Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
85.1%
Liechtenstein
Lowest
11.7%
Yemen
Median
59.4%
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,278
What the numbers show
Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 85.1% in Liechtenstein; the lowest is 11.7% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.4%, and the mean is 58.3%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 115 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 114.4%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 47.6%).
Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 85.1% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 2 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 83.7% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 3 | Andorra | 83.6% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 83.2% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 5 | Cayman Islands | 82.5% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 6 | Bhutan | 81.7% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 7 | Uruguay | 80.9% | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 8 | Singapore | 80.7% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 9 | San Marino | 80.7% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 10 | Barbados | 80.3% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 11 | Aruba | 80.3% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 12 | Marshall Islands | 79.9% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 13 | Tonga | 79.6% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 14 | Iceland | 79.4% | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 15 | Samoa | 79.4% | 2024 | up 5.0% | flat |
| 16 | Kiribati | 79.3% | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 17 | New Zealand | 79.2% | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 79.2% | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 19 | Brunei Darussalam | 79.0% | 2024 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 20 | Dominica | 78.6% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 21 | Japan | 78.4% | 2024 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 22 | Monaco | 78.4% | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 22 | Palau | 78.4% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 24 | Grenada | 78.0% | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 77.4% | 2024 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 26 | Botswana | 77.1% | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 27 | Bahamas | 76.4% | 2024 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 28 | Naoero | 76.1% | 2024 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 29 | Greenland | 76.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 30 | Czechia | 75.8% | 2024 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 31 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.8% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 32 | Switzerland | 75.7% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 33 | American Samoa | 75.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 34 | Qatar | 75.3% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 35 | Lithuania | 75.2% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 75.2% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75.2% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 38 | Vanuatu | 74.9% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 39 | Guam | 74.5% | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 40 | Norway | 74.5% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 41 | Seychelles | 74.4% | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 42 | Macau, China | 74.2% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 43 | Finland | 73.3% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 44 | Australia | 73.1% | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 45 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 73.1% | 2024 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 46 | Bermuda | 73.0% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 46 | United States Virgin Islands | 73.0% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 48 | Malta | 72.7% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 49 | Mauritius | 72.7% | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 50 | United Arab Emirates | 72.7% | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 51 | Denmark | 72.2% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 52 | Cape Verde | 72.1% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 53 | Belize | 71.7% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 54 | Slovenia | 71.5% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 55 | Ireland | 71.2% | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 56 | Solomon Islands | 71.2% | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 57 | Estonia | 71.2% | 2024 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 58 | Republic of Korea | 70.6% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 59 | Fiji | 70.3% | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 70.0% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 61 | Latvia | 69.8% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 62 | Oman | 69.8% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 63 | New Caledonia | 69.7% | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 64 | Hong Kong, China | 69.4% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 65 | Sweden | 69.4% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 66 | Canada | 69.3% | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 67 | Croatia | 69.2% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 69.1% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 69 | Namibia | 68.8% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 70 | French Polynesia | 68.6% | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 71 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 68.3% | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 72 | Portugal | 68.3% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 73 | Poland | 67.7% | 2024 | down 12.2% | flat |
| 74 | Timor-Leste | 67.6% | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 75 | Austria | 67.5% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 76 | Jamaica | 67.1% | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 77 | Sao Tome and Principe | 67.1% | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 78 | Suriname | 66.9% | 2024 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 79 | Hungary | 66.7% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 80 | Netherlands | 66.4% | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 81 | Mongolia | 66.4% | 2024 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 82 | Malaysia | 66.2% | 2024 | up 9.1% | flat |
| 83 | Puerto Rico | 65.8% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 84 | Cyprus | 65.6% | 2024 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 85 | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.1% | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 86 | Montenegro | 64.4% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 87 | Italy | 64.4% | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 88 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 64.3% | 2024 | up 54.5% | flat |
| 89 | Kuwait | 64.2% | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 90 | Cuba | 64.1% | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 91 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 64.0% | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 92 | Panama | 63.5% | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 93 | Turkmenistan | 62.8% | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 94 | Guyana | 62.4% | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 95 | Romania | 61.9% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 96 | North Macedonia | 61.6% | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 97 | Greece | 61.5% | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 98 | Chile | 61.3% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Germany | 61.2% | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 100 | Belgium | 61.2% | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 101 | Cambodia | 61.0% | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 59.9% | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 103 | Ghana | 59.7% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 104 | Viet Nam | 59.6% | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 105 | Albania | 59.2% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 59.2% | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 107 | Spain | 59.1% | 2024 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 108 | Gambia | 59.0% | 2024 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 109 | Uzbekistan | 59.0% | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 58.6% | 2024 | up 9.7% | flat |
| 111 | Rwanda | 58.4% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 112 | United States of America | 57.9% | 2024 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 113 | Paraguay | 57.8% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 57.7% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 115 | Zambia | 57.6% | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 116 | Maldives | 57.5% | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 117 | China | 56.8% | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 56.5% | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 119 | Equatorial Guinea | 56.5% | 2024 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 120 | Argentina | 56.3% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 121 | Serbia | 56.1% | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 122 | Liberia | 55.8% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 123 | Guatemala | 55.4% | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 124 | Senegal | 55.4% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 125 | France | 55.0% | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 126 | Kazakhstan | 54.8% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 127 | Congo | 54.8% | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 54.6% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 129 | Gabon | 54.6% | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 130 | Bahrain | 54.4% | 2024 | up 32.5% | falling |
| 131 | Comoros | 54.3% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 53.9% | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 133 | Jordan | 53.7% | 2024 | up 10.1% | flat |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 53.5% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 135 | Kosovo | 53.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 135 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 53.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 137 | Republic of Moldova | 53.1% | 2024 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 138 | Malawi | 52.8% | 2024 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 139 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 52.7% | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 140 | Belarus | 52.5% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 141 | Nepal | 52.3% | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 142 | Benin | 52.2% | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 143 | Morocco | 51.8% | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 144 | Ukraine | 51.8% | 2024 | up 106.0% | falling |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 51.5% | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 146 | Madagascar | 51.0% | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 147 | Kyrgyzstan | 50.8% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 148 | Brazil | 50.7% | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 149 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 50.3% | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 150 | Angola | 50.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 151 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 49.7% | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 152 | Mauritania | 49.4% | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 153 | Djibouti | 49.4% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 154 | Honduras | 49.3% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 155 | Indonesia | 49.3% | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 156 | South Africa | 48.9% | 2024 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 157 | Georgia | 48.4% | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 158 | Papua New Guinea | 48.2% | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 159 | Peru | 48.1% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 160 | Thailand | 48.0% | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.9% | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 162 | Mexico | 47.4% | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 163 | Algeria | 47.4% | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 164 | Eswatini | 46.9% | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 165 | Ecuador | 46.8% | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 166 | Armenia | 46.6% | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 167 | Eritrea | 46.5% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 168 | India | 46.2% | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 169 | Philippines | 46.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 170 | Togo | 45.4% | 2024 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 171 | Côte d'Ivoire | 44.9% | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 172 | Russian Federation | 43.6% | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 173 | Tunisia | 43.5% | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 174 | Türkiye | 42.6% | 2024 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 175 | Colombia | 42.6% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 176 | Egypt | 42.6% | 2024 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 177 | Zimbabwe | 42.3% | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 178 | Uganda | 41.7% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 179 | Guinea | 41.4% | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 180 | Israel | 41.1% | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 181 | Haiti | 38.4% | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 182 | Kenya | 36.7% | 2024 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 183 | Burundi | 35.4% | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 184 | Lebanon | 35.2% | 2024 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 185 | Bangladesh | 34.5% | 2024 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 186 | Cameroon | 32.7% | 2024 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 187 | South Sudan | 32.6% | 2024 | up 114.4% | rising |
| 188 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 32.0% | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 189 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 29.9% | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 190 | Mozambique | 29.7% | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 191 | Niger | 29.1% | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 192 | Chad | 28.7% | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 193 | Central African Republic | 27.6% | 2024 | up 68.4% | falling |
| 194 | Ethiopia | 27.0% | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 195 | Burkina Faso | 26.7% | 2024 | down 43.7% | falling |
| 196 | Libya | 26.7% | 2024 | up 30.2% | falling |
| 197 | Palestine, State of | 26.1% | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 198 | Nigeria | 25.6% | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 199 | Sudan | 24.4% | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 200 | Pakistan | 23.8% | 2024 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 201 | Iraq | 23.7% | 2024 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 202 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 23.5% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 203 | Myanmar | 23.2% | 2024 | down 41.1% | falling |
| 204 | Afghanistan | 21.0% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 205 | Somalia | 20.2% | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 206 | Syrian Arab Republic | 18.3% | 2024 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Mali | 16.8% | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 208 | Yemen | 11.7% | 2024 | down 26.1% | falling |