East Africa: political stability index 2023

In 2023, Somalia had the lowest score in the political stability and absence of violence or terrorism index in East Africa, at minus 2.38 points. Thus, the country was considered completely politically unstable. In that year, a few East African countries recorded positive index values, with Mauritius achieving the highest score of 0.78 points.

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

Characteristic	Mauritius	Seychelles	Rwanda	Comoros	Malawi	Djibouti	Madagascar	Uganda	Eritrea	Kenya	Burundi	Ethiopia	South Sudan	Somalia
2005	1.03	0.93	-1	-0.44	0.11	-0.81	-0.02	-1.42	-0.8	-1.25	-1.52	-1.69	-	-2.71
2006	0.78	0.91	-0.68	-0.36	0.12	-0.26	0.19	-1.14	-0.9	-1.13	-1.43	-1.74	-	-2.75
2007	0.88	0.79	-0.36	-1.1	0.08	-0.12	0.09	-0.92	-1.05	-1.31	-1.38	-1.81	-	-3.23
2008	0.89	0.75	-0.33	-1.11	-0.06	0.27	-0.47	-0.88	-0.71	-1.39	-1.64	-1.73	-	-3.28
2009	0.71	0.6	-0.51	-0.77	0.05	0.49	-0.73	-0.99	-0.68	-1.43	-1.27	-1.64	-	-3.31
2010	0.64	0.86	-0.27	-0.56	0.04	0.25	-0.98	-1	-0.88	-1.17	-1.63	-1.64	-	-3.13
2011	0.95	0.94	-0.18	-0.55	-0.07	0.18	-0.71	-0.98	-0.77	-1.24	-1.81	-1.51	-1.43	-3.08
2012	0.97	0.74	-0.23	-0.45	0	0.16	-0.54	-0.87	-0.7	-1.32	-1.7	-1.56	-1.16	-2.86
2013	0.94	0.83	-0.11	-0.26	-0.21	-0.1	-0.66	-0.84	-0.77	-1.17	-1.35	-1.41	-1.73	-2.76
2014	0.67	0.36	-0.31	-0.19	0.08	-0.77	-0.56	-0.94	-0.81	-1.28	-0.78	-1.34	-2.65	-2.52
2015	0.99	0.67	0	-0.24	0.03	-0.45	-0.43	-0.8	-0.88	-1.24	-1.94	-1.5	-2.37	-2.37
2016	1	0.72	-0.07	0.02	-0.12	-0.63	-0.29	-0.72	-0.66	-1.35	-1.96	-1.62	-2.41	-2.35
2017	0.96	0.78	0.08	0.02	-0.25	-0.73	-0.3	-0.57	-0.73	-1.13	-2	-1.68	-2.45	-2.25
2018	0.86	0.67	0.1	-0.36	-0.43	-0.13	-0.58	-0.7	-0.61	-1.18	-1.57	-1.27	-2.43	-2.25
2019	0.8	0.66	0.06	-0.18	-0.29	-0.34	-0.31	-0.69	-0.71	-1.11	-1.63	-1.3	-2.52	-2.39
2020	0.87	0.7	0.07	-0.29	-0.12	-0.45	-0.51	-0.81	-0.99	-1.01	-1.54	-1.75	-2.19	-2.58
2021	0.83	0.74	0.07	-0.23	-0.11	-0.57	-0.54	-0.94	-1.06	-1.03	-1.26	-2.18	-2.29	-2.73
2022	0.83	0.76	0.08	-0.23	-0.16	-0.51	-0.48	-0.71	-0.96	-0.95	-1.19	-2.07	-2.21	-2.43
2023	0.78	0.76	0.11	-0.23	-0.24	-0.52	-0.69	-0.7	-0.79	-0.94	-1.17	-1.97	-2.19	-2.38

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December 2024

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Region

Africa, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Uganda

Survey time period

2005 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures have been rounded.

Data for South Sudan is missing between 2005 and 2010.

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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