Political Stability Index

Asia Ranking

(-2.5 weak; 2.5 strong)Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Singapore	1.5	2016	3	1.19
2	Macao	1.15	2020	2	1.2
3 ↓	Brunei	1.11	2019	1	1.24
4	Bhutan	1.02	2020	4	1.08
5	Japan	0.97	2014	5	1
6	Taiwan	0.77	2020	6	0.79
7 ↓	Mongolia	0.72	2015	6	0.79
8 ↑	Laos	0.68	2020	9	0.41
9 ↓	South Korea	0.56	2020	8	0.64
10 ↑	Maldives	0.41	2020	12	0.03
11 ↓	Vietnam	0.15	2010	10	0.27
12 ↓	Malaysia	0.14	2019	11	0.12
13 ↑	Hong Kong	0.09	2020	16	-0.22
14 ↑	Sri Lanka	-0.15	2018	31	-1.75
15 ↑	Nepal	-0.2	2020	20	-0.45
16 ↓	Cambodia	-0.24	2020	13	-0.09
17 ↓	Kazakhstan	-0.26	2020	15	-0.17
18 ↓	China	-0.29	2020	17	-0.26
18 ↓	Turkmenistan	-0.29	2020	14	-0.13
20 ↓	North Korea	-0.32	2019	19	-0.35
21 ↑	Kyrgyzstan	-0.43	2020	23	-0.54
22 ↓	Uzbekistan	-0.44	2020	18	-0.3
23 ↓	Indonesia	-0.5	2020	22	-0.49
24 ↓	Thailand	-0.62	2020	21	-0.48
25 ↑	Azerbaijan	-0.73	2020	26	-0.69
25 ↓	Russia	-0.73	2020	23	-0.54
27 ↓	Tajikistan	-0.75	2018	25	-0.67
28 ↓	Philippines	-0.79	2020	27	-0.71
29 ↓	India	-0.86	2020	28	-0.77
30 ↓	Bangladesh	-0.92	2020	29	-0.93
31 ↓	Burma (Myanmar)	-1.51	2020	30	-1.33
32	Pakistan	-2.48	2016	32	-2.6

Definition of Political Stability Index

The index of Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism measures perceptions of the likelihood that the government will be destabilized or overthrown by unconstitutional or violent means, including politically-motivated violence and terrorism. The index is an average of several other indexes from the Economist Intelligence Unit, the World Economic Forum, and the Political Risk Services, among others.