Kazakhstan Improves to 53rd in Global Investment Risk and Resilience Index
Kazakhstan ranked 53rd out of 150 countries in the May 2026 Special Edition of the Global Investment Risk and Resilience Index (GIRRI), improving from 70th place in the original 2025 ranking, according to the latest assessment by Henley & Partners and AlphaGeo.
The updated index incorporates Country Risk Premium (CRP) data as of April 1, combining long-term structural resilience with real-time assessments of sovereign risk. According to Henley & Partners, the index evaluates countries across two core dimensions: structural resilience, which measures long-term economic, institutional and environmental strengths, and sovereign risk, which reflects exposure to political, financial and external shocks.
The May 2026 Special Edition does not alter the original methodology or structural resilience scores. Instead, it updates the sovereign risk component to reflect current market conditions, providing a more timely assessment of the global investment environment.
According to the report, the revised rankings illustrate how recent geopolitical and economic developments have influenced investor perceptions of country risk. The report emphasizes that changes in rankings reflect relative shifts compared with other countries rather than absolute improvements or deterioration in individual economies.
