Data for 1994
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1994
1994, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1994 covers 173 countries. Denmark is highest, at 4.012; Afghanistan is lowest, at -3.616. The middle country reads 0.110. Against 1993, 27 values changed (16 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration · Data for 1994
HighestDenmark
4.012LowestAfghanistan
-3.616Shaded 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, 1994, 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
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4.012 | |
| 2 | 3.990 | |
| 3 | 3.560 | |
| 4 | 3.559 | |
| 5 | 3.325 | |
| 6 | 3.288 | |
| 7 | 3.120 | |
| 8 | 3.111 | |
| 9 | 3.101 | |
| 10 | 3.058 | |
| 11 | 3.049 | |
| 12 | 3.029 | |
| 13 | 3.028 | |
| 14 | 2.883 | |
| 15 | 2.850 | |
| 16 | 2.744 | |
| 17 | 2.723 | |
| 18 | 2.720 | |
| 19 | 2.653 | |
| 20 | 2.646 | |
| 21 | 2.602 | |
| 22 | 2.597 | |
| 23 | 2.512 | |
| 24 | 2.503 | |
| 25 | 2.189 | |
| 26 | 2.160 | |
| 27 | 2.154 | |
| 28 | 2.098 | |
| 29 | 2.048 | |
| 30 | 1.984 | |
| 31 | 1.942 | |
| 32 | 1.856 | |
| 33 | 1.828 | |
| 34 | 1.778 | |
| 35 | 1.641 | |
| 36 | 1.617 | |
| 37 | 1.594 | |
| 38 | 1.573 | |
| 39 | 1.564 | |
| 40 | 1.545 | |
| 41 | 1.499 | |
| 42 | 1.477 | |
| 43 | 1.456 | |
| 44 | 1.426 | |
| 45 | 1.418 | |
| 46 | 1.287 | |
| 47 | 1.282 | |
| 48 | 1.262 | |
| 49 | 1.245 | |
| 50 | 1.244 | |
| 51 | 1.233 | |
| 52 | 1.142 | |
| 53 | 1.139 | |
| 54 | 1.126 | |
| 55 | 1.081 | |
| 56 | 1.070 | |
| 57 | 0.966 | |
| 58 | 0.927 | |
| 59 | 0.912 | |
| 60 | 0.845 | |
| 61 | 0.828 | |
| 62 | 0.711 | |
| 63 | 0.703 | |
| 64 | 0.636 | |
| 65 | 0.633 | |
| 66 | 0.624 | |
| 67 | 0.542 | |
| 68 | 0.451 | |
| 69 | 0.449 | |
| 70 | 0.434 | |
| 71 | 0.383 | |
| 72 | 0.378 | |
| 73 | 0.376 | |
| 74 | 0.369 | |
| 75 | 0.335 | |
| 76 | 0.326 | |
| 77 | 0.299 | |
| 78 | 0.261 | |
| 79 | 0.257 | |
| 80 | 0.233 | |
| 81 | 0.232 | |
| 82 | 0.225 | |
| 83 | 0.146 | |
| 84 | 0.137 | |
| 85 | 0.118 | |
| 86 | 0.113 | |
| 87 | 0.110 | |
| 88 | 0.022 | |
| 89 | 0.003 | |
| 90 | -0.031 | |
| 91 | -0.059 | |
| 92 | -0.067 | |
| 93 | -0.083 | |
| 94 | -0.101 | |
| 95 | -0.113 | |
| 96 | -0.123 | |
| 97 | -0.133 | |
| 98 | -0.148 | |
| 99 | -0.193 | |
| 100 | -0.200 | |
| 101 | -0.222 | |
| 102 | -0.254 | |
| 103 | -0.261 | |
| 104 | -0.263 | |
| 105 | -0.276 | |
| 106 | -0.288 | |
| 107 | -0.316 | |
| 108 | -0.326 | |
| 109 | -0.333 | |
| 110 | -0.396 | |
| 111 | -0.398 | |
| 112 | -0.401 | |
| 113 | -0.454 | |
| 114 | -0.455 | |
| 115 | -0.481 | |
| 116 | -0.489 | |
| 117 | -0.518 | |
| 118 | -0.551 | |
| 119 | -0.555 | |
| 120 | -0.582 | |
| 121 | -0.610 | |
| 122 | -0.645 | |
| 123 | -0.653 | |
| 124 | -0.665 | |
| 125 | -0.706 | |
| 126 | -0.710 | |
| 127 | -0.754 | |
| 128 | -0.774 | |
| 129 | -0.803 | |
| 130 | -0.814 | |
| 131 | -0.868 | |
| 132 | -0.872 | |
| 133 | -0.877 | |
| 134 | -0.900 | |
| 135 | -0.941 | |
| 136 | -0.973 | |
| 137 | -0.983 | |
| 138 | -1.047 | |
| 139 | -1.068 | |
| 140 | -1.076 | |
| 141 | SomalilandXSLEastern Africa | -1.081 |
| 142 | -1.085 | |
| 143 | -1.102 | |
| =144 | -1.103 | |
| =144 | -1.103 | |
| 146 | -1.108 | |
| 147 | -1.230 | |
| 148 | -1.243 | |
| 149 | -1.244 | |
| 150 | -1.326 | |
| 151 | -1.345 | |
| 152 | -1.479 | |
| 153 | -1.499 | |
| 154 | -1.507 | |
| 155 | -1.510 | |
| 156 | -1.558 | |
| 157 | -1.575 | |
| 158 | -1.577 | |
| 159 | -1.585 | |
| 160 | -1.708 | |
| 161 | -1.799 | |
| 162 | -1.803 | |
| 163 | -1.856 | |
| 164 | -1.873 | |
| 165 | -1.882 | |
| 166 | -1.893 | |
| 167 | -1.931 | |
| 168 | -2.028 | |
| 169 | -2.382 | |
| 170 | -2.476 | |
| 171 | -2.819 | |
| 172 | -2.853 | |
| 173 | -3.616 |
02In 1994
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Denmark4.012
- 2
Germany3.990
- 3
Sweden3.560
- 4
Australia3.559
- 5
United Kingdom3.325
Lowest
- 173
Afghanistan-3.616
- 172
Somalia-2.853
- 171
DR Congo-2.819
- 170
Sierra Leone-2.476
- 169
Myanmar-2.382
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.110. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
031993 → 1994
Since 1993
What changed between 1993 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 27values changed, of 173 in both
- 16 · 11rose · fell
- 146unchanged
Rose most
South Africa-0.101 → 1.426+1.527
United Kingdom2.520 → 3.325+0.805
United Arab Emirates0.813 → 1.564+0.751
Estonia1.117 → 1.828+0.711
Panama0.521 → 1.070+0.549
Fell most
Gambia1.087 → -0.489−1.576
Azerbaijan0.188 → -1.108−1.296
Egypt-0.303 → -1.244−0.941
Burundi-0.221 → -0.665−0.444
Kyrgyzstan0.675 → 0.299−0.376
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.
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 1994.
172 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -1.103. 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.
- .csv
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173 rows · 4.8 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
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Download impartial-public-administration-1994-nations-inquiry.csv - ↗
The publisher’s original
V-Dem Institute’s own file, on its own site.
V-Dem-CY-Core-v16_csv.zip
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 (1994). Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1994 [data set], describing 1994. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/impartial-public-administration/1994
0636 held
Other years
‹ The year before
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1993173 countries
The year after ›
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1995173 countries
All of them
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration: every year36 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country
07Questions
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1994: questions and answers
Which country has the highest impartial public administration in Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1994?
Denmark, at 4.012, of the 173 countries in the file.
What year does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1994 describe?
1994.
How many countries does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1994 cover?
173.
Where can I download Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1994?
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, 1994 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2025.