Countries by political stability

Countries by political stability, World Bank, 2024

#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Liechtenstein	+1.58	Western Europe
2	Andorra	+1.54	Southern Europe
3	Micronesia	+1.50	Micronesia
4	San Marino	+1.37	Southern Europe
5	Bhutan	+1.35	Southern Asia
=6	Marshall Islands	+1.28	Micronesia
=6	Uruguay	+1.28	South America
8	Barbados	+1.27	Caribbean
9	Tonga	+1.25	Polynesia
=10	Kiribati	+1.24	Micronesia
=10	Monaco	+1.24	Western Europe
=10	Palau	+1.24	Micronesia
=10	Samoa	+1.24	Polynesia
=14	Dominica	+1.23	Caribbean
=14	Singapore	+1.23	South-Eastern Asia
16	Iceland	+1.21	Northern Europe
=17	Brunei	+1.20	South-Eastern Asia
=17	Grenada	+1.20	Caribbean
19	Costa Rica	+1.18	Central America
20	New Zealand	+1.15	Australia and New Zealand
21	Japan	+1.13	Eastern Asia
22	Nauru	+1.10	Micronesia
=23	Antigua and Barbuda	+1.07	Caribbean
=23	Luxembourg	+1.07	Western Europe
25	Bahamas	+1.05	Caribbean
=26	Saint Lucia	+1.04	Caribbean
=26	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	+1.04	Caribbean
28	Botswana	+1.03	Southern Africa
29	Switzerland	+0.98	Western Europe
30	Czechia	+0.97	Eastern Europe
31	Vanuatu	+0.96	Melanesia
32	Qatar	+0.95	Western Asia
33	Lithuania	+0.94	Northern Europe
=34	Seychelles	+0.92	Eastern Africa
=34	Taiwan	+0.92	Eastern Asia
36	Saint Kitts and Nevis	+0.91	Caribbean
37	Norway	+0.90	Northern Europe
38	Finland	+0.83	Northern Europe
39	Malta	+0.80	Southern Europe
=40	Australia	+0.79	Australia and New Zealand
=40	Mauritius	+0.79	Eastern Africa
=40	United Arab Emirates	+0.79	Western Asia
43	Belize	+0.78	Central America
=44	Cabo Verde	+0.77	Western Africa
=44	Denmark	+0.77	Northern Europe
46	Solomon Islands	+0.75	Melanesia
47	Slovenia	+0.72	Southern Europe
48	Ireland	+0.71	Northern Europe
=49	Estonia	+0.70	Northern Europe
=49	Fiji	+0.70	Melanesia
51	South Korea	+0.64	Eastern Asia
=52	Oman	+0.63	Western Asia
=52	Slovakia	+0.63	Eastern Europe
54	Latvia	+0.62	Northern Europe
=55	Canada	+0.60	Northern America
=55	Sweden	+0.60	Northern Europe
57	Dominican Republic	+0.59	Caribbean
58	Croatia	+0.58	Southern Europe
59	Laos	+0.56	South-Eastern Asia
60	Namibia	+0.55	Southern Africa
61	Portugal	+0.54	Southern Europe
62	Timor-Leste	+0.53	South-Eastern Asia
63	Poland	+0.50	Eastern Europe
=64	Austria	+0.49	Western Europe
=64	São Tomé and Principe	+0.49	Middle Africa
=66	Jamaica	+0.48	Caribbean
=66	Suriname	+0.48	South America
68	Hungary	+0.44	Eastern Europe
69	Netherlands	+0.43	Western Europe
70	Mongolia	+0.42	Eastern Asia
71	Cyprus	+0.39	Western Asia
72	Malaysia	+0.38	South-Eastern Asia
73	Trinidad and Tobago	+0.36	Caribbean
74	Montenegro	+0.33	Southern Europe
=75	Cuba	+0.32	Caribbean
=75	North Korea	+0.32	Eastern Asia
77	Italy	+0.31	Southern Europe
78	Kuwait	+0.29	Western Asia
=79	Panama	+0.26	Central America
=79	United Kingdom	+0.26	Northern Europe
81	Turkmenistan	+0.25	Central Asia
82	Guyana	+0.22	South America
=83	North Macedonia	+0.16	Southern Europe
=83	Romania	+0.16	Eastern Europe
85	Greece	+0.14	Southern Europe
86	Cambodia	+0.13	South-Eastern Asia
=87	Belgium	+0.12	Western Europe
=87	Chile	+0.12	South America
=87	Germany	+0.12	Western Europe
90	Bulgaria	+0.04	Eastern Europe
91	Albania	+0.02	Southern Europe
=92	El Salvador	+0.01	Central America
=92	Ghana	+0.01	Western Africa
=92	Vietnam	+0.01	South-Eastern Asia
95	Spain	0.00	Southern Europe
96	Gambia	−0.02	Western Africa
97	Uzbekistan	−0.03	Central Asia
98	Rwanda	−0.04	Eastern Africa
=99	Maldives	−0.05	Southern Asia
=99	Saudi Arabia	−0.05	Western Asia
=101	Nicaragua	−0.07	Central America
=101	Paraguay	−0.07	South America
=103	United States	−0.10	Northern America
=103	Zambia	−0.10	Eastern Africa
=105	Azerbaijan	−0.14	Western Asia
=105	Equatorial Guinea	−0.14	Middle Africa
107	China	−0.15	Eastern Asia
=108	Argentina	−0.17	South America
=108	Serbia	−0.17	Southern Europe
110	Guatemala	−0.21	Central America
111	Comoros	−0.22	Eastern Africa
=112	Liberia	−0.23	Western Africa
=112	Senegal	−0.23	Western Africa
114	France	−0.24	Western Europe
=115	Congo	−0.26	Middle Africa
=115	Lesotho	−0.26	Southern Africa
=117	Bahrain	−0.28	Western Asia
=117	Gabon	−0.28	Middle Africa
=117	Kazakhstan	−0.28	Central Asia
=117	Tajikistan	−0.28	Central Asia
121	Moldova	−0.34	Eastern Europe
=122	Jordan	−0.35	Western Asia
=122	Sri Lanka	−0.35	Southern Asia
=124	Belarus	−0.38	Eastern Europe
=124	Malawi	−0.38	Eastern Africa
126	Tanzania	−0.39	Eastern Africa
127	Benin	−0.40	Western Africa
128	Nepal	−0.41	Southern Asia
129	Ukraine	−0.43	Eastern Europe
130	Morocco	−0.44	Northern Africa
131	Sierra Leone	−0.45	Western Africa
132	Madagascar	−0.48	Eastern Africa
=133	Bosnia and Herzegovina	−0.50	Southern Europe
=133	Kyrgyzstan	−0.50	Central Asia
135	Brazil	−0.52	South America
136	Bolivia	−0.55	South America
=137	Djibouti	−0.56	Eastern Africa
=137	Mauritania	−0.56	Western Africa
=139	Angola	−0.57	Middle Africa
=139	Honduras	−0.57	Central America
=141	Georgia	−0.61	Western Asia
=141	Indonesia	−0.61	South-Eastern Asia
=143	Guinea-Bissau	−0.62	Western Africa
=143	South Africa	−0.62	Southern Africa
=145	Papua New Guinea	−0.65	Melanesia
=145	Peru	−0.65	South America
147	Thailand	−0.68	South-Eastern Asia
148	Algeria	−0.69	Northern Africa
149	Eritrea	−0.71	Eastern Africa
=150	Armenia	−0.72	Western Asia
=150	Ecuador	−0.72	South America
=150	Mexico	−0.72	Central America
153	Eswatini	−0.73	Southern Africa
154	Philippines	−0.77	South-Eastern Asia
155	India	−0.79	Southern Asia
156	Togo	−0.81	Western Africa
157	Côte d'Ivoire	−0.84	Western Africa
158	Russia	−0.90	Eastern Europe
159	Tunisia	−0.92	Northern Africa
=160	Colombia	−0.97	South America
=160	Turkey	−0.97	Western Asia
162	Egypt	−0.98	Northern Africa
=163	Uganda	−1.02	Eastern Africa
=163	Zimbabwe	−1.02	Eastern Africa
=165	Guinea	−1.04	Western Africa
=165	Israel	−1.04	Western Asia
167	Haiti	−1.20	Caribbean
168	Kenya	−1.36	Eastern Africa
169	Burundi	−1.38	Eastern Africa
170	Lebanon	−1.39	Western Asia
171	Bangladesh	−1.46	Southern Asia
172	South Sudan	−1.49	Eastern Africa
173	Cameroon	−1.56	Middle Africa
174	Iran	−1.58	Southern Asia
175	Venezuela	−1.74	South America
=176	Mozambique	−1.76	Eastern Africa
=176	Niger	−1.76	Western Africa
178	Chad	−1.78	Middle Africa
179	Central African Republic	−1.83	Middle Africa
180	Ethiopia	−1.88	Eastern Africa
181	Libya	−1.90	Northern Africa
182	Burkina Faso	−1.91	Western Africa
183	Nigeria	−2.00	Western Africa
184	Sudan	−2.02	Northern Africa
=185	Iraq	−2.06	Western Asia
=185	Pakistan	−2.06	Southern Asia
187	Myanmar	−2.09	South-Eastern Asia
188	DR Congo	−2.12	Middle Africa
189	Afghanistan	−2.21	Southern Asia
190	Somalia	−2.26	Eastern Africa
191	Syria	−2.37	Western Asia
192	Mali	−2.49	Western Africa
193	Yemen	−2.75	Western Asia

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Territories and other places

Not ranked: dependencies of the states above, places whose status is disputed, and Antarctica. Highest first.

Place	Estimate	Status
Cayman Islands	+1.46	Territory of United Kingdom
Aruba	+1.33	Territory of Netherlands
American Samoa	+1.25	Territory of United States of America
Greenland	+1.24	Territory of Denmark
New Caledonia	+1.10	Territory of France
Macao	+1.05	Territory of China
French Polynesia	+1.03	Territory of France
Guam	+0.99	Territory of United States of America
Bermuda	+0.97	Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands	+0.97	Territory of United States of America
Hong Kong	+0.63	Territory of China
Puerto Rico	+0.44	Territory of United States of America
Palestine	−1.88	Status disputed

Questions

Which country has the highest political stability?

Liechtenstein has the highest political stability: an estimate of +1.58 (2024). Next come Andorra (an estimate of +1.54) and Micronesia (an estimate of +1.50).

Which country has the lowest political stability?

Yemen, with an estimate of −2.75 (2024).

What is the typical political stability of a country?

The median of the 193 countries is an estimate of −0.03: half are above it, half below. The median, not the average, because a few countries at the top would drag an average far above almost everyone.

Where do the figures come from?

How likely the government is to be overthrown or destabilised by violence, unrest or terrorism, as the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators estimate it from surveys and experts: about −2.5 (least stable) to +2.5. Source: World Bank, 2024. Only independent states are ranked; territories are listed separately.

Source: World Bank (CC BY 4.0). Figures more than 5 years older than the newest are left out rather than shown beside current ones. Countries sharing a value share a rank. All sources.