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Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999

1999, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999 covers 175 countries. Uzbekistan is highest, at 0.973; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.541. Against 1998, 91 values changed (48 up, 43 down), 2 countries joined.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 1999

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.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia0.973
2North KoreaPRKEastern Asia0.970
3TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia0.969
=4MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia0.965
=4SomaliaSOMEastern Africa0.965
6AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia0.956
7SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.954
8SudanSDNNorthern Africa0.953
9Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa0.951
10MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia0.947
=11ChadTCDMiddle Africa0.930
=11TajikistanTJKCentral Asia0.930
13DR CongoCODMiddle Africa0.923
14CameroonCMRMiddle Africa0.914
15EritreaERIEastern Africa0.905
16CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia0.904
17TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa0.902
18KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia0.901
19GuineaGINWestern Africa0.899
20MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa0.888
21AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia0.887
22PeruPERSouth America0.881
23BahrainBHRWestern Asia0.880
24LibyaLBYNorthern Africa0.879
25IraqIRQWestern Asia0.872

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Uzbekistan0.973
  2. 2North Korea0.970
  3. 3Turkmenistan0.969
  4. 4Myanmarshared0.965
  5. 4Somaliashared0.965

Lowest

  1. 175Denmark0.006
  2. 174Norway0.011
  3. 173Sweden0.014
  4. 170Germanyshared0.019
  5. 170Switzerlandshared0.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.541. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 91values changed, of 173 in both
  • 48 · 43rose · fell
  • 82unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Timor-Leste+ Kosovo

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

Read before you use

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 1999.

  • 159 distinct values among 175

    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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1999). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/1999

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07Questions

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest neopatrimonial rule in Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999?

Uzbekistan, at 0.973, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999 cover?

175.

Where can I download Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1999 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2025.

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