The Top Global Risks Defining the Future 🌍

What We're Showing

This graphic shows the most impactful short-term and long-term risks to the global economy, based on the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2025.

For the rankings, over 900 experts were surveyed on the most pressing global risks looking ahead.

Key Takeaways

• Over the next two years, misinformation and disinformation ranked at the top, given the rapid advancement of AI and the potential for nefarious agents to impact public perception.
• Extreme weather events follows next, at a time when severe droughts and climate disasters impact infrastructure, food supply chains, and migration patterns.
• In the long-term, extreme weather events climbs to the top as warmer global temperatures have the potential to amplify climate disasters, displacement, and conflict spurred by resource scarcity.