Political Stability - Governance score in South Africa

South Africa: Political Stability - Governance score was 55.35 0-100 in 2024. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2024)
55.35 0-100
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
155th
of 206 countries
All-time high
69.08 0-100
in 2007
All-time low
52.68 0-100
in 2021
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in South Africa, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 56.3 0-1001998: 55.9 0-1002000: 60.4 0-1002002: 59.8 0-1002003: 61.6 0-1002004: 65.6 0-1002005: 65.6 0-1002006: 65.7 0-1002007: 69.1 0-1002008: 65.7 0-1002009: 64.8 0-1002010: 65 0-1002011: 65.2 0-1002012: 63.8 0-1002013: 61.5 0-1002014: 62 0-1002015: 60.6 0-1002016: 60.1 0-1002017: 59.4 0-1002018: 60.8 0-1002019: 60.1 0-1002020: 61.6 0-1002021: 52.7 0-1002022: 54.2 0-1002023: 55 0-1002024: 55.4 0-100

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

Analysis

South Africa recorded 55.35 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in South Africa peaked at 69.08 0-100 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 52.68 0-100, in 2021.

South Africa ranks 155th of 206 countries on this measure, 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 56.1 0-100 55.89 0-100 56.32 0-100 2
2000s 64.26 0-100 59.77 0-100 69.08 0-100 9
2010s 61.84 0-100 59.35 0-100 65.17 0-100 10
2020s 55.77 0-100 52.68 0-100 61.64 0-100 5

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 152 Angola 56.1 0-100 compare
  2. 153 Indonesia 55.49 0-100 compare
  3. 154 Georgia 55.43 0-100 compare
  4. 156 Guinea-Bissau 55.33 0-100 compare
  5. 157 Papua New Guinea 54.73 0-100 compare
  6. 158 Peru 54.72 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 South Africa?
Political stability - governance score in South Africa was 55.35 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 South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 69.08 0-100 in 2007.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 52.68 0-100 in 2021.
How does South Africa rank for political stability - governance score?
South Africa ranks 155th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in South Africa?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this South Africa 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).