Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) by country
Political Stability (PV) captures perceptions of the extent to which political power and governance are secure from destabilization, and of the likelihood that authority will be challenged or altered through violent, coercive, or unconstitutional means. Governance score is a linear transformation of the...
Countries reporting
205
Highest
92.92 0-100
Liechtenstein
Lowest
18.91 0-100
Yemen
Median
66.09 0-100
Years covered
29
1996–2024
Data points
5,229
What the numbers show
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100) is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 92.92 0-100 in Liechtenstein; the lowest is 18.91 0-100 in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 66.09 0-100, and the mean is 65.34 0-100.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 83.7%), and the largest decrease in Mali (down 39.7%).
Political Stability - Governance score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liechtenstein | 92.92 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 2 | Micronesia (country) | 91.51 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 3 | Tuvalu | 90.98 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 4 | Cayman Islands | 90.85 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 5 | San Marino | 89.34 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 6 | Bhutan | 89.02 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 7 | Aruba | 88.62 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 8 | Uruguay | 87.72 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 9 | Marshall Islands | 87.71 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 10 | Barbados | 87.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 11 | Tonga | 87.33 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 12 | American Samoa | 87.3 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 13 | Greenland | 87.08 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 14 | Monaco | 87.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 14 | Palau | 87.05 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 16 | Samoa | 87.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 17 | Kiribati | 87.04 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 18 | Dominica | 86.98 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 19 | Singapore | 86.94 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 20 | Iceland | 86.49 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 21 | Brunei | 86.44 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 22 | Grenada | 86.38 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 85.98 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 24 | New Zealand | 85.55 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 25 | Japan | 85.27 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 26 | Nauru | 84.76 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 27 | New Caledonia | 84.64 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 84.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 84.22 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 30 | Macao | 83.9 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 31 | Bahamas | 83.82 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 32 | Saint Lucia | 83.63 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83.63 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.1% | flat |
| 34 | Botswana | 83.53 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 35 | French Polynesia | 83.49 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 36 | Guam | 82.85 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 37 | Switzerland | 82.65 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 38 | Czechia | 82.5 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 39 | Bermuda | 82.48 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 39 | United States Virgin Islands | 82.48 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 41 | Vanuatu | 82.3 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 42 | Qatar | 82.14 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 43 | Lithuania | 81.94 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 44 | Seychelles | 81.55 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.6% | flat |
| 45 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 81.48 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 46 | Norway | 81.32 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 47 | Finland | 80.12 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 48 | Malta | 79.64 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 49 | Australia | 79.44 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 50 | Mauritius | 79.39 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 79.37 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 52 | Belize | 79.3 0-100 | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 53 | Cape Verde | 79.04 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 54 | Denmark | 79.03 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 55 | Solomon Islands | 78.7 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 56 | Slovenia | 78.21 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 57 | Ireland | 78.02 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 58 | Estonia | 77.84 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 59 | Fiji | 77.82 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 60 | South Korea | 76.82 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 76.73 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 62 | Hong Kong | 76.67 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 63 | Oman | 76.61 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 64 | Latvia | 76.49 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 65 | Sweden | 76.2 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 66 | Canada | 76.12 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 75.96 0-100 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 68 | Croatia | 75.83 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 69 | Laos | 75.42 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 70 | Namibia | 75.23 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 71 | Portugal | 75.07 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 72 | East Timor | 74.88 0-100 | 2024 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 73 | Poland | 74.41 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 74 | Austria | 74.29 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 74.25 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 76 | Suriname | 74.06 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 77 | Jamaica | 74.04 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 78 | Puerto Rico | 73.38 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 79 | Hungary | 73.35 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 80 | Netherlands | 73.21 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 81 | Mongolia | 73.08 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 82 | Cyprus | 72.49 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 83 | Malaysia | 72.47 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 72.04 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 85 | Montenegro | 71.56 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 86 | North Korea | 71.4 0-100 | 2024 | up 46.6% | falling |
| 87 | Cuba | 71.28 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 88 | Italy | 71.17 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 89 | Kuwait | 70.92 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 90 | Panama | 70.42 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 91 | United Kingdom | 70.3 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 70.09 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 93 | Guyana | 69.59 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 94 | Romania | 68.61 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 68.56 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 96 | Greece | 68.28 0-100 | 2024 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 97 | Cambodia | 68.09 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 98 | Germany | 68.02 0-100 | 2024 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 99 | Belgium | 67.97 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 100 | Chile | 67.97 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 66.58 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 102 | Albania | 66.24 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 103 | Ghana | 66.09 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 104 | El Salvador | 66 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 105 | Vietnam | 65.99 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 106 | Spain | 65.84 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 107 | Gambia | 65.59 0-100 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 65.44 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 109 | Rwanda | 65.15 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 65.07 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 111 | Maldives | 64.96 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 64.71 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 113 | Paraguay | 64.63 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 114 | United States | 64.27 0-100 | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 115 | Zambia | 64.17 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 63.5 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 117 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.49 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 118 | China | 63.28 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 119 | Serbia | 63.01 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 120 | Argentina | 62.99 0-100 | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 121 | Guatemala | 62.31 0-100 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 122 | Comoros | 62.11 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 123 | Liberia | 61.99 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 124 | Senegal | 61.99 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 125 | France | 61.77 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 126 | Congo | 61.48 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 127 | Lesotho | 61.47 0-100 | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 61.19 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 129 | Bahrain | 61.18 0-100 | 2024 | up 27.3% | falling |
| 130 | Gabon | 61.16 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 131 | Kazakhstan | 61.06 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 133 | Moldova | 60 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 134 | Jordan | 59.91 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 135 | Sri Lanka | 59.91 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 136 | Belarus | 59.45 0-100 | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 137 | Malawi | 59.4 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 138 | Tanzania | 59.24 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 139 | Benin | 59.01 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 140 | Nepal | 58.81 0-100 | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 141 | Ukraine | 58.51 0-100 | 2024 | up 83.7% | falling |
| 142 | Morocco | 58.36 0-100 | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 58.2 0-100 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 144 | Madagascar | 57.69 0-100 | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57.34 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 57.28 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 147 | Brazil | 57 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 148 | Bolivia | 56.57 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.0% | flat |
| 149 | Djibouti | 56.39 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 150 | Mauritania | 56.34 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 151 | Honduras | 56.21 0-100 | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 152 | Angola | 56.1 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 153 | Indonesia | 55.49 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 154 | Georgia | 55.43 0-100 | 2024 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 155 | South Africa | 55.35 0-100 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 55.33 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 54.73 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 158 | Peru | 54.72 0-100 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 159 | Thailand | 54.22 0-100 | 2024 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 160 | Algeria | 54.05 0-100 | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 161 | Eritrea | 53.79 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 162 | Mexico | 53.67 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 163 | Ecuador | 53.58 0-100 | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 164 | Armenia | 53.54 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 165 | Eswatini | 53.38 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 166 | Philippines | 52.67 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 167 | India | 52.47 0-100 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 168 | Togo | 52.07 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 169 | Cote d'Ivoire | 51.48 0-100 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 170 | Russia | 50.46 0-100 | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 171 | Tunisia | 50.1 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 172 | Turkey | 49.31 0-100 | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 173 | Colombia | 49.31 0-100 | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 174 | Egypt | 49.19 0-100 | 2024 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 175 | Zimbabwe | 48.52 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 176 | Uganda | 48.43 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 177 | Israel | 48.17 0-100 | 2024 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 178 | Guinea | 48.17 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 179 | Haiti | 45.37 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 180 | Kenya | 42.74 0-100 | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 181 | Burundi | 42.38 0-100 | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 182 | Lebanon | 42.16 0-100 | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 183 | Bangladesh | 40.9 0-100 | 2024 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 184 | South Sudan | 40.45 0-100 | 2024 | up 74.8% | rising |
| 185 | Cameroon | 39.3 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 186 | Iran | 38.89 0-100 | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 187 | Venezuela | 36.17 0-100 | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 188 | Mozambique | 35.86 0-100 | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 189 | Niger | 35.77 0-100 | 2024 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 190 | Chad | 35.51 0-100 | 2024 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 191 | Central African Republic | 34.58 0-100 | 2024 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 192 | Palestine | 33.84 0-100 | 2024 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 193 | Ethiopia | 33.7 0-100 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 194 | Libya | 33.5 0-100 | 2024 | up 23.2% | falling |
| 195 | Burkina Faso | 33.33 0-100 | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 196 | Nigeria | 31.69 0-100 | 2024 | up 10.9% | falling |
| 197 | Sudan | 31.32 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 198 | Pakistan | 30.65 0-100 | 2024 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 199 | Iraq | 30.63 0-100 | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 200 | Myanmar | 30.19 0-100 | 2024 | down 34.7% | falling |
| 201 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 29.7 0-100 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 202 | Afghanistan | 28.23 0-100 | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 203 | Somalia | 27.24 0-100 | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 204 | Syria | 25.44 0-100 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 205 | Mali | 23.34 0-100 | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 206 | Yemen | 18.91 0-100 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Kosovo 60.4 0-100
About this data
Political Stability (PV) captures perceptions of the extent to which political power and governance are secure from destabilization, and of the likelihood that authority will be challenged or altered through violent, coercive, or unconstitutional means. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from 0-100. Larger values correspond to better governance. The (country-series-time) metadata include the (a) number of sources, and (b) confidence intervals (lower and upper bound). The number of sources indicates the number of underlying data sources on which the governance score (respectively the underlying governance estimate) is based. The confidence intervals include the lower and upper bound of the 90% confidence interval for the governance score. Confidence intervals are a statistical range of values that likely contain the true value (of what is being estimated).