Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
0.5765
New Caledonia
Lowest
0.2216
Nigeria
Median
0.2484
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,485
What the numbers show
Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 0.5765 in New Caledonia; the lowest is 0.2216 in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2484, and the mean is 0.2573.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 6.3%), and the largest decrease in French Polynesia (down 29.5%).
Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Caledonia | 0.5765 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | French Polynesia | 0.4062 | 2025 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 3 | Greenland | 0.3887 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 4 | Macao | 0.3543 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | American Samoa | 0.3451 | 2025 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 5 | Bermuda | 0.3451 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Guam | 0.3451 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.3451 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 9 | Andorra | 0.3138 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 9 | Micronesia (country) | 0.3138 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 9 | Monaco | 0.3138 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 0.3138 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 9 | Nauru | 0.3138 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 9 | Palau | 0.3138 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 9 | San Marino | 0.3138 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 16 | Dominica | 0.3042 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 16 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3042 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 18 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3016 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 18 | Grenada | 0.3016 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 18 | Saint Lucia | 0.3016 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3016 | 2025 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 22 | Aruba | 0.3013 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 22 | Cayman Islands | 0.3013 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Tuvalu | 0.2861 | 2025 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 25 | Kiribati | 0.284 | 2025 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 25 | Tonga | 0.284 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 25 | Samoa | 0.284 | 2025 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 28 | South Sudan | 0.2836 | 2025 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 29 | Comoros | 0.2804 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 30 | Liechtenstein | 0.2798 | 2025 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 31 | Palestine | 0.2778 | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 32 | Fiji | 0.2736 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 32 | Maldives | 0.2736 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 32 | Solomon Islands | 0.2736 | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 32 | Vanuatu | 0.2736 | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 36 | Hong Kong | 0.2726 | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 37 | Belize | 0.271 | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 0.271 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 39 | Brunei | 0.2697 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2656 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 41 | Bahamas | 0.2653 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 42 | Yemen | 0.265 | 2025 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 43 | Barbados | 0.2619 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 44 | Bhutan | 0.2617 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 44 | Laos | 0.2617 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 44 | Tajikistan | 0.2617 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 44 | Turkmenistan | 0.2617 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 44 | East Timor | 0.2617 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 49 | Eritrea | 0.2593 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 50 | Guyana | 0.2567 | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 51 | Cuba | 0.2565 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 51 | Syria | 0.2565 | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 0.256 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.256 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 53 | Georgia | 0.256 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 53 | Cambodia | 0.256 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 0.256 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 53 | Montenegro | 0.256 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.256 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 60 | Cape Verde | 0.2554 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 60 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2554 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 60 | Seychelles | 0.2554 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 63 | Malta | 0.2551 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 63 | Suriname | 0.2551 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 65 | Armenia | 0.2549 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 0.2549 | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 65 | Iraq | 0.2549 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 68 | Switzerland | 0.2536 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 68 | Iceland | 0.2536 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 68 | Israel | 0.2536 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 71 | Kosovo | 0.2516 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 72 | Somalia | 0.2513 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 73 | Belarus | 0.2511 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 73 | Honduras | 0.2511 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 73 | Haiti | 0.2511 | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | Iran | 0.2511 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 73 | Lebanon | 0.2511 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 73 | Myanmar | 0.2511 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 0.2511 | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 73 | Russia | 0.2511 | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 73 | Ukraine | 0.2511 | 2025 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 82 | Burundi | 0.2499 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 82 | Central African Republic | 0.2499 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 82 | Djibouti | 0.2499 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.2499 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 82 | Lesotho | 0.2499 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 82 | Chad | 0.2499 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Albania | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Bolivia | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Ecuador | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Guatemala | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Jamaica | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Moldova | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Pakistan | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Panama | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Paraguay | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 88 | El Salvador | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Serbia | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 88 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 88 | Uruguay | 0.2497 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Austria | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Belgium | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Canada | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Cyprus | 0.2484 | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 103 | Germany | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Denmark | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Spain | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Finland | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | France | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Greece | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Ireland | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 103 | Italy | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Japan | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 103 | Netherlands | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Norway | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Portugal | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 103 | Sweden | 0.2484 | 2025 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 121 | Bahrain | 0.2482 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 121 | Oman | 0.2482 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 123 | Sudan | 0.2476 | 2025 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 124 | Mali | 0.2462 | 2025 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 125 | Libya | 0.2453 | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 126 | Benin | 0.2449 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 126 | Mauritania | 0.2449 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 126 | Mauritius | 0.2449 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 126 | Rwanda | 0.2449 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 130 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2447 | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 131 | Bulgaria | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Chile | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Colombia | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Czechia | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Estonia | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Croatia | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Hungary | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Kuwait | 0.2433 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 131 | Lithuania | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 131 | Latvia | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 131 | Mongolia | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Peru | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Poland | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Qatar | 0.2433 | 2025 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 131 | Romania | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Slovakia | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 131 | Slovenia | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 131 | Turkey | 0.2433 | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 149 | North Korea | 0.2407 | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 150 | Algeria | 0.2406 | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 151 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2403 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 151 | Nepal | 0.2403 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 153 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2402 | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2394 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 155 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Cameroon | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Egypt | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Gabon | 0.2394 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 155 | Guinea | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 155 | Gambia | 0.2394 | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 155 | Morocco | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Madagascar | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Malawi | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Niger | 0.2394 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 155 | Senegal | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Togo | 0.2394 | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 155 | Tunisia | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Tanzania | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Uganda | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 155 | Zambia | 0.2394 | 2025 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 173 | China | 0.2358 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 174 | Eswatini | 0.2352 | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 0.235 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 175 | Sri Lanka | 0.235 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 175 | Uzbekistan | 0.235 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 178 | South Africa | 0.235 | 2025 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 179 | Australia | 0.234 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 179 | United Kingdom | 0.234 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 179 | New Zealand | 0.234 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 179 | United States | 0.234 | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 183 | Botswana | 0.2338 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 183 | Ghana | 0.2338 | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 183 | Namibia | 0.2338 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 186 | Venezuela | 0.2309 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 187 | Argentina | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Brazil | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Indonesia | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | India | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Jordan | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Kazakhstan | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | South Korea | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Mexico | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Malaysia | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Philippines | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Singapore | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Thailand | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 187 | Vietnam | 0.2297 | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 200 | Angola | 0.2264 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 200 | Burkina Faso | 0.2264 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 200 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2264 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 200 | Congo | 0.2264 | 2025 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 200 | Liberia | 0.2264 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 200 | Mozambique | 0.2264 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 200 | Zimbabwe | 0.2264 | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 207 | Kenya | 0.2216 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 207 | Nigeria | 0.2216 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |