Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei

Brunei: Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.2697 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.2697
Change on year
down 0.7%
World rank
39th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.3561
in 1996
All-time low
0.2631
in 2009
Years of data
27
1996–2025

Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei, 1996–2025

00.10.20.30.41996201020251996: 0.3561998: 0.3562000: 0.3562002: 0.3562003: 0.3562004: 0.3562005: 0.3562006: 0.3562007: 0.3562008: 0.2912009: 0.2632010: 0.2632011: 0.2632012: 0.2632013: 0.2632014: 0.2632015: 0.2632016: 0.2632017: 0.2632018: 0.2632019: 0.2632020: 0.2632021: 0.2632022: 0.2632023: 0.2722024: 0.2722025: 0.27

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2025, political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei stood at 0.2697.

That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei peaked at 0.3561 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2631, in 2009.

Brunei ranks 39th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei, 1996 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1996 0.3561 —
1998 0.3561 +0.0%
2000 0.3561 +0.0%
2002 0.3561 +0.0%
2003 0.3561 +0.0%
2004 0.3561 +0.0%
2005 0.3561 +0.0%
2006 0.3561 +0.0%
2007 0.3561 +0.0%
2008 0.2908 -18.3%
2009 0.2631 -9.5%
2010 0.2631 +0.0%
2011 0.2631 +0.0%
2012 0.2631 +0.0%
2013 0.2631 +0.0%
2014 0.2631 +0.0%
2015 0.2631 +0.0%
2016 0.2631 +0.0%
2017 0.2631 +0.0%
2018 0.2631 +0.0%
2019 0.2631 +0.0%
2020 0.2631 +0.0%
2021 0.2631 +0.0%
2022 0.2631 +0.0%
2023 0.2716 +3.2%
2024 0.2716 +0.0%
2025 0.2697 -0.7%

Brunei compared with similar countries

  • Brunei's 0.2697 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2484, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
  • Brunei's 0.2697 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2657, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3561 0.3561 0.3561 2
2000s 0.3385 0.2631 0.3561 9
2010s 0.2631 0.2631 0.2631 10
2020s 0.267 0.2631 0.2716 6

Countries ranked near Brunei

  1. 36 Hong Kong 0.2726 compare
  2. 37 Belize 0.271 compare
  3. 38 Puerto Rico 0.271 compare
  4. 40 Guinea-Bissau 0.2656 compare
  5. 41 Bahamas 0.2653 compare
  6. 42 Yemen 0.265 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei?
Political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Brunei was 0.2697 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest political stability - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Brunei?
The highest recorded value was 0.3561 in 1996.
What is the lowest political stability - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Brunei?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2631 in 2009.
How does Brunei rank for political stability - standard error of the governance estimate?
Brunei ranks 39th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is political stability - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Brunei?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Brunei data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate
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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