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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998

Figures for 1998, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998 covers 188 countries on 2 measures. Netherlands is highest, at 1.6428; Afghanistan is lowest, at -2.8515. The middle country reads -0.0008. Against 1996, 187 values changed (102 up, 85 down), 1 country joined.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 1998

HighestNetherlands

1.6428

LowestAfghanistan

-2.8515

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998, 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 188 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.642894.394
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.571193.138
3SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.552192.805
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.548292.737
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.542492.636
6IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.515992.171
7IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.488191.683
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.465991.294
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.455691.115
10PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.439190.824
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.415490.409
12JapanJPNEastern Asia1.379489.779
13AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.337089.037
14SamoaWSMPolynesia1.319688.731
15MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.316388.672
16BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.308188.529
17ItalyITASouthern Europe1.303988.455
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.295788.312
19GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.279288.023
20AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.265787.786
=21AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.243987.404
=21LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.243987.404
23SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.235787.260
24MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1.216986.932
25HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.191186.480

02In 1998

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Netherlands1.6428
  2. 2Finland1.5711
  3. 3Switzerland1.5521
  4. 4Norway1.5482
  5. 5Sweden1.5424

Lowest

  1. 188Afghanistan-2.8515
  2. 187DR Congo-2.7300
  3. 186Burundi-2.6471
  4. 185Angola-2.6178
  5. 184Sudan-2.4669

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0008. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestNetherlands94.394

    LowestAfghanistan15.643

    Middle country: 65.594

031996 → 1998

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 187values changed, of 187 in both
  • 102 · 85rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montenegro

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.

How values are stored

  • 183 distinct values among 188

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 0.7009. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 188 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 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1998). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/1998

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998?

Netherlands, at 1.6428, of the 188 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998 cover?

188.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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