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Ukraine Country Instability Index

Ukraine's Country Instability Index is 78/100 · High, up 6 points over a 24-hour comparison window, as of .

CII measures current stress. World Monitor's separate Country Resilience Index measures Ukraine's longer-term structural capacity.

Current signal

Ukraine instability monitor

Published pulse

Instability combines current information, unrest, conflict and security-mobility signals. It is separate from structural resilience; do not combine the scores.

Instability score78High
24-hour comparison-window movementRising +6
Travel advisory inputDo Not Travel
OFAC designations in feed250 designated entities
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Recent developments in Ukraine

Ukraine's Country Instability Index is 78/100 · High, up 6 points over a 24-hour comparison window, as of . Reporting captured in the same window is listed below.

Country brief

Key risks

The Kerch Strait being a shipping chokepoint for Ukraine creates a risk of naval blockade or disruption to maritime trade. [E5]

Outlook

A Polymarket market related to Ukraine, "Will Ukraine target Moscow on October 20, 2026?", priced Yes at 77% on Oct 19, 2026; it closes Oct 21, 2026. [E6]

A Polymarket market related to Ukraine, "Will Russia target Kyiv on October 20, 2026?", priced Yes at 89% on Oct 19, 2026; it closes Oct 21, 2026. [E7]

Watch items

Whether Putin will follow through on his reported suggestion of a summit with Trump and Xi to decide Ukraine's fate. [3]

Whether Ukraine will target Moscow on October 20, 2026. [E6]

World Monitor data cited

Automated summary of 1 cited report and 3 World Monitor data points, generated .

  1. GDELT 195 — in Ukraine — source: whbl.com conflict source
  2. GDELT 195 — in Ukraine — source: whbl.com conflict source
  3. GDELT 190 — in Ukraine — source: www.cnbc.com conflict source
  4. GDELT 194 — in Ukraine — source: www.dailykos.com conflict source
  5. GDELT 190 — in Ukraine — source: www.politico.eu conflict source
  6. GDELT 190 — in Ukraine — source: nypost.com conflict source
  7. GDELT 190 — in Ukraine — source: maritime-executive.com conflict source
  8. GDELT 195 — in Ukraine — source: www.dailymail.com conflict source
  9. GDELT 190 — in Ukraine — source: www.mirror.co.uk conflict source

Structural resilience snapshot

Rank#128
Overall score44.9
Dimension coverage81%
ConfidenceStandard

Ukraine resilience analysis

Ukraine ranks #128 of 170 countries with an overall resilience score of 44.9 out of 100. Structural readiness is the weakest pillar at 50.4, with recovery capacity next at 53.4. Live shock exposure is strongest at 74.9, while Social and governance is the lowest of the six underlying domains at 39. Across the recorded 30-day window, the index is stable at -1.5 points. Dimension coverage is 81%, and the page labels confidence as standard.

Pillar profile

Six-domain profile

Dimension evidence, observed scores weakest first

DimensionDomainScoreCoverageEvidence state
Border securitySocial and governance18100%Stale
State continuityRecovery capacity21100%Stale
Social cohesionSocial and governance2692%Stale
Fiscal spaceRecovery capacity28100%Fresh
Logistics and supply chainsInfrastructure3150%Fresh
Liquid-reserve adequacyRecovery capacity37100%Fresh
Governance and institutionsSocial and governance41100%Fresh
Currency and external balanceEconomic capacity5685%Fresh
Information environmentSocial and governance5770%Stale
Financial-system exposureEconomic capacity59100%Fresh
Macro-fiscal positionEconomic capacity6195%Fresh
Cyber and digital capacityInfrastructure62100%Fresh
Health and public servicesHealth, food and water74100%Fresh
Core infrastructureInfrastructure7570%Fresh
Education capacitySocial and governance76100%Fresh
Trade policy resilienceEconomic capacity81100%Fresh
External-debt coverageRecovery capacity84100%Fresh
Energy system resilienceEnergy security8590%Fresh
Import concentrationRecovery capacity89100%Fresh
Food and water securityHealth, food and water9082%Fresh
Fuel-stock bufferRecovery capacity—0%Unavailable
Reserve adequacyRecovery capacity—0%Unavailable
Sovereign fiscal bufferRecovery capacity—0%Not applicable

Comparison set

Nearest ranked peers: Lebanon (#127, 45), Botswana (#129, 44.6), Libya (#126, 45), Rwanda (#130, 44.4). Comparisons in Europe: Turkmenistan (#109, 49.6), Russia (#99, 51.5), Kyrgyzstan (#87, 53.5), North Macedonia (#84, 53.9), Armenia (#79, 54.1). Similar scores do not mean equal conditions.

Tracked crisis context

The crisis registry links Ukraine to Ukraine war. Tracker scopes are fixed and do not cover every crisis.

Reading limits

Scores come from the August 29, 2026 snapshot. Top domain: Energy security, 85. Weak pillars pull the overall score down; read each score alongside its coverage and imputation.

Questions about Ukraine

What is Ukraine's Country Instability Index?

Ukraine's Country Instability Index is 78/100 (High), up 6 points over a 24-hour comparison window, as of Oct 19, 2026, 4:50 AM UTC.

What is Ukraine's resilience score?

Ukraine scores 44.9 out of 100 in the August 29, 2026 structural snapshot and sits #128 of 170 ranked countries. This is a comparative index, not a crisis probability.

Which resilience pillars are weakest for Ukraine?

Structural readiness is lowest at 50.4, followed by Recovery capacity at 53.4. Their evidence coverage is 94% and 63%.

Is Ukraine's resilience score rising or falling?

The 30-day reading is stable, with a change of -1.5 points. It is structural and separate from the live instability monitor.

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How to read this page

The 0-100 index records the August 29, 2026 snapshot. See the Country Resilience Index methodology for dimensions, sources and confidence rules. Published revisions that affect Ukraine are in the corrections log.

This 2026-08-29 snapshot applies domain design weights inside pillar aggregation. Earlier published CRI numbers used coverage-only member aggregation and are not directly comparable.

Use this dated reference with the live map for active alerts, conflict, market and energy signals. Neither score on this page is a forecast; where World Monitor does forecast, the graded record is on the forecast accuracy scorecard.

Download: resilience.json. Source: World Monitor Country Resilience Index snapshot, August 29, 2026. Methodology: Country Resilience Index.

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