Which country in Europe has the highest political stability?

Liechtenstein has the highest political stability in Europe: an estimate of +1.58 (2024). Next come Andorra (an estimate of +1.54) and San Marino (an estimate of +1.37).

Which country in Europe has the lowest political stability?

Russia, with an estimate of −0.90 (2024).

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

The median of the 43 countries in Europe is an estimate of +0.50: 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 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, 2024

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Highest

+1.58

Liechtenstein

Median country

+0.50

half above, half below

Lowest

−0.90

Russia

Countries in Europe by political stability, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Liechtenstein	+1.58	Western Europe
2	Andorra	+1.54	Southern Europe
3	San Marino	+1.37	Southern Europe
4	Monaco	+1.24	Western Europe
5	Iceland	+1.21	Northern Europe
6	Luxembourg	+1.07	Western Europe
7	Switzerland	+0.98	Western Europe
8	Czechia	+0.97	Eastern Europe
9	Lithuania	+0.94	Northern Europe
10	Norway	+0.90	Northern Europe
11	Finland	+0.83	Northern Europe
12	Malta	+0.80	Southern Europe
13	Denmark	+0.77	Northern Europe
14	Slovenia	+0.72	Southern Europe
15	Ireland	+0.71	Northern Europe
16	Estonia	+0.70	Northern Europe
17	Slovakia	+0.63	Eastern Europe
18	Latvia	+0.62	Northern Europe
19	Sweden	+0.60	Northern Europe
20	Croatia	+0.58	Southern Europe
21	Portugal	+0.54	Southern Europe
22	Poland	+0.50	Eastern Europe
23	Austria	+0.49	Western Europe
24	Hungary	+0.44	Eastern Europe
25	Netherlands	+0.43	Western Europe
26	Montenegro	+0.33	Southern Europe
27	Italy	+0.31	Southern Europe
28	United Kingdom	+0.26	Northern Europe
=29	North Macedonia	+0.16	Southern Europe
=29	Romania	+0.16	Eastern Europe
31	Greece	+0.14	Southern Europe
=32	Belgium	+0.12	Western Europe
=32	Germany	+0.12	Western Europe
34	Bulgaria	+0.04	Eastern Europe
35	Albania	+0.02	Southern Europe
36	Spain	0.00	Southern Europe
37	Serbia	−0.17	Southern Europe
38	France	−0.24	Western Europe
39	Moldova	−0.34	Eastern Europe
40	Belarus	−0.38	Eastern Europe
41	Ukraine	−0.43	Eastern Europe
42	Bosnia and Herzegovina	−0.50	Southern Europe
43	Russia	−0.90	Eastern Europe

No World Bank figure for Vatican City.

Questions

Which country in Europe has the highest political stability?: Liechtenstein has the highest political stability in Europe: an estimate of +1.58 (2024). Next come Andorra (an estimate of +1.54) and San Marino (an estimate of +1.37).
Which country in Europe has the lowest political stability?: Russia, with an estimate of −0.90 (2024).
What is the typical political stability of a country in Europe?: The median of the 43 countries in Europe is an estimate of +0.50: 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.