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Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1998

1998, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1998 covers 174 countries. Denmark is highest, at 4.012; DR Congo is lowest, at -2.904. The middle country reads 0.104. Against 1997, 21 values changed (17 up, 4 down), 1 country joined.

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Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration · Data for 1998

HighestDenmark

4.012

LowestDR Congo

-2.904

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, 1998, 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 174 countries · select a heading to sort

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1998: 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
5United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3.325
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe3.288
7LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe3.120
8FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.111
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe3.101
10PortugalPRTSouthern Europe3.058
11SpainESPSouthern Europe3.049
12United StatesUSANorthern America3.029
13SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3.028
14South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.936
15New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.883
16BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.850
17HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.723
18UruguayURYSouth America2.720
19AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.653
20Hong KongHKGEastern Asia2.646
21NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.602
22FranceFRAWestern Europe2.597
23CanadaCANNorthern America2.512
24Costa RicaCRICentral America2.503
25FijiFJIMelanesia2.462

02In 1998

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. 5United Kingdom3.325

Lowest

  1. 174DR Congo-2.904
  2. 173Somalia-2.853
  3. 172Myanmar-2.382
  4. 171Liberia-2.356
  5. 170Yemen-2.305

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.104. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 21values changed, of 173 in both
  • 17 · 4rose · fell
  • 152unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montenegro

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 1998.

  • 172 distinct values among 174

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.844. 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 174 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 (1998). Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/impartial-public-administration/1998

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07Questions

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest impartial public administration in Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1998?

Denmark, at 4.012, of the 174 countries in the file.

What year does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1998 cover?

174.

Where can I download Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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