What is the highest competitiveness of executive recruitment score recorded in United States?

The highest recorded value was 3 in 1825.

What is the lowest competitiveness of executive recruitment score recorded in United States?

The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1789.

How does United States rank for competitiveness of executive recruitment score?

United States ranks 1st out of 166 countries with data for 2020.

Is competitiveness of executive recruitment score rising or falling in United States?

Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this United States data come from?

The figures come from Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Score in United States

Name: Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Score in United States
Creator: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

United States: Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Score was 3 in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

1st

of 166 countries

All-time high

in 1825

All-time low

in 1789

Years of data

227

1789–2020

Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Score in United States, 1789–2020

Source: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

United States recorded 3 for competitiveness of executive recruitment score in 2020. That is the highest value across all 227 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, competitiveness of executive recruitment score in United States peaked at 3 in 1825 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1789.

That places United States 1st out of 166 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 227 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	1	1	1	1
1790s	1.3	1	2	10
1800s	2	2	2	10
1810s	2	2	2	10
1820s	2.5	2	3	10
1830s	3	3	3	10
1840s	3	3	3	10
1850s	3	3	3	10
1860s	3	3	3	5
1870s	3	3	3	10
1880s	3	3	3	10
1890s	3	3	3	10
1900s	3	3	3	10
1910s	3	3	3	10
1920s	3	3	3	10
1930s	3	3	3	10
1940s	3	3	3	10
1950s	3	3	3	10
1960s	3	3	3	10
1970s	3	3	3	10
1980s	3	3	3	10
1990s	3	3	3	10
2000s	3	3	3	10
2010s	3	3	3	10
2020s	3	3	3	1

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Frequently asked questions

What is competitiveness of executive recruitment score in United States?: Competitiveness of executive recruitment score in United States was 3 in 2020, according to Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest competitiveness of executive recruitment score recorded in United States?: The highest recorded value was 3 in 1825.
What is the lowest competitiveness of executive recruitment score recorded in United States?: The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1789.
How does United States rank for competitiveness of executive recruitment score?: United States ranks 1st out of 166 countries with data for 2020.
Is competitiveness of executive recruitment score rising or falling in United States?: Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States data come from?: The figures come from Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Competitiveness 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 executive recruitment is competitive. It ranges from executive power being seized (score of 0), over the executive being selected by elites (score of 1), and dual selection-election or transitional arrangements (score of 2), to the executive being elected (score of 4).