Afghanistan vs Pakistan: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100)
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) over time
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 31.43 0-100 against 29.81 0-100 in Afghanistan, a difference of 1.62 0-100.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Pakistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 201st and Pakistan ranks 200th of 208 countries.
Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.94 0-100 | 41.45 0-100 | 25.51 0-100 | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 23.85 0-100 | 33.44 0-100 | 9.6 0-100 | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 21.18 0-100 | 23.7 0-100 | 2.52 0-100 | Pakistan |
| 2020s | 24.19 0-100 | 33.66 0-100 | 9.47 0-100 | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher political stability - governance score, Afghanistan or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 31.43 0-100 against 29.81 0-100 in Afghanistan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in political stability - governance score between Afghanistan and Pakistan?
- 1.62 0-100, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Pakistan?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2025.
- How do Afghanistan and Pakistan rank globally for political stability - governance score?
- Afghanistan ranks 201st and Pakistan ranks 200th 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).