Data for 2008

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2008

Name: Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2008
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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2008 covers 205 countries on 2 measures. Luxembourg is highest, at 1.5079; Somalia is lowest, at -3.0065. The middle country reads 0.0744. Against 2007, 205 values changed (84 up, 121 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2008

HighestLuxembourg

1.5079

LowestSomalia

-3.0065

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

205countries
2measures per country
2008the year it describes
198distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2008, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.5079	92.031
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.4520	91.050
3	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.3857	89.889
4	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.3657	89.539
5	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.3478	89.224
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.3374	89.042
=7	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.3273	88.865
=7	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.3273	88.865
=7	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.3273	88.865
=7	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.3273	88.865
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.2839	88.106
12	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.2761	87.968
13	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.2298	87.157
14	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.2260	87.091
=15	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.2128	86.860
=15	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.2128	86.860
17	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.2007	86.647
18	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.1979	86.599
19	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.1976	86.594
20	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.1829	86.335
21	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.1720	86.145
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.1644	86.011
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.1578	85.896
24	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.1259	85.336
25	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1.1130	85.110
26	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.1085	85.032
27	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.0999	84.881
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.0886	84.684
29	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.0722	84.395
30	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.0635	84.244
31	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1.0621	84.218
32	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.0481	83.973
33	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.0439	83.899
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.0379	83.794
35	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.0375	83.788
36	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.0351	83.746
37	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.0118	83.338
38	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.9992	83.117
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.9934	83.015
=40	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	0.9879	82.918
=40	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.9879	82.918
=40	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	0.9879	82.918
=40	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	0.9879	82.918
44	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.9826	82.825
45	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.9787	82.757
46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.9762	82.713
47	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.9355	82.000
48	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.9274	81.858
49	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.9051	81.468
50	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.8459	80.431
51	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.8458	80.428
52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.8095	79.793
53	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.7761	79.208
54	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.7702	79.103
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.7689	79.082
56	Chile`CHL`South America	0.7649	79.010
57	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.7600	78.926
58	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.7459	78.678
59	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.7299	78.398
60	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.7222	78.262
61	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.7215	78.250
62	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.7163	78.160
63	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.7148	78.133
64	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.7088	78.028
65	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.6942	77.772
66	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.6903	77.704
67	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.6599	77.171
68	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.6511	77.018
69	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.6446	76.904
70	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.6340	76.717
71	United States`USA`Northern America	0.6166	76.412
72	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.6024	76.163
73	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.5961	76.053
74	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.5851	75.861
75	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.5772	75.723
76	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.5666	75.536
77	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.4797	74.014
78	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.4489	73.473
79	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.4396	73.311
80	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.4350	73.231
81	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.4193	72.955
82	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.4181	72.933
83	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.4161	72.900
84	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.4054	72.711
85	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.3998	72.613
86	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.3842	72.340
87	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.3812	72.287
88	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.3473	71.693
89	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.3275	71.347
90	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.3159	71.143
91	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.3067	70.981
92	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.2994	70.854
93	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.2984	70.836
94	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.2627	70.210
95	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.2360	69.742
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.2189	69.444
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.1956	69.036
98	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.1539	68.304
99	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.1445	68.139
100	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.1346	67.967
101	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.1275	67.841
102	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.1165	67.649
103	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.0744	66.912
104	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.0732	66.891
105	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.0446	66.389
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.0345	66.213
107	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.0335	66.196
108	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.0286	66.108
109	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.0101	65.784
110	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.0056	65.706
111	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	-0.0080	65.467
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.0082	65.465
113	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.0228	65.209
114	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.0371	64.958
115	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.0373	64.954
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.1101	63.678
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.1155	63.584
118	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.1156	63.582
119	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-0.1275	63.374
120	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	-0.1309	63.315
121	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.1548	62.895
122	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.1609	62.789
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.1610	62.786
124	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.1682	62.661
125	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.1853	62.362
126	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-0.1884	62.306
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.2011	62.084
128	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.2034	62.044
129	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.2071	61.978
130	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-0.2181	61.786
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.2269	61.632
132	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.2449	61.317
133	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	-0.2501	61.226
134	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.2502	61.225
135	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	-0.2706	60.866
136	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.2794	60.712
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.2991	60.368
138	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.3636	59.236
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.3742	59.050
140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.3851	58.861
141	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.4142	58.350
142	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.4241	58.176
143	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.4292	58.088
144	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.4604	57.541
145	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.4846	57.116
146	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.4854	57.103
147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.4925	56.977
148	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.4972	56.895
149	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.5234	56.437
150	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.5237	56.431
151	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.5421	56.110
152	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.5490	55.988
153	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.5555	55.874
154	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.5666	55.679
155	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.5756	55.521
156	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.5820	55.411
157	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.5921	55.234
158	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.6023	55.054
159	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.6179	54.781
160	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.6619	54.010
161	Peru`PER`South America	-0.6643	53.968
162	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.6870	53.570
163	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.6953	53.424
164	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.7076	53.209
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.7391	52.658
166	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.7421	52.605
167	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.7667	52.172
168	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.7809	51.924
169	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-0.8028	51.540
170	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.8058	51.488
171	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-0.8076	51.456
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-0.8139	51.347
173	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.8162	51.307
174	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.8243	51.164
175	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.9864	48.323
176	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.9904	48.254
177	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.0150	47.822
178	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.1505	45.448
179	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-1.1508	45.443
180	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-1.1825	44.887
181	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.2775	43.223
182	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-1.3808	41.413
183	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.4570	40.077
184	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.4658	39.924
185	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.4934	39.439
186	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.5728	38.048
187	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-1.6196	37.228
188	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.6271	37.097
189	Colombia`COL`South America	-1.6367	36.928
190	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.6390	36.888
191	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-1.6466	36.755
192	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-1.6688	36.367
193	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-1.6960	35.889
194	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.8320	33.506
195	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-1.8370	33.420
196	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-1.8439	33.299
197	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-1.8585	33.041
198	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.9675	31.132
199	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-2.0545	29.607
200	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-2.1131	28.580
201	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-2.2971	25.356
202	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-2.4201	23.202
203	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-2.4257	23.104
204	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-2.5283	21.305
205	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-3.0065	12.926

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

1Luxembourg1.5079
2Finland1.4520
3Aruba1.3857
4Iceland1.3657
5Austria1.3478

Lowest

205Somalia-3.0065
204Afghanistan-2.5283
203Pakistan-2.4257
202Sudan-2.4201
201Iraq-2.2971

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.0744. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Political Stability and Absence of Violence (0–100)
HighestLuxembourg92.031
LowestSomalia12.926
Middle country: 66.912

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
205values changed, of 205 in both
84 · 121rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Kosovo0.1102 → 0.7299+0.6197
Montenegro0.1666 → 0.7163+0.5498
Lebanon-1.8347 → -1.4934+0.3412
Kyrgyzstan-0.8797 → -0.5421+0.3377
Azerbaijan-0.6052 → -0.2991+0.3062

Fell most

Madagascar0.0714 → -0.4972−0.5686
Mauritania-0.1480 → -0.6870−0.5391
Yemen-1.6063 → -2.1131−0.5069
Burundi-1.1142 → -1.4658−0.3515
Latvia0.7555 → 0.4181−0.3374

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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

198 distinct values among 205
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 1.3273. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 205 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2008). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2008

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