Data for 2014

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2014

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2014 covers 176 countries. Azerbaijan is highest, at 0.980; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.482. Against 2013, 118 values changed (58 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2014

HighestAzerbaijan

0.980

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
2014the 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.980
2	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.976
3	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.975
4	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.972
5	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.971
6	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.968
7	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.967
8	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.965
9	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.949
10	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.945
11	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.940
12	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.926
13	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.916
14	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.913
15	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.911
16	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.899
17	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.887
18	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.886
19	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.883
20	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.881
21	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.869
22	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.859
23	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.850
24	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.848
=25	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.843
=25	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.843
27	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.841
28	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.821
29	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.818
30	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.815
31	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.805
32	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.800
33	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.799
=34	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.796
=34	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.796
36	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.783
37	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.781
38	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.775
39	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.770
40	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.764
41	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.759
42	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.756
43	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.755
44	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.754
45	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.744
46	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.731
47	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.726
48	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.719
49	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.718
50	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.711
51	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.702
52	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.698
53	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.692
54	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.681
55	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.676
56	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.675
57	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.664
=58	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.659
=58	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.659
60	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.653
61	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.648
62	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.647
63	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.646
64	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.643
65	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.635
66	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.628
67	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.618
=68	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.616
=68	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.616
70	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.613
71	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.608
72	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.606
73	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.591
74	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.585
75	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.574
76	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.564
77	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.555
78	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.551
79	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.544
80	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.538
81	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.536
82	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.528
83	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.509
84	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.505
85	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.503
86	PanamaPANCentral America	0.500
87	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.493
88	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.486
89	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.478
90	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.476
91	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.471
=92	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.457
=92	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.457
94	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.448
95	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.447
96	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.427
97	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.425
98	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.421
99	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.419
100	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.402
101	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.398
102	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.397
103	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.381
104	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.380
105	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.374
106	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.339
107	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.333
108	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.323
109	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.319
110	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.318
111	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.315
112	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.309
113	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.297
=114	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.294
=114	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.294
116	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.285
117	PeruPERSouth America	0.272
118	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.259
119	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.255
120	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.254
121	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.251
122	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.247
=123	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.246
=123	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.246
125	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.237
126	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.226
127	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.221
=128	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.209
=128	SurinameSURSouth America	0.209
130	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.205
=131	BrazilBRASouth America	0.185
=131	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.185
133	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.180
134	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.172
135	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.165
136	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.160
137	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.158
138	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.157
139	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.142
140	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.141
141	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.134
142	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.130
=143	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.115
=143	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.115
145	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.112
146	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.111
147	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.100
148	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.086
149	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.083
150	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.068
151	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.066
152	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.062
153	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.061
154	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.059
155	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.056
156	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.054
157	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.052
158	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.051
=159	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.050
=159	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.050
161	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.045
=162	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.044
=162	UruguayURYSouth America	0.044
164	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.042
165	ChileCHLSouth America	0.038
166	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.033
167	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.030
168	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.025
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 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Azerbaijan0.980
2Venezuela0.976
3Tajikistan0.975
4Syria0.972
5Turkmenistan0.971

Lowest

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

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.482. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 176 in both
58 · 60rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Thailand0.373 → 0.643+0.270
Türkiye0.572 → 0.646+0.074
Mauritius0.224 → 0.255+0.031
Yemen0.820 → 0.850+0.030
North Macedonia0.715 → 0.744+0.029

Fell most

Central African Republic0.804 → 0.702−0.102
Burkina Faso0.500 → 0.419−0.081
Madagascar0.881 → 0.800−0.081
Fiji0.531 → 0.476−0.055
Guinea-Bissau0.691 → 0.653−0.038

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 2014.
162 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.843. 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 (2014). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2014

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