Data for 2016

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2016

2016, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2016 covers 176 countries. Azerbaijan is highest, at 0.981; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.451. Against 2015, 138 values changed (71 up, 67 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2016

HighestAzerbaijan

0.981

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
2016the year it describes
165distinct 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.981
2	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.974
3	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.973
4	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.971
5	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.970
=6	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.968
=6	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.968
8	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.966
9	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.961
10	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.957
11	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.948
12	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.947
13	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.940
14	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.933
15	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.922
16	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.910
17	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.906
18	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.891
19	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.890
20	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.887
21	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.870
22	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.869
23	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.857
24	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.851
25	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.847
26	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.842
27	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.840
28	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.838
29	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.817
30	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.816
=31	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.809
=31	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.809
33	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.808
34	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.793
35	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.788
36	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.785
37	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.781
38	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.767
39	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.761
40	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.757
41	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.756
42	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.755
43	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.745
44	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.744
45	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.743
46	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.742
47	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.730
48	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.729
49	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.727
50	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.724
51	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.723
52	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.718
53	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.703
54	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.700
55	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.695
56	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.690
57	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.686
58	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.679
=59	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.673
=59	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.673
61	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.664
62	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.656
63	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.643
64	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.630
65	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.628
66	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.624
67	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.621
68	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.618
69	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.616
70	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.613
71	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.609
72	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.608
73	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.599
74	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.587
75	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.560
76	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.557
77	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.550
78	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.549
79	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.545
80	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.538
81	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.518
82	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.503
83	PanamaPANCentral America	0.499
84	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.497
=85	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.488
=85	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.488
87	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.461
88	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.451
89	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.450
90	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.449
91	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.445
92	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.442
93	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.436
=94	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.420
=94	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.420
96	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.419
97	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.402
98	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.400
99	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.395
=100	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.379
=100	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.379
102	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.378
103	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.366
104	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.347
105	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.343
106	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.338
107	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.337
108	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.335
109	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.333
110	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.319
111	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.316
112	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.309
113	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.305
114	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.297
115	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.277
116	PeruPERSouth America	0.275
117	BrazilBRASouth America	0.272
118	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.270
119	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.265
120	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.262
121	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.259
=122	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.256
=122	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.256
124	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.247
125	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.237
126	SurinameSURSouth America	0.227
127	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.215
128	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.213
129	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.188
130	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.187
131	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.182
132	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.179
133	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.177
134	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.169
135	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.157
136	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.150
137	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.148
=138	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.139
=138	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.139
140	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.136
141	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.134
142	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.129
143	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.125
144	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.120
145	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.118
146	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.112
147	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.111
148	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.105
149	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.088
150	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.075
151	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.070
152	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.068
153	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.059
154	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.056
155	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.055
156	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.054
=157	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.051
=157	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.051
159	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.050
160	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.047
161	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.046
162	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.044
163	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.043
164	ChileCHLSouth America	0.041
165	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.040
166	UruguayURYSouth America	0.037
167	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.027
168	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.021
=169	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.020
=169	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.020
171	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.019
=172	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.018
=172	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.018
174	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.012
175	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.011
176	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Azerbaijan0.981
2Tajikistan0.974
3Eritrea0.973
4Turkmenistan0.971
5Syria0.970

Lowest

176Denmark0.006
175Norway0.011
174Sweden0.012
172New Zealandshared0.018
172Switzerlandshared0.018

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.451. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 176 in both
71 · 67rose · fell
38unchanged

Rose most

Türkiye0.659 → 0.793+0.134
Philippines0.422 → 0.518+0.096
Brazil0.186 → 0.272+0.086
Somalia0.789 → 0.869+0.080
Serbia0.503 → 0.557+0.054

Fell most

Myanmar0.578 → 0.436−0.142
Argentina0.406 → 0.305−0.101
Taiwan0.226 → 0.150−0.076
Romania0.198 → 0.125−0.073
Benin0.374 → 0.316−0.058

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 2016.
165 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.968. 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 (2016). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2016

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