Namibia vs Niger: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score

Namibia

in 2018

Niger

in 2018

Namibia rank

1st

Niger rank

1st

Openness of Executive Recruitment Score over time

Namibia
Niger

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 1st and Niger 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).