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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2011

Figures for 2011, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2011 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Greenland is highest, at 1.75461; Somalia is lowest, at -3.00438. The middle country reads -0.00340. Against 2010, 208 values changed (71 up, 137 down), 1 country joined.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2011

HighestGreenland

1.75461

LowestSomalia

-3.00438

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, 2011, 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 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2011: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.7546196.3533
2LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.6512494.5420
=3Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia1.5743393.1943
=3NiueNIUPolynesia1.5743393.1943
=5Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia1.5669293.0645
=5NauruNRUMicronesia1.5669293.0645
=5PalauPLWMicronesia1.5669293.0645
=5San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.5669293.0645
9AnguillaAIACaribbean1.5543092.8434
=10KiribatiKIRMicronesia1.5535792.8306
=10TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.5535792.8306
12FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.3964190.0768
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.3859289.8928
14LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.3717489.6445
15VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.3426289.1341
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.3375289.0448
17SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.3339888.9827
18AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.3222888.7777
19Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.2639087.7548
20ArubaABWCaribbean1.2557087.6112
21IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.2212387.0070
22BotswanaBWASouthern Africa1.2192886.9729
23AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.2136886.8748
24BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.1711486.1294
25DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.1647486.0172

02In 2011

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Greenland1.75461
  2. 2Liechtenstein1.65124
  3. 3Cook Islandsshared1.57433
  4. 3Niueshared1.57433
  5. 5Marshall Islandsshared1.56692

Lowest

  1. 209Somalia-3.00438
  2. 208Pakistan-2.70142
  3. 207Afghanistan-2.54103
  4. 206Yemen-2.45604
  5. 205Sudan-2.34502

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.00340. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestGreenland96.3533

    LowestSomalia12.9633

    Middle country: 65.5483

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 208values changed, of 208 in both
  • 71 · 137rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Madagascar-1.19823 → -0.83786+0.36037
  • Niger-1.08559 → -0.74604+0.33956
  • Guam0.44045 → 0.76593+0.32548
  • Iraq-2.20313 → -1.91297+0.29017
  • Greenland1.47718 → 1.75461+0.27743

Fell most

  • Libya-0.50971 → -1.60464−1.09494
  • Syria-1.10892 → -2.08966−0.98074
  • Kazakhstan0.38048 → -0.41455−0.79503
  • Egypt-1.00557 → -1.70678−0.70121
  • Mali-0.14317 → -0.74269−0.59952
+ South Sudan

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

  • 202 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 19 decimals. 4 countries share 1.56692. 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 209 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 (2011). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2011

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2011?

Greenland, at 1.75461, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2011 cover?

209.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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