Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 64.86 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in Sri Lanka, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 64.86 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is up 5.5% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Sri Lanka peaked at 64.86 0-100 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 30.21 0-100, in 2000.
That places Sri Lanka 120th 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 Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 31.94 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 36.17 0-100 | +13.3% |
| 2000 | 30.21 0-100 | -16.5% |
| 2002 | 46.44 0-100 | +53.7% |
| 2003 | 46.18 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 44.91 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 44.3 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 39.49 0-100 | -10.9% |
| 2007 | 35.97 0-100 | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 36.37 0-100 | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 45.37 0-100 | +24.8% |
| 2010 | 51.89 0-100 | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 52.49 0-100 | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 49.18 0-100 | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 50.9 0-100 | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 56.06 0-100 | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 64.12 0-100 | +14.4% |
| 2016 | 63 0-100 | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 62.27 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 60.66 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 62.28 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 63.35 0-100 | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 56.6 0-100 | -10.6% |
| 2022 | 51.93 0-100 | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 53.78 0-100 | +3.6% |
| 2024 | 61.48 0-100 | +14.3% |
| 2025 | 64.86 0-100 | +5.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 64.86 0-100 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 66.97 0-100, 97% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 64.86 0-100 is above the median for South Asia, which is 61.35 0-100, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +53.7% | 30.21 0-100 | 46.44 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.05 0-100 | 31.94 0-100 | 36.17 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 41.03 0-100 | 30.21 0-100 | 46.44 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 57.29 0-100 | 49.18 0-100 | 64.12 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.67 0-100 | 51.93 0-100 | 64.86 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
More reference data data for Sri Lanka
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.316 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1784 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.33 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1604 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.9713 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Sri Lanka?
- Political stability - governance score in Sri Lanka was 64.86 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 64.86 0-100 in 2025.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.21 0-100 in 2000.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for political stability - governance score?
- Sri Lanka ranks 120th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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).