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Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2014

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2014 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 4.012; Syria is lowest, at -2.668. The middle country reads 0.366. Against 2013, 40 values changed (21 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration · Data for 2014

HighestDenmark

4.012

LowestSyria

-2.668

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, 2014, 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 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2014: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe4.012
2GermanyDEUWestern Europe3.990
3AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand3.372
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.369
5United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe3.344
6EstoniaESTNorthern Europe3.319
7NorwayNORNorthern Europe3.288
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe3.120
9SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe3.101
10SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3.028
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.883
12UruguayURYSouth America2.874
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.850
14FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.796
15CanadaCANNorthern America2.700
16AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.653
17FranceFRAWestern Europe2.597
18United StatesUSANorthern America2.538
19SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.467
20Costa RicaCRICentral America2.355
21LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.242
22IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.169
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.127
24SpainESPSouthern Europe2.092
25IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.984

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Denmark4.012
  2. 2Germany3.990
  3. 3Australia3.372
  4. 4Sweden3.369
  5. 5United Kingdom3.344

Lowest

  1. 176Syria-2.668
  2. 175South Sudan-2.435
  3. 174Eritrea-2.281
  4. 173Iraq-2.266
  5. 172Turkmenistan-2.141

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.366. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 40values changed, of 176 in both
  • 21 · 19rose · fell
  • 136unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2014.

  • 175 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.278. 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 176 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 (2014). Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/impartial-public-administration/2014

0636 held

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07Questions

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest impartial public administration in Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2014?

Denmark, at 4.012, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2014 cover?

176.

Where can I download Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2014?

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, 2014 the newest?

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

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