Political Stability - Ranking 2025
In 2025, Cayman Islands (1.81), Liechtenstein (1.63), and Andorra (1.59) ranked highest in political stability among all countries. Mali ranked lowest at -2.97.
Data & analysis
- Cayman Islands — 1.81
- Liechtenstein — 1.63
- Andorra — 1.59
- Aruba — 1.53
- Dominica — 1.46
The 2025 World Bank WGI Political Stability index, ranking 203 countries, reveals a stark divide between microstates insulated from regional turmoil and nations fractured by prolonged conflict. The top five, all small territories or principalities, are led by the Cayman Islands at 1.8148 and Liechtenstein at 1.6251, sharing characteristics of high per-capita wealth, geographic isolation, and minimal exposure to international power struggles. At the bottom, Mali scores -2.9743, a consequence of persistent jihadist insurgencies and weak state control over its northern regions, a structural fragility common to states with porous borders and contested governance. The year 2025 data thus captures a global hierarchy where political stability is less a function of democratic institutions than of a country’s ability to avoid entanglement in transnational violence. A significant shift in this leaderboard would likely require either a major escalation of instability in currently placid financial hubs or a successful, durable peace process in the Sahel that restores central authority.
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY % |
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