Denmark vs Namibia: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score

Denmark

in 2018

Namibia

in 2018

Denmark rank

1st

Namibia rank

1st

Openness of Executive Recruitment Score over time

Denmark
Namibia

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 4 against 4 in Namibia, a difference of 0.

Across all 29 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 1st and Namibia ranks 1st of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score
Source: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 167 places, 17,813 data points, 1789–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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).