Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) in Yemen

Yemen: Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) (Political score 0-100) was 21.69 0-100 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
21.69 0-100
Change on year
up 12.0%
World rank
208th
of 208 countries
All-time high
41.68 0-100
in 2006
All-time low
17.84 0-100
in 2017
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Political Stability - Governance score in Yemen, 1996–2025

0102030401996201020251996: 32.7 0-1001998: 36.2 0-1002000: 36.6 0-1002002: 36 0-1002003: 36.7 0-1002004: 36.4 0-1002005: 38.7 0-1002006: 41.7 0-1002007: 37.5 0-1002008: 28.6 0-1002009: 29.2 0-1002010: 23.2 0-1002011: 22.6 0-1002012: 24.2 0-1002013: 23.2 0-1002014: 21.3 0-1002015: 21 0-1002016: 19.2 0-1002017: 17.8 0-1002018: 18 0-1002019: 19.7 0-1002020: 18.9 0-1002021: 18.7 0-1002022: 19.9 0-1002023: 19.5 0-1002024: 19.4 0-1002025: 21.7 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 2025, political stability - governance score in Yemen stood at 21.69 0-100.

That represents a change of up 12.0% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Yemen peaked at 41.68 0-100 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 17.84 0-100, in 2017.

That places Yemen 208th 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 Yemen, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) in Yemen, 1996 to 2025.
Year 0-100 Change
1996 32.71 0-100 —
1998 36.18 0-100 +10.6%
2000 36.63 0-100 +1.2%
2002 35.97 0-100 -1.8%
2003 36.68 0-100 +2.0%
2004 36.44 0-100 -0.7%
2005 38.72 0-100 +6.2%
2006 41.68 0-100 +7.7%
2007 37.46 0-100 -10.1%
2008 28.58 0-100 -23.7%
2009 29.18 0-100 +2.1%
2010 23.19 0-100 -20.5%
2011 22.57 0-100 -2.6%
2012 24.16 0-100 +7.1%
2013 23.22 0-100 -3.9%
2014 21.28 0-100 -8.4%
2015 21.01 0-100 -1.3%
2016 19.2 0-100 -8.6%
2017 17.84 0-100 -7.0%
2018 17.97 0-100 +0.7%
2019 19.69 0-100 +9.5%
2020 18.87 0-100 -4.1%
2021 18.69 0-100 -1.0%
2022 19.91 0-100 +6.5%
2023 19.5 0-100 -2.1%
2024 19.36 0-100 -0.7%
2025 21.69 0-100 +12.0%

Yemen compared with similar countries

  • Yemen's 21.69 0-100 is below the median for low income countries, which is 38.03 0-100, 57% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Yemen's 21.69 0-100 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 53.38 0-100, 41% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 34.45 0-100 32.71 0-100 36.18 0-100 2
2000s 35.7 0-100 28.58 0-100 41.68 0-100 9
2010s 21.01 0-100 17.84 0-100 24.16 0-100 10
2020s 19.67 0-100 18.69 0-100 21.69 0-100 6

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 205 Somalia 27.62 0-100 compare
  2. 206 Syria 24.96 0-100 compare
  3. 207 Mali 21.82 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Yemen?
Political stability - governance score in Yemen was 21.69 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 Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 41.68 0-100 in 2006.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 17.84 0-100 in 2017.
How does Yemen rank for political stability - governance score?
Yemen ranks 208th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Yemen 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
208 places, 5,485 data points, 1996–2025
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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).