Openness of Executive Recruitment Score in Eswatini
Eswatini: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score was 2 in 2018. ▲ Rising
Openness of Executive Recruitment Score in Eswatini, 1968–2018
Source: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 2 for openness of executive recruitment score in 2018.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, openness of executive recruitment score in Eswatini peaked at 4 in 1982 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1992.
That places Eswatini 140th out of 166 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 1970s | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.2 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.6 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
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More reference data data for Eswatini
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.45 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.5399 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3694 °C (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.7504 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Consumer price index 166.82 2010 = 100 (2019)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.6507 °C (2025)
- Elected parliament 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 6 (2025)
- Free country 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is openness of executive recruitment score in Eswatini?
- Openness of executive recruitment score in Eswatini was 2 in 2018, according to Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest openness of executive recruitment score recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 1982.
- What is the lowest openness of executive recruitment score recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1992.
- How does Eswatini rank for openness of executive recruitment score?
- Eswatini ranks 140th out of 166 countries with data for 2018.
- Is openness of executive recruitment score rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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).