Global Country Risk Ratings

Name: RegActions Country AML Risk Ratings
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Compare financial-crime and country risk across 213 jurisdictions. Full information is available for 188; 25 have some information missing; 0 do not have enough information for a score. Missing information is never treated as zero risk. Enforcement activity and CPI are shown for context but do not change the score.

Very high: 14 · High: 70 · Moderate: 104 · Low: 25 · Insufficient data: 0. See the FATF grey list & black list.

#	Country	Risk score	Risk	Region	FATF	International sanctions
1	Iran	9.0	Very high	Middle East	Black list	Comprehensive
2	Myanmar	9.0	Very high	Asia Pacific	Black list	Sectoral
3	North Korea	9.0	Very high	Asia Pacific	Black list	Comprehensive
4	Cuba	8.0	Very high	Americas	—	Comprehensive
5	Central African Republic	7.8	Very high	Africa	—	Sectoral
6	Venezuela	7.8	Very high	Americas	Grey list	Sectoral
7	Democratic Republic of the Congo	7.6	Very high	Africa	Grey list	Sectoral
8	Haiti	7.6	Very high	Americas	Grey list	Sectoral
9	Somalia	7.3	Very high	Africa	—	Sectoral
10	South Sudan	7.3	Very high	Africa	Grey list	Sectoral
11	Sudan	7.1	Very high	Africa	—	Sectoral
12	Afghanistan	7.0	Very high	Asia Pacific	—	Sectoral
13	Syria	7.0	Very high	Middle East	Grey list	Sectoral
14	Yemen	7.0	Very high	Middle East	Grey list	Sectoral
15	Eritrea	6.9	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
16	Libya	6.9	High	Africa	—	Sectoral
17	Guinea-Bissau	6.8	High	Africa	—	Targeted
18	Zimbabwe	6.7	High	Africa	—	Sectoral
19	Guinea	6.5	High	Africa	—	Targeted
20	Mali	6.5	High	Africa	—	Targeted
21	Chad	6.4	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
22	Equatorial Guinea	6.4	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
23	Niger	6.3	High	Africa	—	Targeted
24	Republic of the Congo	6.2	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
25	Burundi	6.1	High	Africa	—	Sectoral
26	Ethiopia	6.1	High	Africa	—	Targeted
27	Lebanon	6.1	High	Middle East	Grey list	Sectoral
28	Angola	6.0	High	Africa	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
29	Belarus	6.0	High	Europe	—	Sectoral
30	Bolivia	6.0	High	Americas	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.0	High	Europe	Grey list	Targeted
32	British Virgin Islands	6.0	High	Offshore / IFC	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
33	Bulgaria	6.0	High	Europe	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
34	Cameroon	6.0	High	Africa	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
35	China	6.0	High	Asia Pacific	—	Sectoral
36	Côte d'Ivoire	6.0	High	Africa	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
37	Gabon	6.0	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
38	Hong Kong	6.0	High	Asia Pacific	—	Sectoral
39	Iraq	6.0	High	Middle East	Grey list	Sectoral
40	Kenya	6.0	High	Africa	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
41	Kuwait	6.0	High	Middle East	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
42	Laos	6.0	High	Asia Pacific	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
43	Monaco	6.0	High	Europe	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
44	Montenegro	6.0	High	Europe	—	Sectoral
45	Nepal	6.0	High	Asia Pacific	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
46	Papua New Guinea	6.0	High	Asia Pacific	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
47	Russia	6.0	High	Europe	—	Sectoral
48	Serbia	6.0	High	Europe	—	Sectoral
49	Togo	6.0	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
50	Vietnam	6.0	High	Asia Pacific	Grey list	No direct country restrictions
51	Eswatini	5.9	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
52	Liberia	5.9	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
53	Mozambique	5.9	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
54	Comoros	5.8	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
55	Djibouti	5.8	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
56	Madagascar	5.7	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
57	Mauritania	5.7	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
58	Pakistan	5.7	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
59	São Tomé and Príncipe	5.7	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
60	Sierra Leone	5.7	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
61	Uganda	5.7	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
62	Burkina Faso	5.6	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
63	Lesotho	5.6	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
64	Nicaragua	5.6	High	Americas	—	Targeted
65	Nigeria	5.6	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
66	Sint Maarten	5.6	High	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
67	Suriname	5.6	High	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
68	Tanzania	5.6	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
69	The Gambia	5.6	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
70	Tonga	5.6	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
71	Benin	5.5	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
72	Solomon Islands	5.5	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
73	Tunisia	5.5	High	Africa	—	Targeted
74	Maldives	5.4	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
75	Cambodia	5.3	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
76	Niue	5.3	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
77	Rwanda	5.3	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
78	Timor-Leste	5.3	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
79	Sri Lanka	5.2	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
80	Cabo Verde	5.1	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
81	Mongolia	5.1	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
82	Senegal	5.1	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
83	Vanuatu	5.1	High	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
84	Algeria	5.0	High	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
85	Bangladesh	4.8	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
86	Bhutan	4.8	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
87	Botswana	4.8	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
88	Kyrgyzstan	4.8	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
89	Philippines	4.8	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
90	Saint Lucia	4.7	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
91	Seychelles	4.7	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
92	Ghana	4.6	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
93	Grenada	4.6	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
94	Malawi	4.6	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
95	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.6	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
96	Curaçao	4.5	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
97	Jamaica	4.5	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
98	Morocco	4.5	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
99	Namibia	4.5	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
100	South Africa	4.5	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
101	Tajikistan	4.5	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
102	Turkmenistan	4.5	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
103	Turks and Caicos Islands	4.5	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
104	Zambia	4.5	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
105	Barbados	4.4	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
106	Ecuador	4.4	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
107	El Salvador	4.4	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
108	Fiji	4.4	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
109	Jordan	4.4	Moderate	Middle East	—	No direct country restrictions
110	Mexico	4.4	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
111	Trinidad and Tobago	4.4	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
112	Azerbaijan	4.3	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
113	Honduras	4.3	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
114	Samoa	4.3	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
115	Thailand	4.3	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
116	Türkiye	4.3	Moderate	Middle East	—	No direct country restrictions
117	Antigua and Barbuda	4.2	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
118	Argentina	4.2	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
119	Bahamas	4.2	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
120	Colombia	4.2	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
121	Egypt	4.2	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
122	Hungary	4.2	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
123	Marshall Islands	4.2	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
124	Mauritius	4.2	Moderate	Africa	—	No direct country restrictions
125	Nauru	4.2	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
126	Palau	4.2	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
127	Paraguay	4.2	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
128	Ukraine	4.2	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
129	Albania	4.1	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
130	Brazil	4.1	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
131	North Macedonia	4.1	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
132	Panama	4.1	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
133	Croatia	4.0	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
134	Georgia	4.0	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
135	Guatemala	4.0	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
136	Peru	4.0	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
137	Romania	4.0	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
138	United Arab Emirates	4.0	Moderate	Middle East	—	No direct country restrictions
139	Anguilla	3.9	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
140	Cayman Islands	3.9	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
141	Dominica	3.9	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
142	Dominican Republic	3.9	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
143	Gibraltar	3.9	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
144	Guyana	3.9	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
145	Isle of Man	3.9	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
146	Moldova	3.9	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
147	Montserrat	3.9	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
148	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3.9	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
149	Slovakia	3.9	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
150	Costa Rica	3.8	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
151	Indonesia	3.8	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
152	Malta	3.8	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
153	Palestine	3.8	Moderate	Middle East	—	No direct country restrictions
154	Saudi Arabia	3.8	Moderate	Middle East	—	No direct country restrictions
155	Uzbekistan	3.8	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
156	Bahrain	3.7	Moderate	Middle East	—	No direct country restrictions
157	Poland	3.7	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
158	Armenia	3.6	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
159	Iceland	3.6	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
160	Chile	3.5	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
161	Cook Islands	3.5	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
162	India	3.5	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
163	Kazakhstan	3.5	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
164	Brunei	3.4	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
165	Lithuania	3.4	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
166	Slovenia	3.4	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
167	Uruguay	3.4	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
168	Belgium	3.3	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
169	Belize	3.3	Moderate	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
170	Cyprus	3.3	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
171	Greece	3.3	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
172	Oman	3.3	Moderate	Middle East	—	No direct country restrictions
173	Vatican City	3.3	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
174	Czechia	3.2	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
175	Estonia	3.2	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
176	Denmark	3.1	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
177	Macau	3.1	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
178	Qatar	3.1	Moderate	Middle East	—	No direct country restrictions
179	South Korea	3.1	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
180	Andorra	3.0	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
181	Aruba	3.0	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
182	Japan	3.0	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
183	Malaysia	3.0	Moderate	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
184	Austria	2.9	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
185	Canada	2.9	Low	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
186	Germany	2.9	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
187	Portugal	2.9	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
188	Italy	2.8	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
189	Kosovo	2.8	Moderate	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
190	Australia	2.7	Low	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
191	Finland	2.7	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
192	Ireland	2.7	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
193	Liechtenstein	2.7	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
194	San Marino	2.7	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
195	Taiwan	2.7	Low	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
196	Guernsey	2.6	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
197	Israel	2.6	Low	Middle East	—	No direct country restrictions
198	Bermuda	2.5	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
199	Norway	2.5	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
200	Sweden	2.5	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
201	Switzerland	2.5	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
202	United States	2.5	Low	Americas	—	No direct country restrictions
203	New Zealand	2.4	Low	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
204	Jersey	2.3	Low	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
205	Luxembourg	2.3	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
206	Netherlands	2.3	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
207	Singapore	2.3	Low	Asia Pacific	—	No direct country restrictions
208	Spain	2.3	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
209	France	2.2	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
210	Latvia	1.9	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
211	United Kingdom	1.9	Low	Europe	—	No direct country restrictions
212	American Samoa	1.7	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions
213	Guam	1.6	Moderate	Offshore / IFC	—	No direct country restrictions