Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Japan
Japan: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 87.66 0-100 in 2025. ▬ Flat
Political Stability - Governance score in Japan, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
The most recent figure for political stability - governance score in Japan is 87.66 0-100, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Japan peaked at 89.78 0-100 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 82.27 0-100, in 2012.
That places Japan 19th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Japan, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 89.02 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 89.78 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 89.18 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 85.33 0-100 | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 84.6 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 82.47 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 85.88 0-100 | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 86.7 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 85.58 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 83.79 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 84.71 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 82.84 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 82.65 0-100 | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 82.27 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 83.63 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 86.42 0-100 | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 86.55 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 84.8 0-100 | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 85.72 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 85.23 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 84.87 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 85.21 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 85.66 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 87.77 0-100 | +2.5% |
| 2023 | 88.1 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 87.52 0-100 | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 87.66 0-100 | +0.2% |
Japan compared with similar countries
- Japan's 87.66 0-100 is above the median for high income countries, which is 79.93 0-100, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Japan's 87.66 0-100 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 80.48 0-100, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.4 0-100 | 89.02 0-100 | 89.78 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 85.36 0-100 | 82.47 0-100 | 89.18 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 84.5 0-100 | 82.27 0-100 | 86.55 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.99 0-100 | 85.21 0-100 | 88.1 0-100 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Japan?
- Political stability - governance score in Japan was 87.66 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 89.78 0-100 in 1998.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.27 0-100 in 2012.
- How does Japan rank for political stability - governance score?
- Japan ranks 19th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Japan 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).