Which country has the highest Political Stability Score?

Liechtenstein has the highest Political Stability Score in 2024, at 92.92, followed by Andorra (92.26) and Micronesia (91.51).

Which country has the lowest Political Stability Score?

Yemen has the lowest Political Stability Score in 2024, at 18.91.

What is the median Political Stability Score across countries?

The median is 67.32 across the 212 countries with data in 2024.

Where does this political stability by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Estimate - World Bank; Political Stability Country Rankings - The Global Economy; Worldwide Governance Indicators - World Bank.

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Political Stability by Country

Name: Political Stability by Country
Creator: Rankodex

Liechtenstein has the highest Political Stability Score in 2024 (92.92), followed by Andorra (92.26) and Micronesia (91.51). Yemen has the lowest (18.91).

Politics & Government212 countries · 3 metricsUpdated Jan 15, 2026Original page

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Ranking

Highest first: the first 15 and last 5 of 212 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median

67.32

Middle half 55.95 – 79.4

Average

65.89

212 countries

Highest

92.92

Liechtenstein

Lowest

18.91

Yemen

Data

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212 countries · # = rank by Political Stability Score

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1	Liechtenstein	92.92	1.61	99.1
2	Andorra	92.26	1.58	98.6
3	Micronesia	91.51	1.08	89.6
4	Tuvalu	90.98	1.19	94.3
5	Cayman Islands	90.85	1.63	99.5
6	Niue	90.43	—	—
7	Anguilla	89.47	1.11	91.9
8	San Marino	89.34	1.18	93.4
9	Bhutan	89.02	0.98	83.4
10	Aruba	88.62	1.43	97.6
11	Uruguay	87.72	0.96	82.0
12	Marshall Islands	87.71	1.18	93.4
13	Barbados	87.63	1.19	93.8
14	Tonga	87.33	1.09	90.0
15	American Samoa	87.3	1.11	91.9
16	Greenland	87.08	1.5	98.1
17	Samoa	87.05	1.1	90.5
17	Monaco	87.05	1.18	93.4
17	Palau	87.05	1.08	89.6
20	Kiribati	87.04	1.1	91.0
21	Dominica	86.98	1.29	95.7
22	Singapore	86.94	1.42	97.2
23	Iceland	86.49	1.21	95.3
24	Brunei	86.44	1.37	96.7
25	Grenada	86.38	1.02	86.3
26	Cook Islands	86	1.2	94.8
27	Costa Rica	85.98	0.98	83.9
28	New Zealand	85.55	1.36	96.2
29	Japan	85.27	0.95	81.5
30	Nauru	84.76	0.98	82.9
31	New Caledonia	84.64	—	—
32	Antigua and Barbuda	84.23	0.92	80.6
33	Luxembourg	84.22	1.05	87.7
34	Macau	83.9	1.07	88.2
35	Bahamas	83.82	1.01	84.8
36	Saint Lucia	83.63	0.87	77.8
36	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	83.63	1.02	86.3
38	Botswana	83.53	1.04	87.2
39	Guam	82.85	0.89	78.2
40	Switzerland	82.65	1.07	88.6
41	Czechia	82.5	0.97	82.5
42	United States Virgin Islands	82.48	0.53	63.0
42	Bermuda	82.48	1.02	86.7
44	Vanuatu	82.3	0.93	81.0
45	Qatar	82.14	0.99	84.4
46	Lithuania	81.94	0.74	72.5
47	Taiwan	81.55	0.76	74.4
47	Seychelles	81.55	0.76	73.9
49	Saint Kitts and Nevis	81.48	0.92	80.6
50	Norway	81.32	0.89	77.7
51	Finland	80.12	0.71	71.1
52	Malta	79.64	0.86	77.3
53	Australia	79.44	0.92	79.6
54	Mauritius	79.39	0.78	74.9
55	United Arab Emirates	79.37	0.68	70.1
56	Belize	79.3	0.59	65.4
57	Cape Verde	79.04	0.9	79.1
58	Denmark	79.03	0.85	76.8
59	Solomon Islands	78.7	0.45	60.7
60	Slovenia	78.21	0.82	75.8
61	Ireland	78.02	0.9	78.7
62	Estonia	77.84	0.66	69.2
63	Fiji	77.82	0.74	73.0
64	South Korea	76.82	0.61	68.2
65	Slovakia	76.73	0.57	64.5
66	Hong Kong	76.67	0.67	69.7
67	Oman	76.61	0.59	65.9
68	Latvia	76.49	0.59	66.8
69	Sweden	76.2	0.76	73.5
70	Canada	76.12	0.82	76.3
71	Dominican Republic	75.96	0.24	53.6
72	Croatia	75.83	0.6	67.8
73	Laos	75.42	0.81	75.4
74	Namibia	75.23	0.54	63.5
75	Portugal	75.07	0.71	70.6
76	Timor-Leste	74.88	0.26	54.5
77	Poland	74.41	0.56	64.0
78	Austria	74.29	0.73	71.6
79	Sao Tome and Principe	74.25	0.44	60.2
80	Suriname	74.06	0.41	59.7
81	Jamaica	74.04	0.38	57.3
82	Puerto Rico	73.38	0.51	61.1
83	Hungary	73.35	0.73	72.0
84	Netherlands	73.21	0.66	68.7
85	Mongolia	73.08	0.59	67.3
86	French Guiana	72.93	0.23	53.1
87	Cyprus	72.49	0.41	59.2
88	Malaysia	72.47	0.17	50.7
89	Trinidad and Tobago	72.04	0.4	57.8
90	Montenegro	71.56	0.07	48.8
91	North Korea	71.4	-0.37	30.3
92	Cuba	71.28	0.38	56.9
93	Italy	71.17	0.58	64.9
94	Kuwait	70.92	0.41	58.8
95	Panama	70.42	0.21	52.6
96	United Kingdom	70.3	0.51	62.1
97	Turkmenistan	70.09	-0.11	43.1
98	Guyana	69.59	-0.06	43.6
99	Romania	68.61	0.37	56.4
100	North Macedonia	68.56	0.17	51.2
101	Greece	68.28	0.24	54.0
102	Cambodia	68.09	0.04	47.9
103	Martinique	68.04	0.51	61.6
104	Germany	68.02	0.59	66.4
105	Chile	67.97	0.14	50.2
105	Belgium	67.97	0.4	58.3
107	Reunion	66.66	0.05	48.3
108	Bulgaria	66.58	0.34	55.5
109	Albania	66.24	0.18	51.7
110	Ghana	66.09	-0.02	45.5
111	El Salvador	66	—	46.4
112	Vietnam	65.99	-0.04	45.0
113	Spain	65.84	0.29	55.0
114	Georgia	65.59	-0.34	33.2
114	Gambia	65.59	-0.01	46.0
116	Uzbekistan	65.44	-0.15	40.8
117	Rwanda	65.15	0.11	49.8
118	Saudi Arabia	65.07	-0.21	39.8
119	Maldives	64.96	0.53	62.6
120	Nicaragua	64.71	-0.13	42.2
121	Paraguay	64.63	0.08	49.3
122	United States	64.27	0.03	47.4
123	Zambia	64.17	0.2	52.1
124	Azerbaijan	63.5	-0.73	18.0
125	Equatorial Guinea	63.49	-0.24	38.4
126	China	63.28	-0.51	25.1
127	Serbia	63.01	-0.04	44.5
128	Argentina	62.99	-0.13	41.7
129	Guatemala	62.31	-0.24	37.0
130	Comoros	62.11	-0.23	38.9
131	Senegal	61.99	-0.14	41.2
131	Liberia	61.99	-0.12	42.7
133	France	61.77	0.34	55.9
134	Republic of the Congo	61.48	0.02	46.9
135	Lesotho	61.47	-0.31	35.5
136	Tajikistan	61.19	-0.47	27.5
137	Bahrain	61.18	-0.37	29.4
138	Gabon	61.16	-0.34	33.6
139	Kazakhstan	61.06	-0.27	36.5
140	Moldova	60	-0.68	20.4
141	Sri Lanka	59.91	-0.51	25.6
141	Jordan	59.91	-0.2	40.3
143	Belarus	59.45	-0.73	18.5
144	Malawi	59.4	-0.24	37.9
145	Tanzania	59.24	-0.05	44.1
146	Benin	59.01	-0.35	31.8
147	Nepal	58.81	-0.23	39.3
148	Ukraine	58.51	-1.43	10.9
149	Morocco	58.36	-0.37	29.9
150	Sierra Leone	58.21	-0.24	37.4
151	Madagascar	57.69	-0.69	19.9
152	Bosnia and Herzegovina	57.34	-0.35	31.3
153	Kyrgyzstan	57.28	-0.48	26.5
154	Brazil	57	-0.41	28.4
155	Bolivia	56.57	-0.31	35.1
156	Djibouti	56.39	-0.52	24.6
157	Mauritania	56.34	-0.5	26.1
158	Honduras	56.21	-0.46	28.0
159	Angola	56.1	-0.34	32.2
160	Indonesia	55.49	-0.4	28.9
161	South Africa	55.35	-0.67	20.9
162	Guinea-Bissau	55.33	-0.33	34.1
163	Papua New Guinea	54.73	-0.48	27.0
164	Peru	54.72	-0.52	24.2
165	Thailand	54.22	-0.28	36.0
166	Algeria	54.05	-0.58	23.2
167	Eritrea	53.79	-0.79	17.5
168	Mexico	53.67	-0.63	22.7
169	Ecuador	53.58	-0.34	32.7
170	Armenia	53.54	-0.83	17.1
171	Eswatini	53.38	-0.36	30.8
172	Philippines	52.67	-0.57	23.7
173	India	52.47	-0.64	21.3
174	Togo	52.07	-0.95	14.2
175	Ivory Coast	51.48	-0.63	21.8
176	Russia	50.46	-1.13	13.3
177	Tunisia	50.1	-0.63	22.3
178	Turkey	49.31	-1.01	13.7
178	Colombia	49.31	-0.72	19.0
180	Egypt	49.19	-0.87	16.6
181	Zimbabwe	48.52	-0.93	15.2
182	Uganda	48.43	-0.7	19.4
183	Guinea	48.17	-0.88	16.1
183	Israel	48.17	-1.46	10.0
185	Haiti	45.37	-1.43	10.4
186	Kenya	42.74	-0.94	14.7
187	Burundi	42.38	-1.17	12.8
188	Lebanon	42.16	-1.52	9.5
189	Bangladesh	40.9	-0.91	15.6
190	South Sudan	40.45	-2.19	3.8
191	Cameroon	39.3	-1.4	11.4
192	Iran	38.89	-1.69	8.1
193	Venezuela	36.17	-1.19	12.3
194	Mozambique	35.86	-1.27	11.8
195	Niger	35.77	-1.67	8.5
196	Chad	35.51	-1.56	9.0
197	Central African Republic	34.58	-2.2	3.3
198	Palestine	33.84	-1.87	7.1
199	Ethiopia	33.7	-1.97	6.2
200	Libya	33.5	-2.17	4.3
201	Burkina Faso	33.33	-2.04	5.7
202	Nigeria	31.69	-1.77	7.6
203	Sudan	31.32	-2.47	1.9
204	Pakistan	30.65	-1.93	6.6
205	Iraq	30.63	-2.41	2.4
206	Myanmar	30.19	-2.13	4.7
207	DR Congo	29.7	-2.04	5.2
208	Afghanistan	28.23	-2.48	1.4
209	Somalia	27.24	-2.38	2.8
210	Syria	25.44	-2.75	—
211	Mali	23.34	-2.73	0.5
212	Yemen	18.91	-2.56	0.9

What correlates with Political Stability Score (2024)?

Pearson r against 1,344 other country metrics sharing at least 128 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Political Stability Score tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

LP Safety & SecurityLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.86 · very strong · n = 167
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Legatum Prosperity RankLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
r = −0.79 · very strong · n = 167
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WJP RoLI Order and Security ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 142
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Safest Countries IndexSafest Countries in the World
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 186
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Women, Peace and Security Index (WPSI)Most Dangerous Countries for Women
r = +0.77 · very strong · n = 180
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WJP Rule of Law Index Overall ScoreWorld Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index
r = +0.76 · very strong · n = 142
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Political Stability Score tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

Global Peace IndexMost Peaceful Countries
r = −0.84 · very strong · n = 162
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VulnerabilityNatural Disaster Risk by Country
r = −0.83 · very strong · n = 193
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Vulnerability ScoreGlobal Slavery Index by Country
r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 158
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Fragile States Index
r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 179
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Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have Slavery
r = −0.81 · very strong · n = 159
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Security ApparatusFailed States
r = −0.80 · very strong · n = 178
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Political Stability Score?: Liechtenstein has the highest Political Stability Score in 2024, at 92.92, followed by Andorra (92.26) and Micronesia (91.51).
Which country has the lowest Political Stability Score?: Yemen has the lowest Political Stability Score in 2024, at 18.91.
What is the median Political Stability Score across countries?: The median is 67.32 across the 212 countries with data in 2024.
Where does this political stability by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism: Estimate - World Bank; Political Stability Country Rankings - The Global Economy; Worldwide Governance Indicators - World Bank.