Which country in North America has the highest political stability?

Barbados has the highest political stability in North America: an estimate of +1.27 (2024). Next come Dominica (an estimate of +1.23) and Grenada (an estimate of +1.20).

Which country in North America has the lowest political stability?

Haiti, with an estimate of −1.20 (2024).

What is the typical political stability of a country in North America?

The median of the 23 countries in North America is an estimate of +0.59: 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 North America 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. 23 countries in North America, highest first. World Bank, 2024

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Highest

+1.27

Barbados

Median country

+0.59

half above, half below

Lowest

−1.20

Haiti

Countries in North America by political stability, World Bank, 2024
#	Country	Estimate	Region
1	Barbados	+1.27	Caribbean
2	Dominica	+1.23	Caribbean
3	Grenada	+1.20	Caribbean
4	Costa Rica	+1.18	Central America
5	Antigua and Barbuda	+1.07	Caribbean
6	Bahamas	+1.05	Caribbean
=7	Saint Lucia	+1.04	Caribbean
=7	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	+1.04	Caribbean
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	+0.91	Caribbean
10	Belize	+0.78	Central America
11	Canada	+0.60	Northern America
12	Dominican Republic	+0.59	Caribbean
13	Jamaica	+0.48	Caribbean
14	Trinidad and Tobago	+0.36	Caribbean
15	Cuba	+0.32	Caribbean
16	Panama	+0.26	Central America
17	El Salvador	+0.01	Central America
18	Nicaragua	−0.07	Central America
19	United States	−0.10	Northern America
20	Guatemala	−0.21	Central America
21	Honduras	−0.57	Central America
22	Mexico	−0.72	Central America
23	Haiti	−1.20	Caribbean

Territories and other places

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

Place	Estimate	Status
Cayman Islands	+1.46	Territory of United Kingdom
Aruba	+1.33	Territory of Netherlands
Greenland	+1.24	Territory of Denmark
Bermuda	+0.97	Territory of United Kingdom
US Virgin Islands	+0.97	Territory of United States of America
Puerto Rico	+0.44	Territory of United States of America

Questions

Which country in North America has the highest political stability?: Barbados has the highest political stability in North America: an estimate of +1.27 (2024). Next come Dominica (an estimate of +1.23) and Grenada (an estimate of +1.20).
Which country in North America has the lowest political stability?: Haiti, with an estimate of −1.20 (2024).
What is the typical political stability of a country in North America?: The median of the 23 countries in North America is an estimate of +0.59: 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.