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Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2007

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2007 covers 175 countries. Singapore is highest, at 3.447; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.150. The middle country reads 0.410. Against 2006, 19 values changed (12 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration · Data for 2007

HighestSingapore

3.447

LowestEritrea

-2.150

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, 2007, 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 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3.447
2LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.773
3EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.768
4DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.691
5United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.357
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.336
7Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.230
8SpainESPSouthern Europe2.222
9HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.182
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.152
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.149
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.148
13South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.136
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.126
15IsraelISRWestern Asia2.116
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.051
17FranceFRAWestern Europe1.985
18LatviaLVANorthern Europe1.969
19SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.959
20United StatesUSANorthern America1.924
21BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.847
22UruguayURYSouth America1.804
23JapanJPNEastern Asia1.737
24TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.721
25CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.680

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore3.447
  2. 2Luxembourg2.773
  3. 3Estonia2.768
  4. 4Denmark2.691
  5. 5United Kingdom2.357

Lowest

  1. 175Eritrea-2.150
  2. 174Equatorial Guinea-1.898
  3. 173DR Congo-1.738
  4. 172Azerbaijan-1.705
  5. 171Burundi-1.676

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.410. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 19values changed, of 175 in both
  • 12 · 7rose · fell
  • 156unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 2007.

  • 171 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.444. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The 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 (2007). Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/meritocratic-appointment/2007

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07Questions

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2007: questions and answers

Which country has the highest merit-based civil service in Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2007?

Singapore, at 3.447, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2007 describe?

2007.

How many countries does Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2007 cover?

175.

Where can I download Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2007?

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, 2007 the newest?

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

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