Political Stability - Governance score in Sweden

Sweden: Political Stability - Governance score was 76.2 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
76.2 0-100
Change on year
down 3.8%
World rank
65th
of 207 countries
All-time high
92.41 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
76.2 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Sweden, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 92.4 0-1001998: 92 0-1002000: 91.1 0-1002002: 89.6 0-1002003: 88.9 0-1002004: 86.3 0-1002005: 87.7 0-1002006: 86.8 0-1002007: 87.9 0-1002008: 85.9 0-1002009: 85.9 0-1002010: 84.5 0-1002011: 85.7 0-1002012: 85.6 0-1002013: 83.8 0-1002014: 83.3 0-1002015: 81.8 0-1002016: 81.6 0-1002017: 80.7 0-1002018: 81.8 0-1002019: 82 0-1002020: 82.2 0-1002021: 82.1 0-1002022: 82 0-1002023: 79.2 0-1002024: 76.2 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, political stability - governance score in Sweden stood at 76.2 0-100. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of down 3.8% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Sweden peaked at 92.41 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 76.2 0-100, in 2024.

Sweden ranks 65th of 207 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Political Stability - Governance score in Sweden, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) in Sweden, 1996 to 2024.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 92.41 0-100
1998 92.02 0-100 -0.4%
2000 91.13 0-100 -1.0%
2002 89.59 0-100 -1.7%
2003 88.94 0-100 -0.7%
2004 86.27 0-100 -3.0%
2005 87.7 0-100 +1.7%
2006 86.78 0-100 -1.1%
2007 87.88 0-100 +1.3%
2008 85.94 0-100 -2.2%
2009 85.86 0-100 -0.1%
2010 84.45 0-100 -1.6%
2011 85.66 0-100 +1.4%
2012 85.62 0-100 -0.1%
2013 83.83 0-100 -2.1%
2014 83.29 0-100 -0.6%
2015 81.76 0-100 -1.8%
2016 81.59 0-100 -0.2%
2017 80.7 0-100 -1.1%
2018 81.76 0-100 +1.3%
2019 82 0-100 +0.3%
2020 82.22 0-100 +0.3%
2021 82.07 0-100 -0.2%
2022 81.98 0-100 -0.1%
2023 79.2 0-100 -3.4%
2024 76.2 0-100 -3.8%

Sweden compared with similar countries

  • Sweden's 76.2 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.03 0-100, 96% of the median. (75 countries reporting)
  • Sweden's 76.2 0-100 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 71.17 0-100, 1.1× the median. (53 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 92.22 0-100 92.02 0-100 92.41 0-100 2
2000s 87.79 0-100 85.86 0-100 91.13 0-100 9
2010s 83.07 0-100 80.7 0-100 85.66 0-100 10
2020s 80.34 0-100 76.2 0-100 82.22 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Sweden

  1. 62 Hong Kong 76.67 0-100 compare
  2. 63 Oman 76.61 0-100 compare
  3. 64 Latvia 76.49 0-100 compare
  4. 66 Canada 76.12 0-100 compare
  5. 67 Dominican Republic 75.96 0-100 compare
  6. 68 Croatia 75.83 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 207 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Sweden?
Political stability - governance score in Sweden was 76.2 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 Sweden?
The highest recorded value was 92.41 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Sweden?
The lowest recorded value was 76.2 0-100 in 2024.
How does Sweden rank for political stability - governance score?
Sweden ranks 65th out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Sweden?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sweden 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
207 places, 5,252 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).