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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2014

Figures for 2014, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2014 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Greenland is highest, at 1.7627; Yemen is lowest, at -2.5297. The middle country reads 0.0366. Against 2013, 209 values changed (146 up, 63 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2014

HighestGreenland

1.7627

LowestYemen

-2.5297

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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.762796.495
2LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.655494.615
=3Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia1.587793.428
=3NiueNIUPolynesia1.587793.428
=5Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia1.576293.227
=5PalauPLWMicronesia1.576293.227
=5San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.576293.227
8TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.558892.923
9New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.486191.649
10LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.418290.459
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.407490.268
12NauruNRUMicronesia1.405690.237
13BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.344889.172
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.335389.005
15AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.329888.909
16FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.316888.683
17KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.304788.470
18Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.298088.353
19IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.263187.741
20American SamoaASMPolynesia1.257487.641
=21AnguillaAIACaribbean1.253387.570
=21United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean1.253387.570
23BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.240987.352
24ArubaABWCaribbean1.228087.127
25VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.204586.715

02In 2014

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Greenland1.7627
  2. 2Liechtenstein1.6554
  3. 3Cook Islandsshared1.5877
  4. 3Niueshared1.5877
  5. 5Marshall Islandsshared1.5762

Lowest

  1. 209Yemen-2.5297
  2. 208South Sudan-2.5120
  3. 207Central African Republic-2.4830
  4. 206Pakistan-2.4644
  5. 205Somalia-2.4555

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0366. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestGreenland96.495

    LowestYemen21.281

    Middle country: 66.250

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 209values changed, of 209 in both
  • 146 · 63rose · 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

  • 201 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.5762. 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 (2014). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2014

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2014?

Greenland, at 1.7627, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2014 cover?

209.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2014?

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, 2014 the newest?

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

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