Geopolitical risk data

Geopolitics increasingly disrupts supply chains, markets and operations. Data helps anticipate it. This guide covers geopolitical risk data and how to source it.

Why geopolitical data matters now

Conflict, sanctions, policy shifts and instability ripple through supply chains, markets and operations. Geopolitical risk data supports anticipation, resilience and decision-making.

The data landscape

• Events: conflict, unrest and policy events.
• Indicators: stability and risk indices.
• Forecasts: scenario and risk outlooks.
• Exposure: links to assets and supply chains.

Common use cases

Supply-chain and operational resilience, investment and country risk, scenario planning, and security.

Methodology matters

Risk indices and event data vary widely in method and bias, so understanding how a signal is built is essential. Combining sources and mapping exposure to your footprint adds value.

Sourcing considerations

Official, academic and commercial sources differ in coverage and independence. Provenance and methodology are central, and timeliness matters for response.

In a managed model

A managed partner can combine geopolitical event and indicator data and map it to your exposure.

Methodology and exposure

Geopolitics disrupts supply chains, markets and operations, and risk indices and event data vary widely in method and bias, so understanding how a signal is built is essential. Mapping exposure to your own footprint, and timeliness, drive the value.

Sources and provenance

Official, academic and commercial sources differ in coverage and independence, so combine them and document provenance for resilience, investment and country-risk use.

Sources & further reading

• Official, academic and commercial geopolitical sources.
• UN and EU data on conflict and sanctions.
• Event-data initiatives (e.g. GDELT).
• Industry country-risk providers.