Political Stability - Governance score in Kuwait

Kuwait: Political Stability - Governance score was 70.92 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
70.92 0-100
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
89th
of 207 countries
All-time high
77.39 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
63.39 0-100
in 2015
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Kuwait, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 71.5 0-1001998: 72.1 0-1002000: 77.1 0-1002002: 69.2 0-1002003: 70.2 0-1002004: 69.1 0-1002005: 70.5 0-1002006: 72.8 0-1002007: 77.4 0-1002008: 75.8 0-1002009: 74.9 0-1002010: 75.7 0-1002011: 71.5 0-1002012: 67.6 0-1002013: 67.8 0-1002014: 67.4 0-1002015: 63.4 0-1002016: 65.5 0-1002017: 65.9 0-1002018: 69.9 0-1002019: 70.1 0-1002020: 68.5 0-1002021: 68.5 0-1002022: 67.7 0-1002023: 70.9 0-1002024: 70.9 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, political stability - governance score in Kuwait stood at 70.92 0-100.

The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Kuwait peaked at 77.39 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 63.39 0-100, in 2015.

Kuwait ranks 89th of 207 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.

Political Stability - Governance score in Kuwait, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) in Kuwait, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 71.54 0-100
1998 72.1 0-100 +0.8%
2000 77.11 0-100 +7.0%
2002 69.16 0-100 -10.3%
2003 70.22 0-100 +1.5%
2004 69.1 0-100 -1.6%
2005 70.53 0-100 +2.1%
2006 72.76 0-100 +3.2%
2007 77.39 0-100 +6.4%
2008 75.84 0-100 -2.0%
2009 74.91 0-100 -1.2%
2010 75.75 0-100 +1.1%
2011 71.47 0-100 -5.6%
2012 67.55 0-100 -5.5%
2013 67.76 0-100 +0.3%
2014 67.36 0-100 -0.6%
2015 63.39 0-100 -5.9%
2016 65.53 0-100 +3.4%
2017 65.93 0-100 +0.6%
2018 69.93 0-100 +6.1%
2019 70.1 0-100 +0.2%
2020 68.55 0-100 -2.2%
2021 68.53 0-100 -0.0%
2022 67.67 0-100 -1.2%
2023 70.86 0-100 +4.7%
2024 70.92 0-100 +0.1%

Kuwait compared with similar countries

  • Kuwait's 70.92 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.03 0-100, 90% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Kuwait's 70.92 0-100 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 50.1 0-100, 1.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 71.82 0-100 71.54 0-100 72.1 0-100 2
2000s 73 0-100 69.1 0-100 77.39 0-100 9
2010s 68.48 0-100 63.39 0-100 75.75 0-100 10
2020s 69.31 0-100 67.67 0-100 70.92 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Kuwait

  1. 86 North Korea 71.4 0-100 compare
  2. 87 Cuba 71.28 0-100 compare
  3. 88 Italy 71.17 0-100 compare
  4. 90 Panama 70.42 0-100 compare
  5. 91 United Kingdom 70.3 0-100 compare
  6. 92 Turkmenistan 70.09 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Kuwait?
Political stability - governance score in Kuwait was 70.92 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 Kuwait?
The highest recorded value was 77.39 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Kuwait?
The lowest recorded value was 63.39 0-100 in 2015.
How does Kuwait rank for political stability - governance score?
Kuwait ranks 89th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Kuwait?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Kuwait 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
207 places, 5,252 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).