Namibia vs Spain: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score

Namibia

in 2018

Spain

in 2018

Namibia rank

1st

Spain rank

1st

Openness of Executive Recruitment Score over time

Namibia
Spain

How they compare

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

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

Namibia ranks 1st and Spain 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).