Statizoid

Political Stability/No Violence (estimate) by country

Political stability and absence of violence measures the perceptions of the likelihood that the government will be destabilized or overthrown by unconstitutional or violent means, including domestic violence or terrorism. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available...

Countries reporting
53
Highest
1.04
Botswana
Lowest
-3.07
Somalia
Median
-0.4671
Years covered
16
1996–2011
Data points
689

What the numbers show

Political Stability/No Violence (estimate) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 1.04 in Botswana; the lowest is -3.07 in Somalia.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.4671, and the mean is -0.5637.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 27 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 1,422.8%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 65,266.0%).

Political Stability/No Violence: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Botswana 1.04 2011 up 9.8% rising
2 Seychelles 0.9743 2011 down 18.0% falling
3 Namibia 0.8903 2011 up 322.6% volatile
4 Mauritius 0.8759 2011 up 19.6% falling
5 Cape Verde 0.7115 2011 down 36.2% falling
6 Zambia 0.4736 2011 up 848.7% volatile
7 Gabon 0.3699 2011 down 25.0% volatile
8 Mozambique 0.2719 2011 up 271.6% volatile
9 Djibouti 0.2701 2011 up 168.6% volatile
10 Benin 0.268 2011 down 62.6% falling
11 Lesotho 0.2667 2011 up 1,422.8% volatile
12 Ghana 0.1454 2011 up 133.0% volatile
13 Gambia 0.0855 2011 down 80.9% volatile
14 South Africa 0.0211 2011 up 108.5% volatile
15 Tanzania -0.0054 2011 up 99.3% volatile
16 Rwanda -0.0471 2011 up 97.4% volatile
17 Sao Tome and Principe -0.0486 2011 down 104.7% volatile
18 Malawi -0.0705 2011 up 85.2% volatile
19 Equatorial Guinea -0.0919 2011 up 52.6% volatile
20 Sierra Leone -0.1914 2011 up 90.3% volatile
21 Tunisia -0.2298 2011 down 183.5% volatile
22 Togo -0.2351 2011 up 41.9% volatile
23 Congo -0.2402 2011 up 76.8% volatile
24 Senegal -0.3064 2011 up 56.5% volatile
25 Angola -0.3322 2011 up 84.1% volatile
26 Comoros -0.4565 2011 down 321.9% volatile
27 Morocco -0.4671 2011 down 177.6% volatile
28 Eswatini -0.4724 2011 down 529.4% volatile
29 Liberia -0.4953 2011 up 75.8% rising
30 Burkina Faso -0.5415 2011 down 3,184.1% volatile
31 Cameroon -0.6131 2011 down 8.8% rising
32 Guinea-Bissau -0.7024 2011 down 40.1% volatile
33 Mali -0.7099 2011 down 598.1% volatile
34 Eritrea -0.7899 2011 up 18.2% rising
35 Niger -0.8816 2011 down 65,266.0% volatile
36 Madagascar -0.8828 2011 down 2,145.8% volatile
37 Libya -1.01 2011 down 155.0% volatile
38 Zimbabwe -1.04 2011 up 26.8% falling
39 Uganda -1.1 2011 up 18.5% rising
40 Mauritania -1.19 2011 down 610.4% volatile
41 Egypt -1.29 2011 down 22,295.9% volatile
42 Chad -1.29 2011 down 3.2% falling
43 Kenya -1.31 2011 down 14.7% falling
44 Algeria -1.35 2011 up 9.7% rising
45 Cote d'Ivoire -1.41 2011 down 6.2% falling
46 Guinea -1.43 2011 up 29.7% falling
47 Ethiopia -1.63 2011 down 62.4% falling
48 Burundi -1.81 2011 up 15.8% rising
49 Nigeria -1.94 2011 down 27.5% falling
50 Central African Republic -2.04 2011 down 57.2% falling
51 Democratic Republic of Congo -2.21 2011 up 14.6% rising
52 Sudan -2.61 2011 down 14.5% falling
53 Somalia -3.07 2011 down 47.6% falling

About this data

Indicator
Political Stability/No Violence (estimate)
Source
World Bank Institute
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
53 places, 689 data points, 1996–2011
Last refreshed

Political stability and absence of violence measures the perceptions of the likelihood that the government will be destabilized or overthrown by unconstitutional or violent means, including domestic violence or terrorism. Further documentation and research using the World Governance Indicators (WGI) is available at www.worldbank.org/wbi/governance.