Political Stability - Governance score in Lesotho

Lesotho: Political Stability - Governance score was 61.47 0-100 in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
61.47 0-100
Change on year
down 3.3%
World rank
127th
of 206 countries
All-time high
76.87 0-100
in 2011
All-time low
57.14 0-100
in 1998
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in Lesotho, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 64.2 0-1001998: 57.1 0-1002000: 57.5 0-1002002: 60.1 0-1002003: 64.3 0-1002004: 66.8 0-1002005: 64.4 0-1002006: 63.7 0-1002007: 60.9 0-1002008: 63.9 0-1002009: 75 0-1002010: 75.8 0-1002011: 76.9 0-1002012: 70.4 0-1002013: 71.4 0-1002014: 63 0-1002015: 62.3 0-1002016: 61.2 0-1002017: 62.4 0-1002018: 63.5 0-1002019: 61 0-1002020: 63.4 0-1002021: 63.6 0-1002022: 63.7 0-1002023: 63.6 0-1002024: 61.5 0-100

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

Analysis

Lesotho recorded 61.47 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024.

The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in Lesotho peaked at 76.87 0-100 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 57.14 0-100, in 1998.

Lesotho ranks 127th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 60.68 0-100 57.14 0-100 64.22 0-100 2
2000s 64.06 0-100 57.54 0-100 75.02 0-100 9
2010s 66.8 0-100 60.98 0-100 76.87 0-100 10
2020s 63.16 0-100 61.47 0-100 63.71 0-100 5

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 124 Senegal 61.99 0-100 compare
  2. 125 France 61.77 0-100 compare
  3. 126 Congo 61.48 0-100 compare
  4. 128 Tajikistan 61.19 0-100 compare
  5. 129 Bahrain 61.18 0-100 compare
  6. 130 Gabon 61.16 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in Lesotho?
Political stability - governance score in Lesotho was 61.47 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 Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 76.87 0-100 in 2011.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 57.14 0-100 in 1998.
How does Lesotho rank for political stability - governance score?
Lesotho ranks 127th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Lesotho 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).