Data for 1990

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1990

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

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1990 covers 166 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.965; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.545.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 1990

Highest2 countries share it

0.965

LowestDenmark

0.006

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

166countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
148distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 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.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1990: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
=1	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.965
=1	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.965
3	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.963
4	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.960
=5	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.954
=5	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.954
=7	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.952
=7	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.952
9	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.947
10	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.946
11	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.941
12	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.935
13	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.931
14	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.926
15	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.920
16	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.907
17	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.904
=18	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.897
=18	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.897
20	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.885
=21	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.884
=21	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.884
23	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.883
24	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.878
25	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.877
=26	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.868
=26	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.868
28	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.861
29	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.860
=30	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.847
=30	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.847
32	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.846
33	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.829
34	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.815
=35	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.814
=35	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.814
37	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.812
38	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.811
39	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.808
40	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.796
41	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.784
42	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.782
43	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.778
44	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.774
45	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.773
46	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.767
47	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.758
48	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.757
49	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.756
=50	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.748
=50	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.748
52	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.746
53	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.743
54	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.730
55	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.723
56	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.718
57	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.713
58	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.712
59	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.704
60	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.701
61	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.696
62	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.684
63	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.682
64	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.681
65	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.668
66	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.664
67	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.662
68	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.654
69	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.649
70	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.629
71	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.622
72	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.618
73	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.611
74	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.602
75	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.599
=76	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.598
=76	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.598
78	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.595
79	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.593
80	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.566
81	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.559
82	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.552
83	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.546
84	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.543
85	PeruPERSouth America	0.541
=86	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.540
=86	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.540
88	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.534
89	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.533
90	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.516
91	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.513
92	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.506
93	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.502
=94	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.496
=94	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.496
96	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.469
97	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.454
98	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.453
99	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.445
100	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.433
101	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.423
102	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.421
103	PanamaPANCentral America	0.410
104	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.409
105	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.408
106	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.407
107	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.406
108	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.401
109	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.399
110	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.391
111	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.381
112	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.367
113	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.366
114	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.363
115	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.337
116	BrazilBRASouth America	0.319
117	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.310
118	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.307
119	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.276
120	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.271
121	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.262
122	SurinameSURSouth America	0.248
123	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.246
124	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.228
125	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.211
126	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.203
127	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.202
128	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.200
129	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.190
130	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.187
131	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.171
132	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.169
133	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.167
134	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.166
135	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.163
136	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.153
137	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.144
138	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.138
=139	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.108
=139	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.108
141	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.103
142	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.079
143	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.077
=144	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.071
=144	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.071
146	ChileCHLSouth America	0.067
147	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.065
148	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.062
149	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.061
150	UruguayURYSouth America	0.060
151	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.057
=152	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.056
=152	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.056
154	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.054
155	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.051
156	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.048
157	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.034
=158	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.024
=158	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.024
160	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.022
=161	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.019
=161	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.019
=161	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.019
164	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.014
165	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.012
166	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Cambodiashared0.965
1North Koreashared0.965
3Myanmar0.963
4Indonesia0.960
5Syriashared0.954

Lowest

166Denmark0.006
165Norway0.012
164Sweden0.014
161Germanyshared0.019
161Switzerlandshared0.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.545. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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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.
148 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.019. 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 worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1990). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/1990

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