Political Stability - Governance score in Iceland

Iceland: Political Stability - Governance score was 86.49 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
86.49 0-100
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
20th
of 206 countries
All-time high
92.48 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
84.46 0-100
in 2010
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Iceland, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 91.2 0-1001998: 91.2 0-1002000: 92.5 0-1002002: 92.1 0-1002003: 90.4 0-1002004: 86.4 0-1002005: 89.2 0-1002006: 89.5 0-1002007: 91.2 0-1002008: 89.1 0-1002009: 88.8 0-1002010: 84.5 0-1002011: 86.9 0-1002012: 86.9 0-1002013: 87.3 0-1002014: 87.6 0-1002015: 87.5 0-1002016: 86.7 0-1002017: 87.3 0-1002018: 88 0-1002019: 92.5 0-1002020: 88.6 0-1002021: 88.8 0-1002022: 87.5 0-1002023: 86.5 0-1002024: 86.5 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 Iceland stood at 86.49 0-100.

The figure is down 1.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Iceland peaked at 92.48 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 84.46 0-100, in 2010.

That places Iceland 20th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 91.24 0-100 91.23 0-100 91.24 0-100 2
2000s 89.91 0-100 86.4 0-100 92.48 0-100 9
2010s 87.52 0-100 84.46 0-100 92.48 0-100 10
2020s 87.57 0-100 86.49 0-100 88.75 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 17 Kiribati 87.04 0-100 compare
  2. 18 Dominica 86.98 0-100 compare
  3. 21 Brunei 86.44 0-100 compare
  4. 22 Grenada 86.38 0-100 compare
  5. 23 Costa Rica 85.98 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Iceland?
Political stability - governance score in Iceland was 86.49 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 Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 92.48 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 84.46 0-100 in 2010.
How does Iceland rank for political stability - governance score?
Iceland ranks 20th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Iceland 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

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
206 places, 5,229 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).