Political Stability - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea: Political Stability - Number of sources was 9 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
9
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
79th
of 208 countries
All-time high
9
in 2024
All-time low
5
in 1996
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Political Stability - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea, 1996–2025

02468101996201020251996: 51998: 52000: 52002: 52003: 52004: 72005: 72006: 72007: 72008: 72009: 72010: 72011: 72012: 72013: 72014: 72015: 72016: 72017: 72018: 82019: 82020: 82021: 82022: 82023: 82024: 92025: 9

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Papua New Guinea recorded 9 for political stability - number of sources in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.

That represents a change of up 28.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - number of sources in Papua New Guinea peaked at 9 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5, in 1996.

Papua New Guinea ranks 79th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.

Political Stability - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Number of sources in Papua New Guinea, 1996 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1996 5 —
1998 5 +0.0%
2000 5 +0.0%
2002 5 +0.0%
2003 5 +0.0%
2004 7 +40.0%
2005 7 +0.0%
2006 7 +0.0%
2007 7 +0.0%
2008 7 +0.0%
2009 7 +0.0%
2010 7 +0.0%
2011 7 +0.0%
2012 7 +0.0%
2013 7 +0.0%
2014 7 +0.0%
2015 7 +0.0%
2016 7 +0.0%
2017 7 +0.0%
2018 8 +14.3%
2019 8 +0.0%
2020 8 +0.0%
2021 8 +0.0%
2022 8 +0.0%
2023 8 +0.0%
2024 9 +12.5%
2025 9 +0.0%

Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries

  • Papua New Guinea's 9 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 10, 90% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • Papua New Guinea's 9 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7, 1.3× the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 5 5 5 2
2000s 6.33 5 7 9
2010s 7.2 7 8 10
2020s 8.33 8 9 6

Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea

  1. 79 Albania 9 compare
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  3. 79 Bahrain 9 compare
  4. 79 Belgium 9 compare
  5. 79 Bolivia 9 compare
  6. 79 Burundi 9 compare
  7. 79 Canada 9 compare
  8. 79 Central African Republic 9 compare
  9. 79 Chad 9 compare
  10. 79 Costa Rica 9 compare
  11. 79 Cyprus 9 compare
  12. 79 Denmark 9 compare
  13. 79 Djibouti 9 compare
  14. 79 Dominican Republic 9 compare
  15. 79 Ecuador 9 compare
  16. 79 El Salvador 9 compare
  17. 79 Equatorial Guinea 9 compare
  18. 79 Finland 9 compare
  19. 79 France 9 compare
  20. 79 Germany 9 compare
  21. 79 Greece 9 compare
  22. 79 Guatemala 9 compare
  23. 79 Guinea-Bissau 9 compare
  24. 79 Ireland 9 compare
  25. 79 Italy 9 compare
  26. 79 Jamaica 9 compare
  27. 79 Japan 9 compare
  28. 79 Kyrgyzstan 9 compare
  29. 79 Lesotho 9 compare
  30. 79 Libya 9 compare
  31. 79 Luxembourg 9 compare
  32. 79 Moldova 9 compare
  33. 79 Nepal 9 compare
  34. 79 Netherlands 9 compare
  35. 79 Norway 9 compare
  36. 79 Oman 9 compare
  37. 79 Pakistan 9 compare
  38. 79 Panama 9 compare
  39. 79 Paraguay 9 compare
  40. 79 Portugal 9 compare
  41. 79 Saudi Arabia 9 compare
  42. 79 Serbia 9 compare
  43. 79 Somalia 9 compare
  44. 79 Spain 9 compare
  45. 79 Sudan 9 compare
  46. 79 Sweden 9 compare
  47. 79 Trinidad and Tobago 9 compare
  48. 79 United Arab Emirates 9 compare
  49. 79 Uruguay 9 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - number of sources in Papua New Guinea?
Political stability - number of sources in Papua New Guinea was 9 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest political stability - number of sources recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The highest recorded value was 9 in 2024.
What is the lowest political stability - number of sources recorded in Papua New Guinea?
The lowest recorded value was 5 in 1996.
How does Papua New Guinea rank for political stability - number of sources?
Papua New Guinea ranks 79th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is political stability - number of sources rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
Over the last ten years it is up 28.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Political Stability - Number of sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Political Stability - Number of sources
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
208 places, 5,485 data points, 1996–2025
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