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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2006

Figures for 2006, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2006 covers 205 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 1.45683; Iraq is lowest, at -2.66994. The middle country reads 0.08124. Against 2005, 205 values changed (119 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2006

HighestFinland

1.45683

LowestIraq

-2.66994

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.4568391.136
2ArubaABWCaribbean1.3857789.890
3IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.3561389.371
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.3492989.251
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.3485689.238
=6AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.3274088.867
=6KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.3274088.867
=6LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.3274088.867
=6TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.3274088.867
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.2803588.043
11IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.2736087.925
12Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean1.2712587.884
13VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.2636687.751
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.2189886.968
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.2154986.906
=16AnguillaAIACaribbean1.2129186.861
=16Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.2129186.861
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.2098286.807
19JapanJPNEastern Asia1.2038086.702
20BotswanaBWASouthern Africa1.1889286.441
21SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.1731686.165
22Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean1.1261585.341
23BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.1243385.309
24SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.1012584.905
25DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.0860284.638

02In 2006

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Finland1.45683
  2. 2Aruba1.38577
  3. 3Iceland1.35613
  4. 4Luxembourg1.34929
  5. 5Hong Kong1.34856

Lowest

  1. 205Iraq-2.66994
  2. 204Somalia-2.62271
  3. 203Sudan-2.27458
  4. 202Afghanistan-2.15805
  5. 201DR Congo-2.06607

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.08124. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestFinland91.136

    LowestIraq18.824

    Middle country: 67.031

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 205values changed, of 205 in both
  • 119 · 86rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Guinea-1.24112 → -1.81309−0.57197
  • Montenegro0.76970 → 0.20419−0.56551
  • Fiji0.33529 → -0.21073−0.54601
  • Lebanon-1.00640 → -1.52993−0.52353
  • Jordan-0.28469 → -0.75726−0.47257

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 1.32740. 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 (2006). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2006

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2006?

Finland, at 1.45683, of the 205 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2006 cover?

205.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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