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Global Risks Report, 2026

World Economic Forum · all publications · published 2026-01 · 28 predictions

complete← 2025

21st edition. Survey: Global Risks Perception Survey 2025-2026, over 1,300 respondents, 33 risks, responses collected 12 August to 22 September 2025. Same method as 2025: severity over 2 and 10 years (Figure 3, top 10 each) and one-risk current-year question (Figure 2). Current-year entries are the top 8 of 33 bars (ties at 7% and 4% in printed order). 'Cyber espionage and warfare' (2025) is printed as 'Cyber insecurity' in 2026; 'Erosion of human rights and/or civic freedoms' gains 'of'. Category read from the figure colour key. The PDF fetched on 2026-09-27 carries a modification date of 2026-02-03, after the January launch; a revision after launch is possible and not checked.

www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Global_Risks_Report_2026.pdf

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Geoeconomic confrontation
rank 1 · geopoliticalwef-global-risks-2026-001
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State-based armed conflict
rank 2 · geopoliticalwef-global-risks-2026-002
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Extreme weather events
rank 3 · environmentalwef-global-risks-2026-003
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Societal polarization
rank 4 · societalwef-global-risks-2026-004
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Misinformation and disinformation
rank 5 · technologicalwef-global-risks-2026-005