Political stability and absence of violence in Oceania

18 countries in Oceania, 2025. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
92.2 /100
Federated States of Micronesia
Median country
86.7 /100
half above, half below
Range
56.0 to 92.2
Papua New Guinea - Federated States of Micronesia

How to read it

Across 18 countries in Oceania, the highest value is in Federated States of Micronesia (92.2 /100) and the lowest in Papua New Guinea (56.0 /100).

The median country is at 86.7 /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 Share of the highest value
1Federated States of Micronesia92.2
2Marshall Islands92.2
3Tuvalu90.5
4American Samoa90.1
5Samoa89.0
6Tonga88.6
7Palau88.4
8Kiribati87.5
9Nauru86.9
10Guam86.5
11New Zealand86.3
12Fiji82.8
13Vanuatu82.3
14Australia79.3
15Solomon Islands78.7
16French Polynesia75.7
17New Caledonia70.7
18Papua New Guinea56.0
World Bank, WGI · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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