Data for 2019

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2019

2019, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2019 covers 176 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 0.980; Denmark is lowest, at 0.007. The middle country reads 0.445. Against 2018, 166 values changed (85 up, 81 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2019

HighestVenezuela

0.980

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
2019the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.980
2	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.977
3	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.973
4	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.970
=5	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.966
=5	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.966
7	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.959
8	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.956
9	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.944
10	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.942
11	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.941
12	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.935
13	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.934
14	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.930
15	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.923
16	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.916
=17	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.879
=17	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.879
19	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.876
20	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.875
21	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.868
22	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.862
23	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.858
24	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.857
25	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.855
26	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.851
27	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.843
28	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.838
29	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.835
30	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.826
31	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.824
=32	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.823
=32	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.823
=34	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.801
=34	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.801
36	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.793
37	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.790
38	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.780
39	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.778
40	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.769
41	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.767
42	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.763
43	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.757
44	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.723
45	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.722
46	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.720
47	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.719
48	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.701
49	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.693
50	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.687
=51	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.664
=51	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.664
53	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.662
54	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.652
55	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.642
56	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.639
57	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.635
58	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.633
59	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.631
60	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.628
=61	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.620
=61	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.620
63	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.618
64	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.604
65	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.603
66	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.602
67	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.601
68	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.592
69	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.590
70	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.589
=71	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.580
=71	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.580
73	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.578
74	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.576
75	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.564
76	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.551
77	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.545
78	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.507
79	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.506
80	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.489
81	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.488
82	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.472
83	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.459
84	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.457
85	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.451
86	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.450
87	PanamaPANCentral America	0.446
=88	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.445
=88	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.445
90	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.444
91	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.440
92	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.439
93	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.433
94	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.429
95	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.425
96	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.409
97	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.408
98	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.383
99	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.382
100	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.381
101	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.377
102	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.367
103	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.359
104	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.356
=105	BrazilBRASouth America	0.355
=105	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.355
107	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.348
108	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.343
109	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.340
110	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.333
=111	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.320
=111	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.320
113	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.318
114	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.309
=115	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.306
=115	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.306
117	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.292
118	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.291
119	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.286
120	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.285
121	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.278
122	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.275
123	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.271
124	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.267
125	SurinameSURSouth America	0.255
126	PeruPERSouth America	0.251
127	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.245
128	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.219
129	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.218
130	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.201
131	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.177
132	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.169
133	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.168
134	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.167
135	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.159
136	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.147
137	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.146
138	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.144
139	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.139
140	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.133
141	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.130
=142	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.117
=142	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.117
144	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.112
145	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.109
146	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.107
147	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.090
148	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.086
149	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.083
150	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.076
151	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.068
152	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.067
153	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.065
154	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.064
155	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.061
156	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.056
=157	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.049
=157	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.049
=157	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.049
=160	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.048
=160	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.048
=162	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.045
=162	ChileCHLSouth America	0.045
164	UruguayURYSouth America	0.036
165	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.035
166	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.034
167	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.032
168	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.026
169	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.021
=170	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.018
=170	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.018
=172	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.017
=172	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.017
=174	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.012
=174	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.012
176	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.007

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Venezuela0.980
2Azerbaijan0.977
3Nicaragua0.973
4Tajikistan0.970
5North Koreashared0.966

Lowest

176Denmark0.007
174Swedenshared0.012
174Norwayshared0.012
172New Zealandshared0.017
172Netherlandsshared0.017

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.445. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
166values changed, of 176 in both
85 · 81rose · fell
10unchanged

Rose most

Namibia0.197 → 0.306+0.109
Madagascar0.721 → 0.823+0.102
Benin0.301 → 0.377+0.076
Nepal0.292 → 0.356+0.064
Comoros0.791 → 0.851+0.060

Fell most

Maldives0.745 → 0.382−0.363
Thailand0.703 → 0.589−0.114
Ukraine0.716 → 0.618−0.098
Sudan0.869 → 0.778−0.091
Armenia0.375 → 0.286−0.089

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 2019.
157 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.049. 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 (2019). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2019

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