Index of Freedom from‘Fear’ 6.6 Overall Index of Freedom from‘Fear’ The magnitude and trends in the index of freedom from‘fear’ and its components are shown in Table 6.6. Overall, it has effectively followed an inverted U-shaped trend. It showed a rising trend after 2001-02, and the index reached the peak value of 0.543 in 2015-16, as shown in Chart 6.7. Since then, it has declined by 23% to only 0.367 in the latest year. Table 6.6: Trend in the Overall Index of Freedom from‘Fear’ and its components Index of 2001­02 2005­06 2010­11 2015­16 2017­18 2018­19 1. Territorial Security 0.420 0.534 0.494 0.608 0.658 0.481 2. External Financial Vulnerability 0.307 0.419 0.530 0.496 0.228 0.268 3. Personal Safety 0.674 0.563 0.446 0.572 0.552 0.590 4. Health Hazards and Diseases 0.342 0.412 0.488 0.583 0.565 0.690 5. Environmental Protection and Natural Disasters 0.621 0.562 0.507 0.498 0.468 0.499 OVERALL INDEX OF FREEDOM FROM‘FEAR’ 0.450 0.493 0.492 0.549 0.480 0.483 Latest Year 0.354 0.130 0.656 0.589 0.376 0.367 The two biggest factors contributing to the fall are territorial sovereignty and external financial vulnerability. As shown above, environmental protection and natural disasters have also played a role. These trends are clearly revealed in the enclosed charts of the indices. The rank correlation of the components over time with the Overall index of freedom from fear are presented below: Rank Correlation Coefficient of the Components of the Overall Index of Freedom from Fear • Territorial Security 0.661 • External Financial Vulnerability 0.446 • Personal Safety 0.446 • Health Hazards and Diseases 0.375 • Environmental Protection and Natural Disasters 0.374 It is significant that the highest correlation is with territorial security. 45