Political Stability - Governance score in Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Political Stability - Governance score was 71.4 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
71.4 0-100
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
86th
of 206 countries
All-time high
71.86 0-100
in 2002
All-time low
48.7 0-100
in 2015
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 65.6 0-1001998: 67.6 0-1002000: 71.1 0-1002002: 71.9 0-1002003: 70.6 0-1002004: 63.5 0-1002005: 63.7 0-1002006: 64.8 0-1002007: 64.8 0-1002008: 64 0-1002009: 62.4 0-1002010: 65.1 0-1002011: 65.3 0-1002012: 61.3 0-1002013: 57.3 0-1002014: 48.7 0-1002015: 48.7 0-1002016: 58.1 0-1002017: 59.8 0-1002018: 61.2 0-1002019: 62.7 0-1002020: 62.7 0-1002021: 62.5 0-1002022: 70.5 0-1002023: 71.5 0-1002024: 71.4 0-100

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

Analysis

Democratic People's Republic of Korea recorded 71.4 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 46.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 71.86 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 48.7 0-100, in 2015.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 86th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 66.61 0-100 65.58 0-100 67.65 0-100 2
2000s 66.29 0-100 62.37 0-100 71.86 0-100 9
2010s 58.83 0-100 48.7 0-100 65.33 0-100 10
2020s 67.71 0-100 62.51 0-100 71.47 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea

  1. 83 Malaysia 72.47 0-100 compare
  2. 84 Trinidad and Tobago 72.04 0-100 compare
  3. 85 Montenegro 71.56 0-100 compare
  4. 87 Cuba 71.28 0-100 compare
  5. 88 Italy 71.17 0-100 compare
  6. 89 Kuwait 70.92 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Political stability - governance score in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 71.4 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 Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The highest recorded value was 71.86 0-100 in 2002.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 48.7 0-100 in 2015.
How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for political stability - governance score?
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 86th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 46.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Democratic People's Republic of 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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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
206 places, 5,229 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).