Data for 1992

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1992

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1992 covers 171 countries. North Korea is highest, at 0.969; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.536. Against 1991, 117 values changed (42 up, 75 down), 2 countries joined.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 1992

HighestNorth Korea

0.969

LowestDenmark

0.006

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

171countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
158distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.969
2	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.967
=3	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.965
=3	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.965
=5	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.961
=5	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.961
7	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.959
8	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.954
9	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.952
10	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.946
=11	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.943
=11	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.943
13	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.918
14	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.917
15	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.915
16	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.906
17	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.905
18	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.903
19	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.897
20	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.886
21	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.879
22	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.877
23	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.876
24	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.875
25	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.872
26	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.870
27	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.869
28	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.868
29	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.855
30	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.847
31	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.846
32	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.841
33	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.811
34	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.808
35	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.806
36	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.805
37	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.802
38	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.796
39	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.795
40	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.782
41	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.781
42	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.780
43	PeruPERSouth America	0.766
44	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.761
45	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.758
46	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.755
47	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.750
48	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.733
49	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.732
50	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.726
51	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.721
52	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.716
=53	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.706
=53	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.706
55	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.697
56	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.689
57	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.684
58	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.678
=59	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.670
=59	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.670
61	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.669
62	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.661
63	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.659
64	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.656
65	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.654
66	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.652
67	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.647
68	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.644
69	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.638
70	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.636
=71	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.622
=71	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.622
73	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.612
=74	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.602
=74	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.602
76	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.598
77	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.591
78	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.590
79	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.566
80	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.560
81	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.555
82	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.554
83	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.552
84	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.545
85	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.540
86	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.536
87	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.532
88	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.527
89	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.526
90	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.519
91	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.506
92	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.502
93	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.501
94	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.488
95	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.472
96	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.471
97	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.464
98	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.463
99	PanamaPANCentral America	0.451
100	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.449
101	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.447
=102	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.429
=102	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.429
104	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.421
105	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.410
106	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.404
107	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.402
108	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.391
109	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.390
110	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.375
111	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.371
112	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.367
=113	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.361
=113	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.361
115	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.344
116	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.341
117	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.337
118	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.317
119	BrazilBRASouth America	0.314
=120	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.298
=120	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.298
122	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.285
123	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.280
124	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.270
125	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.249
126	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.243
127	SurinameSURSouth America	0.230
128	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.223
129	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.208
130	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.207
131	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.184
132	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.175
133	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.172
134	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.171
135	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.168
136	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.167
137	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.164
138	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.155
139	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.151
140	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.144
141	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.139
142	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.128
143	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.118
144	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.102
145	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.087
146	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.080
147	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.079
148	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.077
149	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.070
150	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.062
151	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.061
152	UruguayURYSouth America	0.060
153	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.058
154	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.057
155	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.056
156	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.054
157	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.052
=158	ChileCHLSouth America	0.051
=158	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.051
160	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.050
161	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.048
162	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.034
=163	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.024
=163	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.024
165	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.022
=166	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.019
=166	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.019
168	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.018
169	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.013
170	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.012
171	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1North Korea0.969
2Turkmenistan0.967
3Myanmarshared0.965
3Somaliashared0.965
5Indonesiashared0.961

Lowest

171Denmark0.006
170Norway0.012
169Sweden0.013
168Germany0.018
166Switzerlandshared0.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.536. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
117values changed, of 169 in both
42 · 75rose · fell
52unchanged

Rose most

Peru0.510 → 0.766+0.256
Tajikistan0.769 → 0.872+0.103
Somalia0.887 → 0.965+0.078
Ukraine0.527 → 0.590+0.063
Uzbekistan0.906 → 0.961+0.055

Fell most

Paraguay0.860 → 0.644−0.216
Azerbaijan0.810 → 0.652−0.158
Mali0.646 → 0.536−0.110
El Salvador0.846 → 0.761−0.085
Madagascar0.737 → 0.656−0.081

+ Bahrain

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

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 1992.
158 distinct values among 171
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 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1992). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/1992

0636 held

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