Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 29.81 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in Afghanistan, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political stability - governance score in Afghanistan is 29.81 0-100, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.3% on the previous year and up 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Afghanistan peaked at 29.81 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 15.61 0-100, in 2000.
That places Afghanistan 201st 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 score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16.24 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 15.64 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 15.61 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 23.56 0-100 | +50.9% |
| 2003 | 24.05 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 27.08 0-100 | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 28.02 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 27.79 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 24.28 0-100 | -12.7% |
| 2008 | 21.31 0-100 | -12.2% |
| 2009 | 22.9 0-100 | +7.5% |
| 2010 | 21.43 0-100 | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 21.08 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 21.92 0-100 | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 18.53 0-100 | -15.5% |
| 2014 | 24.74 0-100 | +33.5% |
| 2015 | 22 0-100 | -11.1% |
| 2016 | 21.98 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 19.78 0-100 | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 20.21 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 20.09 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 20.08 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 22.45 0-100 | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 22.49 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 23.54 0-100 | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 26.78 0-100 | +13.8% |
| 2025 | 29.81 0-100 | +11.3% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 29.81 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 38.03 0-100, 78% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 29.81 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 53.38 0-100, 56% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Afghanistan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +50.9% | 15.61 0-100 | 23.56 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.94 0-100 | 15.64 0-100 | 16.24 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 23.85 0-100 | 15.61 0-100 | 28.02 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 21.18 0-100 | 18.53 0-100 | 24.74 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.19 0-100 | 20.08 0-100 | 29.81 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More reference data data for Afghanistan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.8991 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.89 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4362 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 6.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.847 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 18.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 26.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.38 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Afghanistan?
- Political stability - governance score in Afghanistan was 29.81 0-100 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 score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 29.81 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.61 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank for political stability - governance score?
- Afghanistan ranks 201st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan 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 score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).