Political Stability and Absence of Violence — Haiti

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

PeriodValue — 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

Methodology

Worldwide Governance Indicators The World Bank's WGI aggregate more than 30 underlying sources into six governance dimensions, using an unobserved-components model that weights each source by how well it agrees with the others. Household and firm surveys, expert assessments, NGO ratings and commercial risk services all feed in.

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