Guinea-Bissau vs South Africa: Political Stability - Governance estimate

Guinea-Bissau
-0.6184 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
South Africa
-0.6171 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
157th
South Africa rank
156th

Political Stability - Governance estimate over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • South Africa
-2-1.5-1-0.50199620102024

How they compare

South Africa currently reports -0.6171 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6184 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.0013 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1996 it was South Africa ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 157th and South Africa ranks 156th of 207 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 1 and South Africa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau South Africa Difference Ahead
1990s -1.89 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.5732 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 South Africa
2000s -0.5206 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.0957 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.4249 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 South Africa
2010s -0.6876 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.2375 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.4501 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 South Africa
2020s -0.3764 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.5928 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 0.2163 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher political stability - governance estimate, Guinea-Bissau or South Africa?
South Africa, at -0.6171 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 against -0.6184 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
What is the difference in political stability - governance estimate between Guinea-Bissau and South Africa?
0.0013 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and South Africa?
26 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and South Africa rank globally for political stability - governance estimate?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 157th and South Africa ranks 156th of 207 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Guinea-Bissau vs South Africa: Political Stability - Governance estimate. Statizoid, drawing on The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Retrieved 04 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/political-stability-governance-estimate-approx-2-5-to-2-5/guinea-bissau/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/political-stability-governance-estimate-approx-2-5-to-2-5/guinea-bissau/south-africa/">Guinea-Bissau vs South Africa: Political Stability - Governance estimate</a> — Statizoid

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
207 places, 5,252 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.