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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2002

Figures for 2002, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2002 covers 190 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 1.653480; Burundi is lowest, at -2.467950. The middle country reads -0.015376. Against 2000, 189 values changed (99 up, 90 down), 1 country joined.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2002

HighestFinland

1.653480

LowestBurundi

-2.467950

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, 2002, 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 190 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2002: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.65348094.5813
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.54258592.6381
3IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.52521892.3337
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.51562592.1657
5PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.45015991.0185
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.44543390.9357
7IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.40940090.3043
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.39371190.0294
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.38030189.7944
10SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.29401488.2825
11MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.27118187.8823
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.25666287.6279
=13AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.24710487.4605
=13LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.24710487.4605
15New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.21926086.9726
16HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.21816486.9534
17CanadaCANNorthern America1.14977985.7551
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.13545385.5040
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.13211685.4456
20JapanJPNEastern Asia1.12558385.3311
21AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.08844384.6803
22United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia1.07556484.4546
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.03507283.7451
24BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.02205683.5170
25MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia1.00383983.1978

02In 2002

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Finland1.653480
  2. 2Luxembourg1.542585
  3. 3Iceland1.525218
  4. 4Norway1.515625
  5. 5Portugal1.450159

Lowest

  1. 190Burundi-2.467950
  2. 189Afghanistan-2.399668
  3. 188Colombia-2.363111
  4. 187Côte d’Ivoire-2.276040
  5. 186DR Congo-2.268739

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.015376. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestFinland94.5813

    LowestBurundi22.3629

    Middle country: 65.3385

032000 → 2002

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 189values changed, of 189 in both
  • 99 · 90rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Kosovo

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

  • 185 distinct values among 190

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 0.704147. 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 190 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 (2002). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2002

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2002?

Finland, at 1.653480, of the 190 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2002 cover?

190.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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