Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Sweden
Sweden: Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence was 73.4% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
73.4%
Change on year
up 4.8%
World rank
51st
of 208 countries
All-time high
84.5%
in 1996
All-time low
70.1%
in 2024
Years of data
27
1996–2025
Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Sweden, 1996–2025
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2025, political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Sweden stood at 73.4%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Sweden peaked at 84.5% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 70.1%, in 2024.
That places Sweden 51st out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Political Stability: Lower bound of the 90% confidence in Sweden, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 84.5% | — |
| 1998 | 84.1% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 83.5% | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 81.9% | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 81.4% | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 79.2% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 80.8% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 79.7% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 81.0% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 79.0% | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 79.0% | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 77.7% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 78.9% | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 78.8% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 77.2% | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 76.5% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 75.1% | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 74.9% | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 73.8% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 74.9% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 75.2% | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 75.4% | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 75.2% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 75.1% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 72.5% | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 70.1% | -3.3% |
| 2025 | 73.4% | +4.8% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 73.4% is above the median for high income countries, which is 72.7%, 1.0× the median. (76 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 73.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 66.1%, 1.1× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84.3% | 84.1% | 84.5% | 2 |
| 2000s | 80.6% | 79.0% | 83.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 76.3% | 73.8% | 78.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 73.6% | 70.1% | 75.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More reference data data for Sweden
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4328 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2237 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2063 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.45 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9766 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.12 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Sweden?
- Political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for in Sweden was 73.4% in 2025, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 84.5% in 1996.
- What is the lowest political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.1% in 2024.
- How does Sweden rank for political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for?
- Sweden ranks 51st out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political stability - lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Political Stability - Lower bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).