Political Stability - Governance score in India

India: Political Stability - Governance score was 52.47 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
52.47 0-100
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
168th
of 207 countries
All-time high
56.12 0-100
in 2017
All-time low
41.62 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in India, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 49.4 0-1001998: 47.9 0-1002000: 49.3 0-1002002: 44.1 0-1002003: 41.6 0-1002004: 48.2 0-1002005: 51.3 0-1002006: 51.9 0-1002007: 51.9 0-1002008: 52.8 0-1002009: 50.3 0-1002010: 49.8 0-1002011: 46 0-1002012: 46.1 0-1002013: 45.9 0-1002014: 51.9 0-1002015: 52.9 0-1002016: 53.3 0-1002017: 56.1 0-1002018: 54.3 0-1002019: 55.8 0-1002020: 53.6 0-1002021: 55.6 0-1002022: 53 0-1002023: 51.6 0-1002024: 52.5 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 India stood at 52.47 0-100.

The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in India peaked at 56.12 0-100 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 41.62 0-100, in 2003.

That places India 168th out of 207 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Political Stability - Governance score in India, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) in India, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 49.4 0-100
1998 47.86 0-100 -3.1%
2000 49.27 0-100 +2.9%
2002 44.07 0-100 -10.6%
2003 41.62 0-100 -5.5%
2004 48.23 0-100 +15.9%
2005 51.27 0-100 +6.3%
2006 51.89 0-100 +1.2%
2007 51.91 0-100 +0.0%
2008 52.75 0-100 +1.6%
2009 50.28 0-100 -4.7%
2010 49.8 0-100 -1.0%
2011 45.98 0-100 -7.7%
2012 46.13 0-100 +0.3%
2013 45.89 0-100 -0.5%
2014 51.93 0-100 +13.2%
2015 52.88 0-100 +1.8%
2016 53.32 0-100 +0.8%
2017 56.12 0-100 +5.3%
2018 54.3 0-100 -3.2%
2019 55.81 0-100 +2.8%
2020 53.58 0-100 -4.0%
2021 55.62 0-100 +3.8%
2022 53.02 0-100 -4.7%
2023 51.58 0-100 -2.7%
2024 52.47 0-100 +1.7%

India compared with similar countries

  • India's 52.47 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 56.57 0-100, 93% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • India's 52.47 0-100 is below the median for South Asia, which is 59.36 0-100, 88% of the median. (6 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 48.63 0-100 47.86 0-100 49.4 0-100 2
2000s 49.03 0-100 41.62 0-100 52.75 0-100 9
2010s 51.22 0-100 45.89 0-100 56.12 0-100 10
2020s 53.26 0-100 51.58 0-100 55.62 0-100 5

Countries ranked near India

  1. 165 Armenia 53.54 0-100 compare
  2. 166 Eswatini 53.38 0-100 compare
  3. 167 Philippines 52.67 0-100 compare
  4. 169 Togo 52.07 0-100 compare
  5. 170 Cote d'Ivoire 51.48 0-100 compare
  6. 171 Russia 50.46 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in India?
Political stability - governance score in India was 52.47 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 India?
The highest recorded value was 56.12 0-100 in 2017.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in India?
The lowest recorded value was 41.62 0-100 in 2003.
How does India rank for political stability - governance score?
India ranks 168th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in India?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. 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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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).