Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) in Eritrea

Eritrea: Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) was -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
-0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
Change on year
up 17.5%
World rank
162nd
of 208 countries
All-time high
-0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 2025
All-time low
-1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5
in 1998
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Political Stability - Governance estimate in Eritrea, 1996–2025

-1.8-1.5-1.2-1-0.75-0.51996201020251996: -1.6 approx. -2.5 to +2.51998: -1.7 approx. -2.5 to +2.52000: -1.7 approx. -2.5 to +2.52002: -0.694 approx. -2.5 to +2.52003: -0.99 approx. -2.5 to +2.52004: -0.818 approx. -2.5 to +2.52005: -0.933 approx. -2.5 to +2.52006: -0.883 approx. -2.5 to +2.52007: -0.987 approx. -2.5 to +2.52008: -0.814 approx. -2.5 to +2.52009: -0.685 approx. -2.5 to +2.52010: -0.918 approx. -2.5 to +2.52011: -0.921 approx. -2.5 to +2.52012: -0.94 approx. -2.5 to +2.52013: -1 approx. -2.5 to +2.52014: -0.694 approx. -2.5 to +2.52015: -0.827 approx. -2.5 to +2.52016: -0.784 approx. -2.5 to +2.52017: -0.872 approx. -2.5 to +2.52018: -0.957 approx. -2.5 to +2.52019: -0.999 approx. -2.5 to +2.52020: -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.52021: -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.52022: -1.1 approx. -2.5 to +2.52023: -0.815 approx. -2.5 to +2.52024: -0.727 approx. -2.5 to +2.52025: -0.6 approx. -2.5 to +2.5

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in approx. -2.5 to +2.5.

Analysis

Eritrea recorded -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 for political stability - governance estimate in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.5% on the previous year and up 27.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance estimate in Eritrea peaked at -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2025 and was at its lowest, -1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, in 1998.

That places Eritrea 162nd out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) in Eritrea, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5) in Eritrea, 1996 to 2025.
Year approx. -2.5 to +2.5 Change
1996 -1.65 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 —
1998 -1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +4.2%
2000 -1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -1.5%
2002 -0.6943 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -59.0%
2003 -0.99 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +42.6%
2004 -0.8177 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -17.4%
2005 -0.9334 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +14.1%
2006 -0.8833 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -5.4%
2007 -0.987 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +11.7%
2008 -0.8139 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -17.5%
2009 -0.6855 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -15.8%
2010 -0.918 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +33.9%
2011 -0.9209 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +0.3%
2012 -0.9398 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +2.1%
2013 -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +7.4%
2014 -0.6943 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -31.2%
2015 -0.8265 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +19.0%
2016 -0.7838 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -5.2%
2017 -0.8718 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +11.2%
2018 -0.9567 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +9.7%
2019 -0.9989 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +4.4%
2020 -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +8.7%
2021 -1.05 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -3.1%
2022 -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 +3.1%
2023 -0.8155 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -24.9%
2024 -0.7273 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -10.8%
2025 -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -17.5%

Eritrea compared with similar countries

  • Eritrea's -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 is above the median for low income countries, which is -1.57 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, 38% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Eritrea's -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.5276 approx. -2.5 to +2.5, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s -1.68 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -1.65 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 2
2000s -0.9441 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -1.69 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.6855 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 9
2010s -0.892 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -1.01 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.6943 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 10
2020s -0.8945 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -1.09 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 6

Countries ranked near Eritrea

  1. 159 Papua New Guinea -0.5461 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
  2. 160 Thailand -0.5597 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
  3. 161 Eswatini -0.5706 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
  4. 163 India -0.6079 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
  5. 164 Mexico -0.6082 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare
  6. 165 Ecuador -0.6417 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance estimate in Eritrea?
Political stability - governance estimate in Eritrea was -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2025, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest political stability - governance estimate recorded in Eritrea?
The highest recorded value was -0.5998 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 2025.
What is the lowest political stability - governance estimate recorded in Eritrea?
The lowest recorded value was -1.72 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 in 1998.
How does Eritrea rank for political stability - governance estimate?
Eritrea ranks 162nd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is political stability - governance estimate rising or falling in Eritrea?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Eritrea data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Political Stability - Governance estimate (approx. -2.5 to +2.5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
208 places, 5,485 data points, 1996–2025
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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.