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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2003

Figures for 2003, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2003 covers 200 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 1.625923; Somalia is lowest, at -2.562207. The middle country reads 0.068279. Against 2002, 190 values changed (72 up, 118 down), 10 countries joined.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2003

HighestFinland

1.625923

LowestSomalia

-2.562207

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, 2003, 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 200 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.62592394.09838
2IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.41220090.35338
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.35313689.31843
4PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.35168589.29300
5IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.34771089.22334
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.33213888.95048
=7AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.31868388.71472
=7LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.31868388.71472
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.24019387.33937
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.22429387.06075
11MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.19239686.50183
12NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.17565586.20849
13QatarQATWestern Asia1.17565486.20847
14New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.15917285.91966
15NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.13621485.51739
16SamoaWSMPolynesia1.11435385.13432
17SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.10882285.03740
18BotswanaBWASouthern Africa1.08697784.65461
19JapanJPNEastern Asia1.08392884.60119
20HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.07597184.46176
21CanadaCANNorthern America1.06240884.22410
22BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.05420784.08040
23AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.01033683.31166
24OmanOMNWestern Asia0.99638083.06712
25LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe0.98626282.88983

02In 2003

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Finland1.625923
  2. 2Iceland1.412200
  3. 3Sweden1.353136
  4. 4Portugal1.351685
  5. 5Ireland1.347710

Lowest

  1. 200Somalia-2.562207
  2. 199Iraq-2.483596
  3. 198Burundi-2.406087
  4. 197Afghanistan-2.371527
  5. 196Colombia-2.316501

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.068279. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestFinland94.09838

    LowestSomalia20.71129

    Middle country: 66.80434

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +10 / −0countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 190 in both
  • 72 · 118rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iraq-1.399119 → -2.483596−1.084477
  • Laos-0.064998 → -1.003700−0.938702
  • Comoros-0.150460 → -0.953125−0.802665
  • Philippines-1.046366 → -1.585639−0.539273
  • Bolivia-0.353636 → -0.883123−0.529487
+ Micronesia+ Kiribati+ Saint Kitts and Nevis+ Monaco+ Marshall Islands+ Nauru+ Palau+ San Marino+ Tonga+ Tuvalu

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

  • 189 distinct values among 200

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 9 countries share 0.965291. 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 200 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 (2003). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2003

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2003?

Finland, at 1.625923, of the 200 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2003 cover?

200.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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