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Political stability and absence of violence in Africa

54 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking

86.1 /100

Seychelles

Median country

55.9 /100

half above, half below

Range

21.8 to 86.1

Mali - Seychelles

How to read it

Across 54 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Seychelles (86.1 /100) and the lowest in Mali (21.8 /100).

The median country is at 55.9 /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

2025

In chart
Seychelles in chart	1	Seychelles	86.1
Botswana in chart	2	Botswana	84.5
Mauritius in chart	3	Mauritius	81.9
Cabo Verde in chart	4	Cabo Verde	80.7
Namibia in chart	5	Namibia	78.6
São Tomé and Principe in chart	6	São Tomé and Principe	75.2
Rwanda in chart	7	Rwanda	67.7
Gabon in chart	8	Gabon	67.7
Ghana in chart	9	Ghana	67.1
The Gambia in chart	10	The Gambia	66.2
Lesotho in chart	11	Lesotho	65.4
Zambia in chart	12	Zambia	64.6
Liberia in chart	13	Liberia	63.2
Equatorial Guinea in chart	14	Equatorial Guinea	62.9
Malawi in chart	15	Malawi	62.7
Senegal in chart	16	Senegal	62.7
Comoros in chart	17	Comoros	61.6
South Africa in chart	18	South Africa	58.9
Sierra Leone in chart	19	Sierra Leone	58.8
Benin in chart	20	Benin	58.6
Angola in chart	21	Angola	57.9
Tanzania in chart	22	Tanzania	57.3
Djibouti in chart	23	Djibouti	57.1
Republic of the Congo in chart	24	Republic of the Congo	57.0
Madagascar in chart	25	Madagascar	56.4
Guinea-Bissau in chart	26	Guinea-Bissau	56.3
Morocco in chart	27	Morocco	56.1
Eswatini in chart	28	Eswatini	55.6
Eritrea in chart	29	Eritrea	55.1
Mauritania in chart	30	Mauritania	54.1
Algeria in chart	31	Algeria	54.0
Tunisia in chart	32	Tunisia	53.4
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	33	Côte d'Ivoire	53.1
Guinea in chart	34	Guinea	52.8
Togo in chart	35	Togo	50.7
Uganda in chart	36	Uganda	50.4
Zimbabwe in chart	37	Zimbabwe	50.3
Egypt in chart	38	Egypt	50.0
Kenya in chart	39	Kenya	46.0
Burundi in chart	40	Burundi	44.0
South Sudan in chart	41	South Sudan	39.1
Chad in chart	42	Chad	38.0
Mozambique in chart	43	Mozambique	36.6
Cameroon in chart	44	Cameroon	36.0
Central African Republic in chart	45	Central African Republic	35.9
Nigeria in chart	46	Nigeria	35.1
Niger in chart	47	Niger	34.6
Burkina Faso in chart	48	Burkina Faso	34.1
Libya in chart	49	Libya	33.4
Ethiopia in chart	50	Ethiopia	33.1
Sudan in chart	51	Sudan	29.3
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	52	Democratic Republic of the Congo	28.3
Somalia in chart	53	Somalia	27.6
Mali in chart	54	Mali	21.8

World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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