Governance Score (-2.5 to +2.5) - Political Stability & Absence of Violence/Terrorism - Worldwide Governance Indicators

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Rank	Country	Value
Governance Score (-2.5 to +2.5) - Political Stability & Absence of Violence/Terrorism - Worldwide Governance Indicators (2008)
1	Luxembourg	1.52
2	Liechtenstein	1.40
3	Tuvalu	1.40
4	Andorra	1.40
5	Kiribati	1.40
6	Aruba	1.38
7	Finland	1.36
8	Singapore	1.33
9	Norway	1.33
10	Malta	1.30
11	Vanuatu	1.30
12	Austria	1.30
13	Switzerland	1.23
14	Brunei	1.22
15	Iceland	1.22
16	Anguilla	1.19
17	Cayman Islands	1.19
18	Netherlands Antilles	1.19
19	Palau	1.18
20	Nauru	1.18
21	San Marino	1.18
22	Marshall Islands	1.18
23	Micronesia	1.16
24	Ireland	1.16
25	New Zealand	1.16
26	Sweden	1.13
27	Monaco	1.12
28	Samoa	1.11
29	Barbados	1.09
30	Hong Kong	1.09
31	Australia	1.08
32	Germany	1.08
33	Slovenia	1.07
34	Portugal	1.05
35	Canada	1.03
36	Qatar	1.01
37	American Samoa	1
38	Denmark	1
39	Dominica	0.97
40	Namibia	0.96
41	Botswana	0.96
42	Oman	0.95
43	Netherlands	0.95
44	Japan	0.94
45	Czech Republic	0.93
46	Slovakia	0.92
47	Seychelles	0.91
48	Bhutan	0.89
49	Antigua and Barbuda	0.85
50	Cape Verde	0.85
51	St. Kitts and Nevis	0.85
52	Mauritius	0.84
53	Bermuda	0.83
54	Uruguay	0.83
55	St. Vincent and The Grenadines	0.81
56	Poland	0.79
57	Bahamas	0.74
58	United Arab Emirates	0.74
59	Lithuania	0.73
60	Taiwan	0.72
61	Grenada	0.67
62	St. Lucia	0.66
63	Martinique	0.64
64	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.62
65	Belgium	0.61
66	Hungary	0.59
67	Montenegro	0.59
68	United States	0.59
69	France	0.58
70	Croatia	0.57
71	Estonia	0.57
72	Costa Rica	0.56
73	Chile	0.56
74	United Kingdom	0.56
75	Cyprus	0.52
76	Kazakhstan	0.51
77	Puerto Rico	0.49
78	Libya	0.48
79	Reunion	0.47
80	Guam	0.47
81	Macau	0.46
82	Belarus	0.45
83	Kuwait	0.45
84	South Korea	0.41
85	Italy	0.41
86	Latvia	0.40
87	Bulgaria	0.39
88	North Korea	0.35
89	Mongolia	0.35
90	Benin	0.35
91	Greece	0.32
92	Vietnam	0.32
93	Romania	0.30
94	Mozambique	0.29
95	Sao Tome and Principe	0.29
96	Tunisia	0.29
97	Zambia	0.29
98	Belize	0.25
99	Gabon	0.23
100	Turkmenistan	0.23
101	Swaziland	0.22
102	Tonga	0.21
103	Suriname	0.15
104	Gambia	0.14
105	Malaysia	0.13
106	Solomon Islands	0.12
107	Panama	0.11
108	Dominican Republic	0.10
109	El Salvador	0.09
110	Trinidad and Tobago	0.08
111	French Guiana	0.08
112	Ghana	0.06
113	Malawi	0.05
114	Cuba	0.04
115	Albania	0.01
116	Tanzania	0.01
117	Armenia	0.01
118	Ukraine	-0.01
119	Laos	-0.01
120	Lesotho	-0.03
121	Spain	-0.03
122	Argentina	-0.04
123	South Africa	-0.04
124	Fiji	-0.05
125	New Caledonia	-0.05
126	Equatorial Guinea	-0.09
127	Maldives	-0.10
128	Togo	-0.10
129	Burkina Faso	-0.11
130	Brazil	-0.12
131	Djibouti	-0.13
132	Rwanda	-0.14
133	Senegal	-0.16
134	Bahrain	-0.18
135	Mali	-0.21
136	Sierra Leone	-0.23
137	Cambodia	-0.27
138	Jamaica	-0.27
139	Macedonia	-0.31
140	Jordan	-0.32
141	China	-0.32
142	Honduras	-0.36
143	Guinea-Bissau	-0.38
144	Moldova	-0.38
145	Nicaragua	-0.39
146	Saudi Arabia	-0.39
147	Madagascar	-0.42
148	Angola	-0.43
149	Morocco	-0.47
150	Azerbaijan	-0.48
151	Serbia	-0.50
152	Cameroon	-0.53
153	Papua New Guinea	-0.55
154	Guyana	-0.56
155	Syria	-0.56
156	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-0.57
157	Guatemala	-0.58
158	Republic of the Congo	-0.61
159	Mexico	-0.62
160	Russia	-0.62
161	Paraguay	-0.63
162	Egypt	-0.67
163	Kyrgyzstan	-0.68
164	Kosovo	-0.69
165	Turkey	-0.73
166	Tajikistan	-0.74
167	Niger	-0.75
168	Ecuador	-0.83
169	Eritrea	-0.84
170	Peru	-0.84
171	Uganda	-0.88
172	Uzbekistan	-0.91
173	Mauritania	-0.93
174	India	-0.99
175	Liberia	-0.99
176	Georgia	-1
177	Indonesia	-1
178	Comoros	-1.01
179	Bolivia	-1.02
180	Iran	-1.06
181	Timor-Leste	-1.13
182	Algeria	-1.15
183	Thailand	-1.19
184	Venezuela	-1.23
185	Kenya	-1.25
186	Israel	-1.39
187	Haiti	-1.39
188	Philippines	-1.41
189	Burundi	-1.43
190	Bangladesh	-1.54
191	Burma	-1.56
192	Zimbabwe	-1.56
193	Colombia	-1.66
194	Nepal	-1.69
195	West Bank Gaza	-1.76
196	Central African Republic	-1.77
197	Ethiopia	-1.79
198	Yemen	-1.89
199	Guinea	-1.91
200	Cote D'Ivoire	-1.91
201	Chad	-1.92
202	Lebanon	-1.94
203	Nigeria	-2.01
204	Sri Lanka	-2.04
205	Democratic Republic of the Congo	-2.34
206	Sudan	-2.44
207	Pakistan	-2.61
208	Afghanistan	-2.64
209	Iraq	-2.69
210	Somalia	-3.28

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Governance Score (-2.5 to +2.5) - Political Stability & Absence of Violence/Terrorism - Worldwide Governance Indicators

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