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Openness of Executive Recruitment Score by country

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...

Countries reporting
165
Highest
4
Afghanistan
Lowest
0
Uganda
Median
4
Years covered
232
1789–2020
Data points
17,813

What the numbers show

Openness of Executive Recruitment Score is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 4 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 in Uganda.

The median across all reporting countries is 4, and the mean is 3.48.

Openness of Executive Recruitment Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 4 2018 — volatile
1 Angola 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Albania 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Argentina 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Armenia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Australia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Austria 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Azerbaijan 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Burundi 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Belgium 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Benin 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Burkina Faso 4 2018 — volatile
1 Bangladesh 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Bulgaria 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 1991 unchanged rising
1 Belarus 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Bolivia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Brazil 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Botswana 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Central African Republic 4 2018 — volatile
1 Canada 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Chile 4 2018 unchanged falling
1 China 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Cote d'Ivoire 4 2018 unchanged falling
1 Democratic Republic of Congo 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Colombia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Cape Verde 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Costa Rica 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Cuba 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Cyprus 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Germany 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Djibouti 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Dominican Republic 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Ecuador 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Eritrea 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Spain 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Estonia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Ethiopia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Finland 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 France 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Gabon 4 2018 — volatile
1 United Kingdom 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Georgia 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Ghana 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Guinea 4 2018 — volatile
1 Gambia 4 2018 — volatile
1 Guinea-Bissau 4 2018 unchanged falling
1 Greece 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Guatemala 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Guyana 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Honduras 4 2018 unchanged falling
1 Croatia 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Haiti 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Hungary 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Indonesia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 India 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Iran 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Iraq 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Israel 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Italy 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Jamaica 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Japan 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Kazakhstan 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Kenya 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Kyrgyzstan 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 South Korea 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Laos 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Lebanon 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Liberia 4 2018 unchanged falling
1 Sri Lanka 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Lesotho 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Lithuania 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Latvia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Moldova 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Madagascar 4 2018 unchanged falling
1 Mexico 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 North Macedonia 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Mali 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Myanmar 4 2018 — volatile
1 Montenegro 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Mongolia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Mozambique 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Mauritius 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Malawi 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Malaysia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Namibia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Niger 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Nigeria 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Nicaragua 4 2018 unchanged falling
1 Netherlands 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Norway 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Nepal 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 New Zealand 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Pakistan 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Panama 4 2018 unchanged falling
1 Peru 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Philippines 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Papua New Guinea 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Poland 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Paraguay 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Romania 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Russia 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Senegal 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Solomon Islands 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Sierra Leone 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 El Salvador 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Somalia 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Serbia 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Suriname 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Slovakia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Sweden 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Syria 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Togo 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 Tajikistan 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Turkmenistan 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 East Timor 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Trinidad and Tobago 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Tunisia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Tanzania 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Ukraine 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 4 2018 unchanged volatile
1 United States 4 2020 unchanged flat
1 Uzbekistan 4 2018 unchanged rising
1 Venezuela 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Vietnam 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 South Africa 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Zambia 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Zimbabwe 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 Taiwan 4 2018 unchanged flat
1 USSR 4 1991 unchanged flat
1 Vatican 4 1870 unchanged flat
140 Bhutan 3 2018 unchanged rising
141 United Arab Emirates 2 2018 unchanged flat
141 Jordan 2 2018 unchanged rising
141 Kuwait 2 2018 unchanged flat
141 Morocco 2 2018 unchanged rising
141 Eswatini 2 2018 unchanged rising
146 Bahrain 1 2018 unchanged falling
146 Oman 1 2018 unchanged flat
146 North Korea 1 2018 unchanged falling
146 Qatar 1 2018 unchanged flat
146 Saudi Arabia 1 2018 unchanged flat
151 Cameroon 0 2018 — volatile
151 Congo 0 2018 — volatile
151 Comoros 0 2018 down 100.0% falling
151 Algeria 0 2018 — volatile
151 Egypt 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
151 Fiji 0 2018 — volatile
151 Equatorial Guinea 0 2018 — volatile
151 Cambodia 0 2018 — volatile
151 Libya 0 2010 — volatile
151 Mauritania 0 2018 — volatile
151 Rwanda 0 2018 — volatile
151 Chad 0 2018 — volatile
151 Thailand 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
151 Turkey 0 2018 down 100.0% volatile
151 Uganda 0 2018 — volatile

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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
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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).