Statizoid

Institutionalized autocracy by country

Democracy is conceived as three essential, interdependent elements. One is the presence of institutions and procedures through which citizens can express effective preferences about alternative policies and leaders. Second is the existence of institutionalized constraints on the exercise of power by the executive....

Countries reporting
51
Highest
9
Eswatini
Lowest
-88
Tunisia
Median
1
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
2,427

What the numbers show

Institutionalized autocracy is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 9 in Eswatini; the lowest is -88 in Tunisia.

The median across all reporting countries is 1, and the mean is -3.08.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Democratic Republic of Congo (up 101.3%), and the largest decrease in Tunisia (down 2,300.0%).

Institutionalized autocracy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eswatini 9 2011 unchanged rising
2 Eritrea 7 2011 unchanged rising
3 Morocco 5 2011 down 16.7% volatile
3 Equatorial Guinea 5 2011 unchanged falling
3 Gambia 5 2011 unchanged volatile
3 Cameroon 5 2011 unchanged falling
7 Angola 4 2011 unchanged volatile
7 Rwanda 4 2011 unchanged falling
7 Congo 4 2011 down 20.0% volatile
10 Togo 3 2011 unchanged volatile
10 Chad 3 2011 unchanged volatile
10 Tanzania 3 2011 unchanged falling
10 Sudan 3 2011 down 57.1% volatile
14 Egypt 2 2011 down 66.7% falling
14 Central African Republic 2 2011 — volatile
14 Ethiopia 2 2011 unchanged volatile
14 Uganda 2 2011 down 50.0% volatile
14 Mauritania 2 2011 down 66.7% falling
14 Burkina Faso 2 2011 unchanged volatile
14 Zimbabwe 2 2011 down 60.0% volatile
21 Sierra Leone 1 2011 up 101.1% volatile
21 Niger 1 2011 unchanged volatile
21 Madagascar 1 2011 — volatile
21 Burundi 1 2011 up 101.1% volatile
21 Liberia 1 2011 down 66.7% volatile
21 Guinea-Bissau 1 2011 — volatile
21 Cote d'Ivoire 1 2011 unchanged volatile
21 Democratic Republic of Congo 1 2011 up 101.3% volatile
21 Djibouti 1 2011 unchanged volatile
21 Algeria 1 2011 down 75.0% falling
21 Gabon 1 2011 down 75.0% volatile
32 Benin 0 2011 — volatile
32 Zambia 0 2011 — volatile
32 South Africa 0 2011 — volatile
32 Botswana 0 2011 — flat
32 Comoros 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
32 Cape Verde 0 2011 — volatile
32 Senegal 0 2011 — volatile
32 Nigeria 0 2011 — volatile
32 Ghana 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
32 Namibia 0 2011 — flat
32 Malawi 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
32 Mauritius 0 2011 — flat
32 Guinea 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
32 Mozambique 0 2011 — volatile
32 Mali 0 2011 — volatile
32 Kenya 0 2011 down 100.0% volatile
32 Lesotho 0 2011 up 100.0% volatile
49 Somalia -77 2011 unchanged volatile
49 Libya -77 2011 down 1,200.0% volatile
51 Tunisia -88 2011 down 2,300.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Institutionalized autocracy
Source
Center for Systemic Peace, www.systemicpeace.org/polity/polity4.htm
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 2,427 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Democracy is conceived as three essential, interdependent elements. One is the presence of institutions and procedures through which citizens can express effective preferences about alternative policies and leaders. Second is the existence of institutionalized constraints on the exercise of power by the executive. Third is the guarantee of civil liberties to all citizens in their daily lives and in acts of political participation. Other aspects of plural democracy, such as the rule of law, systems of checks and balances, freedom of the press, and so on are means to, or specific manifestations of, these general principles. We do not include coded data on civil liberties.