Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) by country

Countries reporting
202
Highest
92.26 0-100
Andorra
Lowest
18.91 0-100
Yemen
Median
66 0-100
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,255

What the numbers show

Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 92.26 0-100 in Andorra; the lowest is 18.91 0-100 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 66 0-100, and the mean is 65.11 0-100.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.

Over the past decade 92 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 83.7%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 39.7%).

Political Stability - Governance score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
2 Andorra 92.26 0-100 2024 up 4.1% rising
3 Micronesia (country) 91.51 0-100 2024 up 8.6% rising
4 Tuvalu 90.98 0-100 2024 down 1.5% flat
5 Cayman Islands 90.85 0-100 2024 up 3.6% rising
6 San Marino 89.34 0-100 2024 down 3.7% rising
7 Bhutan 89.02 0-100 2024 up 3.9% rising
8 Aruba 88.62 0-100 2024 up 2.4% flat
9 Uruguay 87.72 0-100 2024 up 3.6% rising
10 Marshall Islands 87.71 0-100 2024 down 5.5% flat
11 Barbados 87.63 0-100 2024 down 1.3% rising
12 Tonga 87.33 0-100 2024 up 6.6% rising
13 American Samoa 87.3 0-100 2024 down 0.2% rising
14 Greenland 87.08 0-100 2024 down 9.2% flat
15 Monaco 87.05 0-100 2024 up 6.3% rising
15 Palau 87.05 0-100 2024 down 6.2% flat
17 Samoa 87.05 0-100 2024 up 3.4% flat
18 Kiribati 87.04 0-100 2024 down 0.8% flat
19 Dominica 86.98 0-100 2024 up 1.7% rising
20 Singapore 86.94 0-100 2024 up 3.4% flat
21 Iceland 86.49 0-100 2024 down 1.3% flat
22 Brunei 86.44 0-100 2024 down 1.1% flat
23 Grenada 86.38 0-100 2024 up 13.5% rising
24 Costa Rica 85.98 0-100 2024 up 10.9% rising
25 New Zealand 85.55 0-100 2024 down 6.4% flat
26 Japan 85.27 0-100 2024 down 1.5% flat
27 Nauru 84.76 0-100 2024 down 5.7% falling
28 New Caledonia 84.64 0-100 2024 up 2.1% flat
29 Antigua and Barbuda 84.23 0-100 2024 up 2.8% rising
31 Macao 83.9 0-100 2024 down 1.8% rising
32 Bahamas 83.82 0-100 2024 up 4.8% flat
33 Saint Lucia 83.63 0-100 2024 up 6.1% rising
33 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83.63 0-100 2024 up 6.1% flat
35 Botswana 83.53 0-100 2024 down 2.4% flat
36 French Polynesia 83.49 0-100 2024 up 2.7% flat
37 Guam 82.85 0-100 2024 up 3.7% rising
38 Switzerland 82.65 0-100 2024 down 8.4% falling
39 Czechia 82.5 0-100 2024 down 3.1% flat
40 Bermuda 82.48 0-100 2024 up 3.3% rising
40 United States Virgin Islands 82.48 0-100 2024 down 5.0% rising
42 Vanuatu 82.3 0-100 2024 down 4.3% flat
43 Qatar 82.14 0-100 2024 down 3.1% flat
44 Lithuania 81.94 0-100 2024 up 0.1% rising
45 Seychelles 81.55 0-100 2024 up 10.6% flat
46 Saint Kitts and Nevis 81.48 0-100 2024 up 5.3% falling
47 Norway 81.32 0-100 2024 down 5.9% falling
48 Finland 80.12 0-100 2024 down 9.4% falling
50 Australia 79.44 0-100 2024 down 4.6% falling
51 Mauritius 79.39 0-100 2024 down 0.4% flat
52 United Arab Emirates 79.37 0-100 2024 down 2.3% flat
53 Belize 79.3 0-100 2024 up 19.3% rising
54 Cape Verde 79.04 0-100 2024 up 2.8% falling
55 Denmark 79.03 0-100 2024 down 7.3% falling
56 Solomon Islands 78.7 0-100 2024 up 4.4% rising
57 Slovenia 78.21 0-100 2024 down 6.8% falling
59 Estonia 77.84 0-100 2024 down 6.7% flat
60 Fiji 77.82 0-100 2024 up 8.9% rising
61 South Korea 76.82 0-100 2024 up 1.0% rising
62 Slovakia 76.73 0-100 2024 down 10.2% falling
63 Hong Kong 76.67 0-100 2024 down 8.1% falling
64 Oman 76.61 0-100 2024 up 1.3% falling
65 Latvia 76.49 0-100 2024 down 2.2% flat
66 Sweden 76.2 0-100 2024 down 8.5% falling
67 Canada 76.12 0-100 2024 down 11.2% falling
68 Dominican Republic 75.96 0-100 2024 up 13.7% rising
69 Croatia 75.83 0-100 2024 down 1.2% rising
70 Laos 75.42 0-100 2024 up 4.3% rising
71 Namibia 75.23 0-100 2024 down 2.0% flat
72 Portugal 75.07 0-100 2024 down 8.4% falling
73 East Timor 74.88 0-100 2024 up 25.3% rising
74 Poland 74.41 0-100 2024 down 11.3% flat
75 Austria 74.29 0-100 2024 down 16.3% falling
76 Sao Tome and Principe 74.25 0-100 2024 up 0.2% flat
77 Suriname 74.06 0-100 2024 up 6.2% flat
78 Jamaica 74.04 0-100 2024 up 11.4% rising
79 Puerto Rico 73.38 0-100 2024 down 4.4% flat
80 Hungary 73.35 0-100 2024 down 7.9% falling
81 Netherlands 73.21 0-100 2024 down 13.0% falling
82 Mongolia 73.08 0-100 2024 down 9.8% flat
83 Cyprus 72.49 0-100 2024 down 7.0% flat
84 Malaysia 72.47 0-100 2024 up 7.5% flat
85 Trinidad and Tobago 72.04 0-100 2024 up 4.6% rising
86 Montenegro 71.56 0-100 2024 up 0.7% falling
87 North Korea 71.4 0-100 2024 up 46.6% falling
88 Cuba 71.28 0-100 2024 down 5.9% rising
89 Italy 71.17 0-100 2024 down 4.2% falling
90 Kuwait 70.92 0-100 2024 up 5.3% falling
91 Panama 70.42 0-100 2024 down 0.4% rising
92 United Kingdom 70.3 0-100 2024 down 6.5% falling
93 Turkmenistan 70.09 0-100 2024 up 6.0% falling
94 Guyana 69.59 0-100 2024 up 11.9% rising
95 Romania 68.61 0-100 2024 down 1.2% rising
96 North Macedonia 68.56 0-100 2024 down 1.7% rising
97 Greece 68.28 0-100 2024 up 5.5% falling
98 Cambodia 68.09 0-100 2024 up 10.9% rising
99 Germany 68.02 0-100 2024 down 19.1% falling
100 Belgium 67.97 0-100 2024 down 14.3% falling
101 Chile 67.97 0-100 2024 down 13.0% falling
102 Bulgaria 66.58 0-100 2024 down 4.9% flat
103 Albania 66.24 0-100 2024 down 5.8% rising
104 Ghana 66.09 0-100 2024 up 2.8% rising
105 El Salvador 66 0-100 2024 up 2.8% flat
106 Vietnam 65.99 0-100 2024 up 0.5% falling
107 Spain 65.84 0-100 2024 down 11.2% flat
108 Gambia 65.59 0-100 2024 up 9.5% falling
109 Uzbekistan 65.44 0-100 2024 up 6.5% rising
110 Rwanda 65.15 0-100 2024 up 2.2% rising
111 Saudi Arabia 65.07 0-100 2024 up 7.3% falling
112 Maldives 64.96 0-100 2024 down 12.3% falling
113 Nicaragua 64.71 0-100 2024 up 2.0% flat
114 Paraguay 64.63 0-100 2024 down 2.2% rising
115 United States 64.27 0-100 2024 down 16.9% falling
116 Zambia 64.17 0-100 2024 down 1.1% flat
117 Azerbaijan 63.5 0-100 2024 up 8.6% rising
118 Equatorial Guinea 63.49 0-100 2024 up 12.7% flat
119 China 63.28 0-100 2024 up 11.1% rising
120 Serbia 63.01 0-100 2024 down 8.5% rising
121 Argentina 62.99 0-100 2024 down 4.1% rising
122 Guatemala 62.31 0-100 2024 up 16.6% rising
123 Comoros 62.11 0-100 2024 down 5.4% flat
124 Liberia 61.99 0-100 2024 up 8.4% rising
125 Senegal 61.99 0-100 2024 down 3.7% rising
126 France 61.77 0-100 2024 down 14.8% falling
127 Congo 61.48 0-100 2024 up 6.4% rising
128 Lesotho 61.47 0-100 2024 down 2.4% flat
129 Tajikistan 61.19 0-100 2024 up 10.5% rising
130 Bahrain 61.18 0-100 2024 up 27.3% falling
131 Gabon 61.16 0-100 2024 down 5.0% falling
132 Kazakhstan 61.06 0-100 2024 down 8.0% falling
133 Moldova 60 0-100 2024 down 7.0% flat
134 Jordan 59.91 0-100 2024 up 8.0% flat
135 Sri Lanka 59.91 0-100 2024 up 6.2% rising
136 Belarus 59.45 0-100 2024 down 12.8% falling
137 Malawi 59.4 0-100 2024 down 9.2% flat
138 Tanzania 59.24 0-100 2024 up 3.5% rising
139 Benin 59.01 0-100 2024 down 13.5% falling
140 Nepal 58.81 0-100 2024 up 14.2% rising
141 Ukraine 58.51 0-100 2024 up 83.7% falling
142 Morocco 58.36 0-100 2024 down 0.9% falling
143 Sierra Leone 58.2 0-100 2024 down 8.5% rising
144 Madagascar 57.69 0-100 2024 up 2.5% falling
145 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.34 0-100 2024 down 11.6% rising
146 Kyrgyzstan 57.28 0-100 2024 up 6.4% rising
147 Brazil 57 0-100 2024 down 7.7% falling
148 Bolivia 56.57 0-100 2024 down 7.0% flat
149 Djibouti 56.39 0-100 2024 down 5.0% flat
150 Mauritania 56.34 0-100 2024 up 6.5% falling
151 Honduras 56.21 0-100 2024 up 3.9% falling
152 Angola 56.1 0-100 2024 down 1.9% rising
153 Indonesia 55.49 0-100 2024 down 6.5% rising
154 Georgia 55.43 0-100 2024 down 15.3% rising
155 South Africa 55.35 0-100 2024 down 10.7% falling
156 Guinea-Bissau 55.33 0-100 2024 up 8.8% rising
157 Papua New Guinea 54.73 0-100 2024 up 0.5% flat
158 Peru 54.72 0-100 2024 down 7.2% rising
159 Thailand 54.22 0-100 2024 up 16.7% falling
160 Algeria 54.05 0-100 2024 up 18.0% rising
161 Eritrea 53.79 0-100 2024 down 1.8% rising
162 Mexico 53.67 0-100 2024 up 8.4% falling
163 Ecuador 53.58 0-100 2024 down 18.3% rising
164 Armenia 53.54 0-100 2024 down 13.5% rising
165 Eswatini 53.38 0-100 2024 down 9.7% falling
166 Philippines 52.67 0-100 2024 up 1.0% rising
167 India 52.47 0-100 2024 up 1.0% rising
168 Togo 52.07 0-100 2024 down 14.3% falling
169 Cote d'Ivoire 51.48 0-100 2024 up 6.8% rising
170 Russia 50.46 0-100 2024 down 6.4% rising
171 Tunisia 50.1 0-100 2024 down 9.9% falling
172 Turkey 49.31 0-100 2024 down 5.6% falling
173 Colombia 49.31 0-100 2024 up 0.9% rising
174 Egypt 49.19 0-100 2024 up 22.6% falling
175 Zimbabwe 48.52 0-100 2024 down 1.4% rising
176 Uganda 48.43 0-100 2024 down 1.6% rising
177 Israel 48.17 0-100 2024 down 13.6% rising
178 Guinea 48.17 0-100 2024 up 4.9% rising
179 Haiti 45.37 0-100 2024 down 9.5% rising
180 Kenya 42.74 0-100 2024 down 3.6% rising
181 Burundi 42.38 0-100 2024 down 11.3% rising
182 Lebanon 42.16 0-100 2024 up 4.4% falling
183 Bangladesh 40.9 0-100 2024 down 14.7% flat
184 South Sudan 40.45 0-100 2024 up 74.8% rising
185 Cameroon 39.3 0-100 2024 down 21.6% falling
186 Iran 38.89 0-100 2024 down 27.3% falling
187 Venezuela 36.17 0-100 2024 down 21.1% falling
188 Mozambique 35.86 0-100 2024 down 35.2% falling
189 Niger 35.77 0-100 2024 down 27.2% falling
190 Chad 35.51 0-100 2024 down 17.8% flat
191 Central African Republic 34.58 0-100 2024 up 47.6% falling
192 Palestine 33.84 0-100 2024 down 9.3% flat
193 Ethiopia 33.7 0-100 2024 down 26.4% falling
194 Libya 33.5 0-100 2024 up 23.2% falling
195 Burkina Faso 33.33 0-100 2024 down 38.2% falling
196 Nigeria 31.69 0-100 2024 up 10.9% falling
197 Sudan 31.32 0-100 2024 up 12.2% rising
198 Pakistan 30.65 0-100 2024 up 28.6% falling
199 Iraq 30.63 0-100 2024 up 11.8% falling
200 Myanmar 30.19 0-100 2024 down 34.7% falling
201 Democratic Republic of Congo 29.7 0-100 2024 up 8.0% rising
202 Afghanistan 28.23 0-100 2024 up 7.4% rising
203 Somalia 27.24 0-100 2024 up 12.2% rising
204 Syria 25.44 0-100 2024 down 1.2% falling
205 Mali 23.34 0-100 2024 down 39.7% falling
206 Yemen 18.91 0-100 2024 down 17.1% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
207 places, 5,255 data points, 1996–2024
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