Afghanistan vs Iraq: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100)
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) over time
- Afghanistan
- Iraq
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 32.91 0-100 against 29.81 0-100 in Afghanistan, a difference of 3.1 0-100.
That makes Iraq's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Iraq ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 201st and Iraq ranks 198th of 208 countries.
Iraq has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.94 0-100 | 39.63 0-100 | 23.69 0-100 | Iraq |
| 2000s | 23.85 0-100 | 25.77 0-100 | 1.92 0-100 | Iraq |
| 2010s | 21.18 0-100 | 27.81 0-100 | 6.63 0-100 | Iraq |
| 2020s | 24.19 0-100 | 28.34 0-100 | 4.15 0-100 | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher political stability - governance score, Afghanistan or Iraq?
- Iraq, at 32.91 0-100 against 29.81 0-100 in Afghanistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in political stability - governance score between Afghanistan and Iraq?
- 3.1 0-100, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Iraq?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Iraq rank globally for political stability - governance score?
- Afghanistan ranks 201st and Iraq ranks 198th of 208 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 score (0-100). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).