Data for 1996

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1996

Name: Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1996
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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1996 covers 187 countries on 2 measures. Netherlands is highest, at 1.6178; Afghanistan is lowest, at -2.8174. The middle country reads -0.0797.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 1996

HighestNetherlands

1.6178

LowestAfghanistan

-2.8174

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

187countries
2measures per country
1996the year it describes
181distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1996, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1996: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.6178	93.956
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.5789	93.274
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.5708	93.132
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.5639	93.012
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.5276	92.376
6	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.5078	92.028
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.4877	91.676
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.4655	91.287
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.4585	91.164
10	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.4356	90.764
11	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.4322	90.703
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.4076	90.273
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.3962	90.073
14	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.3473	89.217
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.3363	89.023
16	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.3191	88.722
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.3073	88.516
18	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.3035	88.449
19	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.2903	88.217
20	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.2831	88.092
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.2824	88.080
=22	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.2432	87.392
=22	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.2432	87.392
24	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.1725	86.153
25	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.1358	85.511
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.1318	85.441
27	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.1298	85.406
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.1175	85.189
29	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.1066	84.999
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.0722	84.395
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.0522	84.045
32	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	1.0469	83.953
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.0329	83.708
34	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.0289	83.637
35	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.0162	83.415
36	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.0014	83.155
37	United States`USA`Northern America	0.9700	82.605
=38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.9664	82.542
=38	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.9664	82.542
40	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.9220	81.764
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.8938	81.270
42	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.8917	81.233
43	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.8521	80.538
44	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.8512	80.523
45	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.8016	79.654
46	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.7952	79.543
47	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.7729	79.151
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.7651	79.014
49	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.7572	78.877
50	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.7556	78.848
51	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.7403	78.579
52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.7225	78.268
53	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.7061	77.981
=54	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.7002	77.878
=54	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.7002	77.878
=54	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.7002	77.878
=54	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.7002	77.878
58	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.6958	77.800
59	Chile`CHL`South America	0.6857	77.624
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.6700	77.349
61	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.6511	77.017
62	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.6464	76.935
63	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.6451	76.911
64	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.5434	75.129
65	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.5289	74.875
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.5177	74.680
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.4765	73.957
68	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.4672	73.795
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.4563	73.604
70	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.4330	73.196
71	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.4117	72.821
72	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.3768	72.211
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.3717	72.122
74	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.3639	71.984
75	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.3635	71.978
76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.3117	71.070
77	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.2651	70.253
78	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.2575	70.121
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.2346	69.718
80	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.2049	69.198
81	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.1820	68.797
=82	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.1573	68.364
=82	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.1573	68.364
84	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.1361	67.992
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.1345	67.964
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.1252	67.801
87	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.1062	67.469
88	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.0781	66.977
89	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.0499	66.482
90	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.0360	66.239
91	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-0.0169	65.313
92	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.0284	65.110
93	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.0452	64.816
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.0797	64.211
95	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-0.0832	64.151
96	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.0967	63.914
97	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.1188	63.527
98	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.1208	63.490
99	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.1335	63.269
100	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.1409	63.140
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-0.1617	62.774
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.1620	62.768
103	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.2097	61.934
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.2217	61.724
105	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.2221	61.715
106	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-0.2284	61.606
107	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.2304	61.572
108	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.2569	61.107
109	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.2597	61.057
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.2741	60.804
111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.3115	60.150
112	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-0.3459	59.547
113	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.3461	59.543
114	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.4010	58.582
115	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.4114	58.399
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.4126	58.378
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.4222	58.209
118	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.4281	58.106
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.4445	57.819
120	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.4494	57.733
121	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.4708	57.359
122	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.5158	56.569
123	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-0.5581	55.828
124	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	-0.5678	55.659
125	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.5919	55.235
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.5964	55.158
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.6121	54.882
128	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.6195	54.753
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.6324	54.526
130	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.6328	54.520
131	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.6941	53.446
132	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.7141	53.095
133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.7293	52.828
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.7333	52.759
135	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.7349	52.731
136	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.7458	52.540
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.7553	52.373
138	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.7774	51.986
139	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.8170	51.291
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.8216	51.211
141	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.8463	50.779
142	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.9057	49.738
143	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.9089	49.682
144	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.9176	49.530
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.9392	49.151
146	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.9635	48.725
147	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.9777	48.477
148	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-0.9804	48.428
149	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-0.9933	48.203
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.0098	47.913
151	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.0263	47.624
152	Peru`PER`South America	-1.0856	46.586
153	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.1330	45.754
154	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-1.1755	45.010
155	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-1.1995	44.590
156	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-1.3040	42.759
157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.3351	42.213
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.3501	41.950
159	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.3545	41.873
160	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-1.3582	41.809
161	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.3655	41.680
162	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-1.3885	41.277
163	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.4335	40.489
164	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-1.4660	39.920
165	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.5308	38.784
166	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.5352	38.707
167	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.6483	36.726
168	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-1.7008	35.806
169	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-1.7266	35.353
170	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-1.7641	34.696
171	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.8351	33.453
172	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.8772	32.714
173	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.8984	32.343
174	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-1.9217	31.935
175	Colombia`COL`South America	-1.9541	31.367
176	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-2.0126	30.341
177	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-2.0326	29.992
178	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-2.0584	29.538
179	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-2.1007	28.798
180	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-2.3941	23.657
181	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-2.4891	21.992
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-2.5094	21.637
183	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-2.5898	20.228
184	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-2.6366	19.408
185	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-2.6763	18.712
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.7900	16.720
187	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-2.8174	16.240

02In 1996

At either end

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

Highest

1Netherlands1.6178
2Norway1.5789
3Finland1.5708
4Sweden1.5639
5Switzerland1.5276

Lowest

187Afghanistan-2.8174
186Somalia-2.7900
185DR Congo-2.6763
184Sudan-2.6366
183Liberia-2.5898

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0797. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Political Stability and Absence of Violence (0–100)
HighestNetherlands93.956
LowestAfghanistan16.240
Middle country: 64.211

03Caveats

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World Bank Group (1996). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/1996

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