Political stability and absence of violence in South America

12 countries in South America, 2024. Unit: score 0-100. World ranking →

First in the ranking
87.7 /100
Uruguay
Median country
60.0 /100
half above, half below
Range
36.2 to 87.7
Venezuela - Uruguay

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Uruguay (87.7 /100) and the lowest in Venezuela (36.2 /100).

The median country is at 60.0 /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

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Uruguay87.7
2Suriname74.1
3Guyana69.6
4Chile68.0
5Paraguay64.6
6Argentina63.0
7Brazil57.0
8Bolivia56.6
9Peru54.7
10Ecuador53.6
11Colombia49.3
12Venezuela36.2
World Bank, WGI · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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