Political stability and absence of violence in North America

29 countries in North America, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
91.7 /100
Cayman Islands
Median country
79.8 /100
half above, half below
Range
41.4 to 91.7
Haiti - Cayman Islands

How to read it

Across 29 countries in North America, the highest value is in Cayman Islands (91.7 /100) and the lowest in Haiti (41.4 /100).

The median country is at 79.8 /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
1Cayman Islands91.7
2Barbados88.0
3Aruba87.8
4Grenada87.3
5Saint Vincent and the Grenadines87.0
6Costa Rica87.0
7Antigua and Barbuda86.8
8Saint Lucia85.4
9Saint Kitts and Nevis85.3
10Bermuda84.5
11Bahamas83.5
12Dominica82.8
13United States Virgin Islands82.6
14Canada79.8
15Belize79.8
16Greenland79.5
17Dominican Republic76.2
18Jamaica75.1
19Trinidad and Tobago73.8
20Puerto Rico72.0
21Cuba71.0
22Panama69.9
23El Salvador67.6
24Nicaragua65.4
25Guatemala61.9
26United States60.3
27Honduras58.0
28Mexico55.0
29Haiti41.4
World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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