This statistic shows what respondents to the World Economic Forum's global risk survey perceived as the 5 risks of highest concern for the global community in the 10 years following October 2015. Water crises were perceived as a high risk in the next 10 years by 39.8% of survey respondents.
Top 5 global risks of highest concern for the next 10 years, from October 2015
Characteristic
Percentage of respondents
Water crises
39.8%
Failure of climate-change mitigation and adaptation
leaders from business, government, academia and non-governmental and international organizations
Supplementary notes
The survey took place among the World Economic Forum's multistakeholder community of business, government, academcia and non-governmental and international organizations. Respondents were asked to select what they perceived as the 5 risks of highest concern for the next 10 years.
Global risks were defined by the source as an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, can cause significant negative impact for several countries or industries within the next 10 years.
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