Which country in Africa has the highest political stability?

Botswana has the highest political stability in Africa: an estimate of +1.03 (2024). Next come the Seychelles (an estimate of +0.92) and Mauritius (an estimate of +0.79).

Which country in Africa has the lowest political stability?

Mali, with an estimate of −2.49 (2024).

What is the typical political stability of a country in Africa?

The median of the 54 countries in Africa is an estimate of −0.62: 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

Countries in Africa by political stability

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. 54 countries in Africa, highest first. World Bank, 2024

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Highest

+1.03

Botswana

Median country

−0.62

half above, half below

Lowest

−2.49

Mali

Countries in Africa by political stability, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Botswana	+1.03	Southern Africa
2	Seychelles	+0.92	Eastern Africa
3	Mauritius	+0.79	Eastern Africa
4	Cabo Verde	+0.77	Western Africa
5	Namibia	+0.55	Southern Africa
6	São Tomé and Principe	+0.49	Middle Africa
7	Ghana	+0.01	Western Africa
8	Gambia	−0.02	Western Africa
9	Rwanda	−0.04	Eastern Africa
10	Zambia	−0.10	Eastern Africa
11	Equatorial Guinea	−0.14	Middle Africa
12	Comoros	−0.22	Eastern Africa
=13	Liberia	−0.23	Western Africa
=13	Senegal	−0.23	Western Africa
=15	Congo	−0.26	Middle Africa
=15	Lesotho	−0.26	Southern Africa
17	Gabon	−0.28	Middle Africa
18	Malawi	−0.38	Eastern Africa
19	Tanzania	−0.39	Eastern Africa
20	Benin	−0.40	Western Africa
21	Morocco	−0.44	Northern Africa
22	Sierra Leone	−0.45	Western Africa
23	Madagascar	−0.48	Eastern Africa
=24	Djibouti	−0.56	Eastern Africa
=24	Mauritania	−0.56	Western Africa
26	Angola	−0.57	Middle Africa
=27	Guinea-Bissau	−0.62	Western Africa
=27	South Africa	−0.62	Southern Africa
29	Algeria	−0.69	Northern Africa
30	Eritrea	−0.71	Eastern Africa
31	Eswatini	−0.73	Southern Africa
32	Togo	−0.81	Western Africa
33	Côte d'Ivoire	−0.84	Western Africa
34	Tunisia	−0.92	Northern Africa
35	Egypt	−0.98	Northern Africa
=36	Uganda	−1.02	Eastern Africa
=36	Zimbabwe	−1.02	Eastern Africa
38	Guinea	−1.04	Western Africa
39	Kenya	−1.36	Eastern Africa
40	Burundi	−1.38	Eastern Africa
41	South Sudan	−1.49	Eastern Africa
42	Cameroon	−1.56	Middle Africa
=43	Mozambique	−1.76	Eastern Africa
=43	Niger	−1.76	Western Africa
45	Chad	−1.78	Middle Africa
46	Central African Republic	−1.83	Middle Africa
47	Ethiopia	−1.88	Eastern Africa
48	Libya	−1.90	Northern Africa
49	Burkina Faso	−1.91	Western Africa
50	Nigeria	−2.00	Western Africa
51	Sudan	−2.02	Northern Africa
52	DR Congo	−2.12	Middle Africa
53	Somalia	−2.26	Eastern Africa
54	Mali	−2.49	Western Africa

Questions

Which country in Africa has the highest political stability?: Botswana has the highest political stability in Africa: an estimate of +1.03 (2024). Next come the Seychelles (an estimate of +0.92) and Mauritius (an estimate of +0.79).
Which country in Africa has the lowest political stability?: Mali, with an estimate of −2.49 (2024).
What is the typical political stability of a country in Africa?: The median of the 54 countries in Africa is an estimate of −0.62: 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. A country’s continent follows Natural Earth; the handful of island states it files under the open ocean are placed by their UN subregion.

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.