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Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2023

2023, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2023 covers 176 countries. Germany is highest, at 3.990; Nicaragua is lowest, at -3.292. The middle country reads 0.488. Against 2022, 75 values changed (32 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration · Data for 2023

HighestGermany

3.990

LowestNicaragua

-3.292

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1GermanyDEUWestern Europe3.990
2SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe3.581
3LatviaLVANorthern Europe3.526
4AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand3.324
5EstoniaESTNorthern Europe3.319
6TaiwanTWNEastern Asia3.245
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe3.201
8LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe3.120
9SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia3.110
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.858
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.850
12FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.712
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.694
14Costa RicaCRICentral America2.646
15CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.605
16FranceFRAWestern Europe2.498
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.492
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.485
19IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.413
20NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa2.393
21SpainESPSouthern Europe2.336
22UruguayURYSouth America2.284
23SeychellesSYCEastern Africa2.210
24United StatesUSANorthern America2.108
25BhutanBTNSouthern Asia2.014

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Germany3.990
  2. 2Switzerland3.581
  3. 3Latvia3.526
  4. 4Australia3.324
  5. 5Estonia3.319

Lowest

  1. 176Nicaragua-3.292
  2. 175Afghanistan-3.195
  3. 174Chad-3.110
  4. 173Yemen-3.062
  5. 172Libya-2.366

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.488. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 75values changed, of 176 in both
  • 32 · 43rose · fell
  • 101unchanged

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 2023.

  • 171 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.636. 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 (2023). Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/impartial-public-administration/2023

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07Questions

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest impartial public administration in Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2023?

Germany, at 3.990, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2023 cover?

176.

Where can I download Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

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

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