Country-Check is a country-specific risk index that utilises
established online information sources to assess “overall”
country risk for 244 countries and territories worldwide. Aggregating
a range of jurisdiction-related risk considerations, Country-Check
provides a comparative risk perspective by ranking countries
according to their relative level or jurisdictional risk.
Featuring both risk ranking and banded risk profiling functionalities,
the Country-Check Master Index provides a methodologically justifiable model for country-specific
risk assessment.
Holistic Risk Definition
Country-Check leverages a broad and wide-ranging definition of jurisdictional or "country risk". The system aggregates credible data sources dealing with various aspects of country risk, and also features the Criminality Factor, effectively placing it in a class of its own as a global risk index.
A complex, yet elegant
statistical solution
Methodology leverages an advanced statistical network model
Flexible enough to incorporate territory or country-specific source data
Allows for usage of various data types, including integers, floating point numbers and certain categorical data
Open-source data for
unsurpassed transparency
Country-Check only uses up-to-date, open-source data from reputable sources, effectively allowing users to verify the integrity of the source data used in any calculations.
Risk Banding and
Risk Analysis
In addition to providing
risk ranking and risk bandings of all 244 countries and
territories, Country-Check also provides tools for analysing
the parameters that contribute to the overall risk profile
of each jurisdiction.
Gain valuable insights into jurisdiction-specific
risk – make objectively informed decisions and create
more effective risk mitigation policies!
Access to Probability and
Uncertainty Measures*
Country-Check gives users access to the probabilities of countries falling within a specific band, which allows users a clear sense of the uncertainty associated with each Master Index.
*Uncertainty measures serve to
qualify the importance, accuracy and confidence in each Source,
Dimension and Factor.
User-adjustable
System Weightings
Country-Check allows the user to adjust the System Weightings. The relative weighting of all Sources and the importance of all Dimensions and Factors can be tailored to take sector-specific risk sensitivities into account.
The result?
Risk intelligence that’s highly
relevant to your institution’s specific risk management
needs and multiple Custom Weight Sets can be saved for future use.
Getting started
View the Flash-based Usage
Tutorial for step-by-step instructions on how to use Country-Check,
or learn more about the underlying System
Methodology.
Recommended for new users:
View the Quick Start menu options and then proceed to compile
a risk ranking report using the
Recommended Default Weight Set.
What is jurisdictional risk, and how does this system approach
country-specific risk assessment?
Methodology leverages an advanced statistical network model 
