Political Stability - Governance score in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Political Stability - Governance score was 70.3 0-100 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
70.3 0-100
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
91st
of 206 countries
All-time high
84.64 0-100
in 2000
All-time low
70.3 0-100
in 2024
Years of data
26
1996–2024

Political Stability - Governance score in United Kingdom, 1996–2024

0204060801996201020241996: 83.9 0-1001998: 84.5 0-1002000: 84.6 0-1002002: 75.3 0-1002003: 73.1 0-1002004: 71.8 0-1002005: 72.7 0-1002006: 77.2 0-1002007: 77.8 0-1002008: 76.9 0-1002009: 74.3 0-1002010: 76 0-1002011: 73.3 0-1002012: 73.9 0-1002013: 73.8 0-1002014: 75.2 0-1002015: 75.1 0-1002016: 73.6 0-1002017: 73.4 0-1002018: 70.7 0-1002019: 75.6 0-1002020: 74.6 0-1002021: 73.3 0-1002022: 72.2 0-1002023: 72.2 0-1002024: 70.3 0-100

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

Analysis

United Kingdom recorded 70.3 0-100 for political stability - governance score in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and down 6.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political stability - governance score in United Kingdom peaked at 84.64 0-100 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 70.3 0-100, in 2024.

United Kingdom ranks 91st of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 84.17 0-100 83.86 0-100 84.49 0-100 2
2000s 75.96 0-100 71.85 0-100 84.64 0-100 9
2010s 74.05 0-100 70.72 0-100 76.04 0-100 10
2020s 72.52 0-100 70.3 0-100 74.61 0-100 5

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 88 Italy 71.17 0-100 compare
  2. 89 Kuwait 70.92 0-100 compare
  3. 90 Panama 70.42 0-100 compare
  4. 92 Turkmenistan 70.09 0-100 compare
  5. 93 Guyana 69.59 0-100 compare
  6. 94 Romania 68.61 0-100 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is political stability - governance score in United Kingdom?
Political stability - governance score in United Kingdom was 70.3 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 United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 84.64 0-100 in 2000.
What is the lowest political stability - governance score recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 70.3 0-100 in 2024.
How does United Kingdom rank for political stability - governance score?
United Kingdom ranks 91st out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
Is political stability - governance score rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this United Kingdom 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).