Data for 2000

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2000

Name: Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2000
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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2000 covers 189 countries on 2 measures. Netherlands is highest, at 1.6965; Afghanistan is lowest, at -2.8532. The middle country reads -0.0212. Against 1998, 188 values changed (98 up, 90 down), 1 country joined.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2000

HighestNetherlands

1.6965

LowestAfghanistan

-2.8532

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

189countries
2measures per country
2000the year it describes
184distinct values19 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.6965	95.33
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.6746	94.95
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.5974	93.60
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.5700	93.12
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.5627	92.99
6	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.5396	92.59
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.5384	92.56
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.4876	91.67
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.4442	90.91
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.4314	90.69
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.4295	90.66
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.3915	89.99
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.3729	89.66
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.3453	89.18
15	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.3417	89.12
16	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.3149	88.65
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.2578	87.65
=18	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.2416	87.36
=18	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.2416	87.36
20	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.2002	86.64
21	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.1938	86.53
22	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.1422	85.62
23	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.1287	85.39
24	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	1.1220	85.27
25	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.1136	85.12
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.1126	85.10
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.1023	84.92
28	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.0954	84.80
29	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.0948	84.79
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.0810	84.55
31	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.0697	84.35
32	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.0630	84.23
33	United States`USA`Northern America	1.0320	83.69
34	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	1.0189	83.46
35	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.0022	83.17
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.0015	83.16
37	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.9791	82.76
=38	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.9632	82.49
=38	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.9632	82.49
40	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.9112	81.57
41	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.9104	81.56
42	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.9090	81.54
43	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.8921	81.24
44	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.8480	80.47
45	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.8474	80.46
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.8397	80.32
47	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.8328	80.20
48	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.7628	78.97
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.7073	78.00
50	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.7068	77.99
51	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.7049	77.96
=52	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.6987	77.85
=52	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.6987	77.85
=52	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.6987	77.85
55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.6826	77.57
56	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.6565	77.11
57	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.6166	76.41
58	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.6046	76.20
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.5952	76.04
60	Chile`CHL`South America	0.5943	76.02
61	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.5781	75.74
62	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.5627	75.47
63	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.5508	75.26
64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.4756	73.94
65	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.4395	73.31
66	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.4314	73.17
=67	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.4272	73.09
=67	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.4272	73.09
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.3953	72.54
70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.3938	72.51
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.3528	71.79
72	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.3405	71.57
73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.3200	71.22
74	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.3196	71.21
75	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.3031	70.92
76	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.2759	70.44
77	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.2663	70.27
78	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.2534	70.05
79	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.2372	69.76
80	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.2362	69.75
81	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.2272	69.59
82	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.1803	68.77
83	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.1557	68.34
84	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.1382	68.03
85	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.1172	67.66
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.1012	67.38
87	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.0963	67.30
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.0858	67.11
89	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.0772	66.96
90	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.0675	66.79
91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.0603	66.66
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.0593	66.65
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.0037	65.67
94	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.0016	65.58
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-0.0212	65.24
96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	-0.0215	65.23
97	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.0378	64.95
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	-0.0393	64.92
99	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.0739	64.31
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.0897	64.04
101	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.1379	63.19
102	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.2008	62.09
103	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.2310	61.56
104	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	-0.2402	61.40
105	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.2642	60.98
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.2926	60.48
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.2935	60.46
108	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.2989	60.37
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.3046	60.27
110	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	-0.3128	60.13
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.3159	60.07
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-0.3207	59.99
113	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.3530	59.42
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.3538	59.41
115	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.3768	59.01
116	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.3785	58.98
117	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.3846	58.87
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.3914	58.75
119	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.4210	58.23
120	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.4268	58.13
121	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.4568	57.60
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.4793	57.21
123	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.4986	56.87
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.5047	56.76
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.5155	56.57
126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.5420	56.11
127	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.5708	55.61
128	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.5823	55.40
129	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.5882	55.30
130	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.5959	55.17
131	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.6257	54.64
132	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.6263	54.63
133	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.6404	54.39
134	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.6622	54.00
135	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.7287	52.84
136	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.7352	52.73
137	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-0.7422	52.60
138	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.7693	52.13
139	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.7872	51.81
140	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.8099	51.42
141	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	-0.8118	51.38
142	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.8256	51.14
143	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-0.8493	50.73
144	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.9454	49.04
145	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.9504	48.95
146	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.9604	48.78
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.0192	47.75
148	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-1.0241	47.66
149	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-1.0395	47.39
150	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-1.0735	46.80
151	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.1951	44.67
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.2330	44.00
153	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-1.2395	43.89
154	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-1.2463	43.77
155	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.3096	42.66
156	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-1.3112	42.63
157	Peru`PER`South America	-1.3138	42.59
158	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-1.3585	41.80
159	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-1.3608	41.76
160	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.4027	41.03
161	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-1.4266	40.61
162	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.4313	40.53
163	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-1.4450	40.29
164	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.4893	39.51
165	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.5837	37.86
166	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-1.6085	37.42
167	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-1.6315	37.02
168	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.6529	36.65
169	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.6538	36.63
170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.6874	36.04
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.6916	35.97
172	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-1.7252	35.38
173	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.7652	34.68
174	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-1.8006	34.06
175	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.8360	33.44
176	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-1.8870	32.54
177	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.8911	32.47
178	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-1.9351	31.70
179	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-2.0202	30.21
180	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-2.0358	29.94
181	Colombia`COL`South America	-2.0803	29.16
182	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-2.0846	29.08
183	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-2.2059	26.96
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.3798	23.91
185	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-2.4563	22.57
186	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-2.5015	21.78
187	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-2.5021	21.76
188	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-2.5745	20.50
189	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-2.8532	15.61

02In 2000

At either end

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

Highest

1Netherlands1.6965
2Finland1.6746
3Switzerland1.5974
4Norway1.5700
5Iceland1.5627

Lowest

189Afghanistan-2.8532
188DR Congo-2.5745
187Sudan-2.5021
186Burundi-2.5015
185Angola-2.4563

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0212. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Political Stability and Absence of Violence (0–100)
HighestNetherlands95.33
LowestAfghanistan15.61
Middle country: 65.24

031998 → 2000

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
188values changed, of 188 in both
98 · 90rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau-1.9785 → -0.6257+1.3528
Saint Lucia0.2417 → 0.9632+0.7215
Algeria-2.1154 → -1.5837+0.5316
Brazil-0.1290 → 0.3953+0.5244
Türkiye-1.0131 → -0.5420+0.4711

Fell most

Solomon Islands0.5308 → -0.8118−1.3426
Guinea-0.6936 → -2.0358−1.3422
Côte d’Ivoire-0.3443 → -1.3585−1.0142
Philippines-0.5614 → -1.4450−0.8836
Romania0.3209 → -0.3207−0.6416

+ Timor-Leste

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

184 distinct values among 189
Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 3 countries share 0.6987. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 189 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2000). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2000

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