West Africa: political stability index 2023

In 2023, Mali had the lowest score in the political stability and absence of violence or terrorism index in West Africa, at minus 2.73 points. Therefore, the country was considered completely politically unstable. In that year, all the West African countries recorded negative index values.

Political stability and absence of violence or terrorism index in West Africa from 2005 to 2023, by country

Characteristic	Cabo Verde	Gambia, The	Ghana	Mauritania	Liberia	Senegal	Sierra Leone	Guinea-Bissau	Benin	Cote d'Ivoire	Guinea	Togo	Niger	Nigeria	Burkina Faso	Mali
2005	0.75	0.2	0.17	-0.22	-1.36	-0.2	-0.48	-0.56	0.45	-2.26	-1.15	-1.44	-0.49	-1.67	-0.06	0.17
2006	0.96	-0.03	0.01	0.24	-1.33	-0.26	-0.3	-0.49	0.55	-1.86	-1.91	-0.53	-0.23	-2.03	0.16	0.41
2007	0.88	0.05	-0.07	-0.28	-1.24	-0.24	-0.06	-0.46	0.39	-1.84	-2.4	-0.34	-0.46	-2.01	0.31	0.23
2008	0.81	0.07	-0.03	-0.64	-1.28	-0.15	-0.24	-0.71	0.38	-1.8	-2.1	-0.17	-0.67	-1.86	0.12	0.21
2009	0.82	0.12	0.03	-0.88	-1.05	-0.21	-0.29	-0.67	0.4	-1.32	-2.12	-0.17	-1.15	-1.99	0.03	-0.08
2010	0.84	0.07	0.03	-1.08	-0.47	-0.42	-0.24	-0.69	0.26	-1.58	-1.69	-0.18	-1.16	-2.21	-0.12	-0.18
2011	0.72	0	0.17	-1.17	-0.43	-0.28	-0.17	-0.75	0.32	-1.41	-1.39	-0.16	-0.88	-1.96	-0.56	-0.71
2012	0.81	0	0.13	-1.13	-0.48	-0.11	-0.28	-0.97	0.36	-1.26	-1.29	-0.39	-1.15	-2.04	-0.57	-2.03
2013	0.78	-0.05	0.06	-1.01	-0.48	-0.06	-0.17	-0.9	0.3	-1.05	-1.23	-0.35	-1.32	-2.09	-0.76	-1.72
2014	0.35	-0.15	-0.11	-0.59	-0.62	-0.2	-0.1	-0.71	0.03	-1.04	-0.96	-0.17	-1.18	-2.13	-0.79	-1.71
2015	0.86	0.02	-0.04	-0.64	-0.82	-0.12	-0.11	-0.52	-0.02	-0.84	-0.39	-0.23	-1.06	-1.92	-0.61	-1.68
2016	0.87	-0.44	-0.14	-0.75	-0.44	-0.23	-0.17	-0.45	-0.01	-0.91	-0.4	-0.18	-1.1	-1.87	-0.87	-1.61
2017	0.76	-0.09	0.08	-0.63	-0.32	-0.06	-0.04	-0.5	0.03	-1.09	-0.7	-0.87	-1.26	-2	-0.93	-1.9
2018	0.83	-0.09	-0.04	-0.63	-0.2	-0.11	-0.09	-0.68	-0.15	-0.9	-0.88	-0.89	-1.36	-2.1	-1.06	-2.08
2019	0.86	0.21	0.12	-0.56	-0.34	0.04	-0.06	-0.56	-0.42	-1.04	-0.84	-0.91	-1.41	-1.93	-1.3	-2.21
2020	0.87	0.25	0.17	-0.7	-0.31	-0.14	-0.3	-0.72	-0.44	-1.03	-0.67	-0.89	-1.67	-1.89	-1.54	-2.15
2021	0.89	0.04	0.07	-0.56	-0.29	-0.18	-0.1	-0.28	-0.4	-0.72	-0.94	-0.7	-1.54	-1.79	-1.64	-2.33
2022	0.93	0.04	-0.2	-0.52	-0.27	-0.16	-0.09	-0.39	-0.34	-0.59	-0.84	-0.79	-1.46	-1.78	-1.82	-2.56
2023	0.9	-0.01	-0.02	-0.5	-0.12	-0.14	-0.24	-0.33	-0.35	-0.63	-0.88	-0.95	-1.67	-1.77	-2.04	-2.73

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December 2024

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Region

Africa, Cameroon, Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde

Survey time period

2005 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.

The source defines the indicator as: "Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism measures perceptions of the likelihood of political instability and/or politically-motivated violence, including terrorism. Estimate gives the country's score on the aggregate indicator, in units of a standard normal distribution, i.e. ranging from approximately -2.5 to 2.5."

Score of 2.5 = political stability and absence of violence.

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