460.772
273
Alexander Van der Bellen
Austria · Head of State
0.034▼20.0480.760
274
Hilda Heine
Marshall Islands · Head of State & Government
0.033▲140.1030.497
275
Luís Montenegro
Portugal · Head of Government
0.033▲50.0680.767
276
Charles III
United Kingdom · Head of State
0.033▲210.0510.856
277
Vasile Tofan
Moldova · Head of Government
0.0320.1570.695
278
Raffaella Petrini
Vatican City · Head of Government
0.029▲170.1770.321
279
Leo XIV
Vatican City · Head of State
0.028▲170.1770.321
280
Fatafehi Fakafānua, 8th Lord Fakafānua
Tonga · Head of Government
0.028▲40.1270.547
281
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Germany · Head of State
0.026▲10.0320.864
282
Laura Fernández Delgado
Costa Rica · Head of State & Government
0.0250.1030.732
283
Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt
Samoa · Head of Government
0.0240.0960.583
284
Alar Karis
Estonia · Head of State
0.024▼10.0450.669
285
Sébastien Lecornu
France · Head of Government
0.024▲70.0650.855
286
Yamandú Orsi
Uruguay · Head of State & Government
0.024▲170.0650.712
287
Patrick Herminie
Seychelles · Head of State & Government
0.024▲60.1020.555
288
Sanae Takaichi
Japan · Head of Government
0.023▲30.0630.883
289
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein · Head of State
0.023▲50.0460.503
290
José Antonio Kast
Chile · Head of State & Government
0.0230.0810.796
291
Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat
Andorra · Head of State
0.023▲140.0890.537
292
Andrej Babiš
Czech Republic · Head of Government
0.023▼60.0730.768
293
Anthony Albanese
Australia · Head of Government
0.023▲80.0360.812
294
Han Seong-sook
South Korea · Head of Government
0.0220.0880.842
295
Mike Eman
Aruba · Head of Government
0.0220.0790.550
296
Francisco Carvalho
Cape Verde · Head of Government
0.0220.1130.624
297
Ben Do
Tuvalu · Head of Government
0.021▼70.0770.434
298
António José Seguro
Portugal · Head of State
0.0190.0680.767
299
Jeffrey Bostic
Barbados · Head of State
0.0190.0780.595
300
Christian Stocker
Austria · Head of Government
0.019▲40.0480.760
301
Christophe Mirmand
Monaco · Head of Government
0.0190.0810.500
302
Bart De Wever
Belgium · Head of Government
0.019▲40.0460.772
303
William Alexander of the Netherlands
Netherlands · Head of State
0.019▼220.0240.792
304
Kristen Michal
Estonia · Head of Government
0.018▼50.0450.669
305
Janez Janša
Slovenia · Head of Government
0.0180.0820.690
306
Andris Kulbergs
Latvia · Head of Government
0.0170.0800.684
307
Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
Sweden · Head of State
0.016–0.0210.766
308
Mark Carney
Canada · Head of Government
0.016▲50.0370.831
309
Mindaugas Sinkevičius
Lithuania · Head of Government
0.0150.0710.705
310
Halla Tómasdóttir
Iceland · Head of State
0.014▼20.0390.610
311
Friedrich Merz
Germany · Head of Government
0.014–0.0320.864
312
Kristrún Mjöll Frostadóttir
Iceland · Head of Government
0.013▼30.0390.610
313
Andy Burnham
United Kingdom · Head of Government
0.0130.0510.856
314
Jens-Frederik Nielsen
Greenland · Head of Government
0.013▼40.0480.519
315
Micheál Martin
Ireland · Head of Government
0.012–0.0310.735
316
Ulf Kristersson
Sweden · Head of Government
0.012▼20.0210.766
317
Brigitte Haas
Liechtenstein · Head of Government
0.0120.0460.503
318
Christopher Luxon
New Zealand · Head of Government
0.011▲10.0230.734
319
Luc Frieden
Luxembourg · Head of Government
0.010▼20.0230.637
320
Catherine Connolly
Ireland · Head of State
0.010▼40.0310.735
321
Martin Pfister
Switzerland · Head of State
0.0090.0240.759
322
William Casali
San Marino · Head of State
0.0080.0630.495
323
Guy Parmelin
Switzerland · Head of Government
0.0070.0240.759
324
Rob Jetten
Netherlands · Head of Government
0.007▼10.0240.792
325
Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Luxembourg · Head of State
0.006▼40.0230.637
326
Petteri Orpo
Finland · Head of Government
0.006▼80.0120.737
327
Alexander Stubb
Finland · Head of State
0.006▼70.0120.737
328
Jonas Gahr Støre
Norway · Head of Government
0.005▼30.0080.736
329
Mette Frederiksen
Denmark · Head of Government
0.002▼70.0040.740
330
Frederik X of Denmark
Denmark · Head of State
0.002▼300.0040.740
331
Haakon VIII of Norway
Norway · Head of State
0.0020.0080.736

Who are they?

Score distribution

Gender

Age

Religion

Score map

top leader per country · brighter = worse

Charts cover the selected top leaders. The score chart and map count each country once (its top leader). Gender, age and religion as recorded on Wikidata.

Methodology

Heads of state and government share their country's harm and exposure; tenure is individual.

Sources

Scoring (higher = worse)

exposure         = log1p(population) / max(log1p(population))
violence_score   = 0.7 * lognorm(actor_conflict_deaths_per_100k)
                 + 0.1 * lognorm(place_conflict_deaths_per_100k)
                 + 0.2 * norm(homicide_rate)
repression_score = 1 - norm(voice_and_accountability)
corruption_score = 1 - norm(control_of_corruption)
econ_score       = 0.6 * clip((inflation - 5) / 100, 0, 1)
                 + 0.4 * clip(-gdp_growth / 20, 0, 1)
poverty_score    = norm(poverty_rate)

harm_score = 0.35*violence + 0.25*repression + 0.20*econ
           + 0.10*corruption + 0.10*poverty

tenure_weight = 0.25 + 0.75 * (1 - exp(-ln(2) * years_in_office / 2.5))
score         = harm_score * exposure * tenure_weight

norm: min–max across countries · lognorm: log1p first.

Conflict deaths: yearly average of the last 3 years (UCDP); a state defending its own soil isn't charged.

* Most recent estimate where newer than the World Bank series (WHO, World Bank PIP, IMF); gaps left after that use the median.

† Rough estimate: all conflict deaths on each country's soil plus homicides above the world median (3.4/100k); output = GDP growth shortfall vs. the income-group median × GDP.

Δ: change vs. the previous edition · data (CSV) · Run 20261003-075943 · model v3