Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
0.5332
New Caledonia
Lowest
0.2165
Nigeria
Median
0.2441
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,278
What the numbers show
Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 0.5332 in New Caledonia; the lowest is 0.2165 in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2441, and the mean is 0.2536.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 144 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 3.2%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 34.3%).
Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Caledonia | 0.5332 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | French Polynesia | 0.5332 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | American Samoa | 0.4153 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 4 | Greenland | 0.396 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Macao | 0.3477 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 6 | Bermuda | 0.3382 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 6 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.3382 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 8 | Andorra | 0.3093 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 8 | Monaco | 0.3093 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 8 | Nauru | 0.3093 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 8 | Palau | 0.3093 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 8 | San Marino | 0.3093 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 13 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3001 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 13 | Dominica | 0.3001 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 13 | Grenada | 0.3001 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 13 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3001 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 13 | Saint Lucia | 0.3001 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 13 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3001 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 19 | Aruba | 0.2986 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Cayman Islands | 0.2986 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 21 | Guam | 0.2975 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 22 | South Sudan | 0.2807 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 23 | Comoros | 0.2799 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Liechtenstein | 0.2781 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 25 | Micronesia (country) | 0.2772 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 25 | Kiribati | 0.2772 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 25 | Marshall Islands | 0.2772 | 2024 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 0.2772 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 29 | Palestine | 0.2756 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 30 | Tonga | 0.2747 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 30 | Samoa | 0.2747 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 32 | Belize | 0.2714 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 33 | Puerto Rico | 0.2699 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 34 | Fiji | 0.2675 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 34 | Maldives | 0.2675 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 34 | Solomon Islands | 0.2675 | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 37 | Vanuatu | 0.2652 | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 38 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2649 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 39 | Brunei | 0.2639 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 40 | Bahamas | 0.2634 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 41 | Barbados | 0.2601 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 42 | Bhutan | 0.2601 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 0.2601 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 42 | Turkmenistan | 0.2601 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 42 | East Timor | 0.2601 | 2024 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 46 | Hong Kong | 0.2589 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 47 | Eritrea | 0.2588 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 48 | Yemen | 0.2581 | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 49 | Afghanistan | 0.2565 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.2562 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 51 | Guyana | 0.255 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 51 | Suriname | 0.255 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 53 | Cuba | 0.255 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 53 | North Korea | 0.255 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 53 | Syria | 0.255 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 56 | Laos | 0.255 | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 57 | Cambodia | 0.2545 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 57 | Montenegro | 0.2545 | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Seychelles | 0.2542 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 60 | Somalia | 0.2519 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 61 | Iceland | 0.2518 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 61 | Israel | 0.2518 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 63 | Kosovo | 0.2516 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 63 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 0.2516 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 65 | Burundi | 0.2508 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 65 | Djibouti | 0.2508 | 2024 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 67 | Albania | 0.2497 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 67 | Belarus | 0.2497 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 67 | Haiti | 0.2497 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 67 | Lebanon | 0.2497 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 67 | Myanmar | 0.2497 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 67 | Nicaragua | 0.2497 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2497 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | Georgia | 0.2497 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 73 | North Macedonia | 0.2497 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 76 | Cape Verde | 0.2494 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 77 | Switzerland | 0.249 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 78 | Central African Republic | 0.249 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 78 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.249 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 80 | Malta | 0.2483 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 81 | Armenia | 0.2483 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 0.2483 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 81 | Iraq | 0.2483 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 84 | Jamaica | 0.2479 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 84 | Moldova | 0.2479 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 84 | Serbia | 0.2479 | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2479 | 2024 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 88 | Sudan | 0.2468 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 89 | Cyprus | 0.2468 | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 90 | Mauritania | 0.2458 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 91 | Bolivia | 0.2452 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 0.2452 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | Guatemala | 0.2452 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | Honduras | 0.2452 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | Iran | 0.2452 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | Panama | 0.2452 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 97 | Libya | 0.2445 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 98 | Lesotho | 0.2445 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 98 | Chad | 0.2445 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 100 | Denmark | 0.2441 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Finland | 0.2441 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Japan | 0.2441 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Luxembourg | 0.2441 | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 100 | Netherlands | 0.2441 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 100 | Norway | 0.2441 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 106 | Oman | 0.2441 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 106 | Qatar | 0.2441 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 108 | Benin | 0.2441 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 109 | Russia | 0.2437 | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 110 | Costa Rica | 0.2434 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | Ecuador | 0.2434 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | Pakistan | 0.2434 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | Paraguay | 0.2434 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 110 | El Salvador | 0.2434 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 110 | Uruguay | 0.2434 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Austria | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Belgium | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Canada | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Germany | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Spain | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | France | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Greece | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Ireland | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 116 | Italy | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Portugal | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 116 | Sweden | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 127 | Bahrain | 0.2424 | 2024 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 128 | Slovakia | 0.242 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 0.2398 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 129 | Guinea | 0.2398 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 129 | Niger | 0.2398 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 129 | Uganda | 0.2398 | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 133 | Mauritius | 0.2398 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 133 | Rwanda | 0.2398 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 0.2395 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 135 | Argentina | 0.2395 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 135 | Chile | 0.2395 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 135 | Kuwait | 0.2395 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 135 | Lithuania | 0.2395 | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 135 | Mongolia | 0.2395 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 135 | Ukraine | 0.2395 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 142 | Burkina Faso | 0.2382 | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 142 | Congo | 0.2382 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 142 | Madagascar | 0.2382 | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 0.2382 | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 142 | Togo | 0.2382 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 147 | Bulgaria | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Colombia | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Czechia | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Estonia | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Croatia | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Hungary | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Latvia | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 147 | Peru | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Philippines | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Poland | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Romania | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Slovenia | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 147 | Turkey | 0.2379 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 160 | Algeria | 0.2358 | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 160 | Egypt | 0.2358 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 160 | Gabon | 0.2358 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 160 | Malawi | 0.2358 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 160 | Zambia | 0.2358 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 0.2345 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 166 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2343 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 166 | Cameroon | 0.2343 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 166 | Gambia | 0.2343 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 166 | Morocco | 0.2343 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 166 | Mali | 0.2343 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 166 | Senegal | 0.2343 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 166 | Tunisia | 0.2343 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 166 | Tanzania | 0.2343 | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 174 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2319 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 174 | Nepal | 0.2319 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 176 | Saudi Arabia | 0.2318 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 177 | China | 0.2314 | 2024 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 178 | Eswatini | 0.2313 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 179 | South Africa | 0.2308 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 180 | Uzbekistan | 0.2304 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 181 | Botswana | 0.2293 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 181 | Ghana | 0.2293 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 181 | Namibia | 0.2293 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 184 | Sri Lanka | 0.2283 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 185 | Australia | 0.2274 | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 0.2268 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 186 | Vietnam | 0.2268 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 188 | United Kingdom | 0.226 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 188 | New Zealand | 0.226 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 188 | United States | 0.226 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 191 | Brazil | 0.2236 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 191 | Thailand | 0.2236 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 191 | Venezuela | 0.2236 | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 194 | Indonesia | 0.2223 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 194 | India | 0.2223 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 194 | Jordan | 0.2223 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 194 | Kazakhstan | 0.2223 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 194 | South Korea | 0.2223 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 194 | Mexico | 0.2223 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 194 | Malaysia | 0.2223 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 194 | Singapore | 0.2223 | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 202 | Liberia | 0.2206 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 202 | Mozambique | 0.2206 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 202 | Zimbabwe | 0.2206 | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 205 | Angola | 0.2194 | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 205 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.2194 | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 207 | Kenya | 0.2165 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 207 | Nigeria | 0.2165 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |