Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in China
China: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 66 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in China, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
China recorded 66 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in China peaked at 66 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 54.43 0-100, in 2011.
China ranks 115th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 China, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 63.14 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 58.84 0-100 | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 60.48 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 57.31 0-100 | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 55.37 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 57.55 0-100 | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 55.55 0-100 | -3.5% |
| 2006 | 55.87 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 56.72 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 55.99 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 60.22 0-100 | +7.6% |
| 2010 | 54.68 0-100 | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 54.43 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 54.63 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 55.64 0-100 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 56.27 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 55.94 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 56.57 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 61.67 0-100 | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 61.08 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 62.85 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 60.16 0-100 | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 60.79 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 61.15 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 62.3 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 64.44 0-100 | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 66 0-100 | +2.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 66 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 66.97 0-100, 99% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- China's 66 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 80.48 0-100, 82% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 60.99 0-100 | 58.84 0-100 | 63.14 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 57.23 0-100 | 55.37 0-100 | 60.48 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 57.38 0-100 | 54.43 0-100 | 62.85 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.47 0-100 | 60.16 0-100 | 66 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
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Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in China?
- Political stability - governance score in China was 66 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 66 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.43 0-100 in 2011.
- How does China rank for political stability - governance score?
- China ranks 115th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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).