Stateness Index by country
Indicates the extent to which the state has the monopoly on the use of force, provides basic public services across the country, citizens accept the state as legitimate, religious dogmas do not interfere, and citizenship is accessible.
Countries reporting
128
Highest
10
South Korea
Lowest
2
Yemen
Median
7.5
Years covered
21
2005–2025
Data points
1,394
What the numbers show
Stateness Index is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 10 in South Korea; the lowest is 2 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.5, and the mean is 7.24.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 65 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 88.9%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 35.3%).
Stateness Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 10 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Taiwan | 10 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Chile | 9.75 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 7 | Slovakia | 9.75 | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 9 | Albania | 9.5 | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 9 | Botswana | 9.5 | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 9 | Czechia | 9.5 | 2025 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 9 | Estonia | 9.5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Croatia | 9.5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Latvia | 9.5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Poland | 9.5 | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 16 | Costa Rica | 9.25 | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 16 | Romania | 9.25 | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 16 | Vietnam | 9.25 | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 19 | Kyrgyzstan | 9 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 9 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 19 | Mongolia | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 19 | Mauritius | 9 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 8.75 | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 23 | Argentina | 8.75 | 2025 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 8.75 | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 23 | North Korea | 8.75 | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 27 | Armenia | 8.5 | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 8.5 | 2025 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 27 | China | 8.5 | 2025 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 27 | Hungary | 8.5 | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 27 | Laos | 8.5 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 27 | Montenegro | 8.5 | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 27 | Qatar | 8.5 | 2025 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 27 | Serbia | 8.5 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 35 | Cuba | 8.25 | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 35 | Jamaica | 8.25 | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 35 | Kazakhstan | 8.25 | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 35 | Rwanda | 8.25 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Benin | 8 | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 39 | Lesotho | 8 | 2025 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 39 | Malawi | 8 | 2025 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 39 | Tunisia | 8 | 2025 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 43 | Belarus | 7.75 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 43 | Bolivia | 7.75 | 2025 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 43 | Bhutan | 7.75 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 7.75 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 43 | Ghana | 7.75 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Guinea | 7.75 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 43 | Cambodia | 7.75 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Malaysia | 7.75 | 2025 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 43 | Panama | 7.75 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 43 | Peru | 7.75 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 7.75 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 43 | Zambia | 7.75 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 55 | Brazil | 7.5 | 2025 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 55 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.5 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 55 | Algeria | 7.5 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 55 | Liberia | 7.5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Namibia | 7.5 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 55 | Paraguay | 7.5 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 55 | El Salvador | 7.5 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 55 | Tajikistan | 7.5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Tanzania | 7.5 | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 55 | Ukraine | 7.5 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 55 | Uzbekistan | 7.5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | South Africa | 7.5 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 67 | Angola | 7.25 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 7.25 | 2025 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 67 | Ecuador | 7.25 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 67 | Jordan | 7.25 | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 67 | Kuwait | 7.25 | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 67 | Sri Lanka | 7.25 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 67 | Moldova | 7.25 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 67 | Mozambique | 7.25 | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 67 | Russia | 7.25 | 2025 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 67 | Senegal | 7.25 | 2025 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 67 | Togo | 7.25 | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 67 | Uganda | 7.25 | 2025 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 7.25 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 80 | Bahrain | 7 | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 80 | Egypt | 7 | 2025 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 80 | Mexico | 7 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 80 | Oman | 7 | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 80 | Sierra Leone | 7 | 2025 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 85 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.75 | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 85 | Congo | 6.75 | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 85 | Colombia | 6.75 | 2025 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 85 | Honduras | 6.75 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 85 | India | 6.75 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 85 | Morocco | 6.75 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 85 | Thailand | 6.75 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 85 | Turkey | 6.75 | 2025 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 85 | Venezuela | 6.75 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 94 | Indonesia | 6.5 | 2025 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 94 | Kenya | 6.5 | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 6.5 | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 6.5 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 98 | Burundi | 6.25 | 2025 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 98 | Nepal | 6.25 | 2025 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 98 | Philippines | 6.25 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 101 | Guatemala | 6 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 101 | Iraq | 6 | 2025 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 101 | Madagascar | 6 | 2025 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 101 | Mauritania | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 106 | Eritrea | 5.75 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 106 | Georgia | 5.75 | 2025 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 106 | Niger | 5.75 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 109 | Cameroon | 5.5 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 109 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 109 | Chad | 5.5 | 2025 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 112 | Burkina Faso | 5.25 | 2025 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 112 | Iran | 5.25 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 112 | Mali | 5.25 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 5 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 115 | Lebanon | 5 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 117 | Haiti | 4.75 | 2025 | down 9.5% | flat |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 4.5 | 2025 | up 38.5% | flat |
| 118 | Nigeria | 4.5 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 120 | Pakistan | 4.25 | 2025 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 120 | South Sudan | 4.25 | 2025 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 120 | Syria | 4.25 | 2025 | up 88.9% | falling |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 4 | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 124 | Myanmar | 2.75 | 2025 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 125 | Libya | 2 | 2025 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Sudan | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 125 | Somalia | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Yemen | 2 | 2025 | down 27.3% | falling |
About this data
Indicates the extent to which the state has the monopoly on the use of force, provides basic public services across the country, citizens accept the state as legitimate, religious dogmas do not interfere, and citizenship is accessible.