Political stability and absence of violence in North America

29 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
90.8 /100
Cayman Islands
Median country
79.3 /100
half above, half below
Range
45.4 to 90.8
Haiti - Cayman Islands

How to read it

Across 29 countries in North America, the highest value is in Cayman Islands (90.8 /100) and the lowest in Haiti (45.4 /100).

The median country is at 79.3 /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

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Cayman Islands90.8
2Aruba88.6
3Barbados87.6
4Greenland87.1
5Dominica87.0
6Grenada86.4
7Costa Rica86.0
8Antigua and Barbuda84.2
9Bahamas83.8
10Saint Lucia83.6
11Saint Vincent and the Grenadines83.6
12Bermuda82.5
13United States Virgin Islands82.5
14Saint Kitts and Nevis81.5
15Belize79.3
16Canada76.1
17Dominican Republic76.0
18Jamaica74.0
19Puerto Rico73.4
20Trinidad and Tobago72.0
21Cuba71.3
22Panama70.4
23El Salvador66.0
24Nicaragua64.7
25United States64.3
26Guatemala62.3
27Honduras56.2
28Mexico53.7
29Haiti45.4
World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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