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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2016

Figures for 2016, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2016 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Greenland is highest, at 1.7567; Yemen is lowest, at -2.6486. The middle country reads -0.0161. Against 2015, 207 values changed (71 up, 136 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2016

HighestGreenland

1.7567

LowestYemen

-2.6486

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, 2016, 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 207 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.756796.390
2LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.514392.143
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.454991.101
4LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.325588.835
=5AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.324288.812
=5San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.324288.812
=5TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.324288.812
8MacauMACEastern Asia1.312988.613
9SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.258887.666
10American SamoaASMPolynesia1.250087.511
11AnguillaAIACaribbean1.248687.487
12ArubaABWCaribbean1.224587.064
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.212386.851
14SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.191786.490
15MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.188986.440
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.149185.743
17CanadaCANNorthern America1.145085.672
18UruguayURYSouth America1.129285.395
19JapanJPNEastern Asia1.095084.795
20BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.090984.724
21FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.065284.274
=22MicronesiaFSMMicronesia1.061884.214
=22SamoaWSMPolynesia1.061884.214
24CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.047583.963
25MauritiusMUSEastern Africa1.013983.375

02In 2016

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Greenland1.7567
  2. 2Liechtenstein1.5143
  3. 3New Zealand1.4549
  4. 4Luxembourg1.3255
  5. 5Andorrashared1.3242

Lowest

  1. 207Yemen-2.6486
  2. 206Syria-2.6077
  3. 205Afghanistan-2.4900
  4. 204South Sudan-2.3578
  5. 203Pakistan-2.3372

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.0161. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestGreenland96.390

    LowestYemen19.197

    Middle country: 65.326

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 71 · 136rose · 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

  • 200 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.3242. 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 207 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 (2016). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2016

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2016?

Greenland, at 1.7567, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2016 cover?

207.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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