Political Stability - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score by country
Countries reporting
208
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
28.9%
Mali
Median
74.9%
Years covered
30
1996–2025
Data points
5,485
What the numbers show
Political Stability - Upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 28.9% in Mali.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.9%, and the mean is 73.9%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 121 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 64.9%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 36.2%).
Political Stability: Upper bound of the 90% confidence: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 1 | American Samoa | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cayman Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 1 | Micronesia (country) | 100.0% | 2025 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 100.0% | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Marshall Islands | 100.0% | 2025 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 7 | Brunei | 99.6% | 2025 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 8 | San Marino | 99.6% | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 9 | Tuvalu | 98.8% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Bhutan | 97.5% | 2025 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 11 | Palau | 97.4% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 12 | Samoa | 97.2% | 2025 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 13 | Tonga | 96.8% | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 14 | Monaco | 96.6% | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 15 | Aruba | 96.4% | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 16 | Guam | 96.4% | 2025 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 17 | Iceland | 96.0% | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 18 | Grenada | 96.0% | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 19 | Nauru | 96.0% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 20 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 95.7% | 2025 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 21 | Kiribati | 95.6% | 2025 | up 2.5% | flat |
| 22 | Singapore | 95.6% | 2025 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 23 | Barbados | 95.6% | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 24 | Uruguay | 95.6% | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 25 | Antigua and Barbuda | 95.4% | 2025 | up 5.6% | flat |
| 26 | Japan | 94.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 27 | Bermuda | 94.5% | 2025 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 28 | Macao | 94.5% | 2025 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 94.2% | 2025 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 30 | Saint Lucia | 94.1% | 2025 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 31 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 94.1% | 2025 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 93.6% | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 33 | Seychelles | 93.5% | 2025 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 34 | New Zealand | 93.0% | 2025 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 35 | United States Virgin Islands | 92.5% | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 36 | Switzerland | 92.5% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 37 | Norway | 91.7% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 38 | Dominica | 91.6% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 39 | Botswana | 91.2% | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 40 | Bahamas | 91.1% | 2025 | up 5.7% | flat |
| 41 | Malta | 91.1% | 2025 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 42 | Qatar | 90.8% | 2025 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 43 | Fiji | 90.7% | 2025 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 44 | Greenland | 90.6% | 2025 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 45 | Czechia | 90.5% | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 46 | Vanuatu | 90.2% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 47 | Finland | 89.5% | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritius | 89.0% | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 49 | Lithuania | 88.9% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 50 | South Korea | 88.3% | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 51 | Estonia | 88.2% | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Cape Verde | 88.0% | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 53 | Slovenia | 88.0% | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 54 | Sweden | 87.7% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 55 | Belize | 87.6% | 2025 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 56 | French Polynesia | 87.4% | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 57 | New Caledonia | 87.3% | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 87.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 59 | Hong Kong | 87.0% | 2025 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 60 | Canada | 86.9% | 2025 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 61 | Latvia | 86.8% | 2025 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 62 | Denmark | 86.6% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 63 | Solomon Islands | 86.6% | 2025 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 64 | Australia | 86.0% | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 65 | Ireland | 85.9% | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 66 | Namibia | 85.3% | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 67 | Portugal | 85.0% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 68 | Poland | 84.8% | 2025 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 69 | Croatia | 84.6% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 70 | East Timor | 84.4% | 2025 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 71 | Slovakia | 84.3% | 2025 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 72 | Suriname | 83.5% | 2025 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 83.4% | 2025 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 74 | Oman | 83.2% | 2025 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 75 | Laos | 82.8% | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 76 | Mongolia | 82.5% | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 77 | Sao Tome and Principe | 82.5% | 2025 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 78 | Jamaica | 82.3% | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 79 | Netherlands | 82.1% | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 80 | Austria | 82.1% | 2025 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 81 | Hungary | 81.5% | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 81.0% | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 83 | Montenegro | 80.8% | 2025 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 84 | Italy | 80.7% | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 85 | Cyprus | 80.5% | 2025 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 86 | Kuwait | 80.0% | 2025 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 87 | Puerto Rico | 79.8% | 2025 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 79.5% | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 89 | Cambodia | 78.8% | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 90 | Cuba | 78.4% | 2025 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 91 | Malaysia | 78.2% | 2025 | up 7.0% | flat |
| 92 | Greece | 77.6% | 2025 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 93 | United Kingdom | 77.4% | 2025 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 77.3% | 2025 | up 9.6% | falling |
| 95 | Panama | 77.0% | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 96 | Bulgaria | 76.9% | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 97 | Guyana | 76.6% | 2025 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 98 | Germany | 76.4% | 2025 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 99 | Romania | 76.2% | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 100 | Spain | 75.9% | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 101 | Belgium | 75.8% | 2025 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 102 | Chile | 75.6% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 103 | Paraguay | 75.2% | 2025 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 104 | Argentina | 75.0% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 105 | Maldives | 74.8% | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 74.8% | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 107 | El Salvador | 74.7% | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 108 | Gabon | 74.5% | 2025 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 109 | Albania | 74.4% | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 110 | Vietnam | 74.3% | 2025 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 111 | Uzbekistan | 74.2% | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 112 | North Korea | 74.0% | 2025 | up 35.6% | falling |
| 113 | Ghana | 73.9% | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 114 | Gambia | 73.1% | 2025 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 72.8% | 2025 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 116 | China | 72.8% | 2025 | up 15.6% | flat |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 72.6% | 2025 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 118 | Lesotho | 72.6% | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.2% | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 71.6% | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 121 | Zambia | 71.4% | 2025 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 71.3% | 2025 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 123 | France | 71.1% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 124 | Moldova | 70.8% | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 70.1% | 2025 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 126 | Bolivia | 69.9% | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 127 | Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) | 69.8% | 2025 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 128 | Belarus | 69.8% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 129 | Liberia | 69.7% | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 130 | Comoros | 69.6% | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 131 | Malawi | 69.6% | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 132 | Senegal | 69.6% | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 133 | Guatemala | 69.1% | 2025 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 134 | Kazakhstan | 68.6% | 2025 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 68.0% | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 136 | Kosovo | 67.4% | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 137 | Serbia | 67.1% | 2025 | down 13.2% | rising |
| 138 | United States | 67.0% | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67.0% | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 140 | Ukraine | 67.0% | 2025 | up 64.9% | falling |
| 141 | Bahrain | 66.9% | 2025 | up 20.2% | falling |
| 142 | Jordan | 66.7% | 2025 | up 8.9% | flat |
| 143 | South Africa | 65.7% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 65.7% | 2025 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 145 | Benin | 65.7% | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 146 | Brazil | 65.5% | 2025 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 147 | Armenia | 65.4% | 2025 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 148 | Honduras | 65.2% | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 149 | Nepal | 64.7% | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 150 | Angola | 64.4% | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 151 | Georgia | 64.3% | 2025 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 152 | Djibouti | 64.3% | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 153 | Tanzania | 64.1% | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.9% | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 155 | Peru | 63.9% | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 156 | Congo | 63.6% | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 157 | Madagascar | 63.3% | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 158 | Morocco | 63.0% | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 62.9% | 2025 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 160 | Eritrea | 62.5% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 161 | Thailand | 62.4% | 2025 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 162 | Eswatini | 62.4% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 163 | India | 61.6% | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 164 | Mexico | 61.6% | 2025 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 165 | Ecuador | 61.5% | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 166 | Mauritania | 61.2% | 2025 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 167 | Algeria | 60.9% | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 168 | Tunisia | 60.3% | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 169 | Cote d'Ivoire | 59.9% | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 170 | Guinea | 59.7% | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 171 | Indonesia | 59.3% | 2025 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 172 | Togo | 57.6% | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 173 | Philippines | 57.6% | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 174 | Uganda | 57.3% | 2025 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 175 | Turkey | 57.2% | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 176 | Egypt | 56.9% | 2025 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 177 | Israel | 56.9% | 2025 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 178 | Zimbabwe | 56.8% | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 179 | Russia | 56.3% | 2025 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 180 | Colombia | 55.9% | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 181 | Bangladesh | 55.9% | 2025 | up 13.9% | flat |
| 182 | Kenya | 52.4% | 2025 | up 4.1% | flat |
| 183 | Burundi | 51.2% | 2025 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 184 | Lebanon | 50.6% | 2025 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 185 | Haiti | 48.6% | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 186 | South Sudan | 47.2% | 2025 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 187 | Venezuela | 45.8% | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 188 | Chad | 45.2% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 189 | Iran | 43.2% | 2025 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 190 | Central African Republic | 43.1% | 2025 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 191 | Mozambique | 43.1% | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 192 | Cameroon | 42.8% | 2025 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 193 | Niger | 41.5% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 194 | Nigeria | 41.5% | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 195 | Burkina Faso | 40.6% | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 196 | Libya | 40.5% | 2025 | up 21.5% | falling |
| 197 | Iraq | 40.2% | 2025 | up 20.7% | falling |
| 198 | Palestine | 40.1% | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 199 | Ethiopia | 40.0% | 2025 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 200 | Pakistan | 38.6% | 2025 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 201 | Afghanistan | 37.2% | 2025 | up 26.4% | flat |
| 202 | Sudan | 36.5% | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 203 | Myanmar | 35.7% | 2025 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 204 | Somalia | 34.8% | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 205 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 34.8% | 2025 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 206 | Syria | 32.3% | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 207 | Yemen | 29.3% | 2025 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 208 | Mali | 28.9% | 2025 | down 36.2% | falling |