Data for 2013

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2013

2013, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2013 covers 176 countries. Azerbaijan is highest, at 0.979; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.483. Against 2012, 160 values changed (83 up, 77 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2013

HighestAzerbaijan

0.979

LowestDenmark

0.006

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

176countries
1measure
2013the 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.979
=2	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.975
=2	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.975
4	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.973
5	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.971
6	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.967
7	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.966
8	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.965
9	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.950
10	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.945
11	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.938
12	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.920
13	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.916
14	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.911
15	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.910
16	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.902
17	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.899
18	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.887
19	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.883
20	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.882
21	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.881
22	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.869
23	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.849
24	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.842
25	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.841
26	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.836
27	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.835
28	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.829
29	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.828
30	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.820
=31	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.815
=31	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.815
33	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.809
34	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.804
35	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.800
36	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.792
=37	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.786
=37	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.786
39	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.781
40	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.771
41	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.759
=42	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.758
=42	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.758
44	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.756
45	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.751
46	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.743
47	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.726
48	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.724
49	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.718
50	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.715
51	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.708
52	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.697
53	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.692
54	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.691
55	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.681
56	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.676
57	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.669
58	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.668
59	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.665
60	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.660
61	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.648
62	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.647
63	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.640
64	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.628
65	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.617
66	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.616
=67	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.614
=67	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.614
=69	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.610
=69	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.610
71	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.590
72	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.575
73	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.572
=74	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.562
=74	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.562
76	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.555
77	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.549
78	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.539
79	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.538
80	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.537
81	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.531
82	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.529
83	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.513
84	PanamaPANCentral America	0.504
85	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.500
86	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.497
87	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.490
88	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.486
89	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.480
90	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.476
91	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.475
92	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.457
=93	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.455
=93	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.455
95	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.443
96	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.434
97	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.425
98	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.417
99	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.413
100	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.396
101	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.386
102	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.381
103	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.380
104	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.374
105	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.373
106	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.348
107	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.324
108	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.320
109	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.318
110	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.315
111	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.313
112	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.309
113	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.299
114	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.294
115	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.285
116	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.281
117	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.275
118	PeruPERSouth America	0.273
119	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.254
120	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.253
=121	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.252
=121	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.252
123	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.248
124	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.247
125	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.238
126	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.230
127	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.224
128	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.221
129	SurinameSURSouth America	0.209
130	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.205
131	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.185
132	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.180
133	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.178
134	BrazilBRASouth America	0.176
135	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.167
136	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.166
137	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.163
138	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.157
139	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.156
140	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.141
=141	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.130
=141	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.130
=143	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.113
=143	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.113
145	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.112
146	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.109
147	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.107
148	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.092
149	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.083
150	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.071
151	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.067
152	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.061
153	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.059
154	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.056
155	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.055
=156	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.050
=156	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.050
=156	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.050
=159	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.049
=159	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.049
161	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.048
162	UruguayURYSouth America	0.045
163	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.044
164	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.042
165	ChileCHLSouth America	0.038
166	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.031
167	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.030
168	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.023
169	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.022
170	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.019
=171	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.018
=171	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.018
173	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.015
=174	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.012
=174	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.012
176	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Azerbaijan0.979
2Tajikistanshared0.975
2Venezuelashared0.975
4Syria0.973
5Turkmenistan0.971

Lowest

176Denmark0.006
174Swedenshared0.012
174Norwayshared0.012
173Finland0.015
171Germanyshared0.018

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.483. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
160values changed, of 176 in both
83 · 77rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Paraguay0.471 → 0.610+0.139
Maldives0.586 → 0.697+0.111
Kosovo0.411 → 0.486+0.075
Mexico0.386 → 0.457+0.071
South Sudan0.850 → 0.920+0.070

Fell most

Fiji0.656 → 0.531−0.125
Guinea-Bissau0.809 → 0.691−0.118
Romania0.344 → 0.238−0.106
Somalia0.887 → 0.800−0.087
Senegal0.331 → 0.254−0.077

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 2013.
160 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.050. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2013). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2013

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