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Political stability and absence of violence in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking

83.5 /100

Botswana

Median country

55.3 /100

half above, half below

Range

23.3 to 83.5

Mali - Botswana

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Botswana (83.5 /100) and the lowest in Mali (23.3 /100).

The median country is at 55.3 /100: half are above, half below.

Political Stability (PV) captures perceptions of the extent to which political power and governance are secure from destabilization, and of the likelihood that authority will be challenged or altered through violent, coercive, or unconstitutional means. Governance score is a linear transformation of the governance estimate using hypothetical worst-case and base-case countries. It is an absolute score ranging from…

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Source: World Bank, Worldwide Governance Indicators · licence

Political stability over time

/100

Ranking of countries

2024

In chart
Botswana in chart	1	Botswana	83.5
Seychelles in chart	2	Seychelles	81.5
Mauritius in chart	3	Mauritius	79.4
Cabo Verde in chart	4	Cabo Verde	79.0
Namibia in chart	5	Namibia	75.2
São Tomé and Principe in chart	6	São Tomé and Principe	74.2
Ghana in chart	7	Ghana	66.1
The Gambia in chart	8	The Gambia	65.6
Rwanda in chart	9	Rwanda	65.1
Zambia in chart	10	Zambia	64.2
Equatorial Guinea in chart	11	Equatorial Guinea	63.5
Comoros in chart	12	Comoros	62.1
Liberia in chart	13	Liberia	62.0
Senegal in chart	14	Senegal	62.0
Republic of the Congo in chart	15	Republic of the Congo	61.5
Lesotho in chart	16	Lesotho	61.5
Gabon in chart	17	Gabon	61.2
Malawi in chart	18	Malawi	59.4
Tanzania in chart	19	Tanzania	59.2
Benin in chart	20	Benin	59.0
Morocco in chart	21	Morocco	58.4
Sierra Leone in chart	22	Sierra Leone	58.2
Madagascar in chart	23	Madagascar	57.7
Djibouti in chart	24	Djibouti	56.4
Mauritania in chart	25	Mauritania	56.3
Angola in chart	26	Angola	56.1
South Africa in chart	27	South Africa	55.4
Guinea-Bissau in chart	28	Guinea-Bissau	55.3
Algeria in chart	29	Algeria	54.0
Eritrea in chart	30	Eritrea	53.8
Eswatini in chart	31	Eswatini	53.4
Togo in chart	32	Togo	52.1
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	33	Côte d'Ivoire	51.5
Tunisia in chart	34	Tunisia	50.1
Egypt in chart	35	Egypt	49.2
Zimbabwe in chart	36	Zimbabwe	48.5
Uganda in chart	37	Uganda	48.4
Guinea in chart	38	Guinea	48.2
Kenya in chart	39	Kenya	42.7
Burundi in chart	40	Burundi	42.4
South Sudan in chart	41	South Sudan	40.4
Cameroon in chart	42	Cameroon	39.3
Mozambique in chart	43	Mozambique	35.9
Niger in chart	44	Niger	35.8
Chad in chart	45	Chad	35.5
Central African Republic in chart	46	Central African Republic	34.6
Ethiopia in chart	47	Ethiopia	33.7
Libya in chart	48	Libya	33.5
Burkina Faso in chart	49	Burkina Faso	33.3
Nigeria in chart	50	Nigeria	31.7
Sudan in chart	51	Sudan	31.3
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	52	Democratic Republic of the Congo	29.7
Somalia in chart	53	Somalia	27.2
Mali in chart	54	Mali	23.3

World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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