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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2007

Figures for 2007, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2007 covers 205 countries on 2 measures. Finland is highest, at 1.4939; Somalia is lowest, at -3.0482. The middle country reads 0.1154. Against 2006, 205 values changed (143 up, 62 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2007

HighestFinland

1.4939

LowestSomalia

-3.0482

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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.493991.785
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.480091.541
3IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.471691.394
4ArubaABWCaribbean1.387089.912
5IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.344289.162
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.339589.079
=7AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.328988.893
=7KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.328988.893
=7LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.328988.893
=7TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.328988.893
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.306088.492
12SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.286388.147
13DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.262687.732
14BotswanaBWASouthern Africa1.259787.682
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.229087.144
=16AnguillaAIACaribbean1.214186.883
=16Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.214186.883
18SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.197586.591
19Hong KongHKGEastern Asia1.176386.219
20SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.173986.178
21VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.143285.639
22JapanJPNEastern Asia1.139985.582
23SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.128985.390
24BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.125685.332
25SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.110885.073

02In 2007

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Finland1.4939
  2. 2Luxembourg1.4800
  3. 3Iceland1.4716
  4. 4Aruba1.3870
  5. 5Ireland1.3442

Lowest

  1. 205Somalia-3.0482
  2. 204Iraq-2.6011
  3. 203Sudan-2.3686
  4. 202Afghanistan-2.3587
  5. 201Pakistan-2.2850

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.1154. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestFinland91.785

    LowestSomalia12.195

    Middle country: 67.631

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 205values changed, of 205 in both
  • 143 · 62rose · 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 1.3289. 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 (2007). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2007

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2007: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2007?

Finland, at 1.4939, of the 205 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2007 describe?

2007.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2007 cover?

205.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2007?

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, 2007 the newest?

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

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