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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012

Figures for 2012, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Greenland is highest, at 1.75190; Somalia is lowest, at -2.89150. The middle country reads 0.04699. Against 2011, 209 values changed (101 up, 108 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2012

HighestGreenland

1.75190

LowestSomalia

-2.89150

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.7519096.3058
2LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6498394.5173
=3Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia1.5698393.1156
=3NiueNIUPolynesia1.5698393.1156
=5Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia1.5638093.0098
=5NauruNRUMicronesia1.5638093.0098
=5PalauPLWMicronesia1.5638093.0098
=5San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.5638093.0098
9AnguillaAIACaribbean1.5521692.8059
=10KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.5518092.7996
=10TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.5518092.7996
12VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.4579991.1558
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.4134190.3746
14FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.3679689.5782
15SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.3674889.5698
16LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.3617889.4699
17ArubaABWCaribbean1.3240588.8088
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.3215888.7655
19AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.3197588.7334
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.3013588.4110
21Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.2622787.7262
22BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.2382687.3054
23SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.2378787.2987
24IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.2226687.0321
25BotswanaBWASouthern Africa1.2120686.8463

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Greenland1.75190
  2. 2Liechtenstein1.64983
  3. 3Cook Islandsshared1.56983
  4. 3Niueshared1.56983
  5. 5Marshall Islandsshared1.56380

Lowest

  1. 209Somalia-2.89150
  2. 208Pakistan-2.67360
  3. 207Afghanistan-2.49311
  4. 206Syria-2.39692
  5. 205Yemen-2.36514

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.04699. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Governance Score, Political Stability and Absence of Violence (0–100)

    HighestGreenland96.3058

    LowestSomalia14.9412

    Middle country: 66.4314

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 101 · 108rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 203 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 4 countries share 1.56380. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 209 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (2012). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2012

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012?

Greenland, at 1.75190, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012 cover?

209.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2012 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2025.

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