Data for 2008

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2008

2008, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2008 covers 175 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 0.977; Denmark is lowest, at 0.006. The middle country reads 0.480. Against 2007, 118 values changed (62 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Neopatrimonial Rule Index · Data for 2008

HighestEritrea

0.977

LowestDenmark

0.006

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

175countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
161distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.977
2	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.973
=3	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.970
=3	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.970
=5	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.965
=5	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.965
7	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.959
8	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.955
9	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.944
10	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.943
11	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.930
12	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.914
13	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.912
14	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.909
15	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.907
16	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.906
=17	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.899
=17	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.899
19	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.885
20	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.879
21	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.878
22	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.877
23	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.870
24	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.862
25	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.855
26	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.846
27	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.840
28	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.837
29	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.824
30	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.822
31	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.821
32	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.818
33	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.817
34	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.804
35	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.797
36	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.793
37	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.785
38	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.784
39	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.781
40	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.768
41	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.766
42	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.757
43	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.754
44	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.753
45	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.738
46	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.734
47	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.730
48	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.726
49	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.723
50	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.712
51	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.704
=52	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.697
=52	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.697
54	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.692
=55	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.691
=55	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.691
57	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.683
58	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.672
=59	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.669
=59	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.669
61	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.662
62	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.655
63	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.653
64	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.651
65	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.647
66	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.646
67	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.636
68	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.608
69	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.603
70	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.591
71	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.583
72	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.577
73	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.576
74	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.572
75	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.569
76	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.559
77	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.556
78	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.552
79	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.548
80	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.543
81	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.535
82	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.531
83	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.524
84	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.518
85	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.509
86	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.495
87	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.494
=88	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.480
=88	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.480
90	PanamaPANCentral America	0.477
91	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.447
92	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.446
93	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.445
94	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.440
95	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.435
96	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.429
97	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.425
98	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.413
99	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.409
100	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.394
101	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.392
102	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.391
103	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.387
104	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.386
105	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.382
106	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.366
107	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.359
108	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.352
109	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.349
110	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.348
111	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.346
112	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.343
113	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.323
=114	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.301
=114	PeruPERSouth America	0.301
116	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.295
117	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.292
118	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.290
119	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.275
120	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.272
121	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.269
122	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.264
123	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.260
124	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.225
125	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.222
126	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.221
127	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.212
128	BrazilBRASouth America	0.190
129	SurinameSURSouth America	0.189
=130	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.182
=130	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.182
132	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.177
133	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.175
134	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.174
135	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.161
136	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.158
137	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.155
138	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.152
139	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.150
140	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.145
141	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.142
142	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.129
143	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.127
144	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.122
145	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.121
146	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.120
147	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.119
148	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.093
149	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.076
150	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.075
151	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.066
152	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.061
=153	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.057
=153	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.057
=155	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.056
=155	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.056
=157	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.051
=157	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.051
=159	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.046
=159	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.046
161	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.044
162	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.042
163	UruguayURYSouth America	0.041
164	ChileCHLSouth America	0.038
165	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.037
166	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.032
=167	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.021
=167	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.021
169	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.020
170	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.019
171	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.018
172	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.017
173	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.014
174	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.011
175	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.006

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Eritrea0.977
2Turkmenistan0.973
3North Koreashared0.970
3Uzbekistanshared0.970
5Azerbaijanshared0.965

Lowest

175Denmark0.006
174Norway0.011
173Sweden0.014
172Australia0.017
171Switzerland0.018

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.480. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 175 in both
62 · 56rose · fell
57unchanged

Rose most

South Korea0.104 → 0.182+0.078
Mauritania0.725 → 0.793+0.068
Zambia0.196 → 0.260+0.064
Ecuador0.650 → 0.712+0.062
North Macedonia0.477 → 0.531+0.054

Fell most

Maldives0.830 → 0.646−0.184
Bhutan0.287 → 0.120−0.167
Thailand0.519 → 0.387−0.132
Paraguay0.524 → 0.440−0.084
Nepal0.382 → 0.346−0.036

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 2008.
161 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.970. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2008). Neopatrimonial Rule Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/neopatrimonial-rule/2008

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