Political Stability - Number of sources by country
Countries reporting
202
Highest
13
Angola
Lowest
1
French Polynesia
Median
9
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,255
What the numbers show
Political Stability - Number of sources is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 13 in Angola; the lowest is 1 in French Polynesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 9, and the mean is 8.77.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.
Over the past decade 133 countries rose and 12 fell. The largest increase was in Marshall Islands (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 16.7%).
Political Stability - Number of sources: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angola | 13 | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 1 | Botswana | 13 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 13 | 2024 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 1 | Ghana | 13 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 1 | Kenya | 13 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 1 | Namibia | 13 | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 1 | Nigeria | 13 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 8 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | Cameroon | 12 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | Gambia | 12 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | India | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Jordan | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | South Korea | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Liberia | 12 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | Morocco | 12 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Mozambique | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Malaysia | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Senegal | 12 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | Singapore | 12 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 8 | Tunisia | 12 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | Tanzania | 12 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 8 | South Africa | 12 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 12 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 11 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Brazil | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Congo | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Colombia | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Czechia | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Algeria | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Egypt | 11 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Estonia | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Gabon | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | United Kingdom | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Croatia | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Hungary | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Madagascar | 11 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Mauritius | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Malawi | 11 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | New Zealand | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Peru | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Philippines | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Poland | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Romania | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Rwanda | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 11 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 28 | Slovenia | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Togo | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Thailand | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Turkey | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | United States | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Venezuela | 11 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 28 | Vietnam | 11 | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Zambia | 11 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 10 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Argentina | 10 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Australia | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Austria | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Belgium | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Benin | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Bahrain | 10 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 61 | Canada | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Chile | 10 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | China | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Costa Rica | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Germany | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Ecuador | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Spain | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 10 | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 61 | France | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Guinea | 10 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Greece | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Italy | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 61 | Kuwait | 10 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Lesotho | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Lithuania | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Mongolia | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Niger | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Nepal | 10 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 61 | Pakistan | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Portugal | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Paraguay | 10 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 61 | Saudi Arabia | 10 | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 61 | El Salvador | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Sweden | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Eswatini | 10 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 61 | Chad | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Uganda | 10 | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 61 | Ukraine | 10 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 61 | Uruguay | 10 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 10 | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 102 | Armenia | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 102 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 102 | Bolivia | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Central African Republic | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 102 | Cyprus | 9 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 102 | Denmark | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Finland | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Georgia | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 9 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 102 | Guatemala | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Hong Kong | 9 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 102 | Honduras | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Iran | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Iraq | 9 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 102 | Jamaica | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Japan | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Libya | 9 | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 102 | Moldova | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 102 | Mauritania | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Netherlands | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Norway | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Oman | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 102 | Panama | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Papua New Guinea | 9 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 102 | Qatar | 9 | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 102 | Russia | 9 | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 102 | Sudan | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Serbia | 9 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 2024 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 137 | Albania | 8 | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 137 | Burundi | 8 | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 137 | Belarus | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Switzerland | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Djibouti | 8 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 137 | Guinea-Bissau | 8 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 137 | Haiti | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Iceland | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Israel | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Cambodia | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Laos | 8 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 137 | Lebanon | 8 | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 137 | Myanmar | 8 | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 137 | Montenegro | 8 | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 8 | 2024 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 137 | Somalia | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Seychelles | 8 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Barbados | 7 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 154 | Bhutan | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Cuba | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Eritrea | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | North Korea | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | South Sudan | 7 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Suriname | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Syria | 7 | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 154 | Tajikistan | 7 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 7 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 154 | East Timor | 7 | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 154 | Yemen | 7 | 2024 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 169 | Bahamas | 6 | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 169 | Brunei | 6 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Comoros | 6 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 6 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 173 | Belize | 5 | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 173 | Fiji | 5 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 173 | Maldives | 5 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 173 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Palestine | 5 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 5 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 173 | Tonga | 5 | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 173 | Samoa | 5 | 2024 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 181 | Dominica | 4 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 181 | Micronesia (country) | 4 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 181 | Grenada | 4 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 181 | Kiribati | 4 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 4 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 181 | Marshall Islands | 4 | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 181 | Tuvalu | 4 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4 | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 192 | Aruba | 3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 192 | Andorra | 3 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 192 | Cayman Islands | 3 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 192 | Guam | 3 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 192 | Monaco | 3 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 192 | Nauru | 3 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 192 | Palau | 3 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 192 | San Marino | 3 | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 200 | Bermuda | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 200 | Greenland | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 200 | Macao | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 200 | United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 204 | American Samoa | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 204 | New Caledonia | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | French Polynesia | 1 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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