Data for 2007

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2007

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2007 covers 175 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 0.977; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.492. Against 2006, 110 values changed (53 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2007

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
2007the year it describes
160distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.977
2	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.971
=3	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.970
=3	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.970
=5	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.965
=5	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.965
7	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.959
8	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.956
=9	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.943
=9	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.943
11	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.930
12	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.910
13	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.908
14	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.907
15	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.906
16	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.905
17	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.902
18	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.899
19	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.887
20	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.880
21	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.879
22	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.872
23	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.861
24	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.856
25	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.854
=26	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.840
=26	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.840
28	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.838
29	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.830
30	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.826
31	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.822
32	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.821
33	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.817
34	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.811
35	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.802
36	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.797
37	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.796
38	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.784
39	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.783
40	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.768
41	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.766
42	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.759
43	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.757
44	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.753
45	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.734
46	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.730
47	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.729
48	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.727
=49	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.725
=49	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.725
51	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.713
52	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.707
53	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.693
54	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.692
=55	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.691
=55	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.691
57	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.678
58	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.674
59	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.669
60	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.665
61	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.657
62	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.655
63	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.653
64	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.651
65	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.650
66	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.647
67	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.637
68	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.617
69	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.608
70	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.591
71	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.584
72	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.583
73	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.582
74	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.577
75	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.568
=76	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.563
=76	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.563
78	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.560
79	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.556
80	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.551
81	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.534
82	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.528
83	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.524
84	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.519
85	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.509
86	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.504
87	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.495
88	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.492
89	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.479
=90	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.477
=90	PanamaPANCentral America	0.477
92	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.474
93	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.468
94	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.438
95	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.436
96	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.432
97	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.418
98	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.413
99	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.411
100	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.408
101	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.392
102	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.391
103	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.389
104	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.384
105	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.382
106	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.366
107	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.364
108	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.357
109	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.351
110	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.349
111	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.343
112	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.342
113	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.305
114	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.304
115	PeruPERSouth America	0.301
116	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.295
117	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.290
118	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.289
119	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.287
120	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.286
121	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.272
122	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.269
123	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.266
=124	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.221
=124	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.221
126	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.220
127	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.205
128	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.196
129	BrazilBRASouth America	0.190
130	SurinameSURSouth America	0.189
=131	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.183
=131	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.183
133	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.173
134	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.171
135	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.159
=136	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.158
=136	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.158
138	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.154
139	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.149
140	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.141
141	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.134
142	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.129
143	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.127
144	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.122
145	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.119
146	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.117
147	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.104
148	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.093
149	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.077
150	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.076
151	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.066
152	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.059
153	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.058
=154	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.057
=154	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.057
156	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.056
157	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.053
158	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.048
159	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.047
160	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.046
161	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.044
=162	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.042
=162	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.042
164	UruguayURYSouth America	0.041
165	ChileCHLSouth America	0.038
166	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.031
=167	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.021
=167	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.021
169	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.020
=170	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.019
=170	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.019
172	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.018
173	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.014
174	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.011
175	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Eritrea0.977
2Uzbekistan0.971
3North Koreashared0.970
3Turkmenistanshared0.970
5Azerbaijanshared0.965

Lowest

175Denmark0.006
174Norway0.011
173Sweden0.014
172Switzerland0.018
170Germanyshared0.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.492. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 175 in both
53 · 57rose · fell
65unchanged

Rose most

Nicaragua0.766 → 0.861+0.095
Ecuador0.617 → 0.650+0.033
Fiji0.476 → 0.509+0.033
Iraq0.641 → 0.669+0.028
Sierra Leone0.620 → 0.647+0.027

Fell most

Nepal0.449 → 0.382−0.067
Mauritania0.774 → 0.725−0.049
Thailand0.564 → 0.519−0.045
Romania0.408 → 0.364−0.044
Timor-Leste0.347 → 0.305−0.042

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 2007.
160 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.970. 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 (2007). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2007

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