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Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2018

Figures for 2018, as World Bank Group published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2018 covers 210 countries on 2 measures. Greenland is highest, at 1.7611; Yemen is lowest, at -2.7187. The middle country reads 0.1121. Against 2017, 207 values changed (134 up, 73 down), 3 countries joined.

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Political Stability and Absence of Violence · Data for 2018

HighestGreenland

1.7611

LowestYemen

-2.7187

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, 2018, 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 210 countries · select a heading to sort

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1GreenlandGRLNorthern America1.761196.466
2MonacoMCOWestern Europe1.557892.904
3LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe1.517392.195
4New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.455491.111
5ArubaABWCaribbean1.344289.162
=6AndorraANDSouthern Europe1.328388.883
=6San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe1.328388.883
=6TuvaluTUVPolynesia1.328388.883
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.298088.353
10IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.290488.220
11SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.288688.187
12American SamoaASMPolynesia1.255487.606
13AnguillaAIACaribbean1.252187.547
14SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.240587.344
15MicronesiaFSMMicronesia1.191786.490
16MacauMACEastern Asia1.154585.839
=17Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia1.146785.700
=17PalauPLWMicronesia1.146785.700
19DominicaDMACaribbean1.140085.584
20JapanJPNEastern Asia1.119685.227
21UruguayURYSouth America1.117685.192
22BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia1.116485.171
23NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.107285.010
24MaltaMLTSouthern Europe1.100684.893
25BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.095984.810

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Greenland1.7611
  2. 2Monaco1.5578
  3. 3Liechtenstein1.5173
  4. 4New Zealand1.4554
  5. 5Aruba1.3442

Lowest

  1. 210Yemen-2.7187
  2. 209Afghanistan-2.5907
  3. 208Syria-2.4479
  4. 207South Sudan-2.3555
  5. 206Libya-2.3096

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.1121. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

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

    HighestGreenland96.466

    LowestYemen17.970

    Middle country: 67.572

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 207values changed, of 207 in both
  • 134 · 73rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Cook Islands+ New Caledonia+ 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

  • 206 distinct values among 210

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 3 countries share 1.3283. 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 210 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 (2018). Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/political-stability/2018

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07Questions

Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest political stability in Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2018?

Greenland, at 1.7611, of the 210 countries in the file.

What year does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2018 cover?

210.

Where can I download Political Stability and Absence of Violence, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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