North Macedonia vs South Africa: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score

North Macedonia
4
in 2018
South Africa
4
in 2018
North Macedonia rank
1st
South Africa rank
1st

Openness of Executive Recruitment Score over time

  • North Macedonia
  • South Africa
1234191019642018

How they compare

North Macedonia currently reports 4 against 4 in South Africa, a difference of 0.

Across all 88 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.

North Macedonia ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 1st of 167 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 10 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade North Macedonia South Africa Difference Ahead
1920s 1.89 4 2.11 South Africa
1930s 1.5 4 2.5 South Africa
1940s 3.67 4 0.3333 South Africa
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, North Macedonia or South Africa?
North Macedonia, at 4 against 4 in South Africa as of 2018.
What is the difference in openness of executive recruitment score between North Macedonia and South Africa?
0, with North Macedonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Macedonia and South Africa?
88 years are reported by both, from 1921 to 2018.
How do North Macedonia and South Africa rank globally for openness of executive recruitment score?
North Macedonia ranks 1st and South Africa ranks 1st of 167 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

North Macedonia vs South Africa: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score. Statizoid, drawing on Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/openness-of-executive-recruitment-score/north-macedonia/south-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/openness-of-executive-recruitment-score/north-macedonia/south-africa/">North Macedonia vs South Africa: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score</a> — Statizoid

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

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).