Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Guatemala
Guatemala: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 61.88 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in Guatemala, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Guatemala recorded 61.88 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2025.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Guatemala peaked at 63.74 0-100 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 39.92 0-100, in 1996.
That places Guatemala 133rd out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Guatemala, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 39.92 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 42.88 0-100 | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 48.78 0-100 | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 47.59 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 48.95 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 48.94 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 49.51 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 50.06 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 50.8 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 51.92 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 51.45 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 51.25 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 51.9 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 52.8 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 52.6 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 52.7 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 53.19 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 54.05 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 53.2 0-100 | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 53.44 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 53.21 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 55.44 0-100 | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 55.28 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 60.18 0-100 | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 61.98 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 63.74 0-100 | +2.8% |
| 2025 | 61.88 0-100 | -2.9% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 61.88 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 66.97 0-100, 92% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 61.88 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 72.01 0-100, 86% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41.4 0-100 | 39.92 0-100 | 42.88 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.78 0-100 | 47.59 0-100 | 51.92 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 52.83 0-100 | 51.25 0-100 | 54.05 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.75 0-100 | 55.28 0-100 | 63.74 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 130 Belarus 62.57 0-100 compare
- 131 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 62.46 0-100 compare
- 132 Kazakhstan 62.02 0-100 compare
- 134 Comoros 61.57 0-100 compare
- 135 Tajikistan 60.44 0-100 compare
- 136 Kosovo 60.4 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Guatemala
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.9286 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.39 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1246 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 3.11 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.9 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 18.61 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6786 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Guatemala?
- Political stability - governance score in Guatemala was 61.88 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 Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 63.74 0-100 in 2024.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.92 0-100 in 1996.
- How does Guatemala rank for political stability - governance score?
- Guatemala ranks 133rd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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).