Germany vs Switzerland: Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score

Germany
3.99
in 2025
Switzerland
3.58
in 2025
Germany rank
1st
Switzerland rank
2nd

Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score over time

  • Germany
  • Switzerland
-2024178919072025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 3.99 against 3.58 in Switzerland, a difference of 0.409.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 182 shared years of data; in 1798 it was Switzerland ahead.

Germany ranks 1st and Switzerland ranks 2nd of 173 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rigorous and Impartial Public Administration Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,350 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate of the extent to which public officials respect the law, and administer it without arbitrariness and bias.