Countries by political stability

Countries by political stability, World Bank, 2025

#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Andorra	+1.56	Southern Europe
2	Liechtenstein	+1.53	Western Europe
=3	Marshall Islands	+1.52	Micronesia
=3	Micronesia	+1.52	Micronesia
5	Brunei	+1.50	South-Eastern Asia
6	San Marino	+1.43	Southern Europe
7	Bhutan	+1.39	Southern Asia
8	Samoa	+1.34	Polynesia
9	Singapore	+1.33	South-Eastern Asia
10	Iceland	+1.32	Northern Europe
11	Tonga	+1.31	Polynesia
=12	Palau	+1.30	Micronesia
=12	Uruguay	+1.30	South America
14	Barbados	+1.28	Caribbean
15	Japan	+1.26	Eastern Asia
=16	Kiribati	+1.25	Micronesia
=16	Monaco	+1.25	Western Europe
18	Grenada	+1.24	Caribbean
=19	Costa Rica	+1.22	Central America
=19	Nauru	+1.22	Micronesia
=19	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	+1.22	Caribbean
22	Antigua and Barbuda	+1.21	Caribbean
23	Luxembourg	+1.19	Western Europe
24	New Zealand	+1.18	Australia and New Zealand
25	Seychelles	+1.17	Eastern Africa
=26	Saint Kitts and Nevis	+1.13	Caribbean
=26	Saint Lucia	+1.13	Caribbean
28	Switzerland	+1.12	Western Europe
=29	Botswana	+1.08	Southern Africa
=29	Norway	+1.08	Northern Europe
=31	Malta	+1.04	Southern Europe
=31	Qatar	+1.04	Western Asia
=33	Bahamas	+1.02	Caribbean
=33	Czechia	+1.02	Eastern Europe
35	Taiwan	+1.00	Eastern Asia
=36	Dominica	+0.98	Caribbean
=36	Fiji	+0.98	Melanesia
38	Finland	+0.96	Northern Europe
39	Vanuatu	+0.95	Melanesia
=40	Lithuania	+0.93	Northern Europe
=40	Mauritius	+0.93	Eastern Africa
42	South Korea	+0.92	Eastern Asia
43	Estonia	+0.89	Northern Europe
44	Slovenia	+0.88	Southern Europe
45	Cabo Verde	+0.86	Western Africa
46	Sweden	+0.85	Northern Europe
47	United Arab Emirates	+0.83	Western Asia
=48	Belize	+0.81	Central America
=48	Canada	+0.81	Northern America
=48	Latvia	+0.81	Northern Europe
51	Denmark	+0.79	Northern Europe
52	Australia	+0.78	Australia and New Zealand
=53	Ireland	+0.75	Northern Europe
=53	Solomon Islands	+0.75	Melanesia
55	Namibia	+0.74	Southern Africa
56	Portugal	+0.70	Southern Europe
57	Poland	+0.69	Eastern Europe
58	Croatia	+0.68	Southern Europe
59	Slovakia	+0.67	Eastern Europe
60	Timor-Leste	+0.65	South-Eastern Asia
61	Dominican Republic	+0.61	Caribbean
=62	Oman	+0.60	Western Asia
=62	Suriname	+0.60	South America
64	Mongolia	+0.57	Eastern Asia
=65	Laos	+0.55	South-Eastern Asia
=65	São Tomé and Principe	+0.55	Middle Africa
67	Jamaica	+0.54	Caribbean
=68	Austria	+0.53	Western Europe
=68	Netherlands	+0.53	Western Europe
70	Hungary	+0.51	Eastern Europe
71	Trinidad and Tobago	+0.47	Caribbean
72	Italy	+0.46	Southern Europe
73	Montenegro	+0.45	Southern Europe
74	Cyprus	+0.44	Western Asia
75	Kuwait	+0.42	Western Asia
76	North Macedonia	+0.38	Southern Europe
77	Malaysia	+0.34	South-Eastern Asia
78	Cambodia	+0.33	South-Eastern Asia
79	Cuba	+0.31	Caribbean
80	United Kingdom	+0.29	Northern Europe
81	Greece	+0.28	Southern Europe
82	Bulgaria	+0.25	Eastern Europe
=83	Panama	+0.24	Central America
=83	Turkmenistan	+0.24	Central Asia
=85	Germany	+0.21	Western Europe
=85	Romania	+0.21	Eastern Europe
87	Guyana	+0.20	South America
88	Spain	+0.18	Southern Europe
=89	Belgium	+0.17	Western Europe
=89	Chile	+0.17	South America
91	Argentina	+0.16	South America
92	Paraguay	+0.14	South America
=93	Gabon	+0.12	Middle Africa
=93	Rwanda	+0.12	Eastern Africa
=93	Vietnam	+0.12	South-Eastern Asia
96	El Salvador	+0.11	Central America
97	Uzbekistan	+0.10	Central Asia
=98	Albania	+0.09	Southern Europe
=98	Ghana	+0.09	Western Africa
=100	Maldives	+0.08	Southern Asia
=100	North Korea	+0.08	Eastern Asia
102	Gambia	+0.04	Western Africa
=103	China	+0.02	Eastern Asia
=103	Saudi Arabia	+0.02	Western Asia
=105	Lesotho	−0.01	Southern Africa
=105	Nicaragua	−0.01	Central America
107	Kyrgyzstan	−0.02	Central Asia
108	Sri Lanka	−0.04	Southern Asia
109	Zambia	−0.06	Eastern Africa
=110	Azerbaijan	−0.09	Western Asia
=110	France	−0.09	Western Europe
112	Moldova	−0.11	Eastern Europe
113	Liberia	−0.14	Western Africa
114	Equatorial Guinea	−0.15	Middle Africa
=115	Bolivia	−0.16	South America
=115	Malawi	−0.16	Eastern Africa
=117	Belarus	−0.17	Eastern Europe
=117	Senegal	−0.17	Western Africa
119	Kazakhstan	−0.20	Central Asia
120	Guatemala	−0.21	Central America
121	Comoros	−0.23	Eastern Africa
=122	Tajikistan	−0.30	Central Asia
=122	United States	−0.30	Northern America
=124	Jordan	−0.32	Western Asia
=124	Serbia	−0.32	Southern Europe
=126	Bahrain	−0.33	Western Asia
=126	Ukraine	−0.33	Eastern Europe
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	−0.34	Southern Europe
=129	Brazil	−0.38	South America
=129	South Africa	−0.38	Southern Africa
131	Sierra Leone	−0.39	Western Africa
132	Benin	−0.40	Western Africa
133	Armenia	−0.43	Western Asia
=134	Angola	−0.44	Middle Africa
=134	Honduras	−0.44	Central America
=134	Nepal	−0.44	Southern Asia
137	Tanzania	−0.48	Eastern Africa
=138	Congo	−0.49	Middle Africa
=138	Djibouti	−0.49	Eastern Africa
=140	Georgia	−0.50	Western Asia
=140	Peru	−0.50	South America
142	Madagascar	−0.52	Eastern Africa
143	Guinea-Bissau	−0.53	Western Africa
144	Morocco	−0.54	Northern Africa
145	Papua New Guinea	−0.55	Melanesia
146	Thailand	−0.56	South-Eastern Asia
147	Eswatini	−0.57	Southern Africa
148	Eritrea	−0.60	Eastern Africa
=149	India	−0.61	Southern Asia
=149	Mexico	−0.61	Central America
151	Ecuador	−0.64	South America
152	Mauritania	−0.65	Western Africa
153	Algeria	−0.66	Northern Africa
154	Tunisia	−0.70	Northern Africa
155	Côte d'Ivoire	−0.72	Western Africa
156	Guinea	−0.73	Western Africa
157	Indonesia	−0.74	South-Eastern Asia
158	Philippines	−0.84	South-Eastern Asia
159	Togo	−0.85	Western Africa
=160	Uganda	−0.87	Eastern Africa
=160	Zimbabwe	−0.87	Eastern Africa
162	Turkey	−0.88	Western Asia
163	Egypt	−0.89	Northern Africa
164	Israel	−0.91	Western Asia
=165	Bangladesh	−0.94	Southern Asia
=165	Russia	−0.94	Eastern Europe
167	Colombia	−0.95	South America
168	Kenya	−1.12	Eastern Africa
169	Burundi	−1.23	Eastern Africa
170	Lebanon	−1.27	Western Asia
171	Haiti	−1.38	Caribbean
172	Venezuela	−1.51	South America
173	South Sudan	−1.52	Eastern Africa
174	Chad	−1.57	Middle Africa
175	Mozambique	−1.66	Eastern Africa
=176	Cameroon	−1.69	Middle Africa
=176	Central African Republic	−1.69	Middle Africa
=176	Iran	−1.69	Southern Asia
179	Nigeria	−1.74	Western Africa
180	Niger	−1.77	Western Africa
181	Burkina Faso	−1.80	Western Africa
182	Libya	−1.84	Northern Africa
183	Ethiopia	−1.85	Eastern Africa
184	Iraq	−1.87	Western Asia
185	Pakistan	−1.95	Southern Asia
186	Afghanistan	−2.04	Southern Asia
187	Sudan	−2.07	Northern Africa
188	Myanmar	−2.12	South-Eastern Asia
189	DR Congo	−2.13	Middle Africa
190	Somalia	−2.17	Eastern Africa
191	Syria	−2.32	Western Asia
192	Mali	−2.50	Western Africa
193	Yemen	−2.51	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	+1.49	Territory of United Kingdom
American Samoa	+1.40	Territory of United States of America
Aruba	+1.27	Territory of Netherlands
Guam	+1.19	Territory of United States of America
Bermuda	+1.08	Territory of United Kingdom
Macao	+1.06	Territory of China
US Virgin Islands	+0.97	Territory of United States of America
Greenland	+0.79	Territory of Denmark
Hong Kong	+0.77	Territory of China
French Polynesia	+0.58	Territory of France
Puerto Rico	+0.37	Territory of United States of America
New Caledonia	+0.29	Territory of France
Palestine	−1.91	Status disputed

Questions

Which country has the highest political stability?

Andorra has the highest political stability: an estimate of +1.56 (2025). Next come Liechtenstein (an estimate of +1.53) and the Marshall Islands (an estimate of +1.52).

Which country has the lowest political stability?

Yemen, with an estimate of −2.51 (2025).

What is the typical political stability of a country?

The median of the 193 countries is an estimate of +0.10: 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, 2025. 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.