Which country in Europe has the highest political stability?

Andorra has the highest political stability in Europe: an estimate of +1.56 (2025). Next come Liechtenstein (an estimate of +1.53) and San Marino (an estimate of +1.43).

Which country in Europe has the lowest political stability?

Russia, with an estimate of −0.94 (2025).

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

The median of the 43 countries in Europe is an estimate of +0.67: 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 Europe 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. 43 countries in Europe, highest first. World Bank, 2025

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Highest

+1.56

Andorra

Median country

+0.67

half above, half below

Lowest

−0.94

Russia

Countries in Europe by political stability, World Bank, 2025
#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Andorra	+1.56	Southern Europe
2	Liechtenstein	+1.53	Western Europe
3	San Marino	+1.43	Southern Europe
4	Iceland	+1.32	Northern Europe
5	Monaco	+1.25	Western Europe
6	Luxembourg	+1.19	Western Europe
7	Switzerland	+1.12	Western Europe
8	Norway	+1.08	Northern Europe
9	Malta	+1.04	Southern Europe
10	Czechia	+1.02	Eastern Europe
11	Finland	+0.96	Northern Europe
12	Lithuania	+0.93	Northern Europe
13	Estonia	+0.89	Northern Europe
14	Slovenia	+0.88	Southern Europe
15	Sweden	+0.85	Northern Europe
16	Latvia	+0.81	Northern Europe
17	Denmark	+0.79	Northern Europe
18	Ireland	+0.75	Northern Europe
19	Portugal	+0.70	Southern Europe
20	Poland	+0.69	Eastern Europe
21	Croatia	+0.68	Southern Europe
22	Slovakia	+0.67	Eastern Europe
=23	Austria	+0.53	Western Europe
=23	Netherlands	+0.53	Western Europe
25	Hungary	+0.51	Eastern Europe
26	Italy	+0.46	Southern Europe
27	Montenegro	+0.45	Southern Europe
28	North Macedonia	+0.38	Southern Europe
29	United Kingdom	+0.29	Northern Europe
30	Greece	+0.28	Southern Europe
31	Bulgaria	+0.25	Eastern Europe
=32	Germany	+0.21	Western Europe
=32	Romania	+0.21	Eastern Europe
34	Spain	+0.18	Southern Europe
35	Belgium	+0.17	Western Europe
36	Albania	+0.09	Southern Europe
37	France	−0.09	Western Europe
38	Moldova	−0.11	Eastern Europe
39	Belarus	−0.17	Eastern Europe
40	Serbia	−0.32	Southern Europe
41	Ukraine	−0.33	Eastern Europe
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina	−0.34	Southern Europe
43	Russia	−0.94	Eastern Europe

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Questions

Which country in Europe has the highest political stability?: Andorra has the highest political stability in Europe: an estimate of +1.56 (2025). Next come Liechtenstein (an estimate of +1.53) and San Marino (an estimate of +1.43).
Which country in Europe has the lowest political stability?: Russia, with an estimate of −0.94 (2025).
What is the typical political stability of a country in Europe?: The median of the 43 countries in Europe is an estimate of +0.67: 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.