Elite Consultations Score by country
Central estimate of the extent to which political elites consult other elites across the political spectrum and from relevant sectors of society and business when considering important policy changes.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
4.18
Norway
Lowest
-2.65
Belarus
Median
0.663
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,403
What the numbers show
Elite Consultations Score is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 4.18 in Norway; the lowest is -2.65 in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.663, and the mean is 0.6095.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Zambia (up 9,268.4%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 654.2%).
Elite Consultations Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 4.18 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 2 | Germany | 3.66 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 3 | Switzerland | 3.51 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Denmark | 2.97 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 6 | Libya | 2.95 | 2025 | up 123.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 2.66 | 2025 | up 11.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Chile | 2.6 | 2025 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Bhutan | 2.6 | 2025 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 2.55 | 2025 | up 258.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Slovenia | 2.47 | 2025 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Sweden | 2.47 | 2025 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Barbados | 2.4 | 2025 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Finland | 2.38 | 2025 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Seychelles | 2.37 | 2025 | up 241.0% | volatile |
| 17 | France | 2.35 | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Ghana | 2.32 | 2025 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Mauritius | 2.31 | 2025 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 20 | Lithuania | 2.2 | 2025 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Belgium | 2.18 | 2025 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Lebanon | 2.17 | 2025 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Uruguay | 2.17 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 24 | South Africa | 2.15 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Netherlands | 2.15 | 2025 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Iceland | 2.1 | 2025 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Australia | 2.06 | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 1.99 | 2025 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 29 | South Korea | 1.96 | 2025 | up 207.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 1.86 | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Zambia | 1.78 | 2025 | up 9,268.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Italy | 1.76 | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Senegal | 1.73 | 2025 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 34 | United Kingdom | 1.71 | 2025 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Austria | 1.71 | 2025 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Cyprus | 1.71 | 2025 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Portugal | 1.69 | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 1.69 | 2025 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Malawi | 1.68 | 2025 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Guatemala | 1.67 | 2025 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Poland | 1.64 | 2025 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Taiwan | 1.63 | 2025 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Estonia | 1.55 | 2025 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Japan | 1.53 | 2025 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Czechia | 1.52 | 2025 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Indonesia | 1.52 | 2025 | down 15.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Mongolia | 1.5 | 2025 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Spain | 1.49 | 2025 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Lesotho | 1.46 | 2025 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Latvia | 1.43 | 2025 | down 37.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Montenegro | 1.42 | 2025 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Jordan | 1.38 | 2025 | up 146.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Panama | 1.35 | 2025 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Kenya | 1.35 | 2025 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Namibia | 1.35 | 2025 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Israel | 1.32 | 2025 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Malaysia | 1.3 | 2025 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Fiji | 1.26 | 2025 | up 281.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 1.26 | 2025 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Greece | 1.26 | 2025 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Vietnam | 1.25 | 2025 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 63 | Jamaica | 1.23 | 2025 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Moldova | 1.21 | 2025 | up 48.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Haiti | 1.16 | 2025 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Uganda | 1.09 | 2025 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Croatia | 1.09 | 2025 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Singapore | 1.07 | 2025 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Paraguay | 1.07 | 2025 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Canada | 1.05 | 2025 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 71 | Tanzania | 1.03 | 2025 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Somalia | 1.02 | 2025 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Suriname | 1.01 | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 2025 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Mali | 0.952 | 2025 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Togo | 0.945 | 2025 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 77 | New Zealand | 0.944 | 2025 | down 54.5% | volatile |
| 78 | East Timor | 0.908 | 2025 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Algeria | 0.876 | 2025 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Morocco | 0.873 | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Liberia | 0.831 | 2025 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Gambia | 0.806 | 2025 | up 204.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Georgia | 0.75 | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 0.731 | 2025 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Papua New Guinea | 0.721 | 2025 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.715 | 2025 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Sri Lanka | 0.697 | 2025 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Maldives | 0.693 | 2025 | up 286.8% | volatile |
| 89 | North Macedonia | 0.691 | 2025 | up 639.8% | volatile |
| 90 | United States | 0.663 | 2025 | down 73.3% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 0.66 | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.585 | 2025 | up 473.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Colombia | 0.509 | 2025 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 0.499 | 2025 | up 704.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Tunisia | 0.495 | 2025 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 96 | India | 0.489 | 2025 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Solomon Islands | 0.452 | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Gabon | 0.447 | 2025 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Ethiopia | 0.425 | 2025 | up 1,150.0% | rising |
| 100 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.423 | 2025 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Ukraine | 0.409 | 2025 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 102 | Armenia | 0.395 | 2025 | up 206.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Niger | 0.387 | 2025 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritania | 0.339 | 2025 | up 445.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.335 | 2025 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 106 | Serbia | 0.3 | 2025 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Qatar | 0.294 | 2025 | up 186.0% | rising |
| 108 | Iraq | 0.288 | 2025 | up 7,100.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.285 | 2025 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 110 | United Arab Emirates | 0.222 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 111 | Bangladesh | 0.221 | 2025 | up 153.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Syria | 0.214 | 2025 | up 107.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Nigeria | 0.205 | 2025 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Nepal | 0.202 | 2025 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | 0.201 | 2025 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 116 | Pakistan | 0.18 | 2025 | down 78.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Rwanda | 0.169 | 2025 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Philippines | 0.126 | 2025 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Argentina | 0.017 | 2025 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Central African Republic | 0.001 | 2025 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Angola | -0.018 | 2025 | up 97.4% | rising |
| 122 | Albania | -0.025 | 2025 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Botswana | -0.047 | 2025 | down 102.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Madagascar | -0.074 | 2025 | down 147.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Bolivia | -0.087 | 2025 | down 109.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Uzbekistan | -0.09 | 2025 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Mexico | -0.128 | 2025 | down 108.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Kuwait | -0.163 | 2025 | down 114.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Benin | -0.172 | 2025 | down 110.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Laos | -0.174 | 2025 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Mozambique | -0.19 | 2025 | down 133.0% | volatile |
| 132 | China | -0.194 | 2025 | down 135.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Egypt | -0.296 | 2025 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Chad | -0.307 | 2025 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Cuba | -0.322 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 136 | Peru | -0.327 | 2025 | down 135.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Djibouti | -0.33 | 2025 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Slovakia | -0.352 | 2025 | down 126.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Palestine | -0.362 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Cambodia | -0.371 | 2025 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Congo | -0.376 | 2025 | down 104.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Comoros | -0.409 | 2025 | down 155.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Ecuador | -0.46 | 2025 | down 654.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Romania | -0.471 | 2025 | down 325.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Thailand | -0.487 | 2025 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.511 | 2025 | down 132.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Oman | -0.596 | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 148 | Guinea | -0.664 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Guyana | -0.684 | 2025 | down 191.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Hong Kong | -0.689 | 2025 | down 167.5% | volatile |
| 151 | Iran | -0.724 | 2025 | down 429.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahrain | -0.736 | 2025 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 153 | South Sudan | -0.794 | 2025 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Russia | -0.816 | 2025 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Hungary | -0.893 | 2025 | down 644.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | -0.979 | 2025 | down 150.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Eswatini | -1.01 | 2025 | down 553.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Vanuatu | -1.01 | 2025 | down 187.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Yemen | -1.07 | 2025 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Turkey | -1.08 | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 161 | El Salvador | -1.16 | 2025 | down 186.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Equatorial Guinea | -1.17 | 2025 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 163 | Cameroon | -1.18 | 2025 | down 54.4% | rising |
| 164 | Burundi | -1.2 | 2025 | down 193.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Afghanistan | -1.42 | 2025 | down 208.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Myanmar | -1.46 | 2025 | down 328.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Tajikistan | -1.48 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 168 | Eritrea | -1.49 | 2025 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | -1.73 | 2025 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 170 | North Korea | -1.85 | 2025 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Azerbaijan | -2.03 | 2025 | down 144.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Vatican | -2.07 | 1870 | unchanged | volatile |
| 173 | Sudan | -2.26 | 2025 | down 102.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Venezuela | -2.55 | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Nicaragua | -2.64 | 2025 | down 378.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Belarus | -2.65 | 2025 | down 166.5% | rising |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which political elites consult other elites across the political spectrum and from relevant sectors of society and business when considering important policy changes.