Data for 1995

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1995

1995, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1995 covers 172 countries. North Korea is highest, at 0.971; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.532. Against 1994, 92 values changed (50 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 1995

HighestNorth Korea

0.971

LowestDenmark

0.006

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

172countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
155distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1995, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1995: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.971
=2	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.970
=2	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.970
=4	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.965
=4	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.965
6	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.960
7	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.958
8	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.955
9	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.950
=10	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.945
=10	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.945
12	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.937
13	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.923
14	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.919
15	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.916
16	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.915
17	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.910
18	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.904
19	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.902
20	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.898
21	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.897
22	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.895
23	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.887
=24	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.879
=24	PeruPERSouth America	0.879
26	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.876
27	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.875
28	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.857
29	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.856
30	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.855
31	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.854
32	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.844
33	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.843
34	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.839
35	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.820
36	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.802
37	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.799
38	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.792
39	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.791
40	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.787
41	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.771
42	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.767
43	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.765
44	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.762
45	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.749
46	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.746
47	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.743
48	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.740
49	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.737
50	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.735
51	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.721
52	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.713
=53	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.701
=53	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.701
55	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.690
56	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.687
57	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.683
58	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.681
59	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.680
60	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.679
61	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.678
62	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.672
63	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.670
64	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.669
65	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.659
66	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.658
67	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.648
68	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.646
69	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.631
70	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.629
71	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.627
72	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.625
73	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.620
74	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.617
75	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.616
76	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.598
77	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.597
78	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.596
79	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.583
80	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.577
81	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.558
82	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.553
83	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.549
84	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.543
85	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.542
86	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.540
87	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.523
88	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.522
89	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.521
90	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.513
=91	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.508
=91	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.508
93	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.489
94	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.472
95	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.471
96	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.470
97	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.460
=98	PanamaPANCentral America	0.451
=98	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.451
100	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.440
101	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.431
102	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.423
=103	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.420
=103	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.420
105	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.413
=106	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.407
=106	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.407
108	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.395
109	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.391
110	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.371
111	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.369
112	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.368
113	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.366
114	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.346
115	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.338
116	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.313
117	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.300
118	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.298
119	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.292
120	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.280
121	BrazilBRASouth America	0.279
122	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.272
=123	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.247
=123	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.247
125	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.246
126	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.241
127	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.233
128	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.216
129	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.215
130	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.214
131	SurinameSURSouth America	0.196
132	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.184
=133	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.171
=133	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.171
=135	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.166
=135	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.166
137	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.165
138	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.157
139	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.146
140	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.139
141	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.137
142	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.135
143	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.128
144	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.120
145	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.102
146	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.085
147	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.077
=148	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.075
=148	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.075
150	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.067
151	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.064
=152	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.062
=152	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.062
154	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.059
=155	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.057
=155	UruguayURYSouth America	0.057
157	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.056
158	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.054
159	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.052
160	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.050
161	ChileCHLSouth America	0.049
162	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.047
163	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.031
164	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.024
165	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.023
166	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.022
=167	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.019
=167	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.019
=167	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.019
170	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.014
171	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.011
172	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1North Korea0.971
2Turkmenistanshared0.970
2Uzbekistanshared0.970
4Myanmarshared0.965
4Somaliashared0.965

Lowest

172Denmark0.006
171Norway0.011
170Sweden0.014
167Germanyshared0.019
167Switzerlandshared0.019

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.532. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
92values changed, of 172 in both
50 · 42rose · fell
80unchanged

Rose most

Yemen0.700 → 0.820+0.120
Ukraine0.589 → 0.701+0.112
Gambia0.675 → 0.771+0.096
Rwanda0.590 → 0.680+0.090
Armenia0.566 → 0.620+0.054

Fell most

Haiti0.894 → 0.749−0.145
South Africa0.312 → 0.247−0.065
Guinea-Bissau0.816 → 0.765−0.051
Malawi0.469 → 0.420−0.049
Uganda0.614 → 0.583−0.031

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

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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 1995.
155 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.019. 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 worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1995). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/1995

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