Data for 2003

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2003

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2003 covers 175 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 0.977; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.493. Against 2002, 99 values changed (44 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2003

HighestEritrea

0.977

LowestDenmark

0.006

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

175countries
1measure
2003the year it describes
162distinct 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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.977
=2	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.971
=2	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.971
4	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.970
5	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.965
6	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.960
7	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.953
8	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.950
9	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.949
10	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.942
11	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.941
12	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.933
13	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.922
=14	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.912
=14	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.912
16	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.909
17	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.906
18	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.904
19	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.899
20	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.890
21	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.888
22	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.881
23	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.871
24	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.870
25	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.862
26	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.854
27	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.846
28	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.831
29	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.830
30	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.827
31	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.825
32	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.824
33	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.823
34	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.821
35	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.817
36	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.809
=37	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.802
=37	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.802
39	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.790
40	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.788
41	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.787
42	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.774
43	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.762
44	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.758
45	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.752
46	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.751
47	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.744
48	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.742
49	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.734
50	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.728
51	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.719
52	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.714
53	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.713
54	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.709
55	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.697
56	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.689
57	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.687
58	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.684
=59	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.680
=59	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.680
61	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.679
62	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.678
63	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.670
=64	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.649
=64	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.649
66	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.639
67	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.627
68	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.618
69	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.615
70	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.614
71	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.603
72	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.591
73	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.588
74	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.585
75	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.584
76	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.583
77	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.572
78	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.567
79	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.563
=80	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.560
=80	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.560
82	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.552
83	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.545
84	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.521
85	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.508
86	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.505
87	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.495
88	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.493
89	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.487
90	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.485
91	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.464
92	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.458
93	PanamaPANCentral America	0.453
94	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.449
95	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.444
96	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.440
97	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.437
98	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.428
99	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.409
100	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.408
101	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.407
102	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.397
103	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.395
104	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.393
105	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.389
106	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.385
107	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.368
108	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.362
109	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.347
110	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.339
111	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.333
=112	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.332
=112	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.332
=112	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.332
115	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.324
116	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.306
117	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.299
118	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.286
119	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.282
120	PeruPERSouth America	0.276
121	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.272
122	BrazilBRASouth America	0.269
123	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.265
124	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.252
125	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.239
126	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.235
127	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.221
128	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.218
129	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.207
130	SurinameSURSouth America	0.195
131	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.184
132	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.183
133	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.176
134	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.166
135	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.159
136	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.158
137	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.156
138	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.146
139	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.143
140	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.142
141	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.140
142	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.138
143	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.131
144	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.125
145	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.124
146	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.122
147	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.108
148	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.093
149	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.079
150	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.076
151	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.075
152	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.072
153	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.067
154	UruguayURYSouth America	0.065
155	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.064
156	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.060
157	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.056
158	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.053
159	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.051
160	ChileCHLSouth America	0.049
161	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.047
=162	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.046
=162	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.046
=162	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.046
165	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.042
166	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.033
=167	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.022
=167	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.022
=169	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.020
=169	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.020
=171	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.018
=171	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.018
173	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.014
174	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.011
175	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Eritrea0.977
2Turkmenistanshared0.971
2Uzbekistanshared0.971
4North Korea0.970
5Myanmar0.965

Lowest

175Denmark0.006
174Norway0.011
173Sweden0.014
171Germanyshared0.018
171Switzerlandshared0.018

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.493. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 175 in both
44 · 55rose · fell
76unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.691 → 0.744+0.053
Zimbabwe0.781 → 0.825+0.044
Madagascar0.654 → 0.684+0.030
Thailand0.431 → 0.458+0.027
Sierra Leone0.592 → 0.614+0.022

Fell most

Iraq0.827 → 0.649−0.178
Seychelles0.458 → 0.339−0.119
Nepal0.526 → 0.449−0.077
Kenya0.625 → 0.572−0.053
Paraguay0.629 → 0.588−0.041

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 2003.
162 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.332. 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

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2003). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2003

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