Political Stability - Governance score in Nigeria

Nigeria: Political Stability - Governance score was 31.69 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
31.69 0-100
Change on year
down 2.5%
World rank
196th
of 206 countries
All-time high
46.84 0-100
in 1998
All-time low
28.56 0-100
in 2014
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Nigeria, 1996–2024

010203040501996201020241996: 43.1 0-1001998: 46.8 0-1002000: 38.1 0-1002002: 30.6 0-1002003: 34.2 0-1002004: 36.4 0-1002005: 36.3 0-1002006: 34.7 0-1002007: 36.7 0-1002008: 38.6 0-1002009: 40.6 0-1002010: 31.3 0-1002011: 32.7 0-1002012: 30.2 0-1002013: 31.9 0-1002014: 28.6 0-1002015: 37.4 0-1002016: 36.7 0-1002017: 33.3 0-1002018: 33.7 0-1002019: 32.2 0-1002020: 31.6 0-1002021: 31.5 0-1002022: 32.5 0-1002023: 32.5 0-1002024: 31.7 0-100

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

Analysis

Nigeria recorded 31.69 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Nigeria peaked at 46.84 0-100 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 28.56 0-100, in 2014.

That places Nigeria 196th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 44.97 0-100 43.1 0-100 46.84 0-100 2
2000s 36.24 0-100 30.64 0-100 40.58 0-100 9
2010s 32.79 0-100 28.56 0-100 37.41 0-100 10
2020s 31.96 0-100 31.5 0-100 32.54 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 193 Ethiopia 33.7 0-100 compare
  2. 194 Libya 33.5 0-100 compare
  3. 195 Burkina Faso 33.33 0-100 compare
  4. 197 Sudan 31.32 0-100 compare
  5. 198 Pakistan 30.65 0-100 compare
  6. 199 Iraq 30.63 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Nigeria?
Political stability - governance score in Nigeria was 31.69 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 Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 46.84 0-100 in 1998.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 28.56 0-100 in 2014.
How does Nigeria rank for political stability - governance score?
Nigeria ranks 196th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Nigeria 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

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
Last refreshed

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).