Data for 2018

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2018

2018, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2018 covers 176 countries. Azerbaijan is highest, at 0.983; Denmark is lowest, at 0.007. The middle country reads 0.443. Against 2017, 162 values changed (92 up, 70 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2018

HighestAzerbaijan

0.983

LowestDenmark

0.007

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

176countries
1measure
2018the year it describes
164distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.983
2	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.977
3	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.969
4	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.968
5	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.967
6	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.966
7	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.963
8	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.960
9	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.958
10	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.956
11	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.947
12	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.945
13	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.942
14	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.940
15	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.939
16	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.929
17	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.909
18	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.888
19	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.881
20	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.869
21	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.868
22	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.864
23	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.860
24	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.859
25	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.856
26	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.841
27	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.836
28	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.835
29	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.824
30	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.823
31	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.821
32	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.814
33	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.812
34	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.803
35	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.791
36	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.783
37	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.780
38	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.779
39	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.774
40	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.761
41	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.758
42	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.745
43	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.737
44	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.731
45	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.722
=46	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.721
=46	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.721
48	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.716
49	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.708
50	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.703
51	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.699
52	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.677
53	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.675
=54	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.665
=54	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.665
56	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.663
57	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.647
58	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.643
=59	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.638
=59	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.638
61	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.631
62	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.622
63	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.619
64	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.618
65	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.612
66	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.611
67	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.605
68	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.604
69	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.594
70	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.576
71	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.572
72	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.570
73	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.566
74	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.562
75	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.552
76	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.546
77	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.541
78	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.535
79	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.508
80	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.506
81	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.500
82	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.497
=83	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.458
=83	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.458
85	PanamaPANCentral America	0.455
86	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.453
87	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.447
88	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.444
89	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.441
90	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.432
=91	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.430
=91	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.430
93	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.428
94	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.427
95	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.414
96	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.413
97	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.402
98	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.399
99	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.398
100	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.397
101	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.390
102	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.381
103	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.375
104	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.374
105	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.363
106	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.361
107	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.336
108	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.334
109	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.328
110	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.326
111	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.315
112	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.313
113	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.308
114	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.301
115	BrazilBRASouth America	0.300
116	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.293
117	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.292
=118	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.287
=118	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.287
120	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.282
121	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.264
122	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.260
123	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.243
124	PeruPERSouth America	0.242
125	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.234
126	SurinameSURSouth America	0.230
127	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.225
128	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.222
129	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.208
130	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.197
131	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.191
132	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.176
133	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.163
134	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.161
135	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.159
136	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.154
=137	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.148
=137	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.148
139	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.144
140	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.134
141	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.130
142	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.120
=143	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.119
=143	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.119
145	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.110
146	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.107
147	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.105
148	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.095
149	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.090
150	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.081
151	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.076
152	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.075
=153	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.071
=153	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.071
155	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.063
=156	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.056
=156	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.056
158	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.050
159	ChileCHLSouth America	0.048
160	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.046
=161	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.045
=161	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.045
163	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.043
164	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.040
165	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.037
166	UruguayURYSouth America	0.036
167	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.026
168	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.024
169	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.021
=170	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.018
=170	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.018
172	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.017
173	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.016
174	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.013
175	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.012
176	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.007

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Azerbaijan0.983
2Venezuela0.977
3Syria0.969
4North Korea0.968
5Burundi0.967

Lowest

176Denmark0.007
175Norway0.012
174Sweden0.013
173Finland0.016
172New Zealand0.017

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.443. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
162values changed, of 176 in both
92 · 70rose · fell
14unchanged

Rose most

Romania0.319 → 0.444+0.125
Benin0.202 → 0.301+0.099
Libya0.533 → 0.611+0.078
Liberia0.549 → 0.618+0.069
North Macedonia0.517 → 0.572+0.055

Fell most

Armenia0.797 → 0.375−0.422
Malaysia0.626 → 0.361−0.265
Ecuador0.624 → 0.500−0.124
Sierra Leone0.655 → 0.594−0.061
Angola0.819 → 0.774−0.045

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 2018.
164 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.721. 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 (2018). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2018

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