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Political stability

Political stability and absence of violence / terrorism: Worldwide Governance Indicators; percentile rank, 0–100 (2018)

Distribution of Asia Power Index countriesThis chart shows the distribution of countries based on their weighted score for political stability. Embed

Political stability

Political stability and absence of violence/terrorism: Worldwide Governance Indicators; percentile rank, 0–100 (2018)

  • Rankings
  • Indicators
Rank Score Trend Country / Territory
Weighting × 1 Source Year
  • 1 100.0 — New Zealand
    99 2018
  • 2 99.5 — Singapore
    99 2018
  • 3 92.5 — Brunei
    92 2018
  • 4 88.6 Japan
    88 2018
  • 5 83.1 Australia
    83 2018
  • 6 75.6 Taiwan
    76 2018
  • 7 74.1 Mongolia
    74 2018
  • 8 +3 64.7 South Korea
    65 2018
  • 9 +1 61.2 United States
    62 2018
  • 10 −2 59.2 Laos
    60 2018
  • 11 +2 53.2 Malaysia
    54 2018
  • 12 −3 52.7 Vietnam
    54 2018
  • 13 −1 50.2 Cambodia
    51 2018
  • 14 38.8 Sri Lanka
    40 2018
  • 15 34.8 China
    37 2018
  • 16 30.3 North Korea
    32 2018
  • 17 +2 26.9 Russia
    29 2018
  • 18 −1 25.4 Indonesia
    28 2018
  • 19 −1 21.4 — Nepal
    24 2018
  • 20 20.4 — Papua New Guinea
    23 2018
  • 21 −1 16.9 Thailand
    20 2018
  • 22 −1 11.9 India
    15 2018
  • 23 +1 10.9 Bangladesh
    14 2018
  • 24 −1 10.0 Philippines
    13 2018
  • 25 −3 7.5 Myanmar
    10 2018
  • 26 0.0 — Pakistan
    3 2018
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