Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Italy

Italy: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 73.61 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
73.61 0-100
Change on year
up 1.0%
World rank
82nd
of 208 countries
All-time high
88.46 0-100
in 1998
All-time low
70.25 0-100
in 2017
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Political Stability - Governance score in Italy, 1996–2025

0204060801996201020251996: 85.4 0-1001998: 88.5 0-1002000: 84.8 0-1002002: 79.6 0-1002003: 74.1 0-1002004: 72.2 0-1002005: 76.1 0-1002006: 75.8 0-1002007: 74.5 0-1002008: 76.2 0-1002009: 74.1 0-1002010: 75.6 0-1002011: 73.4 0-1002012: 74 0-1002013: 72.4 0-1002014: 74.2 0-1002015: 72.6 0-1002016: 72 0-1002017: 70.2 0-1002018: 72.2 0-1002019: 71.3 0-1002020: 71.5 0-1002021: 73.4 0-1002022: 72.9 0-1002023: 74.3 0-1002024: 72.8 0-1002025: 73.6 0-100

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

Analysis

Italy recorded 73.61 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Italy peaked at 88.46 0-100 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 70.25 0-100, in 2017.

That places Italy 82nd out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.

Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Italy, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) in Italy, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 85.44 0-100 —
1998 88.46 0-100 +3.5%
2000 84.79 0-100 -4.1%
2002 79.61 0-100 -6.1%
2003 74.08 0-100 -6.9%
2004 72.2 0-100 -2.5%
2005 76.14 0-100 +5.5%
2006 75.77 0-100 -0.5%
2007 74.48 0-100 -1.7%
2008 76.16 0-100 +2.3%
2009 74.05 0-100 -2.8%
2010 75.57 0-100 +2.1%
2011 73.43 0-100 -2.8%
2012 73.98 0-100 +0.7%
2013 72.39 0-100 -2.2%
2014 74.21 0-100 +2.5%
2015 72.6 0-100 -2.2%
2016 71.96 0-100 -0.9%
2017 70.25 0-100 -2.4%
2018 72.24 0-100 +2.8%
2019 71.33 0-100 -1.3%
2020 71.5 0-100 +0.2%
2021 73.41 0-100 +2.7%
2022 72.94 0-100 -0.6%
2023 74.27 0-100 +1.8%
2024 72.85 0-100 -1.9%
2025 73.61 0-100 +1.0%

Italy compared with similar countries

  • Italy's 73.61 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.93 0-100, 92% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
  • Italy's 73.61 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 73.4 0-100, 1.0× the median. (54 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 86.95 0-100 85.44 0-100 88.46 0-100 2
2000s 76.36 0-100 72.2 0-100 84.79 0-100 9
2010s 72.8 0-100 70.25 0-100 75.57 0-100 10
2020s 73.1 0-100 71.5 0-100 74.27 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Italy

  1. 79 Austria 74.92 0-100 compare
  2. 80 Hungary 74.53 0-100 compare
  3. 81 Trinidad and Tobago 73.8 0-100 compare
  4. 83 Montenegro 73.46 0-100 compare
  5. 84 Cyprus 73.33 0-100 compare
  6. 85 Kuwait 73.01 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Italy?
Political stability - governance score in Italy was 73.61 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 Italy?
The highest recorded value was 88.46 0-100 in 1998.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Italy?
The lowest recorded value was 70.25 0-100 in 2017.
How does Italy rank for political stability - governance score?
Italy ranks 82nd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Italy?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Italy 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
208 places, 5,485 data points, 1996–2025
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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).