Openness of Executive Recruitment Score in Madagascar
Madagascar: Openness of Executive Recruitment Score was 4 in 2018. ▼ Falling
Openness of Executive Recruitment Score in Madagascar, 1960–2018
Source: Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 4 for openness of executive recruitment score in 2018. That is the highest value across all 58 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, openness of executive recruitment score in Madagascar peaked at 4 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0, in 2011.
That places Madagascar 1st out of 166 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 58 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| 2000s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.67 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
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More reference data data for Madagascar
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.7356 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.0487 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.1142 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.3162 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.8079 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 280.82 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is openness of executive recruitment score in Madagascar?
- Openness of executive recruitment score in Madagascar 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 4 in 1960.
- What is the lowest openness of executive recruitment score recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 2011.
- How does Madagascar rank for openness of executive recruitment score?
- Madagascar ranks 1st out of 166 countries with data for 2018.
- Is openness of executive recruitment score rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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).