Openness of Executive Recruitment Score in Denmark
Denmark: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score was 4 in 2018. ▲ Rising
Openness of Executive Recruitment Score in Denmark, 1800–2018
Source: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for openness of executive recruitment score in Denmark is 4, measured in 2018. That is the highest value across all 200 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, openness of executive recruitment score in Denmark peaked at 4 in 1915 and was at its lowest, 1, in 1800.
Denmark ranks 1st of 166 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 200 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1810s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1820s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1830s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1840s | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1850s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 1860s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 1870s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 1880s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 1890s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 1900s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 1910s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 1920s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1930s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1940s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 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 Denmark?
- Openness of executive recruitment score in Denmark 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 1915.
- What is the lowest openness of executive recruitment score recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 1800.
- How does Denmark rank for openness of executive recruitment score?
- Denmark ranks 1st out of 166 countries with data for 2018.
- Is openness of executive recruitment score rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Denmark 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).