Data for 2013

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2013

Name: Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2013
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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2013 covers 209 countries on 2 measures. Greenland is highest, at 1.7529; Somalia is lowest, at -2.8369. The middle country reads -0.0060. Against 2012, 209 values changed (100 up, 109 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2013

HighestGreenland

1.7529

LowestSomalia

-2.8369

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

209countries
2measures per country
2013the year it describes
202distinct values18 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

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Every country and every column of Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	1.7529	96.323
2	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	1.6503	94.526
=3	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	1.5714	93.144
=3	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	1.5714	93.144
=5	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	1.5649	93.029
=5	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1.5649	93.029
=5	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	1.5649	93.029
=5	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	1.5649	93.029
9	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	1.5529	92.819
=10	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	1.5524	92.811
=10	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.5524	92.811
12	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.4586	91.166
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.3806	89.800
14	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.3281	88.880
15	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	1.3246	88.819
16	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.3223	88.779
17	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	1.3206	88.749
18	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.3179	88.700
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.2987	88.365
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.2830	88.089
21	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.2628	87.736
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.2439	87.404
23	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.2173	86.939
24	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.2118	86.842
25	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.1707	86.121
26	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1.1236	85.296
27	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	1.1065	84.996
28	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.0984	84.855
29	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.0576	84.140
30	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1.0574	84.136
31	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.0482	83.974
32	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.0393	83.819
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.0283	83.627
34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.0259	83.585
35	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.0128	83.355
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.9913	82.977
37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.9794	82.769
38	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.9738	82.671
39	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.9734	82.665
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.9710	82.623
41	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.9688	82.583
42	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.9581	82.396
43	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.9530	82.307
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.9498	82.252
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.9487	82.232
46	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.9467	82.197
47	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.9374	82.034
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.9347	81.986
49	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.9343	81.979
50	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.9192	81.714
=51	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.9145	81.632
=51	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.9145	81.632
53	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.9005	81.387
54	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.8865	81.142
55	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.8823	81.068
56	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.8615	80.703
57	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.8558	80.603
58	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.8499	80.500
59	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.8392	80.313
=60	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.8016	79.654
=60	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.8016	79.654
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.8002	79.630
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.7830	79.329
64	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.7811	79.295
65	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.7697	79.095
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.7650	79.013
67	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.7646	79.005
68	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.7517	78.780
69	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.7220	78.259
70	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.7100	78.048
71	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.6930	77.751
72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.6642	77.247
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.6339	76.716
74	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.6236	76.535
75	Chile`CHL`South America	0.5784	75.744
76	United States`USA`Northern America	0.5713	75.619
77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.5598	75.418
78	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.4836	74.082
79	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.4788	73.998
80	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.4682	73.812
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.4041	72.689
82	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.3871	72.391
83	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.3699	72.089
84	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.3410	71.583
85	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.3280	71.355
86	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.3116	71.068
87	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.3078	71.001
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.2964	70.801
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.2795	70.505
90	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.1775	68.718
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.1551	68.325
92	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.1417	68.091
93	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.1361	67.993
94	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.1220	67.746
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.1099	67.534
96	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.0962	67.294
97	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0955	67.281
98	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.0893	67.173
99	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.0749	66.920
100	Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.0711	66.854
101	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.0664	66.771
102	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.0327	66.181
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.0096	65.776
104	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.0044	65.686
105	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-0.0060	65.502
106	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.0097	65.439
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.0149	65.347
108	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	-0.0262	65.149
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-0.0419	64.874
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.0431	64.853
111	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-0.0554	64.637
112	Panama`PAN`Central America	-0.0850	64.119
113	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.0939	63.962
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.0946	63.950
115	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.1362	63.220
116	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	-0.1427	63.108
117	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	-0.1588	62.825
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.2020	62.069
119	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.2136	61.865
120	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-0.2141	61.856
121	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	-0.2238	61.686
122	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-0.2368	61.458
123	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-0.2433	61.345
124	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	-0.2517	61.198
125	Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.2700	60.877
126	Bolivia`BOL`South America	-0.2823	60.661
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.2865	60.587
128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.3235	59.940
129	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.3537	59.410
130	Brazil`BRA`South America	-0.3649	59.214
131	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	-0.3806	58.939
132	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.3825	58.906
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.3996	58.606
134	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.4165	58.310
135	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.4260	58.142
136	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.4342	57.999
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.4703	57.366
138	Guyana`GUY`South America	-0.5091	56.687
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.5173	56.544
140	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.5229	56.446
141	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-0.5457	56.046
142	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.5669	55.675
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.5690	55.637
144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.5706	55.609
145	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-0.5750	55.532
146	Honduras`HND`Central America	-0.5766	55.504
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.5790	55.463
148	Paraguay`PRY`South America	-0.5869	55.323
149	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-0.6031	55.039
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-0.6111	54.901
151	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.6217	54.715
152	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-0.6381	54.427
153	Peru`PER`South America	-0.6874	53.562
154	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.6895	53.526
155	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.6922	53.479
156	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-0.7425	52.597
157	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	-0.8085	51.440
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-0.8134	51.356
159	Mexico`MEX`Central America	-0.8136	51.352
160	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	-0.8149	51.328
161	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.8258	51.137
162	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.8302	51.060
163	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-0.8315	51.038
164	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.8394	50.900
165	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-0.8872	50.062
166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.9047	49.755
167	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.9153	49.569
168	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.9175	49.532
169	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	-0.9197	49.493
170	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.9307	49.299
171	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.9693	48.622
172	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.9984	48.114
173	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-1.0022	48.047
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.0089	47.929
175	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.0154	47.816
176	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-1.0757	46.759
177	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-1.1380	45.668
178	India`IND`Southern Asia	-1.1389	45.652
179	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	-1.1612	45.261
180	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-1.1865	44.818
181	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.1875	44.800
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.2108	44.392
183	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-1.2238	44.164
184	Colombia`COL`South America	-1.3044	42.752
185	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.3047	42.747
186	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-1.3048	42.744
187	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-1.3075	42.697
188	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.3329	42.253
189	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-1.3580	41.813
190	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.3653	41.685
191	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-1.3787	41.449
192	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-1.6234	37.162
193	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-1.6408	36.856
194	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	-1.6452	36.780
195	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.7642	34.694
196	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	-1.7991	34.083
197	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-1.8278	33.580
198	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.8841	32.594
199	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-1.9895	30.747
200	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-2.0832	29.104
201	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-2.1074	28.680
202	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-2.1592	27.773
203	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-2.2545	26.103
204	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-2.2549	26.096
205	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-2.4051	23.463
206	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-2.4190	23.221
207	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-2.6677	18.862
208	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-2.6866	18.532
209	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-2.8369	15.898

02In 2013

At either end

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

Highest

1Greenland1.7529
2Liechtenstein1.6503
3Cook Islandsshared1.5714
3Niueshared1.5714
5Marshall Islandsshared1.5649

Lowest

209Somalia-2.8369
208Afghanistan-2.6866
207Pakistan-2.6677
206Yemen-2.4190
205Syria-2.4051

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0060. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Governance Score, Political Stability and Absence of Violence (0–100)
HighestGreenland96.323
LowestSomalia15.898
Middle country: 65.502

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
209values changed, of 209 in both
100 · 109rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Macau0.3076 → 0.7517+0.4442
Ecuador-0.6851 → -0.2700+0.4152
Kenya-1.4889 → -1.1612+0.3277
Côte d’Ivoire-1.5032 → -1.1865+0.3167
Mali-1.9535 → -1.6408+0.3126

Fell most

Ukraine-0.2411 → -0.9307−0.6896
South Sudan-1.5187 → -2.0832−0.5645
Mozambique-0.0003 → -0.5229−0.5226
Puerto Rico0.5892 → 0.0893−0.4999
Djibouti0.1023 → -0.3235−0.4258

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.

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202 distinct values among 209
Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 4 countries share 1.5649. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 209 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (2013). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2013

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