Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in United States
United States: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 60.31 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Political Stability - Governance score in United States, 1996–2025
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
United States recorded 60.31 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in United States peaked at 83.69 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 60.31 0-100, in 2025.
That places United States 137th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 United States, year by year
| Year | 0-100 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 82.61 0-100 | — |
| 1998 | 82.57 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 83.69 0-100 | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 71.72 0-100 | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 69.96 0-100 | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 66.96 0-100 | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 68.96 0-100 | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 72.85 0-100 | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 73.59 0-100 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 76.41 0-100 | +3.8% |
| 2009 | 76.64 0-100 | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 76.32 0-100 | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 76.4 0-100 | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 76.38 0-100 | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 75.62 0-100 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 77.17 0-100 | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 77.1 0-100 | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 71.53 0-100 | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 67.93 0-100 | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 70.86 0-100 | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 66.81 0-100 | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 63.36 0-100 | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 63.62 0-100 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 62.92 0-100 | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 63.06 0-100 | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 63.62 0-100 | +0.9% |
| 2025 | 60.31 0-100 | -5.2% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 60.31 0-100 is below the median for high income countries, which is 79.93 0-100, 75% of the median. (76 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 82.59 0-100 | 82.57 0-100 | 82.61 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 73.42 0-100 | 66.96 0-100 | 83.69 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 73.61 0-100 | 66.81 0-100 | 77.17 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.82 0-100 | 60.31 0-100 | 63.62 0-100 | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States
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Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in United States?
- Political stability - governance score in United States was 60.31 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 United States?
- The highest recorded value was 83.69 0-100 in 2000.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 60.31 0-100 in 2025.
- How does United States rank for political stability - governance score?
- United States ranks 137th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States 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).