Political Stability and Absence of Violence fell to -1.20 standardised score (≈ -2.5 to +2.5) in 2024, from -0.97 standardised score (≈ -2.5 to +2.5) in 2023.

Likelihood that the government will be destabilised or overthrown by unconstitutional or violent means, including political violence and terrorism. Expressed as a standardised score approximately in the range -2.5 (worst) to +2.5 (best). Haiti's score was -1.20 in 2024, reflecting the severe gang-violence and institutional instability that has characterised the country since 2021.

Latest value: -1.20 standardised score (≈ -2.5 to +2.5) (2024)

Coverage: 1996–2024 · Frequency: annual · 26 observations

Source: World Governance Indicators

Recent observations

Period	Value — standardised score (≈ -2.5 to +2.5)
1996	-1.00
1998	-1.17
2000	-1.03
2002	-1.57
2003	-1.44
2004	-1.87
2005	-1.74
2006	-1.39
2007	-1.32
2008	-1.36
2009	-1.29
2010	-1.31
2011	-1.26
2012	-1.12
2013	-0.92
2014	-0.92
2015	-0.93
2016	-0.89
2017	-0.83
2018	-0.77
2019	-0.95
2020	-1.04
2021	-1.21
2022	-0.95
2023	-0.97
2024	-1.20

Sector: BX

Methodology

Coverage Six measures of how a country is governed, published by the World Bank at info.worldbank.org. Each aggregates more than 30 underlying sources, among them household and firm surveys, expert assessments, NGO ratings and commercial risk services, using a model that weights each source by how closely it agrees with the others.