Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
84.3%
Liechtenstein
Lowest
14.1%
Yemen
Median
60.8%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,485
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 84.3% in Liechtenstein; the lowest is 14.1% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 60.8%, and the mean is 59.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 95.3%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 53.2%).
Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 84.3% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 2 | Brunei | 84.1% | 2025 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 3 | Andorra | 84.0% | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 4 | Micronesia (country) | 83.2% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 4 | Marshall Islands | 83.2% | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 6 | Cayman Islands | 83.0% | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 7 | Bhutan | 82.5% | 2025 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 8 | Singapore | 82.4% | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 9 | Tuvalu | 82.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 10 | San Marino | 81.6% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 11 | Iceland | 81.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 12 | Uruguay | 81.2% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 13 | Samoa | 80.8% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 14 | Japan | 80.5% | 2025 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 15 | Barbados | 80.5% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 16 | Tonga | 80.5% | 2025 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 17 | American Samoa | 80.2% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 79.9% | 2025 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 79.6% | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 79.4% | 2025 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 21 | Palau | 79.4% | 2025 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 22 | Kiribati | 79.3% | 2025 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 23 | Aruba | 79.1% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 24 | Seychelles | 78.8% | 2025 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 25 | Grenada | 78.6% | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 26 | Monaco | 78.6% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 27 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 78.4% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 78.1% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 77.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 30 | Nauru | 77.9% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 31 | Botswana | 77.8% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 32 | Norway | 77.4% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 33 | Qatar | 76.9% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 76.8% | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 76.6% | 2025 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 36 | Guam | 76.6% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 37 | Czechia | 76.5% | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 38 | Malta | 76.4% | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 39 | Bahamas | 75.9% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 40 | Finland | 75.2% | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 41 | South Korea | 75.1% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 42 | Lithuania | 75.0% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 43 | Fiji | 75.0% | 2025 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 44 | Mauritius | 74.9% | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 45 | Bermuda | 74.6% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 74.4% | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 47 | Estonia | 74.2% | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 48 | Dominica | 74.1% | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 49 | Macao | 74.1% | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 74.0% | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 51 | Sweden | 73.4% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 52 | Cape Verde | 73.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 73.0% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 54 | Latvia | 72.8% | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 55 | United States Virgin Islands | 72.7% | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 56 | Canada | 72.7% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 57 | Australia | 72.6% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 58 | Denmark | 72.3% | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 59 | Belize | 72.0% | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 60 | Namibia | 71.9% | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 61 | Ireland | 71.6% | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 62 | Hong Kong | 71.4% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 63 | Solomon Islands | 70.8% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 64 | Poland | 70.8% | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 65 | Portugal | 70.8% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 66 | Croatia | 70.6% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 67 | Slovakia | 70.3% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 68 | East Timor | 69.4% | 2025 | up 38.4% | rising |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 69.1% | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 70 | Oman | 68.9% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 71 | Suriname | 68.8% | 2025 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 72 | Mongolia | 68.5% | 2025 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 73 | Greenland | 68.3% | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 74 | Jamaica | 68.0% | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 75 | Netherlands | 67.8% | 2025 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 76 | Sao Tome and Principe | 67.8% | 2025 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 77 | Austria | 67.8% | 2025 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 78 | Laos | 67.8% | 2025 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 79 | Hungary | 67.5% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.6% | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 81 | Italy | 66.5% | 2025 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 82 | Cyprus | 66.2% | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 83 | Montenegro | 66.1% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 84 | Kuwait | 66.0% | 2025 | up 17.8% | flat |
| 85 | Malaysia | 65.0% | 2025 | up 9.5% | flat |
| 86 | North Macedonia | 64.8% | 2025 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 87 | Puerto Rico | 64.2% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 88 | Cambodia | 64.1% | 2025 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 89 | French Polynesia | 64.0% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 90 | United Kingdom | 64.0% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 91 | Cuba | 63.7% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 92 | Greece | 63.3% | 2025 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 93 | Bulgaria | 62.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 94 | Panama | 62.7% | 2025 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 95 | Romania | 62.2% | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 62.2% | 2025 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 97 | Germany | 62.1% | 2025 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 98 | Argentina | 61.8% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 99 | Guyana | 61.8% | 2025 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 100 | Chile | 61.6% | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 101 | Spain | 61.6% | 2025 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 102 | Belgium | 61.5% | 2025 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 103 | Vietnam | 61.1% | 2025 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 104 | Paraguay | 60.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 105 | Gabon | 60.8% | 2025 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 60.7% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 107 | Uzbekistan | 60.6% | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 108 | Ghana | 60.4% | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 109 | El Salvador | 60.4% | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 110 | North Korea | 60.2% | 2025 | up 51.1% | flat |
| 111 | Albania | 60.0% | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 112 | Gambia | 59.3% | 2025 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 113 | China | 59.2% | 2025 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 114 | Maldives | 59.1% | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 59.0% | 2025 | up 17.2% | flat |
| 116 | Kyrgyzstan | 58.4% | 2025 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 117 | Lesotho | 58.2% | 2025 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 58.2% | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 58.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 120 | Zambia | 57.7% | 2025 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 121 | France | 56.9% | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 122 | Liberia | 56.7% | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 56.6% | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 124 | Moldova | 56.5% | 2025 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 125 | Malawi | 55.9% | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 126 | Senegal | 55.8% | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 127 | Equatorial Guinea | 55.8% | 2025 | up 14.3% | flat |
| 128 | Bolivia | 55.6% | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 129 | Kazakhstan | 55.4% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 130 | Belarus | 55.3% | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 131 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 55.1% | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 132 | Guatemala | 54.7% | 2025 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 133 | New Caledonia | 54.2% | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 134 | United States | 53.6% | 2025 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 135 | Comoros | 53.5% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 136 | Jordan | 53.5% | 2025 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 137 | Kosovo | 53.3% | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 52.9% | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 139 | Serbia | 52.8% | 2025 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 140 | Bahrain | 52.6% | 2025 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 141 | Ukraine | 52.5% | 2025 | up 95.3% | falling |
| 142 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52.3% | 2025 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 143 | Brazil | 52.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 144 | South Africa | 52.2% | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 145 | Sierra Leone | 51.9% | 2025 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 146 | Benin | 51.6% | 2025 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 147 | Angola | 51.4% | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 148 | Nepal | 50.9% | 2025 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 149 | Honduras | 50.7% | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 150 | Armenia | 50.7% | 2025 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 151 | Congo | 50.5% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 152 | Tanzania | 50.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 153 | Peru | 49.9% | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 154 | Djibouti | 49.9% | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 155 | Georgia | 49.6% | 2025 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 156 | Madagascar | 49.5% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 157 | Morocco | 49.2% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 158 | Thailand | 49.2% | 2025 | up 27.7% | falling |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 49.2% | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 160 | Eswatini | 48.9% | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.7% | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 162 | India | 48.4% | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 163 | Mexico | 48.3% | 2025 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 164 | Eritrea | 47.6% | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 165 | Ecuador | 47.2% | 2025 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 166 | Mauritania | 47.1% | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 167 | Algeria | 47.1% | 2025 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 168 | Tunisia | 46.5% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 169 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.2% | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 170 | Indonesia | 46.1% | 2025 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 171 | Guinea | 45.9% | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 172 | Philippines | 44.4% | 2025 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 173 | Togo | 43.8% | 2025 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 174 | Zimbabwe | 43.8% | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 175 | Uganda | 43.5% | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 176 | Turkey | 43.2% | 2025 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 177 | Egypt | 43.2% | 2025 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 42.4% | 2025 | up 21.0% | flat |
| 179 | Israel | 42.3% | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 180 | Colombia | 41.9% | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 181 | Russia | 41.8% | 2025 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 182 | Kenya | 39.6% | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 183 | Burundi | 36.8% | 2025 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 184 | Lebanon | 36.2% | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 185 | Haiti | 34.2% | 2025 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 186 | Venezuela | 32.5% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 187 | South Sudan | 30.9% | 2025 | up 81.4% | rising |
| 188 | Chad | 30.8% | 2025 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 189 | Mozambique | 30.1% | 2025 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 190 | Cameroon | 29.1% | 2025 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 191 | Nigeria | 28.8% | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 192 | Iran | 28.8% | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 193 | Central African Republic | 28.7% | 2025 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 194 | Niger | 27.8% | 2025 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 195 | Burkina Faso | 27.6% | 2025 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 196 | Libya | 26.4% | 2025 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 197 | Ethiopia | 26.2% | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 198 | Iraq | 25.6% | 2025 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 199 | Pakistan | 24.3% | 2025 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 200 | Palestine | 24.1% | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 201 | Afghanistan | 22.5% | 2025 | up 53.9% | rising |
| 202 | Sudan | 22.2% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 203 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 21.7% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 204 | Myanmar | 21.3% | 2025 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 205 | Somalia | 20.4% | 2025 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 206 | Syria | 17.6% | 2025 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 207 | Mali | 14.7% | 2025 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 208 | Yemen | 14.1% | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |