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Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993

1993, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993 covers 173 countries. Denmark is highest, at 4.012; Afghanistan is lowest, at -3.616. The middle country reads 0.110. Against 1992, 30 values changed (18 up, 12 down), 1 country joined.

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Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration · Data for 1993

HighestDenmark

4.012

LowestAfghanistan

-3.616

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 173 countries · select a heading to sort

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe4.012
2GermanyDEUWestern Europe3.990
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.560
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand3.559
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe3.288
6LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe3.120
7FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.111
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe3.101
9PortugalPRTSouthern Europe3.058
10SpainESPSouthern Europe3.049
11United StatesUSANorthern America3.029
12SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3.028
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.883
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.850
15South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.744
16HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.723
17UruguayURYSouth America2.720
18AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.653
19Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.646
20NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.602
21FranceFRAWestern Europe2.597
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.520
23CanadaCANNorthern America2.512
24Costa RicaCRICentral America2.503
25ChileCHLSouth America2.189

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Denmark4.012
  2. 2Germany3.990
  3. 3Sweden3.560
  4. 4Australia3.559
  5. 5Norway3.288

Lowest

  1. 173Afghanistan-3.616
  2. 172Somalia-2.853
  3. 171DR Congo-2.819
  4. 170Sierra Leone-2.476
  5. 169Myanmar-2.382

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.110. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 30values changed, of 172 in both
  • 18 · 12rose · fell
  • 142unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Slovakia

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 1993.

  • 171 distinct values among 173

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.101. 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 better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1993). Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/impartial-public-administration/1993

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07Questions

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993: questions and answers

Which country has the highest impartial public administration in Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993?

Denmark, at 4.012, of the 173 countries in the file.

What year does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993 describe?

1993.

How many countries does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993 cover?

173.

Where can I download Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2025.

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