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Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990

1990, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990 covers 160 countries. Singapore is highest, at 3.447; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.917. The middle country reads 0.385.

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Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration · Data for 1990

HighestSingapore

3.447

LowestEritrea

-2.917

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 160 countries · select a heading to sort

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3.447
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.773
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.691
4United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.357
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.336
6Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.230
7SpainESPSouthern Europe2.222
8HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.182
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.152
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.149
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.148
12Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa2.144
13South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.136
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.126
15IsraelISRWestern Asia2.116
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.051
17VenezuelaVENSouth America1.997
18FranceFRAWestern Europe1.985
19MalawiMWIEastern Africa1.974
20SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.959
21South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1.958
22United StatesUSANorthern America1.924
23TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.872
24PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia1.838
25KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia1.830

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore3.447
  2. 2Luxembourg2.773
  3. 3Denmark2.691
  4. 4United Kingdom2.357
  5. 5Norway2.336

Lowest

  1. 160Eritrea-2.917
  2. 159Equatorial Guinea-1.898
  3. 158Turkmenistan-1.866
  4. 157DR Congo-1.738
  5. 156Libya-1.617

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.385. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1990.

  • 154 distinct values among 160

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.337. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 160 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1990). Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/meritocratic-appointment/1990

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06Questions

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest merit-based civil service in Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990?

Singapore, at 3.447, of the 160 countries in the file.

What year does Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990 cover?

160.

Where can I download Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2025.

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