Estonia
High structural capacity, prosperity matched by institutions.
What stands out
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Structural shape
Each spoke shows one pillar, with 0 at the center and 1 at the edge. The shape reveals whether the pillars are similar or whether one is much lower than the others. That difference is called the .
Read as Some imbalance · spread 0.25
Additional checks
1 flagged · 9/9 assessedThese checks add context that the overall score can miss. Select a check to see its result, the evidence behind it, and whether enough information was available to assess it.
These two checks run automatically from the five pillars and public source data.
These checks need reviewed historical or political context. A result of “not assessed” means that review has not been completed.
These checks describe structural risk. They do not predict who will act first in a conflict. Differences smaller than 0.03 are treated as too close to rank when countries are compared head-to-head.
Additional diagnostics
combines strong institutions with a relatively small or less complex governing environment.
Main risk in this approach: Demographic/economic stagnation
- · Flagged checks: external threat
stability/income-led fall.
Short-term movement is noisy and often reverses. The current level and the durability gap are more informative than a recent change.
Largest difference across the weighting methods: 0.017. The country stays in the same score band in each check.
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This tool changes the five published pillar values or their weights. It does not recalculate the pillars from the raw indicators, and it does not update the additional checks shown above.
External security context
reviewed for 2003MODERATE structural exposure, high response: relationally mid-risk on this axis.
What happened: Persists; NATO/EU member from 2004, no invasion.
The indicators behind the score
5/5 pillars · 2024Select an indicator to see what it measures and where it comes from.
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