Data for 1993

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1993

1993, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1993 covers 172 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.969; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.524. Against 1992, 111 values changed (44 up, 67 down), 1 country joined.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 1993

Highest2 countries share it

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.

172countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
154distinct 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, 1993, 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, 1993: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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=1	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.969
=1	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.969
3	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.968
=4	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.965
=4	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.965
6	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.960
7	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.958
8	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.954
9	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.952
10	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.946
11	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.937
12	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.920
13	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.918
14	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.917
15	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.916
16	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.911
17	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.904
18	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.903
19	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.897
20	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.895
21	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.889
22	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.877
=23	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.876
=23	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.876
=25	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.875
=25	PeruPERSouth America	0.875
=25	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.875
28	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.869
29	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.859
30	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.858
31	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.856
32	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.850
33	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.844
34	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.827
35	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.813
36	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.803
37	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.802
38	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.799
39	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.794
40	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.792
41	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.786
42	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.783
43	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.762
44	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.758
45	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.746
46	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.742
47	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.737
48	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.730
49	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.726
50	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.721
=51	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.715
=51	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.715
53	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.712
54	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.701
55	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.690
56	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.684
57	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.678
58	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.672
=59	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.669
=59	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.669
61	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.668
62	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.667
63	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.662
64	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.659
65	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.632
66	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.631
=67	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.628
=67	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.628
69	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.622
70	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.614
71	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.603
72	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.602
73	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.598
74	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.596
75	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.594
76	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.587
=77	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.575
=77	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.575
79	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.558
=80	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.554
=80	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.554
82	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.553
83	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.539
84	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.534
85	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.527
86	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.525
87	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.522
88	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.520
=89	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.490
=89	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.490
91	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.487
92	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.479
93	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.471
94	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.467
95	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.464
96	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.460
97	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.457
98	PanamaPANCentral America	0.451
99	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.433
100	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.429
101	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.427
102	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.424
103	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.421
104	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.413
105	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.407
106	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.393
107	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.391
108	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.390
109	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.375
110	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.371
111	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.370
112	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.366
113	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.364
=114	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.338
=114	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.338
116	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.337
117	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.317
=118	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.298
=118	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.298
120	BrazilBRASouth America	0.293
121	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.280
122	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.279
123	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.271
124	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.247
125	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.243
126	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.239
127	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.229
128	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.216
129	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.215
130	SurinameSURSouth America	0.209
131	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.205
132	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.184
133	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.175
134	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.171
135	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.170
=136	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.167
=136	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.167
138	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.161
=139	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.144
=139	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.144
141	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.139
142	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.132
143	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.128
144	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.119
145	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.103
146	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.085
147	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.078
148	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.077
149	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.070
150	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.069
151	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.068
152	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.064
153	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.062
154	UruguayURYSouth America	0.060
155	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.058
156	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.057
157	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.056
158	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.054
159	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.052
=160	ChileCHLSouth America	0.051
=160	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.051
162	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.049
163	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.031
=164	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.024
=164	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.024
166	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.022
=167	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.019
=167	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.019
169	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.018
170	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.013
171	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.012
172	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1North Koreashared0.969
1Turkmenistanshared0.969
3Uzbekistan0.968
4Myanmarshared0.965
4Somaliashared0.965

Lowest

172Denmark0.006
171Norway0.012
170Sweden0.013
169Germany0.018
167Switzerlandshared0.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.524. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
111values changed, of 171 in both
44 · 67rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Azerbaijan0.652 → 0.859+0.207
Peru0.766 → 0.875+0.109
Afghanistan0.870 → 0.917+0.047
Armenia0.527 → 0.558+0.031
Philippines0.402 → 0.433+0.031

Fell most

Ghana0.602 → 0.424−0.178
Lesotho0.532 → 0.364−0.168
Central African Republic0.811 → 0.662−0.149
Niger0.449 → 0.338−0.111
South Korea0.344 → 0.239−0.105

+ Slovakia

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 1993.
154 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.875. 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 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1993). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/1993

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