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The country-specific GPR index reflects automated text-search results of the electronic archives of three U.S newspapers: The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and The Washington Post. For more details, see the overall Country-Specific GPR Index.

For each historical country-specific index, the top 15 geopolitical risk index spikes were identified and labeled with the corresponding geopolitical event. These events are marked by orange dots in the charts below.

North America: Canada, Mexico, USA
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela
Europe (North and East): Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom
Europe (South and West): Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland
Asia and Oceania: Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, The Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Thailand


Charts of Country-Specific GPR Indexes

Egypt GPR Index

Note: Move the slider below the chart to zoom in on a specific date range. Click and drag a square around any area to zoom in further. Double click the chart to zoom back out. Hover over the chart to view details on specific event markers.

Israel GPR Index

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Saudi Arabia GPR Index

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South Africa GPR Index

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Tunisia GPR Index

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Turkey GPR Index

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