El Salvador vs Spain: Political Stability - Governance estimate

El Salvador
0.0061 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
Spain
-0.003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
El Salvador rank
104th
Spain rank
106th

Political Stability - Governance estimate over time

  • El Salvador
  • Spain
-0.4-0.2-00.20.4199620102024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.0061 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Spain, a difference of 0.0091 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 2.0 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Spain ahead.

El Salvador ranks 104th and Spain ranks 106th of 206 countries.

Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Spain Difference Ahead
1990s -0.3402 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.2006 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.5408 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Spain
2000s -0.0991 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.1213 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.2204 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Spain
2010s -0.1324 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.2693 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.4016 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Spain
2020s -0.0767 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.1963 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.2729 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political stability - governance estimate, El Salvador or Spain?
El Salvador, at 0.0061 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.003 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Spain as of 2024.
What is the difference in political stability - governance estimate between El Salvador and Spain?
0.0091 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Spain?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Spain rank globally for political stability - governance estimate?
El Salvador ranks 104th and Spain ranks 106th of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,229 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

Political Stability (PV) captures perceptions of the extent to which political power and governance are secure from destabilization, and of the likelihood that authority will be challenged or altered through violent, coercive, or unconstitutional means. Governance estimate from the aggregation model, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) standard error. The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance estimate is based. The standard error indicates the precision of the governance estimate. Larger values indicate less precise estimates. A 90% confidence interval for the governance estimate is given by the estimate +/- 1.64 times the standard error.