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Geopolitical Risk Since 1900

Historical Geopolitical Risk Index, monthly

137 in Sep 2026+49 since Jan 1900
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5-year rangeThe highest and lowest readings of the last five years, as a band. One-series charts only.High and lowMarks the highest and lowest readings in the window shown.
Current·Data to Sep 2026

Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.

Caldara and Iacoviello, Federal Reserve Board (CC BY 4.0).

More than a century of geopolitical tension measured the same way. The two world wars set the scale against which later episodes can be read.

What this chart reads

Sources

Geopolitical Risk Index — Historical (1900 →). Source: Caldara and Iacoviello at the Federal Reserve Board publish the GPR data under CC BY 4.0. Palanor downloads the data files daily.

Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.

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