Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Laos
Laos: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 75.27 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in Laos, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Laos recorded 75.27 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2025.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Laos peaked at 78.2 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.02 0-100, in 2003.
That places Laos 75th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Laos, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 66.98 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 61.15 0-100 | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 55.3 0-100 | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 64.47 0-100 | +16.6% |
| 2003 | 48.02 0-100 | -25.5% |
| 2004 | 56.68 0-100 | +18.0% |
| 2005 | 58.76 0-100 | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 63.88 0-100 | +8.7% |
| 2007 | 62.7 0-100 | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 65.71 0-100 | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 64.3 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 61.88 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 64.18 0-100 | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 64.16 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 64.64 0-100 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 71.33 0-100 | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 71.92 0-100 | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 70.72 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 69.78 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 69.5 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 70.98 0-100 | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 74.35 0-100 | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 75.04 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 77.2 0-100 | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 78.2 0-100 | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 75.21 0-100 | -3.8% |
| 2025 | 75.27 0-100 | +0.1% |
Laos compared with similar countries
- Laos's 75.27 0-100 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 57.26 0-100, 1.3× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Laos's 75.27 0-100 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 80.48 0-100, 94% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Laos changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -25.5% | 64.47 0-100 | 48.02 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 64.06 0-100 | 61.15 0-100 | 66.98 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.98 0-100 | 48.02 0-100 | 65.71 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 67.91 0-100 | 61.88 0-100 | 71.92 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.88 0-100 | 74.35 0-100 | 78.2 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Laos
- 72 Oman 76.04 0-100 compare
- 73 French Polynesia 75.7 0-100 compare
- 74 Mongolia 75.54 0-100 compare
- 76 Sao Tome and Principe 75.17 0-100 compare
- 77 Jamaica 75.13 0-100 compare
- 78 Netherlands 74.97 0-100 compare
More reference data data for Laos
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6615 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.913 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3021 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.88 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 3.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 12.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.64 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Laos?
- Political stability - governance score in Laos was 75.27 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 Laos?
- The highest recorded value was 78.2 0-100 in 2023.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Laos?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.02 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Laos rank for political stability - governance score?
- Laos ranks 75th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Laos?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Laos 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).