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Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2018

2018, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2018 covers 176 countries. Singapore is highest, at 3.447; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.150. The middle country reads 0.396. Against 2017, 29 values changed (15 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration · Data for 2018

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, 2018, 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 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2018: 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
5AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.427
6United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.357
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.323
8SpainESPSouthern Europe2.222
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.152
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.149
11NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.148
12South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.141
13Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.117
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.051
15FranceFRAWestern Europe1.985
16LatviaLVANorthern Europe1.969
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.959
18BhutanBTNSouthern Asia1.847
19IsraelISRWestern Asia1.844
20IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia1.843
21UruguayURYSouth America1.804
22JapanJPNEastern Asia1.737
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.727
24TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.721
25CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.682

02In 2018

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. 5Australia2.427

Lowest

  1. 176Eritrea-2.150
  2. 175Syria-1.986
  3. 174South Sudan-1.909
  4. 173Tajikistan-1.907
  5. 172Equatorial Guinea-1.898

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.396. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 29values changed, of 176 in both
  • 15 · 14rose · fell
  • 147unchanged

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 2018.

  • 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 176 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 (2018). Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/meritocratic-appointment/2018

0636 held

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07Questions

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest merit-based civil service in Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2018?

Singapore, at 3.447, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2018 cover?

176.

Where can I download Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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