Data for 2025

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2025

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2025 covers 176 countries. Nicaragua is highest, at 0.989; Denmark is lowest, at 0.008. The middle country reads 0.445. Against 2024, 157 values changed (96 up, 61 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2025

HighestNicaragua

0.989

LowestDenmark

0.008

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

176countries
1measure
2025the 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, 2025, 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, 2025: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.989
2	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.985
3	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.982
4	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.976
5	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.967
=6	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.966
=6	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.966
8	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.961
9	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.956
10	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.955
11	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.943
=12	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.940
=12	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.940
14	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.937
15	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.931
16	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.928
17	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.917
18	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.915
19	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.906
20	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.899
21	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.870
22	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.866
23	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.860
=24	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.857
=24	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.857
26	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.856
27	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.852
28	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.840
29	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.839
30	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.838
=31	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.837
=31	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.837
33	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.831
34	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.827
35	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.823
36	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.819
37	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.812
=38	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.811
=38	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.811
40	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.803
41	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.801
42	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.800
43	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.778
44	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.768
45	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.764
46	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.759
47	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.757
48	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.755
49	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.735
50	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.732
=51	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.721
=51	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.721
53	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.714
54	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.713
55	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.687
56	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.685
57	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.681
58	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.675
59	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.673
60	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.670
=61	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.660
=61	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.660
63	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.658
64	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.656
65	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.648
=66	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.635
=66	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.635
68	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.617
69	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.616
=70	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.615
=70	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.615
72	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.604
73	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.603
74	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.590
75	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.579
76	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.562
77	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.561
78	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.549
79	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.529
80	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.526
=81	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.508
=81	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.508
83	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.493
84	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.483
85	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.475
86	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.469
87	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.461
88	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.446
89	PeruPERSouth America	0.444
90	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.439
91	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.438
92	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.433
93	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.422
94	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.411
=95	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.399
=95	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.399
97	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.392
98	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.391
99	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.388
100	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.387
101	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.373
102	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.364
103	PanamaPANCentral America	0.363
104	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.352
105	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.346
106	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.337
107	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.336
108	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.333
109	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.329
110	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.327
111	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.323
112	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.320
113	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.319
114	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.316
=115	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.304
=115	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.304
117	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.299
118	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.298
119	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.273
120	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.248
=121	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.246
=121	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.246
=123	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.230
=123	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.230
=125	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.221
=125	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.221
127	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.214
128	SurinameSURSouth America	0.204
129	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.202
130	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.195
131	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.191
132	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.186
133	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.183
134	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.182
135	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.169
136	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.167
137	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.161
138	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.147
139	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.144
140	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.139
141	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.135
142	BrazilBRASouth America	0.134
143	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.133
144	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.123
145	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.120
146	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.115
147	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.109
148	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.097
149	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.093
150	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.090
=151	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.074
=151	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.074
=151	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.074
154	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.072
155	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.070
156	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.069
157	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.068
158	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.064
159	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.058
160	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.056
161	UruguayURYSouth America	0.054
162	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.052
163	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.051
164	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.045
165	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.043
166	ChileCHLSouth America	0.040
167	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.033
=168	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.028
=168	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.028
170	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.025
171	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.021
172	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.019
173	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.017
=174	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.016
=174	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.016
176	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.008

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Nicaragua0.989
2Venezuela0.985
3Chad0.982
4Azerbaijan0.976
5North Korea0.967

Lowest

176Denmark0.008
174Swedenshared0.016
174Australiashared0.016
173Norway0.017
172Switzerland0.019

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

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
157values changed, of 176 in both
96 · 61rose · fell
19unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau0.650 → 0.811+0.161
Niger0.349 → 0.461+0.112
Armenia0.509 → 0.615+0.106
Burkina Faso0.567 → 0.658+0.091
Tanzania0.254 → 0.323+0.069

Fell most

Mauritius0.354 → 0.202−0.152
Bangladesh0.818 → 0.675−0.143
Sri Lanka0.303 → 0.167−0.136
Mali0.716 → 0.615−0.101
Syria0.898 → 0.803−0.095

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 2025.
157 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.074. 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2025). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2025

0636 held

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