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Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2025

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2025 covers 176 countries. Singapore is highest, at 3.584; Belarus is lowest, at -2.442. The middle country reads 0.310. Against 2024, 64 values changed (32 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration · Data for 2025

HighestSingapore

3.584

LowestBelarus

-2.442

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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3.584
2EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.768
3GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.743
4South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.715
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.691
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.374
7United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.357
8NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.323
9CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.246
10LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.171
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.150
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.148
13IsraelISRWestern Asia2.140
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.051
15ChileCHLSouth America2.012
16FranceFRAWestern Europe1.985
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.959
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.891
19UruguayURYSouth America1.824
20JapanJPNEastern Asia1.737
21United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia1.718
22United StatesUSANorthern America1.717
23New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.677
24MontenegroMNESouthern Europe1.669
25CanadaCANNorthern America1.660

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Singapore3.584
  2. 2Estonia2.768
  3. 3Germany2.743
  4. 4South Korea2.715
  5. 5Denmark2.691

Lowest

  1. 176Belarus-2.442
  2. 175Libya-2.358
  3. 174Eritrea-2.169
  4. 173Chad-1.894
  5. 172Nicaragua-1.859

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.310. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 64values changed, of 176 in both
  • 32 · 32rose · fell
  • 112unchanged

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 2025.

  • 174 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.669. 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 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 (2025). Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/meritocratic-appointment/2025

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07Questions

Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2025: questions and answers

Which country has the highest merit-based civil service in Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2025?

Singapore, at 3.584, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2025 describe?

2025.

How many countries does Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2025 cover?

176.

Where can I download Meritocratic Appointment in the State Administration, 2025?

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, 2025 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-09-29, when it was read from the publisher.

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