Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in North Korea
North Korea: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 67.07 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Stability - Governance score in North Korea, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
North Korea recorded 67.07 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2025.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 42.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in North Korea peaked at 70.63 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 47.19 0-100, in 2015.
North Korea ranks 112th of 208 countries on this measure, 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 North Korea, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 64.15 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 66.19 0-100 | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 69.59 0-100 | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 70.56 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 69.22 0-100 | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 61.81 0-100 | -10.7% |
| 2005 | 62.06 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 63.22 0-100 | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 63.23 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 62.31 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 60.85 0-100 | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 63.73 0-100 | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 63.98 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 59.67 0-100 | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 55.53 0-100 | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 47.22 0-100 | -15.0% |
| 2015 | 47.19 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 56.81 0-100 | +20.4% |
| 2017 | 58.46 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 59.72 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 61.16 0-100 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 61.15 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 60.97 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 69.58 0-100 | +14.1% |
| 2023 | 70.63 0-100 | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 67.02 0-100 | -5.1% |
| 2025 | 67.07 0-100 | +0.1% |
North Korea compared with similar countries
- North Korea's 67.07 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 38.03 0-100, 1.8× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- North Korea's 67.07 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 80.48 0-100, 83% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 65.17 0-100 | 64.15 0-100 | 66.19 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 64.76 0-100 | 60.85 0-100 | 70.56 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 57.35 0-100 | 47.19 0-100 | 63.98 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.07 0-100 | 60.97 0-100 | 70.63 0-100 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in North Korea?
- Political stability - governance score in North Korea was 67.07 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 North Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 70.63 0-100 in 2023.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in North Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.19 0-100 in 2015.
- How does North Korea rank for political stability - governance score?
- North Korea ranks 112th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in North Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Korea 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).