Data for 2021
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
1.7580LowestYemen
-2.6778Shaded 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
| derived | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.7580 | 96.413 | |
| 2 | 1.5926 | 93.515 | |
| 3 | 1.5558 | 92.869 | |
| 4 | 1.4823 | 91.582 | |
| 5 | 1.4033 | 90.198 | |
| 6 | 1.3848 | 89.874 | |
| 7 | 1.3713 | 89.636 | |
| 8 | 1.3424 | 89.130 | |
| 9 | 1.3302 | 88.916 | |
| 10 | 1.2923 | 88.252 | |
| 11 | 1.2705 | 87.870 | |
| 12 | 1.2575 | 87.643 | |
| 13 | 1.2548 | 87.595 | |
| 14 | 1.2139 | 86.878 | |
| 15 | 1.1970 | 86.582 | |
| =16 | 1.1897 | 86.455 | |
| =16 | 1.1897 | 86.455 | |
| 18 | 1.1735 | 86.172 | |
| 19 | 1.1469 | 85.704 | |
| 20 | 1.1441 | 85.656 | |
| 21 | 1.1438 | 85.651 | |
| 22 | 1.1397 | 85.579 | |
| 23 | 1.1386 | 85.559 | |
| 24 | 1.1342 | 85.483 | |
| 25 | 1.1336 | 85.471 | |
| 26 | 1.1096 | 85.051 | |
| 27 | 1.1004 | 84.890 | |
| 28 | 1.0797 | 84.527 | |
| 29 | 1.0697 | 84.352 | |
| 30 | 1.0422 | 83.869 | |
| 31 | 1.0393 | 83.818 | |
| =32 | 1.0330 | 83.710 | |
| =32 | 1.0330 | 83.710 | |
| 34 | 1.0258 | 83.582 | |
| 35 | 1.0213 | 83.503 | |
| 36 | 1.0206 | 83.491 | |
| 37 | 1.0154 | 83.400 | |
| 38 | 0.9993 | 83.119 | |
| 39 | 0.9944 | 83.032 | |
| 40 | 0.9904 | 82.963 | |
| 41 | 0.9755 | 82.702 | |
| 42 | 0.9607 | 82.442 | |
| 43 | 0.9585 | 82.403 | |
| 44 | 0.9530 | 82.308 | |
| 45 | 0.9491 | 82.238 | |
| 46 | 0.9278 | 81.865 | |
| 47 | 0.9175 | 81.686 | |
| 48 | 0.9158 | 81.656 | |
| =49 | 0.9137 | 81.618 | |
| =49 | 0.9137 | 81.618 | |
| 51 | 0.9125 | 81.597 | |
| 52 | 0.8814 | 81.052 | |
| 53 | 0.8779 | 80.991 | |
| 54 | 0.8513 | 80.525 | |
| 55 | 0.8496 | 80.495 | |
| 56 | 0.8337 | 80.217 | |
| 57 | 0.8312 | 80.172 | |
| 58 | 0.8173 | 79.929 | |
| 59 | 0.8084 | 79.772 | |
| 60 | 0.7887 | 79.428 | |
| 61 | 0.7755 | 79.196 | |
| 62 | 0.7575 | 78.881 | |
| 63 | 0.7444 | 78.653 | |
| 64 | 0.7442 | 78.648 | |
| 65 | 0.7411 | 78.595 | |
| 66 | 0.7366 | 78.515 | |
| 67 | 0.7241 | 78.296 | |
| 68 | 0.7214 | 78.250 | |
| 69 | 0.7124 | 78.091 | |
| 70 | 0.6950 | 77.786 | |
| 71 | 0.6665 | 77.288 | |
| 72 | 0.6653 | 77.265 | |
| 73 | 0.6353 | 76.740 | |
| 74 | 0.6083 | 76.267 | |
| 75 | 0.5868 | 75.890 | |
| 76 | 0.5534 | 75.305 | |
| 77 | 0.5382 | 75.038 | |
| 78 | 0.5180 | 74.685 | |
| 79 | 0.5120 | 74.579 | |
| 80 | 0.4806 | 74.030 | |
| 81 | 0.4777 | 73.979 | |
| 82 | 0.4542 | 73.567 | |
| 83 | 0.4452 | 73.409 | |
| 84 | 0.4403 | 73.323 | |
| 85 | 0.4379 | 73.281 | |
| 86 | 0.4135 | 72.853 | |
| 87 | 0.4113 | 72.815 | |
| 88 | 0.3809 | 72.282 | |
| 89 | 0.3783 | 72.237 | |
| 90 | 0.3656 | 72.014 | |
| 91 | 0.3587 | 71.892 | |
| 92 | 0.3531 | 71.795 | |
| 93 | 0.3409 | 71.582 | |
| 94 | 0.3354 | 71.485 | |
| 95 | 0.2238 | 69.529 | |
| 96 | 0.2217 | 69.494 | |
| 97 | 0.1856 | 68.861 | |
| 98 | 0.1608 | 68.426 | |
| 99 | 0.1528 | 68.286 | |
| 100 | 0.1502 | 68.240 | |
| 101 | 0.1466 | 68.177 | |
| 102 | 0.1365 | 68.000 | |
| 103 | 0.1279 | 67.849 | |
| 104 | 0.1074 | 67.489 | |
| 105 | 0.1014 | 67.384 | |
| 106 | 0.0836 | 67.073 | |
| 107 | 0.0789 | 66.990 | |
| 108 | 0.0251 | 66.048 | |
| 109 | 0.0206 | 65.968 | |
| 110 | 0.0090 | 65.766 | |
| 111 | -0.0386 | 64.932 | |
| 112 | -0.0453 | 64.814 | |
| 113 | -0.0491 | 64.748 | |
| 114 | -0.0558 | 64.630 | |
| 115 | -0.0587 | 64.579 | |
| 116 | -0.1038 | 63.789 | |
| 117 | -0.1135 | 63.619 | |
| 118 | -0.1145 | 63.601 | |
| 119 | -0.1224 | 63.463 | |
| 120 | -0.1594 | 62.815 | |
| 121 | -0.1632 | 62.749 | |
| 122 | -0.1896 | 62.286 | |
| 123 | -0.1931 | 62.224 | |
| 124 | -0.2063 | 61.993 | |
| 125 | -0.2310 | 61.561 | |
| 126 | -0.2340 | 61.508 | |
| 127 | -0.2380 | 61.437 | |
| 128 | -0.2465 | 61.288 | |
| 129 | -0.2567 | 61.110 | |
| 130 | -0.2647 | 60.970 | |
| 131 | -0.2677 | 60.916 | |
| 132 | -0.2747 | 60.795 | |
| 133 | -0.2943 | 60.451 | |
| 134 | -0.2969 | 60.406 | |
| 135 | -0.2989 | 60.371 | |
| 136 | -0.3018 | 60.320 | |
| 137 | -0.3126 | 60.130 | |
| 138 | -0.3471 | 59.526 | |
| 139 | -0.3508 | 59.461 | |
| 140 | -0.3921 | 58.738 | |
| 141 | -0.3972 | 58.648 | |
| 142 | -0.3998 | 58.602 | |
| 143 | -0.4132 | 58.368 | |
| 144 | -0.4156 | 58.325 | |
| 145 | -0.4160 | 58.318 | |
| 146 | -0.4266 | 58.133 | |
| 147 | -0.4365 | 57.958 | |
| 148 | -0.4519 | 57.690 | |
| 149 | -0.4675 | 57.417 | |
| 150 | -0.4836 | 57.134 | |
| 151 | -0.4956 | 56.923 | |
| 152 | -0.4974 | 56.893 | |
| 153 | -0.5139 | 56.604 | |
| 154 | -0.5221 | 56.459 | |
| 155 | -0.5270 | 56.373 | |
| 156 | -0.5290 | 56.338 | |
| 157 | -0.5367 | 56.203 | |
| 158 | -0.5477 | 56.011 | |
| 159 | -0.5861 | 55.337 | |
| 160 | -0.5896 | 55.277 | |
| 161 | -0.6160 | 54.814 | |
| 162 | -0.6381 | 54.426 | |
| 163 | -0.6521 | 54.182 | |
| 164 | -0.6736 | 53.804 | |
| 165 | -0.6926 | 53.472 | |
| 166 | -0.7126 | 53.122 | |
| 167 | -0.7175 | 53.035 | |
| 168 | -0.7610 | 52.274 | |
| 169 | -0.7676 | 52.157 | |
| 170 | -0.7820 | 51.906 | |
| 171 | -0.8065 | 51.476 | |
| 172 | -0.8412 | 50.868 | |
| 173 | -0.9043 | 49.763 | |
| 174 | -0.9070 | 49.715 | |
| 175 | -0.9531 | 48.907 | |
| 176 | -0.9855 | 48.340 | |
| 177 | -0.9862 | 48.327 | |
| 178 | -1.0077 | 47.951 | |
| 179 | -1.0139 | 47.843 | |
| 180 | -1.0526 | 47.163 | |
| 181 | -1.0536 | 47.145 | |
| 182 | -1.0718 | 46.827 | |
| 183 | -1.0859 | 46.580 | |
| 184 | -1.0905 | 46.500 | |
| 185 | -1.1328 | 45.757 | |
| 186 | -1.1650 | 45.195 | |
| 187 | -1.2043 | 44.505 | |
| 188 | -1.2809 | 43.164 | |
| 189 | -1.3225 | 42.433 | |
| 190 | -1.3430 | 42.075 | |
| 191 | -1.3951 | 41.162 | |
| 192 | -1.4733 | 39.792 | |
| 193 | -1.5740 | 38.027 | |
| 194 | -1.5791 | 37.938 | |
| 195 | -1.6555 | 36.599 | |
| 196 | -1.6613 | 36.497 | |
| 197 | -1.6623 | 36.480 | |
| 198 | -1.6996 | 35.826 | |
| 199 | -1.7963 | 34.132 | |
| 200 | -1.9894 | 30.748 | |
| 201 | -2.0060 | 30.457 | |
| 202 | -2.1012 | 28.789 | |
| 203 | -2.1718 | 27.552 | |
| 204 | -2.1808 | 27.395 | |
| 205 | -2.2130 | 26.830 | |
| 206 | -2.2518 | 26.151 | |
| 207 | -2.3312 | 24.759 | |
| 208 | -2.4007 | 23.541 | |
| 209 | -2.4629 | 22.452 | |
| 210 | -2.6135 | 19.813 | |
| 211 | -2.6778 | 18.687 |
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
Greenland1.7580
- 2
Liechtenstein1.5926
- 3
Andorra1.5558
- 4
Cayman Islands1.4823
- 5
Anguilla1.4033
Lowest
- 211
Yemen-2.6778
- 210
Somalia-2.6135
- 209
Afghanistan-2.4629
- 208
Syria-2.4007
- 207
Mali-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
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
Côte d’Ivoire-1.1862 → -0.9070+0.2792
Maldives0.2072 → 0.4403+0.2331
Hong Kong0.0137 → 0.2217+0.2080
Zambia-0.3696 → -0.1632+0.2064
Belarus-0.8434 → -0.6521+0.1913
Fell most
Myanmar-1.5453 → -2.1012−0.5559
South Africa-0.2549 → -0.7676−0.5127
United States Virgin Islands0.9632 → 0.5180−0.4452
Ethiopia-1.5887 → -1.9894−0.4008
Sudan-1.4072 → -1.7963−0.3891
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.
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
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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?
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Is Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2021 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2025.