Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate was 0.271 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
0.271
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
38th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.4325
in 1996
All-time low
0.2705
in 2014
Years of data
27
1996–2025

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

00.10.20.30.41996201020251996: 0.4321998: 0.4322000: 0.4322002: 0.4322003: 0.4322004: 0.3452005: 0.3452006: 0.3452007: 0.3282008: 0.3282009: 0.292010: 0.292011: 0.292012: 0.292013: 0.292014: 0.2712015: 0.2712016: 0.2712017: 0.2712018: 0.2712019: 0.2712020: 0.2712021: 0.2712022: 0.282023: 0.2712024: 0.2712025: 0.271

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2025, political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Puerto Rico stood at 0.271.

The figure is up 0.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Puerto Rico peaked at 0.4325 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.2705, in 2014.

Puerto Rico ranks 38th 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 Puerto Rico, year by year

Annual values for Political Stability - Standard error of the governance estimate in Puerto Rico, 1996 to 2025.
Year Value Change
1996 0.4325 —
1998 0.4325 +0.0%
2000 0.4325 +0.0%
2002 0.4325 +0.0%
2003 0.4325 +0.0%
2004 0.3451 -20.2%
2005 0.3451 +0.0%
2006 0.3451 +0.0%
2007 0.3281 -4.9%
2008 0.3281 +0.0%
2009 0.2898 -11.7%
2010 0.2898 +0.0%
2011 0.2898 +0.0%
2012 0.2898 +0.0%
2013 0.2898 +0.0%
2014 0.2705 -6.7%
2015 0.2705 +0.0%
2016 0.2705 +0.0%
2017 0.2705 +0.0%
2018 0.2705 +0.0%
2019 0.2705 +0.0%
2020 0.2705 +0.0%
2021 0.2705 +0.0%
2022 0.2798 +3.4%
2023 0.271 -3.2%
2024 0.271 +0.0%
2025 0.271 +0.0%

Puerto Rico compared with similar countries

  • Puerto Rico's 0.271 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2484, 1.1× the median. (76 countries reporting)
  • Puerto Rico's 0.271 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2511, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.4325 0.4325 0.4325 2
2000s 0.3643 0.2898 0.4325 9
2010s 0.2782 0.2705 0.2898 10
2020s 0.2723 0.2705 0.2798 6

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 36 Hong Kong 0.2726 compare
  2. 37 Belize 0.271 compare
  3. 39 Brunei 0.2697 compare
  4. 40 Guinea-Bissau 0.2656 compare
  5. 41 Bahamas 0.2653 compare

See the full ranking of 208 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Puerto Rico?
Political stability - standard error of the governance estimate in Puerto Rico was 0.271 in 2025, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest political stability - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 0.4325 in 1996.
What is the lowest political stability - standard error of the governance estimate recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2705 in 2014.
How does Puerto Rico rank for political stability - standard error of the governance estimate?
Puerto Rico ranks 38th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
Is political stability - standard error of the governance estimate rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Puerto Rico 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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Indicator
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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