Political Stability - Governance score in South Korea

South Korea: Political Stability - Governance score was 76.82 0-100 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
76.82 0-100
Change on year
down 6.1%
World rank
60th
of 206 countries
All-time high
81.82 0-100
in 2023
All-time low
71.63 0-100
in 2003
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in South Korea, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 77.1 0-1001998: 74.8 0-1002000: 73.3 0-1002002: 72.5 0-1002003: 71.6 0-1002004: 74.8 0-1002005: 77.1 0-1002006: 76.3 0-1002007: 78.7 0-1002008: 76 0-1002009: 76.7 0-1002010: 75.8 0-1002011: 75.1 0-1002012: 74.4 0-1002013: 74.5 0-1002014: 76.1 0-1002015: 77.3 0-1002016: 74.7 0-1002017: 76.6 0-1002018: 80.8 0-1002019: 80.5 0-1002020: 80.7 0-1002021: 81.3 0-1002022: 80.5 0-1002023: 81.8 0-1002024: 76.8 0-100

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

Analysis

In 2024, political stability - governance score in South Korea stood at 76.82 0-100.

The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in South Korea peaked at 81.82 0-100 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 71.63 0-100, in 2003.

That places South Korea 60th out of 206 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 75.97 0-100 74.83 0-100 77.12 0-100 2
2000s 75.23 0-100 71.63 0-100 78.72 0-100 9
2010s 76.58 0-100 74.42 0-100 80.76 0-100 10
2020s 80.23 0-100 76.82 0-100 81.82 0-100 5

Countries ranked near South Korea

  1. 57 Ireland 78.02 0-100 compare
  2. 58 Estonia 77.84 0-100 compare
  3. 59 Fiji 77.82 0-100 compare
  4. 61 Slovakia 76.73 0-100 compare
  5. 62 Hong Kong 76.67 0-100 compare
  6. 63 Oman 76.61 0-100 compare

See the full ranking of 206 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in South Korea?
Political stability - governance score in South Korea was 76.82 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 South Korea?
The highest recorded value was 81.82 0-100 in 2023.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in South Korea?
The lowest recorded value was 71.63 0-100 in 2003.
How does South Korea rank for political stability - governance score?
South Korea ranks 60th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in South Korea?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this South Korea 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).