Political Stability - Governance score in China

China: Political Stability - Governance score was 63.28 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
63.28 0-100
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
118th
of 206 countries
All-time high
63.92 0-100
in 1996
All-time low
55.09 0-100
in 2011
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in China, 1996–2024

02040601996201020241996: 63.9 0-1001998: 59.8 0-1002000: 61.3 0-1002002: 58.1 0-1002003: 56.1 0-1002004: 58.2 0-1002005: 56.3 0-1002006: 56.8 0-1002007: 57.3 0-1002008: 56.4 0-1002009: 60.6 0-1002010: 55.3 0-1002011: 55.1 0-1002012: 55.3 0-1002013: 56.3 0-1002014: 56.9 0-1002015: 56.6 0-1002016: 57.3 0-1002017: 62.4 0-1002018: 61.8 0-1002019: 63.5 0-1002020: 60.7 0-1002021: 61.5 0-1002022: 61.6 0-1002023: 62.9 0-1002024: 63.3 0-100

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

Analysis

China recorded 63.28 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024.

That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in China peaked at 63.92 0-100 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 55.09 0-100, in 2011.

China ranks 118th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 61.88 0-100 59.83 0-100 63.92 0-100 2
2000s 57.92 0-100 56.07 0-100 61.34 0-100 9
2010s 58.07 0-100 55.09 0-100 63.53 0-100 10
2020s 62 0-100 60.72 0-100 63.28 0-100 5

Countries ranked near China

  1. 115 Zambia 64.17 0-100 compare
  2. 116 Azerbaijan 63.5 0-100 compare
  3. 117 Equatorial Guinea 63.49 0-100 compare
  4. 119 Serbia 63.01 0-100 compare
  5. 120 Argentina 62.99 0-100 compare
  6. 121 Guatemala 62.31 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in China?
Political stability - governance score in China was 63.28 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 China?
The highest recorded value was 63.92 0-100 in 1996.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 55.09 0-100 in 2011.
How does China rank for political stability - governance score?
China ranks 118th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China 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).