How resilient is your country? Breaking down the 2026 data

<p>On the latest episode of Sound Policy, FM’s podcast about risk and resilience, we’re taking a global view: Every year, we release the FM Resilience Index, a ranking of the business environments of 130 countries and territories. The 2026 ranking had Denmark on top, Venezuela at the bottom, and plenty of insights in between.  </p><p>To help break it all down, we spoke with <strong>Simon Barsoum</strong>, an FM engineer who was born and raised in Denmark. He explains what makes the country so resilient and how it’s responding to recent tensions with the U.S. over Greenland. We also spoke with <strong>Leo Kushner</strong>, who helps manage the FM Resilience Index, about how this tool is used and some of the broader insights from the 2026 version.</p><p>To explore the 2026 rankings and learn more about the Index, visit <a href="http://fm.com/resilienceindex" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">fm.com/resilienceindex</a>.</p><p><strong>More resources</strong>: </p><p>Explore the data: <a href="https://www.fm.com/resources/resilience-index/explore-the-data" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">2026 FM Resilience Index</a></p><p>Executive summary: <a href="https://www.fm.com/insights/2026-fm-resilience-index-clarity-for-an-increasingly-complex-risk-landscape" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">2026 FM Resilience Index: Clarity for an increasingly complex risk landscape</a></p><p>From 2025: <a href="https://www.fm.com/insights/denmark-resilience-index" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Why is Denmark so resilient? We asked a Danish engineer.</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>