Political Stability - Governance score in New Zealand

New Zealand: Political Stability - Governance score was 85.55 0-100 in 2024. β–¬ Flat

Latest (2024)
85.55 0-100
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
24th
of 206 countries
All-time high
91.45 0-100
in 2014
All-time low
85.55 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in New Zealand, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 89.7 0-1001998: 90 0-1002000: 90.3 0-1002002: 86.8 0-1002003: 86 0-1002004: 89.3 0-1002005: 88.8 0-1002006: 87.8 0-1002007: 88.7 0-1002008: 86.5 0-1002009: 86.4 0-1002010: 90.1 0-1002011: 89.6 0-1002012: 90 0-1002013: 89.4 0-1002014: 91.4 0-1002015: 90.9 0-1002016: 90.9 0-1002017: 91.4 0-1002018: 90.6 0-1002019: 89.6 0-1002020: 90.8 0-1002021: 89.1 0-1002022: 87 0-1002023: 87.8 0-1002024: 85.5 0-100

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for political stability - governance score in New Zealand is 85.55 0-100, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in New Zealand peaked at 91.45 0-100 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 85.55 0-100, in 2024.

New Zealand ranks 24th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 89.87 0-100 89.73 0-100 90 0-100 2
2000s 87.85 0-100 86.02 0-100 90.27 0-100 9
2010s 90.4 0-100 89.45 0-100 91.45 0-100 10
2020s 88.05 0-100 85.55 0-100 90.84 0-100 5

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 21 Brunei Darussalam 86.44 0-100 compare
  2. 22 Grenada 86.38 0-100 compare
  3. 23 Costa Rica 85.98 0-100 compare
  4. 25 Japan 85.27 0-100 compare
  5. 26 Naoero, Republic of 84.76 0-100 compare
  6. 27 New Caledonia 84.64 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in New Zealand?
Political stability - governance score in New Zealand was 85.55 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 New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 91.45 0-100 in 2014.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 85.55 0-100 in 2024.
How does New Zealand rank for political stability - governance score?
New Zealand ranks 24th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this New Zealand 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).