Revised Combined Polity Score by country
Revised Combined Polity Score is a modified version of the POLITY variable added in order to facilitate the use of the POLITY regime measure in time-series analyses.
Countries reporting
51
Highest
10
Cape Verde
Lowest
-9
Eswatini
Median
2
Years covered
52
1960–2011
Data points
2,425
What the numbers show
Revised Combined Polity Score is currently reported for 51 countries. The highest value is 10 in Cape Verde; the lowest is -9 in Eswatini.
The median across all reporting countries is 2, and the mean is 2.12.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 600.0%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 120.0%).
Revised Combined Polity Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Verde | 10 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritius | 10 | 2011 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 9 | 2011 | unchanged | rising |
| 3 | Comoros | 9 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Lesotho | 8 | 2011 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Botswana | 8 | 2011 | unchanged | rising |
| 5 | Kenya | 8 | 2011 | up 500.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Ghana | 8 | 2011 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Benin | 7 | 2011 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Zambia | 7 | 2011 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 7 | 2011 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Senegal | 7 | 2011 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Mali | 7 | 2011 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Burundi | 6 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Liberia | 6 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 2011 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Malawi | 6 | 2011 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Namibia | 6 | 2011 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Niger | 6 | 2011 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Guinea | 5 | 2011 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Mozambique | 5 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Nigeria | 4 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 24 | Gabon | 3 | 2011 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Algeria | 2 | 2011 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Djibouti | 2 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2011 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Ethiopia | 1 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 29 | Madagascar | 0 | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Libya | 0 | 2011 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Somalia | 0 | 2011 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 | 2011 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Central African Republic | -1 | 2011 | down 120.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Uganda | -1 | 2011 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Tanzania | -1 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 37 | Angola | -2 | 2011 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Togo | -2 | 2011 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Chad | -2 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 37 | Sudan | -2 | 2011 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Egypt | -2 | 2011 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritania | -2 | 2011 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 43 | Cameroon | -4 | 2011 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Rwanda | -4 | 2011 | unchanged | rising |
| 43 | Congo | -4 | 2011 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Tunisia | -4 | 2010 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 43 | Morocco | -4 | 2011 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 48 | Gambia | -5 | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | -5 | 2011 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Eritrea | -7 | 2011 | unchanged | falling |
| 51 | Eswatini | -9 | 2011 | unchanged | falling |
About this data
Revised Combined Polity Score is a modified version of the POLITY variable added in order to facilitate the use of the POLITY regime measure in time-series analyses.