Political Stability - Governance score in Guatemala

Guatemala: Political Stability - Governance score was 62.31 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
62.31 0-100
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
121st
of 207 countries
All-time high
62.44 0-100
in 2023
All-time low
41.57 0-100
in 1996
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Guatemala, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 41.6 0-1001998: 44.3 0-1002000: 50.2 0-1002002: 49.2 0-1002003: 50.1 0-1002004: 49.9 0-1002005: 50.5 0-1002006: 50.9 0-1002007: 51.6 0-1002008: 52.6 0-1002009: 52.2 0-1002010: 52 0-1002011: 53 0-1002012: 53.7 0-1002013: 53.4 0-1002014: 53.4 0-1002015: 54.1 0-1002016: 54.9 0-1002017: 53.9 0-1002018: 54.2 0-1002019: 54 0-1002020: 56.3 0-1002021: 56.1 0-1002022: 60.8 0-1002023: 62.4 0-1002024: 62.3 0-100

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

Analysis

Guatemala recorded 62.31 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Guatemala peaked at 62.44 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41.57 0-100, in 1996.

That places Guatemala 121st out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Political Stability - Governance score in Guatemala, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) in Guatemala, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 41.57 0-100
1998 44.27 0-100 +6.5%
2000 50.21 0-100 +13.4%
2002 49.21 0-100 -2.0%
2003 50.1 0-100 +1.8%
2004 49.89 0-100 -0.4%
2005 50.47 0-100 +1.2%
2006 50.9 0-100 +0.9%
2007 51.65 0-100 +1.5%
2008 52.62 0-100 +1.9%
2009 52.21 0-100 -0.8%
2010 52.04 0-100 -0.3%
2011 53.03 0-100 +1.9%
2012 53.66 0-100 +1.2%
2013 53.36 0-100 -0.6%
2014 53.42 0-100 +0.1%
2015 54.09 0-100 +1.3%
2016 54.91 0-100 +1.5%
2017 53.92 0-100 -1.8%
2018 54.22 0-100 +0.5%
2019 54.03 0-100 -0.3%
2020 56.26 0-100 +4.1%
2021 56.09 0-100 -0.3%
2022 60.76 0-100 +8.3%
2023 62.44 0-100 +2.8%
2024 62.31 0-100 -0.2%

Guatemala compared with similar countries

  • Guatemala's 62.31 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63.49 0-100, 98% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • Guatemala's 62.31 0-100 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 72.04 0-100, 86% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 42.92 0-100 41.57 0-100 44.27 0-100 2
2000s 50.81 0-100 49.21 0-100 52.62 0-100 9
2010s 53.67 0-100 52.04 0-100 54.91 0-100 10
2020s 59.57 0-100 56.09 0-100 62.44 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 118 China 63.28 0-100 compare
  2. 119 Serbia 63.01 0-100 compare
  3. 120 Argentina 62.99 0-100 compare
  4. 122 Comoros 62.11 0-100 compare
  5. 123 Liberia 61.99 0-100 compare
  6. 124 Senegal 61.99 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Guatemala?
Political stability - governance score in Guatemala was 62.31 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 Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 62.44 0-100 in 2023.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 41.57 0-100 in 1996.
How does Guatemala rank for political stability - governance score?
Guatemala ranks 121st out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. 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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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).