Political Stability/No Violence in Somalia
Somalia: Political Stability/No Violence was 0.2672 standard error in 2011. ▼ Falling
Political Stability/No Violence in Somalia, 1996–2011
Source: World Bank Institute. Measured in standard error.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 0.2672 standard error for political stability/no violence in 2011. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability/no violence in Somalia peaked at 0.4267 standard error in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2672 standard error, in 2011.
Somalia ranks 15th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4067 standard error | 0.3867 standard error | 0.4267 standard error | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.3358 standard error | 0.2821 standard error | 0.4023 standard error | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.2683 standard error | 0.2672 standard error | 0.2694 standard error | 2 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More reference data data for Somalia
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.06 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3971 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.484 °C (2026)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 7 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.6624 °C (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability/no violence in Somalia?
- Political stability/no violence in Somalia was 0.2672 standard error in 2011, according to World Bank Institute.
- What is the highest political stability/no violence recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4267 standard error in 1996.
- What is the lowest political stability/no violence recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2672 standard error in 2011.
- How does Somalia rank for political stability/no violence?
- Somalia ranks 15th out of 53 countries with data for 2011.
- Is political stability/no violence rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Institute, published as part of Political Stability/No Violence (standard error). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
See definition GV.POLI.ST.SD. Inherent to all Governance Indicators is a margin of error, which might vary from country to country, normally attributable to two factors: (i) cross-country differences in the number of sources in which a country appears, and (ii) differences in the precision of the sources in which each country appears.