Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in India
India: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 54.96 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in India, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, political stability - governance score in India stood at 54.96 0-100.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in India peaked at 55.74 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 40.99 0-100, in 2003.
That places India 163rd out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 India, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 49.15 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 47.55 0-100 | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 48.95 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 43.3 0-100 | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 40.99 0-100 | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 47.89 0-100 | +16.8% |
| 2005 | 50.97 0-100 | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 51.64 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 51.76 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 52.66 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 50.04 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 49.62 0-100 | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 45.85 0-100 | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 46.09 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 45.65 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 51.36 0-100 | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 52.39 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 52.92 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 55.74 0-100 | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 53.95 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 55.31 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 52.92 0-100 | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 54.81 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 52.19 0-100 | -4.8% |
| 2023 | 51.22 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 53.24 0-100 | +3.9% |
| 2025 | 54.96 0-100 | +3.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 54.96 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 57.26 0-100, 96% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 54.96 0-100 is below the median for South Asia, which is 61.35 0-100, 90% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48.35 0-100 | 47.55 0-100 | 49.15 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 48.69 0-100 | 40.99 0-100 | 52.66 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 50.89 0-100 | 45.65 0-100 | 55.74 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.23 0-100 | 51.22 0-100 | 54.96 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
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Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in India?
- Political stability - governance score in India was 54.96 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 55.74 0-100 in 2017.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 40.99 0-100 in 2003.
- How does India rank for political stability - governance score?
- India ranks 163rd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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).