China vs Denmark: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score
China
4
in 2018
Denmark
4
in 2018
China rank
1st
Denmark rank
1st
Openness of Executive Recruitment Score over time
- China
- Denmark
How they compare
China currently reports 4 against 4 in Denmark, a difference of 0.
Across all 194 years both countries report, Denmark has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and Denmark ranks 1st of 166 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 22 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Denmark | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1810s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1820s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 0 | — |
| 1840s | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | Denmark |
| 1850s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1860s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1870s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1880s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1890s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1900s | 1 | 2 | 1 | Denmark |
| 1910s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1920s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1930s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1950s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 0 | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher openness of executive recruitment score, China or Denmark?
- China, at 4 against 4 in Denmark as of 2018.
- What is the difference in openness of executive recruitment score between China and Denmark?
- 0, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Denmark?
- 194 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2018.
- How do China and Denmark rank globally for openness of executive recruitment score?
- China ranks 1st and Denmark ranks 1st of 166 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Openness of Executive Recruitment Score. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Indicates the extent to which recruitment for the executive is open. It ranges from executive power being seized (score of 0), over hereditary succession (score of 1), dual hereditary-open arrangements with the chief minister designated (score of 2), and dual hereditary-open arrangements with the chief minister being elected (score of 3), to executive recruitment being open (score of 4).