Political Stability - Governance score in Belgium

Belgium: Political Stability - Governance score was 67.97 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
67.97 0-100
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
99th
of 207 countries
All-time high
87.5 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
67.97 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Belgium, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 87.5 0-1001998: 85 0-1002000: 85.9 0-1002002: 85.3 0-1002003: 80.8 0-1002004: 77.5 0-1002005: 79.9 0-1002006: 80 0-1002007: 80.5 0-1002008: 78 0-1002009: 82.4 0-1002010: 81.5 0-1002011: 81.8 0-1002012: 82 0-1002013: 82.1 0-1002014: 79.3 0-1002015: 77.1 0-1002016: 74.2 0-1002017: 72.1 0-1002018: 73.1 0-1002019: 72.3 0-1002020: 72.2 0-1002021: 73.8 0-1002022: 70.1 0-1002023: 69.3 0-1002024: 68 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

In 2024, political stability - governance score in Belgium stood at 67.97 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Belgium peaked at 87.5 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 67.97 0-100, in 2024.

Belgium ranks 99th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Political Stability - Governance score in Belgium, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) in Belgium, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 87.5 0-100
1998 84.95 0-100 -2.9%
2000 85.92 0-100 +1.1%
2002 85.26 0-100 -0.8%
2003 80.8 0-100 -5.2%
2004 77.48 0-100 -4.1%
2005 79.85 0-100 +3.1%
2006 80.03 0-100 +0.2%
2007 80.48 0-100 +0.6%
2008 78.05 0-100 -3.0%
2009 82.36 0-100 +5.5%
2010 81.55 0-100 -1.0%
2011 81.78 0-100 +0.3%
2012 82.04 0-100 +0.3%
2013 82.1 0-100 +0.1%
2014 79.33 0-100 -3.4%
2015 77.14 0-100 -2.8%
2016 74.2 0-100 -3.8%
2017 72.13 0-100 -2.8%
2018 73.15 0-100 +1.4%
2019 72.34 0-100 -1.1%
2020 72.19 0-100 -0.2%
2021 73.78 0-100 +2.2%
2022 70.11 0-100 -5.0%
2023 69.3 0-100 -1.1%
2024 67.97 0-100 -1.9%

Belgium compared with similar countries

  • Belgium's 67.97 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.03 0-100, 86% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Belgium's 67.97 0-100 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 71.17 0-100, 96% of the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 86.23 0-100 84.95 0-100 87.5 0-100 2
2000s 81.14 0-100 77.48 0-100 85.92 0-100 9
2010s 77.58 0-100 72.13 0-100 82.1 0-100 10
2020s 70.67 0-100 67.97 0-100 73.78 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 96 Greece 68.28 0-100 compare
  2. 97 Cambodia 68.09 0-100 compare
  3. 98 Germany 68.02 0-100 compare
  4. 100 Chile 67.97 0-100 compare
  5. 101 Bulgaria 66.58 0-100 compare
  6. 102 Albania 66.24 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Belgium?
Political stability - governance score in Belgium was 67.97 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 Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 87.5 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 67.97 0-100 in 2024.
How does Belgium rank for political stability - governance score?
Belgium ranks 99th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Belgium 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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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
207 places, 5,252 data points, 1996–2024
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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 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).