Data for 1991

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1991

1991, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1991 covers 169 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.965; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.543. Against 1990, 107 values changed (40 up, 67 down), 3 countries joined.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 1991

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.

169countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
157distinct 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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=1	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.965
=1	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.965
3	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.961
4	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.960
5	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.957
6	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.955
7	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.952
8	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.946
9	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.941
10	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.931
11	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.929
12	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.922
13	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.916
14	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.907
15	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.906
16	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.902
17	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.898
18	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.897
19	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.887
20	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.880
21	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.877
22	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.876
23	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.873
24	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.869
25	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.868
26	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.863
27	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.862
28	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.860
29	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.846
30	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.844
31	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.824
32	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.822
33	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.812
34	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.811
35	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.810
=36	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.808
=36	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.808
38	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.800
=39	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.795
=39	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.795
41	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.792
42	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.769
43	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.767
44	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.762
45	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.757
46	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.756
=47	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.748
=47	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.748
49	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.741
50	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.739
51	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.737
52	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.723
53	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.722
54	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.721
55	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.714
56	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.704
57	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.696
58	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.689
59	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.681
60	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.676
61	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.670
62	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.669
63	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.667
64	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.660
65	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.659
66	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.658
67	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.654
68	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.653
69	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.650
70	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.646
71	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.622
72	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.620
=73	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.602
=73	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.602
75	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.598
76	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.596
77	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.595
78	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.571
79	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.570
80	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.559
81	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.558
82	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.557
83	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.555
84	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.548
85	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.543
86	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.540
87	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.527
88	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.520
89	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.518
90	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.516
91	PeruPERSouth America	0.510
92	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.502
93	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.492
94	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.488
95	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.482
96	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.464
97	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.454
98	PanamaPANCentral America	0.450
99	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.437
100	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.433
101	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.427
102	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.421
103	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.416
=104	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.409
=104	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.409
106	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.407
107	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.401
108	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.396
109	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.391
110	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.374
=111	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.367
=111	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.367
113	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.360
114	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.349
115	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.337
116	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.326
117	BrazilBRASouth America	0.320
118	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.307
119	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.300
120	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.297
121	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.278
122	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.266
123	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.249
124	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.236
125	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.228
126	SurinameSURSouth America	0.210
127	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.201
128	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.199
129	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.187
130	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.184
131	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.173
132	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.171
=133	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.167
=133	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.167
135	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.164
136	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.163
137	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.159
138	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.157
139	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.144
140	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.130
141	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.122
142	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.107
143	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.102
144	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.097
145	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.080
146	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.077
147	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.070
148	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.065
149	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.062
150	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.061
151	UruguayURYSouth America	0.060
=152	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.057
=152	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.057
154	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.056
155	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.055
156	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.054
=157	ChileCHLSouth America	0.051
=157	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.051
159	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.049
160	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.034
=161	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.024
=161	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.024
163	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.022
=164	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.019
=164	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.019
166	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.018
167	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.014
168	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.012
169	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Myanmarshared0.965
1North Koreashared0.965
3Turkmenistan0.961
4Indonesia0.960
5Cambodia0.957

Lowest

169Denmark0.006
168Norway0.012
167Sweden0.014
166Germany0.018
164Switzerlandshared0.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.543. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
107values changed, of 166 in both
40 · 67rose · fell
59unchanged

Rose most

Thailand0.654 → 0.722+0.068
Kyrgyzstan0.701 → 0.767+0.066
Lesotho0.513 → 0.555+0.042
Panama0.410 → 0.450+0.040
Sierra Leone0.885 → 0.916+0.031

Fell most

Republic of the Congo0.883 → 0.620−0.263
Liberia0.846 → 0.659−0.187
Nepal0.611 → 0.482−0.129
Mali0.773 → 0.646−0.127
Niger0.552 → 0.427−0.125

+ Croatia

+ North Macedonia+ Somaliland

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

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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 1991.
157 distinct values among 169
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.965. 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 169 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1991). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/1991

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