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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2017

Figures for 2017, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2017 covers 207 countries on 2 measures. Greenland is highest, at 1.75678; Yemen is lowest, at -2.72585. The middle country reads 0.01767. Against 2016, 207 values changed (113 up, 94 down), the same countries are covered.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2017

HighestGreenland

1.75678

LowestYemen

-2.72585

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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.7567896.3914
2MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.5549992.8554
3LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.5143792.1437
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.5004991.9004
5SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.3680289.5792
=6AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.3243088.8132
=6San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.3243088.8132
8MacauMACEastern Asia1.3129688.6144
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.2662487.7958
10American SamoaASMPolynesia1.2501187.5131
11AnguillaAIACaribbean1.2487087.4884
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.2417387.3664
13ArubaABWCaribbean1.2245187.0645
14SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.1549485.8456
15FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.1500685.7601
16JapanJPNEastern Asia1.1476685.7180
=17Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia1.1426785.6306
=17PalauPLWMicronesia1.1426785.6306
=17TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.1426785.6306
20DominicaDMACaribbean1.1374285.5385
21UruguayURYSouth America1.1121685.0959
22NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.1082685.0275
23BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.0985184.8567
24MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.0679584.3212
=25MicronesiaFSMMicronesia1.0618784.2147

02In 2017

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Greenland1.75678
  2. 2Monaco1.55499
  3. 3Liechtenstein1.51437
  4. 4New Zealand1.50049
  5. 5Singapore1.36802

Lowest

  1. 207Yemen-2.72585
  2. 206Afghanistan-2.61551
  3. 205Syria-2.46797
  4. 204South Sudan-2.46313
  5. 203Libya-2.31913

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.01767. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestGreenland96.3914

    LowestYemen17.8439

    Middle country: 65.9176

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 113 · 94rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Togo-0.29630 → -0.85591−0.55961
  • Fiji0.72530 → 0.38113−0.34417
  • Solomon Islands0.34280 → 0.11068−0.23212
  • Guinea-0.58390 → -0.80022−0.21632
  • Myanmar-1.04129 → -1.25487−0.21359

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

  • 201 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 3 countries share 1.14267. 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 (2017). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2017

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2017?

Greenland, at 1.75678, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2017 cover?

207.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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