Openness of Executive Recruitment Score in Colombia
Colombia: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score was 4 in 2018. ▬ Flat
Openness of Executive Recruitment Score in Colombia, 1832–2018
Source: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 4 for openness of executive recruitment score in 2018. That is the highest value across all 186 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, openness of executive recruitment score in Colombia peaked at 4 in 1832 and was at its lowest, 4, in 1832.
Colombia ranks 1st of 166 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1830s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 1840s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1850s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1860s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 1870s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1880s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1890s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1900s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1910s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1920s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1930s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1950s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is openness of executive recruitment score in Colombia?
- Openness of executive recruitment score in Colombia was 4 in 2018, according to Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest openness of executive recruitment score recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 1832.
- What is the lowest openness of executive recruitment score recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 1832.
- How does Colombia rank for openness of executive recruitment score?
- Colombia ranks 1st out of 166 countries with data for 2018.
- Is openness of executive recruitment score rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Openness of Executive Recruitment Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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).