Political stability and absence of violence in Asia

50 countries in Asia, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
89.0 /100
Bhutan
Median country
62.2 /100
half above, half below
Range
18.9 to 89.0
Yemen - Bhutan

How to read it

Across 50 countries in Asia, the highest value is in Bhutan (89.0 /100) and the lowest in Yemen (18.9 /100).

The median country is at 62.2 /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

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Bhutan89.0
2Singapore86.9
3Brunei86.4
4Japan85.3
5Macao83.9
6Qatar82.1
7United Arab Emirates79.4
8South Korea76.8
9Hong Kong76.7
10Oman76.6
11Laos75.4
12Timor-Leste74.9
13Mongolia73.1
14Cyprus72.5
15Malaysia72.5
16North Korea71.4
17Kuwait70.9
18Turkmenistan70.1
19Cambodia68.1
20Vietnam66.0
21Uzbekistan65.4
22Saudi Arabia65.1
23Maldives65.0
24Azerbaijan63.5
25China63.3
26Tajikistan61.2
27Bahrain61.2
28Kazakhstan61.1
29Jordan59.9
30Sri Lanka59.9
31Nepal58.8
32Kyrgyzstan57.3
33Indonesia55.5
34Georgia55.4
35Thailand54.2
36Armenia53.5
37Philippines52.7
38India52.5
39Türkiye49.3
40Israel48.2
41Lebanon42.2
42Bangladesh40.9
43Iran38.9
44Palestine33.8
45Pakistan30.6
46Iraq30.6
47Myanmar30.2
48Afghanistan28.2
49Syria25.4
50Yemen18.9
World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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