Albania, Kosovo, Serbia, Macedonia and Bosnia, again in the head of list for the "Failed State" for 2013

This is a list of countries by order of appearance in the Failed States Index of the United States think-tank Fund for Peace. A failed state has several attributes. Common indicators include a state whose central government is so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory; non-provision of public services; widespread corruption and criminality; refugees and involuntary movement of populations; sharp economic decline. Since 2005, the index has been published annually by the Fund for Peace and the magazine Foreign Policy.^[2] The list has been cited by journalists and academics in making broad comparative points about countries or regions