Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Kenya
Kenya: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 46 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in Kenya, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 46 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Kenya peaked at 49.03 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 37.23 0-100, in 2008.
That places Kenya 182nd 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 Kenya, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 44.59 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 42.77 0-100 | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 41.76 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 44.2 0-100 | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 44.01 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 49.03 0-100 | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 46.57 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 47.66 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 40.8 0-100 | -14.4% |
| 2008 | 37.23 0-100 | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 38.41 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 41.47 0-100 | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 39.55 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 39.52 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 45.26 0-100 | +14.5% |
| 2014 | 43.16 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 43.56 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 44.68 0-100 | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 45.33 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 45.59 0-100 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 46.39 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 46.78 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 45.76 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 48.27 0-100 | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 48.47 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 43.61 0-100 | -10.0% |
| 2025 | 46 0-100 | +5.5% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 46 0-100 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 57.26 0-100, 80% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 46 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 56.36 0-100, 82% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 43.68 0-100 | 42.77 0-100 | 44.59 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 43.3 0-100 | 37.23 0-100 | 49.03 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 43.45 0-100 | 39.52 0-100 | 46.39 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 46.48 0-100 | 43.61 0-100 | 48.47 0-100 | 6 |
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 58.05 (2050)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Kenya?
- Political stability - governance score in Kenya was 46 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 49.03 0-100 in 2004.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.23 0-100 in 2008.
- How does Kenya rank for political stability - governance score?
- Kenya ranks 182nd out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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).