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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021

Figures for 2021, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021 covers 211 countries on 2 measures. Greenland is highest, at 1.7580; Yemen is lowest, at -2.6778. The middle country reads 0.0836. Against 2020, 211 values changed (89 up, 122 down), the same countries are covered.

Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2021

HighestGreenland

1.7580

LowestYemen

-2.6778

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, 2021, 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 211 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.758096.413
2LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.592693.515
3AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.555892.869
4Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.482391.582
5AnguillaAIACaribbean1.403390.198
6NiueNIUPolynesia1.384889.874
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.371389.636
8ArubaABWCaribbean1.342489.130
9IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.330288.916
10TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.292388.252
11SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.270587.870
12DominicaDMACaribbean1.257587.643
13American SamoaASMPolynesia1.254887.595
14MicronesiaFSMMicronesia1.213986.878
15Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia1.197086.582
=16MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.189786.455
=16San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.189786.455
18KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.173586.172
19LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.146985.704
20JapanJPNEastern Asia1.144185.656
21PalauPLWMicronesia1.143885.651
22FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.139785.579
23UruguayURYSouth America1.138685.559
24BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.134285.483
25SamoaWSMPolynesia1.133685.471

02In 2021

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Greenland1.7580
  2. 2Liechtenstein1.5926
  3. 3Andorra1.5558
  4. 4Cayman Islands1.4823
  5. 5Anguilla1.4033

Lowest

  1. 211Yemen-2.6778
  2. 210Somalia-2.6135
  3. 209Afghanistan-2.4629
  4. 208Syria-2.4007
  5. 207Mali-2.3312

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0836. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestGreenland96.413

    LowestYemen18.687

    Middle country: 67.073

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 211values changed, of 211 in both
  • 89 · 122rose · 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
  • 208 distinct values among 211

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 1.1897. 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 211 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 (2021). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2021

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021?

Greenland, at 1.7580, of the 211 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021 cover?

211.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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