Political Stability - Governance score in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Political Stability - Governance score was 28.23 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
28.23 0-100
Change on year
up 12.8%
World rank
202nd
of 206 countries
All-time high
29.44 0-100
in 2005
All-time low
17.2 0-100
in 2000
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Afghanistan, 1996–2024

01020301996201020241996: 17.8 0-1001998: 17.2 0-1002000: 17.2 0-1002002: 24.3 0-1002003: 25.1 0-1002004: 28.5 0-1002005: 29.4 0-1002006: 29.2 0-1002007: 25.6 0-1002008: 22.6 0-1002009: 24.1 0-1002010: 22.7 0-1002011: 22.3 0-1002012: 23.1 0-1002013: 19.8 0-1002014: 26.3 0-1002015: 23.5 0-1002016: 23.5 0-1002017: 21.2 0-1002018: 21.8 0-1002019: 21.7 0-1002020: 21.7 0-1002021: 24 0-1002022: 24.1 0-1002023: 25 0-1002024: 28.2 0-100

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 28.23 0-100, measured in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.8% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Afghanistan peaked at 29.44 0-100 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 17.2 0-100, in 2000.

That places Afghanistan 202nd out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 17.5 0-100 17.23 0-100 17.76 0-100 2
2000s 25.11 0-100 17.2 0-100 29.44 0-100 9
2010s 22.58 0-100 19.78 0-100 26.29 0-100 10
2020s 24.6 0-100 21.66 0-100 28.23 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Afghanistan

  1. 199 Iraq 30.63 0-100 compare
  2. 200 Myanmar 30.19 0-100 compare
  3. 201 Democratic Republic of Congo 29.7 0-100 compare
  4. 203 Somalia 27.24 0-100 compare
  5. 204 Syria 25.44 0-100 compare
  6. 205 Mali 23.34 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Afghanistan?
Political stability - governance score in Afghanistan was 28.23 0-100 in 2024, 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 29.44 0-100 in 2005.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Afghanistan?
The lowest recorded value was 17.2 0-100 in 2000.
How does Afghanistan rank for political stability - governance score?
Afghanistan ranks 202nd out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Afghanistan?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. 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

Indicator
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
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
206 places, 5,229 data points, 1996–2024
Last refreshed

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).