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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2009

Figures for 2009, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2009 covers 208 countries on 2 measures. Liechtenstein is highest, at 1.65924; Somalia is lowest, at -2.86719. The middle country reads 0.15790. Against 2008, 205 values changed (121 up, 84 down), 3 countries joined.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2009

HighestLiechtenstein

1.65924

LowestSomalia

-2.86719

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, 2009, 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 208 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6592494.682
=2Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia1.5998893.642
=2NiueNIUPolynesia1.5998893.642
=4Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia1.5846793.376
=4NauruNRUMicronesia1.5846793.376
=4PalauPLWMicronesia1.5846793.376
=4San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.5846793.376
=8KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.5636393.007
=8TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.5636393.007
10GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.4946391.798
11FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.4918891.750
12LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.4733491.425
13MicronesiaFSMMicronesia1.4346690.747
14NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.4058890.243
15CanadaCANNorthern America1.3644289.516
16Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean1.3492189.250
17Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.3431589.143
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.3416689.117
19AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.3366689.030
20ArubaABWCaribbean1.3349689.000
21QatarQATWestern Asia1.3267088.855
22VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.3076388.521
23SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.3024688.431
24BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.2881688.180
25BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.2796188.030

02In 2009

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Liechtenstein1.65924
  2. 2Cook Islandsshared1.59988
  3. 2Niueshared1.59988
  4. 4Marshall Islandsshared1.58467
  5. 4Naurushared1.58467

Lowest

  1. 208Somalia-2.86719
  2. 207Sudan-2.44663
  3. 206Afghanistan-2.43713
  4. 205Pakistan-2.19080
  5. 204Iraq-2.12474

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.15790. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestLiechtenstein94.682

    LowestSomalia15.367

    Middle country: 68.375

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 205values changed, of 205 in both
  • 121 · 84rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Iran-0.76675 → -1.26576−0.49901
  • Mauritius1.03513 → 0.54430−0.49083
  • Saudi Arabia-0.38506 → -0.72519−0.34012
  • Niger-0.58195 → -0.91984−0.33789
  • Kosovo0.72994 → 0.40640−0.32354
+ Cook Islands+ Greenland+ Niue

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

  • 203 distinct values among 208

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 4 countries share 1.58467. 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 208 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 (2009). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2009

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2009?

Liechtenstein, at 1.65924, of the 208 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2009 cover?

208.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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