Which country in Asia has the highest political stability?

Bhutan has the highest political stability in Asia: an estimate of +1.35 (2024). Next come Singapore (an estimate of +1.23) and Brunei (an estimate of +1.20).

Which country in Asia has the lowest political stability?

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

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

The median of the 48 countries in Asia is an estimate of −0.22: 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 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, 2024

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Highest

+1.35

Bhutan

Median country

−0.22

half above, half below

Lowest

−2.75

Yemen

Countries in Asia by political stability, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Bhutan	+1.35	Southern Asia
2	Singapore	+1.23	South-Eastern Asia
3	Brunei	+1.20	South-Eastern Asia
4	Japan	+1.13	Eastern Asia
5	Qatar	+0.95	Western Asia
6	Taiwan	+0.92	Eastern Asia
7	United Arab Emirates	+0.79	Western Asia
8	South Korea	+0.64	Eastern Asia
9	Oman	+0.63	Western Asia
10	Laos	+0.56	South-Eastern Asia
11	Timor-Leste	+0.53	South-Eastern Asia
12	Mongolia	+0.42	Eastern Asia
13	Cyprus	+0.39	Western Asia
14	Malaysia	+0.38	South-Eastern Asia
15	North Korea	+0.32	Eastern Asia
16	Kuwait	+0.29	Western Asia
17	Turkmenistan	+0.25	Central Asia
18	Cambodia	+0.13	South-Eastern Asia
19	Vietnam	+0.01	South-Eastern Asia
20	Uzbekistan	−0.03	Central Asia
=21	Maldives	−0.05	Southern Asia
=21	Saudi Arabia	−0.05	Western Asia
23	Azerbaijan	−0.14	Western Asia
24	China	−0.15	Eastern Asia
=25	Bahrain	−0.28	Western Asia
=25	Kazakhstan	−0.28	Central Asia
=25	Tajikistan	−0.28	Central Asia
=28	Jordan	−0.35	Western Asia
=28	Sri Lanka	−0.35	Southern Asia
30	Nepal	−0.41	Southern Asia
31	Kyrgyzstan	−0.50	Central Asia
=32	Georgia	−0.61	Western Asia
=32	Indonesia	−0.61	South-Eastern Asia
34	Thailand	−0.68	South-Eastern Asia
35	Armenia	−0.72	Western Asia
36	Philippines	−0.77	South-Eastern Asia
37	India	−0.79	Southern Asia
38	Turkey	−0.97	Western Asia
39	Israel	−1.04	Western Asia
40	Lebanon	−1.39	Western Asia
41	Bangladesh	−1.46	Southern Asia
42	Iran	−1.58	Southern Asia
=43	Iraq	−2.06	Western Asia
=43	Pakistan	−2.06	Southern Asia
45	Myanmar	−2.09	South-Eastern Asia
46	Afghanistan	−2.21	Southern Asia
47	Syria	−2.37	Western Asia
48	Yemen	−2.75	Western Asia

Territories and other places

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

Place	Estimate	Status
Macao	+1.05	Territory of China
Hong Kong	+0.63	Territory of China
Palestine	−1.88	Status disputed

Questions

Which country in Asia has the highest political stability?: Bhutan has the highest political stability in Asia: an estimate of +1.35 (2024). Next come Singapore (an estimate of +1.23) and Brunei (an estimate of +1.20).
Which country in Asia has the lowest political stability?: Yemen, with an estimate of −2.75 (2024).
What is the typical political stability of a country in Asia?: The median of the 48 countries in Asia is an estimate of −0.22: 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.