Ethiopia: political stability and absence of violence

The political stability and absence of violence/terrorism index for Ethiopia in 2020 was minus 1.74. Moreover, during the entire decade under investigation, Ethiopia's political stability index was negative with the worst value being in 2020, while the best score was minus 1.28 in 2018. In the period under review, Ethiopia faced several cases of political tension among its different ethnicities.

Political stability and absence of violence/terrorism in Ethiopia from 2008 to 2020

Characteristic	Index score
2008	-1.73
2009	-1.64
2010	-1.64
2011	-1.51
2012	-1.56
2013	-1.41
2014	-1.34
2015	-1.5
2016	-1.62
2017	-1.68
2018	-1.28
2019	-1.31
2020	-1.74

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Release date

September 2021

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Region

Ethiopia

Survey time period

2008 to 2020

Supplementary notes

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. Estimates give 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."

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