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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2005

Figures for 2005, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2005 covers 205 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 1.4975; Iraq is lowest, at -2.6229. The middle country reads 0.0308. Against 2004, 205 values changed (146 up, 59 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2005

HighestFinland

1.4975

LowestIraq

-2.6229

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, 2005, 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 205 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2005: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.497591.849
2ArubaABWCaribbean1.382589.834
3IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.348889.242
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.336889.032
=5AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.323688.801
=5KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.323688.801
=5LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.323688.801
=5TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.323688.801
9Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.309588.553
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.274787.943
11IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.271287.883
12Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean1.268687.837
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.262387.726
14VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.260387.692
15MacauMACEastern Asia1.249287.496
16LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.237787.295
=17AnguillaAIACaribbean1.209786.805
=17Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.209786.805
19SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.207086.757
20BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.188486.432
21Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean1.160985.950
22JapanJPNEastern Asia1.157085.881
23SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.129985.406
24DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.129685.402
25BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.120985.249

02In 2005

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Finland1.4975
  2. 2Aruba1.3825
  3. 3Iceland1.3488
  4. 4New Zealand1.3368
  5. 5Andorrashared1.3236

Lowest

  1. 205Iraq-2.6229
  2. 204Somalia-2.6020
  3. 203Côte d’Ivoire-2.3735
  4. 202Nepal-2.1527
  5. 201Afghanistan-2.1448

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0308. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestFinland91.849

    LowestIraq19.647

    Middle country: 66.147

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 205values changed, of 205 in both
  • 146 · 59rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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
  • 197 distinct values among 205

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 1.3236. 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 205 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 (2005). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2005

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2005?

Finland, at 1.4975, of the 205 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2005 cover?

205.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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