Political Stability - Governance score in Benin
Benin: Political Stability - Governance score was 59.01 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Political Stability - Governance score in Benin, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Benin recorded 59.01 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Benin peaked at 79.42 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 58.42 0-100, in 2022.
Benin ranks 140th 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 Benin, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 79.42 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 76.53 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 76.43 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 76.47 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 75.76 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 68.92 0-100 | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 73.83 0-100 | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 76.25 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 73.67 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 74.04 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 73.07 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 71.24 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 71.78 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 71.91 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 71.56 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 68.24 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 67.9 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 70.03 0-100 | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 71.29 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 68.71 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 62.51 0-100 | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 61.06 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 58.88 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 58.42 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 60.61 0-100 | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 59.01 0-100 | -2.6% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 59.01 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56.57 0-100, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Benin's 59.01 0-100 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 55.72 0-100, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 77.98 0-100 | 76.53 0-100 | 79.42 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 74.27 0-100 | 68.92 0-100 | 76.47 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 69.52 0-100 | 62.51 0-100 | 71.91 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.6 0-100 | 58.42 0-100 | 61.06 0-100 | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Benin?
- Political stability - governance score in Benin was 59.01 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 79.42 0-100 in 1996.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.42 0-100 in 2022.
- How does Benin rank for political stability - governance score?
- Benin ranks 140th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Benin 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).