Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) by country

Countries reporting
208
Highest
1.56 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Andorra
Lowest
-2.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Yemen
Median
0.1303 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,485

What the numbers show

Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 1.56 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Andorra; the lowest is -2.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1303 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, and the mean is 0.0507 approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Over the past decade 124 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Belize (up 4,426.5%), and the largest decrease in Sierra Leone (down 1,515.2%).

Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 1.56 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 17.8% rising
2 Liechtenstein 1.53 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.6% rising
3 Micronesia (country) 1.52 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 42.7% rising
3 Marshall Islands 1.52 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 32.5% rising
5 Brunei 1.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 25.8% flat
6 Cayman Islands 1.49 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 14.9% rising
7 San Marino 1.43 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.5% rising
8 Tuvalu 1.42 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 7.2% rising
9 American Samoa 1.4 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.7% rising
10 Bhutan 1.39 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 42.5% rising
11 Samoa 1.34 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 25.5% rising
12 Singapore 1.33 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 21.6% rising
13 Iceland 1.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5.7% falling
14 Tonga 1.31 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 40.3% rising
15 Uruguay 1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 19.1% rising
16 Palau 1.3 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 34.8% rising
17 Barbados 1.28 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 13.2% rising
18 Aruba 1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.2% rising
19 Japan 1.26 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5.3% flat
20 Monaco 1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5.3% rising
21 Kiribati 1.25 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 29.5% falling
22 Grenada 1.24 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 116.9% rising
23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 33.7% rising
24 Costa Rica 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 62.3% rising
25 Nauru 1.22 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 20.9% falling
26 Antigua and Barbuda 1.21 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 32.1% rising
27 Luxembourg 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 14.8% falling
28 Guam 1.19 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 47.4% rising
29 New Zealand 1.18 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 18.7% flat
30 Seychelles 1.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 54.7% rising
31 Saint Lucia 1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 54.4% rising
32 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 66.6% falling
33 Switzerland 1.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 11.4% falling
34 Bermuda 1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 33.7% rising
35 Norway 1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.1% falling
36 Botswana 1.08 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 3.9% flat
37 Macao 1.06 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 5.1% rising
38 Qatar 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 8.6% flat
39 Malta 1.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 9.9% falling
40 Czechia 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.6% rising
41 Bahamas 1.02 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 38.3% flat
42 Dominica 0.983 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.7% rising
43 Fiji 0.9823 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 222.9% volatile
44 United States Virgin Islands 0.9699 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.5% rising
45 Finland 0.955 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 16.6% falling
46 Vanuatu 0.9524 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 34.8% flat
47 Lithuania 0.9329 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.3% rising
48 Mauritius 0.9317 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 7.2% flat
49 South Korea 0.9174 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 42.5% rising
50 Estonia 0.8875 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.3% rising
51 Slovenia 0.877 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 13.4% falling
52 Cape Verde 0.8588 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.4% falling
53 Sweden 0.8525 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 9.4% falling
54 United Arab Emirates 0.8255 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.2% falling
55 Canada 0.8096 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 30.6% falling
56 Belize 0.8095 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4,426.5% volatile
57 Latvia 0.809 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 12.8% rising
58 Denmark 0.7913 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.0% falling
59 Greenland 0.7901 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 55.1% falling
60 Australia 0.7806 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.3% falling
61 Hong Kong 0.775 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 10.4% falling
62 Ireland 0.748 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.4% falling
63 Solomon Islands 0.7474 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 23.5% volatile
64 Namibia 0.7407 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5.1% rising
65 Portugal 0.702 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 30.6% falling
66 Poland 0.6938 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 34.2% flat
67 Croatia 0.6841 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 13.0% rising
68 Slovakia 0.6665 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 28.4% falling
69 East Timor 0.6459 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 242.5% volatile
70 Dominican Republic 0.6073 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 478.9% volatile
71 Suriname 0.6013 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 95.1% volatile
72 Oman 0.5951 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.1% falling
73 French Polynesia 0.5761 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 33.9% falling
74 Mongolia 0.5666 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 24.3% flat
75 Laos 0.5517 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 53.1% volatile
76 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5458 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 41.0% falling
77 Jamaica 0.5433 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 700.6% volatile
78 Netherlands 0.5345 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 41.3% falling
79 Austria 0.5312 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 53.4% falling
80 Hungary 0.5093 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 39.4% falling
81 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4676 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 596.2% volatile
82 Italy 0.4567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 14.4% falling
83 Montenegro 0.4482 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 115.4% volatile
84 Cyprus 0.4408 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 35.4% falling
85 Kuwait 0.4227 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 411.0% volatile
86 North Macedonia 0.3752 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 270.6% volatile
87 Puerto Rico 0.3652 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 41.6% rising
88 Malaysia 0.3397 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 925.3% volatile
89 Cambodia 0.3347 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 267.6% volatile
90 Cuba 0.3095 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 45.4% rising
91 New Caledonia 0.2925 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 69.5% falling
92 United Kingdom 0.2897 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 46.9% falling
93 Greece 0.2767 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 340.1% volatile
94 Bulgaria 0.2451 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 47.6% volatile
95 Panama 0.2434 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 50.5% volatile
96 Turkmenistan 0.2358 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 252.8% volatile
97 Germany 0.2083 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 74.9% falling
98 Romania 0.2068 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 40.2% volatile
99 Guyana 0.2041 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 221.9% volatile
100 Spain 0.1783 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 60.7% volatile
101 Belgium 0.1728 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 73.8% falling
102 Chile 0.1706 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 75.0% volatile
103 Argentina 0.1621 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 570.8% volatile
104 Paraguay 0.1386 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 104.8% volatile
105 Rwanda 0.122 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 4.7% volatile
106 Vietnam 0.1171 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 152.2% volatile
107 Gabon 0.1166 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 207.6% volatile
108 El Salvador 0.1113 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 163.0% volatile
109 Uzbekistan 0.1024 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 130.9% volatile
110 Albania 0.0898 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 17.9% volatile
111 Ghana 0.0877 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 622.3% volatile
112 North Korea 0.0837 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 108.0% volatile
113 Maldives 0.078 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 58.7% volatile
114 Gambia 0.0353 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 115.7% volatile
115 China 0.0225 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 104.1% rising
116 Saudi Arabia 0.0171 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 103.8% volatile
117 Nicaragua -0.0102 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 93.9% volatile
118 Lesotho -0.0109 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 94.1% volatile
119 Kyrgyzstan -0.016 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 97.9% rising
120 Sri Lanka -0.0428 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 49.7% volatile
121 Zambia -0.0598 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 165.7% volatile
122 France -0.0922 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 150.2% volatile
123 Azerbaijan -0.0936 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 80.3% rising
124 Moldova -0.1123 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 35.6% volatile
125 Liberia -0.1368 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 76.7% volatile
126 Equatorial Guinea -0.1523 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 71.8% volatile
127 Bolivia -0.1636 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.2% volatile
128 Malawi -0.1636 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 154.9% volatile
129 Senegal -0.1664 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 140.8% volatile
130 Belarus -0.1736 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 293.8% volatile
131 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) -0.1798 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 22.1% volatile
132 Kazakhstan -0.2049 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 782.3% volatile
133 Guatemala -0.2129 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 70.0% rising
134 Comoros -0.2303 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 167.8% volatile
135 Tajikistan -0.2951 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 60.7% volatile
136 United States -0.3021 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 146.1% volatile
137 Jordan -0.3165 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 50.6% flat
138 Kosovo -0.3219 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2024 down 6.6% volatile
139 Serbia -0.3233 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 220.5% volatile
140 Bahrain -0.3332 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 65.9% volatile
141 Ukraine -0.3338 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 81.6% volatile
142 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.3401 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 33.2% rising
143 South Africa -0.3817 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 22.6% volatile
144 Brazil -0.3846 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 22.1% volatile
145 Sierra Leone -0.3893 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1,515.2% volatile
146 Benin -0.3986 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 443.4% volatile
147 Armenia -0.4318 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 206.8% volatile
148 Honduras -0.4366 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 34.8% falling
149 Angola -0.4377 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 22.4% volatile
150 Nepal -0.4431 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 56.2% volatile
151 Tanzania -0.4762 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.1% volatile
152 Djibouti -0.4873 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5.0% volatile
153 Congo -0.4886 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 37.7% volatile
154 Georgia -0.4951 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 578.4% volatile
155 Peru -0.4967 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 52.3% volatile
156 Madagascar -0.5245 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 0.5% volatile
157 Guinea-Bissau -0.5308 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 13.1% volatile
158 Morocco -0.5428 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 19.8% falling
159 Papua New Guinea -0.5461 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 24.6% flat
160 Thailand -0.5597 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 51.5% volatile
161 Eswatini -0.5706 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 28.5% volatile
162 Eritrea -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 27.4% rising
163 India -0.6079 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 19.4% rising
164 Mexico -0.6082 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 32.0% falling
165 Ecuador -0.6417 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 260.3% volatile
166 Mauritania -0.6544 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 18.7% volatile
167 Algeria -0.6627 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 36.6% rising
168 Tunisia -0.6979 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 1.4% volatile
169 Cote d'Ivoire -0.7154 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 6.0% rising
170 Guinea -0.7319 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 3.5% rising
171 Indonesia -0.7389 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 37.2% volatile
172 Philippines -0.8351 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 10.6% rising
173 Togo -0.8503 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 100.2% falling
174 Uganda -0.8669 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 6.7% rising
175 Zimbabwe -0.8718 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 2.7% rising
176 Turkey -0.8812 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 19.0% falling
177 Egypt -0.8881 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 41.4% falling
178 Israel -0.9136 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 44.7% rising
179 Bangladesh -0.9414 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 30.0% flat
180 Russia -0.945 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 21.6% rising
181 Colombia -0.9529 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.2% rising
182 Kenya -1.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.1% rising
183 Burundi -1.23 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 38.5% rising
184 Lebanon -1.27 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 10.1% falling
185 Haiti -1.38 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 50.4% rising
186 Venezuela -1.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 25.2% falling
187 South Sudan -1.52 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 34.2% rising
188 Chad -1.57 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 35.8% flat
189 Mozambique -1.66 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 136.9% volatile
190 Iran -1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 107.8% falling
191 Cameroon -1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 55.5% falling
192 Central African Republic -1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 11.6% falling
193 Nigeria -1.74 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.8% falling
194 Niger -1.77 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 116.3% volatile
195 Burkina Faso -1.8 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 159.1% volatile
196 Libya -1.84 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 17.8% volatile
197 Ethiopia -1.85 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 46.6% falling
198 Iraq -1.87 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 17.5% falling
199 Palestine -1.91 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 8.7% flat
200 Pakistan -1.95 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 20.0% falling
201 Afghanistan -2.04 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 17.9% rising
202 Sudan -2.07 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 0.7% rising
203 Myanmar -2.12 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 86.5% falling
204 Democratic Republic of Congo -2.13 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 4.8% rising
205 Somalia -2.17 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 5.6% rising
206 Syria -2.32 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 2.7% volatile
207 Mali -2.5 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 down 60.9% volatile
208 Yemen -2.51 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2025 up 1.5% falling

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Indicator
Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5)
Unit
approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,485 data points, 1996–2025
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