Data for 1996

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1996

1996, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1996 covers 172 countries. Uzbekistan is highest, at 0.973; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.543. Against 1995, 93 values changed (37 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 1996

HighestUzbekistan

0.973

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
1996the 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, 1996, 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, 1996: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.973
2	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.971
3	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.970
=4	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.965
=4	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.965
6	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.960
7	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.959
8	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.955
9	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.950
10	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.947
11	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.945
12	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.937
13	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.929
14	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.922
15	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.915
16	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.913
17	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.904
18	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.903
19	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.902
20	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.899
21	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.897
22	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.891
23	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.887
24	PeruPERSouth America	0.881
25	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.879
26	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.872
27	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.862
28	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.856
29	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.855
30	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.844
31	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.826
32	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.825
33	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.822
34	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.820
35	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.814
36	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.805
37	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.799
38	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.793
39	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.791
40	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.787
41	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.767
42	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.765
43	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.760
44	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.757
45	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.750
46	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.743
=47	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.741
=47	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.741
49	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.731
50	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.725
51	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.721
52	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.713
53	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.703
=54	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.701
=54	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.701
56	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.687
=57	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.681
=57	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.681
59	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.680
60	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.679
61	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.672
62	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.669
=63	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.665
=63	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.665
65	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.662
66	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.659
=67	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.656
=67	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.656
=69	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.649
=69	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.649
71	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.629
=72	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.626
=72	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.626
74	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.622
75	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.615
76	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.612
77	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.606
78	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.596
79	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.593
80	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.575
81	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.563
82	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.560
83	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.552
84	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.551
85	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.549
86	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.543
87	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.542
88	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.540
=89	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.522
=89	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.522
91	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.521
92	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.520
=93	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.508
=93	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.508
95	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.498
96	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.472
97	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.471
98	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.465
99	PanamaPANCentral America	0.451
=100	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.439
=100	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.439
102	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.428
103	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.423
104	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.420
105	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.415
106	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.413
=107	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.407
=107	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.407
109	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.391
110	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.369
111	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.368
112	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.361
113	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.359
114	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.355
115	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.354
116	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.310
117	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.302
118	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.300
119	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.285
120	BrazilBRASouth America	0.279
121	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.272
122	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.270
123	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.256
124	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.244
125	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.237
126	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.234
127	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.216
128	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.214
129	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.212
130	SurinameSURSouth America	0.195
131	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.191
132	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.184
133	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.172
=134	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.168
=134	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.168
136	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.165
137	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.160
138	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.157
139	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.139
140	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.136
141	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.135
142	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.132
143	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.126
144	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.120
145	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.102
146	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.077
=147	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.075
=147	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.075
149	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.072
150	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.067
151	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.065
152	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.062
153	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.061
154	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.058
155	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.056
=156	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.054
=156	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.054
=156	UruguayURYSouth America	0.054
159	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.052
160	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.051
161	ChileCHLSouth America	0.049
162	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.047
163	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.032
164	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.024
=165	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.022
=165	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.022
167	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.020
=168	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.019
=168	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.019
170	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.014
171	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.011
172	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Uzbekistan0.973
2North Korea0.971
3Turkmenistan0.970
4Myanmarshared0.965
4Somaliashared0.965

Lowest

172Denmark0.006
171Norway0.011
170Sweden0.014
168Germanyshared0.019
168Switzerlandshared0.019

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

031995 → 1996

Since 1995

What changed between 1995 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
93values changed, of 172 in both
37 · 56rose · fell
79unchanged

Rose most

Belarus0.489 → 0.701+0.212
Niger0.338 → 0.498+0.160
Nicaragua0.460 → 0.560+0.100
Liberia0.746 → 0.825+0.079
Armenia0.620 → 0.681+0.061

Fell most

Sierra Leone0.895 → 0.725−0.170
Dominican Republic0.876 → 0.805−0.071
Ghana0.395 → 0.354−0.041
Mexico0.597 → 0.563−0.034
Oman0.690 → 0.656−0.034

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 1996.
154 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.054. 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 (1996). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/1996

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