The Collapse Index quantifies the probability of sovereign economic policy failure using a multi-dimensional stress-absorption-resilience framework. The index integrates 15 dimensions across five stress factors, three absorption factors, and two resilience factors, producing a composite score from 0 (stable) to 100 (imminent collapse).
CI = [Σ(Si × Wi)] / (A + R) × 100
Stress (S): Expectation gap, velocity of change, internal contradiction, external shocks, market pressure (5 weighted components).
Absorption (A): Foreign reserves adequacy, fiscal space, institutional credibility (3 components, averaged).
Resilience (R): Historical recovery capacity, policy flexibility (2 components, geometric mean).
Full methodology, validation datasets, and reproducibility package available on Zenodo and Code Ocean. Source code available on GitHub. Data sources: World Bank Open Data, IMF World Economic Outlook, GDELT Project, SIPRI, UN COMTRADE.