Political stability and absence of violence in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
91.9 /100
Brunei
Median country
65.1 /100
half above, half below
Range
21.7 to 91.9
Yemen - Brunei

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Brunei (91.9 /100) and the lowest in Yemen (21.7 /100).

The median country is at 65.1 /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

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Ranking of countries

2025
In chart Share of the highest value
1Brunei91.9
2Bhutan90.0
3Singapore89.0
4Japan87.7
5Macao84.3
6Qatar83.9
7South Korea81.7
8United Arab Emirates80.1
9Hong Kong79.2
10Timor-Leste76.9
11Oman76.0
12Mongolia75.5
13Laos75.3
14Cyprus73.3
15Kuwait73.0
16Malaysia71.6
17Cambodia71.5
18Turkmenistan69.7
19Vietnam67.7
20Uzbekistan67.4
21North Korea67.1
22Maldives67.0
23China66.0
24Saudi Arabia65.9
25Kyrgyzstan65.3
26Sri Lanka64.9
27Azerbaijan64.0
28Kazakhstan62.0
29Tajikistan60.4
30Jordan60.1
31Bahrain59.8
32Armenia58.0
33Nepal57.8
34Georgia56.9
35Thailand55.8
36India55.0
37Indonesia52.7
38Philippines51.0
39Türkiye50.2
40Israel49.6
41Bangladesh49.1
42Lebanon43.4
43Iran36.0
44Iraq32.9
45Palestine32.1
46Pakistan31.4
47Afghanistan29.8
48Myanmar28.5
49Syria25.0
50Yemen21.7
World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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