Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Syria
Syria: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 24.96 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Stability - Governance score in Syria, 1996–2025
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 Syria is 24.96 0-100, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Syria peaked at 66.71 0-100 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 19.91 0-100, in 2016.
That places Syria 206th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Syria, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 57.73 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 59.93 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 58.13 0-100 | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 66.71 0-100 | +14.8% |
| 2003 | 64.96 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 58.72 0-100 | -9.6% |
| 2005 | 57.2 0-100 | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 55.98 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 56.03 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 55.52 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 56.76 0-100 | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 46.18 0-100 | -18.6% |
| 2011 | 28.99 0-100 | -37.2% |
| 2012 | 23.61 0-100 | -18.6% |
| 2013 | 23.46 0-100 | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 25.28 0-100 | +7.7% |
| 2015 | 23.85 0-100 | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 19.91 0-100 | -16.5% |
| 2017 | 22.36 0-100 | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 22.71 0-100 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 22.24 0-100 | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 23.89 0-100 | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 23.54 0-100 | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 22.75 0-100 | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 22.75 0-100 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 24.02 0-100 | +5.5% |
| 2025 | 24.96 0-100 | +3.9% |
Syria compared with similar countries
- Syria's 24.96 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 38.03 0-100, 66% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Syria's 24.96 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 53.38 0-100, 47% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Syria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -37.2% | 46.18 0-100 | 28.99 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 58.83 0-100 | 57.73 0-100 | 59.93 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 58.89 0-100 | 55.52 0-100 | 66.71 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 25.86 0-100 | 19.91 0-100 | 46.18 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.65 0-100 | 22.75 0-100 | 24.96 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Syria
More reference data data for Syria
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1191 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.5377 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3995 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1542 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 16.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 29.26 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.93 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Syria?
- Political stability - governance score in Syria was 24.96 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 Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 66.71 0-100 in 2002.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 19.91 0-100 in 2016.
- How does Syria rank for political stability - governance score?
- Syria ranks 206th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Syria 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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).