Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Uganda
Uganda: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 50.42 0-100 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in Uganda, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
In 2025, political stability - governance score in Uganda stood at 50.42 0-100.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Uganda peaked at 54.01 0-100 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 35.48 0-100, in 2003.
That places Uganda 174th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 35.81 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 38.39 0-100 | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 37.02 0-100 | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 36.82 0-100 | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 35.48 0-100 | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 45.21 0-100 | +27.4% |
| 2005 | 42.67 0-100 | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 47.93 0-100 | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 52.58 0-100 | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 54.01 0-100 | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 53.52 0-100 | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 52.32 0-100 | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 49.9 0-100 | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 50.42 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 49.75 0-100 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 48.41 0-100 | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 51.38 0-100 | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 51.2 0-100 | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 53.19 0-100 | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 52.4 0-100 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 51.78 0-100 | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 50.53 0-100 | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 48.91 0-100 | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 46.2 0-100 | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 47.28 0-100 | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 47.51 0-100 | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 50.42 0-100 | +6.1% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 50.42 0-100 is above the median for low income countries, which is 38.03 0-100, 1.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 50.42 0-100 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 56.36 0-100, 89% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +27.4% | 35.48 0-100 | 45.21 0-100 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37.1 0-100 | 35.81 0-100 | 38.39 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 45.03 0-100 | 35.48 0-100 | 54.01 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 51.07 0-100 | 48.41 0-100 | 53.19 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.48 0-100 | 46.2 0-100 | 50.53 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More reference data data for Uganda
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- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.95 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4214 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 5.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 29.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 42.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.29 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Uganda?
- Political stability - governance score in Uganda was 50.42 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 54.01 0-100 in 2008.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.48 0-100 in 2003.
- How does Uganda rank for political stability - governance score?
- Uganda ranks 174th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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).