Political Stability - Governance score in Kenya
Kenya: Political Stability - Governance score was 42.74 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Political Stability - Governance score in Kenya, 1996–2024
Source: The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Revised Methodology for Measuring Governance Using Perception Data., World Bank Group (WBG). Measured in 0-100.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 42.74 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.3% on the previous year and down 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Kenya peaked at 49.81 0-100 in 2004 and was at its lowest, 38.2 0-100, in 2008.
That places Kenya 180th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 44.66 0-100 | 43.77 0-100 | 45.55 0-100 | 2 |
| 2000s | 44.07 0-100 | 38.2 0-100 | 49.81 0-100 | 9 |
| 2010s | 44.48 0-100 | 40.33 0-100 | 47.53 0-100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.28 0-100 | 42.74 0-100 | 49.46 0-100 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More reference data data for Kenya
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.1329 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 3.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.21 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.628 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.4645 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 48.97 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.3542 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 50.65 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -1.36 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political stability - governance score in Kenya?
- Political stability - governance score in Kenya was 42.74 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 49.81 0-100 in 2004.
- What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.2 0-100 in 2008.
- How does Kenya rank for political stability - governance score?
- Kenya ranks 180th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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
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).