Political Stability - Governance score in Australia

Australia: Political Stability - Governance score was 79.44 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
79.44 0-100
Change on year
down 2.8%
World rank
49th
of 206 countries
All-time high
91.58 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
79.27 0-100
in 2017
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Australia, 1996–2024

0204060801001996201020241996: 91.6 0-1001998: 88.6 0-1002000: 90.3 0-1002002: 84.6 0-1002003: 81.8 0-1002004: 81.4 0-1002005: 82.7 0-1002006: 83.2 0-1002007: 84.5 0-1002008: 84.8 0-1002009: 82.9 0-1002010: 83 0-1002011: 82.2 0-1002012: 82.8 0-1002013: 82.2 0-1002014: 83.3 0-1002015: 79.6 0-1002016: 82.2 0-1002017: 79.3 0-1002018: 81 0-1002019: 80.3 0-1002020: 81 0-1002021: 80.5 0-1002022: 81.3 0-1002023: 81.7 0-1002024: 79.4 0-100

Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.

Analysis

Australia recorded 79.44 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Australia peaked at 91.58 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 79.27 0-100, in 2017.

Australia ranks 49th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 90.11 0-100 88.64 0-100 91.58 0-100 2
2000s 84.02 0-100 81.38 0-100 90.3 0-100 9
2010s 81.59 0-100 79.27 0-100 83.31 0-100 10
2020s 80.79 0-100 79.44 0-100 81.7 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Australia

  1. 46 Norway 81.32 0-100 compare
  2. 47 Finland 80.12 0-100 compare
  3. 48 Malta 79.64 0-100 compare
  4. 50 Mauritius 79.39 0-100 compare
  5. 51 United Arab Emirates 79.37 0-100 compare
  6. 52 Belize 79.3 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Australia?
Political stability - governance score in Australia was 79.44 0-100 in 2024, according to The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG).
What is the highest political stability - governance score recorded in Australia?
The highest recorded value was 91.58 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Australia?
The lowest recorded value was 79.27 0-100 in 2017.
How does Australia rank for political stability - governance score?
Australia ranks 49th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Australia?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Australia data come from?
The figures come from The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG), published as part of Political Stability - Governance score (0-100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Political Stability - Governance score (0-100)
Unit
0-100
Source
The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
206 places, 5,229 data points, 1996–2024
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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).