Which country in Asia has the highest political stability?

Brunei has the highest political stability in Asia: an estimate of +1.50 (2025). Next come Bhutan (an estimate of +1.39) and Singapore (an estimate of +1.33).

Which country in Asia has the lowest political stability?

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

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

The median of the 48 countries in Asia 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, 2025. 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 Asia 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. 48 countries in Asia, highest first. World Bank, 2025

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Highest

+1.50

Brunei

Median country

−0.03

half above, half below

Lowest

−2.51

Yemen

Countries in Asia by political stability, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Brunei	+1.50	South-Eastern Asia
2	Bhutan	+1.39	Southern Asia
3	Singapore	+1.33	South-Eastern Asia
4	Japan	+1.26	Eastern Asia
5	Qatar	+1.04	Western Asia
6	Taiwan	+1.00	Eastern Asia
7	South Korea	+0.92	Eastern Asia
8	United Arab Emirates	+0.83	Western Asia
9	Timor-Leste	+0.65	South-Eastern Asia
10	Oman	+0.60	Western Asia
11	Mongolia	+0.57	Eastern Asia
12	Laos	+0.55	South-Eastern Asia
13	Cyprus	+0.44	Western Asia
14	Kuwait	+0.42	Western Asia
15	Malaysia	+0.34	South-Eastern Asia
16	Cambodia	+0.33	South-Eastern Asia
17	Turkmenistan	+0.24	Central Asia
18	Vietnam	+0.12	South-Eastern Asia
19	Uzbekistan	+0.10	Central Asia
=20	Maldives	+0.08	Southern Asia
=20	North Korea	+0.08	Eastern Asia
=22	China	+0.02	Eastern Asia
=22	Saudi Arabia	+0.02	Western Asia
24	Kyrgyzstan	−0.02	Central Asia
25	Sri Lanka	−0.04	Southern Asia
26	Azerbaijan	−0.09	Western Asia
27	Kazakhstan	−0.20	Central Asia
28	Tajikistan	−0.30	Central Asia
29	Jordan	−0.32	Western Asia
30	Bahrain	−0.33	Western Asia
31	Armenia	−0.43	Western Asia
32	Nepal	−0.44	Southern Asia
33	Georgia	−0.50	Western Asia
34	Thailand	−0.56	South-Eastern Asia
35	India	−0.61	Southern Asia
36	Indonesia	−0.74	South-Eastern Asia
37	Philippines	−0.84	South-Eastern Asia
38	Turkey	−0.88	Western Asia
39	Israel	−0.91	Western Asia
40	Bangladesh	−0.94	Southern Asia
41	Lebanon	−1.27	Western Asia
42	Iran	−1.69	Southern Asia
43	Iraq	−1.87	Western Asia
44	Pakistan	−1.95	Southern Asia
45	Afghanistan	−2.04	Southern Asia
46	Myanmar	−2.12	South-Eastern Asia
47	Syria	−2.32	Western Asia
48	Yemen	−2.51	Western Asia

Territories and other places

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

Place	Estimate	Status
Macao	+1.06	Territory of China
Hong Kong	+0.77	Territory of China
Palestine	−1.91	Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the highest political stability?: Brunei has the highest political stability in Asia: an estimate of +1.50 (2025). Next come Bhutan (an estimate of +1.39) and Singapore (an estimate of +1.33).
Which country in Asia has the lowest political stability?: Yemen, with an estimate of −2.51 (2025).
What is the typical political stability of a country in Asia?: The median of the 48 countries in Asia 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, 2025. 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.