Revised Combined Polity Score in Cameroon

Cameroon: Revised Combined Polity Score was -4 in 2011. ▲ Rising

Latest (2011)
-4
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
43rd
of 51 countries
All-time high
-4
in 1992
All-time low
-8
in 1972
Years of data
52
1960–2011

Revised Combined Polity Score in Cameroon, 1960–2011

-8-7-6-5-4196019852011

Source: Authoritarian regime"" in Western political discourse is a pejorative term for some very diverse kinds of political systems whose common properties are a lack of regularized political competition and .

Analysis

Cameroon recorded -4 for revised combined polity score in 2011. That is the highest value across all 52 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, revised combined polity score in Cameroon peaked at -4 in 1992 and was at its lowest, -8, in 1972.

Cameroon ranks 43rd of 51 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 52 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s -6.4 -7 -6 10
1970s -7.8 -8 -7 10
1980s -7.9 -8 -7 10
1990s -4.8 -8 -4 10
2000s -4 -4 -4 10
2010s -4 -4 -4 2

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 43 Congo -4 compare
  2. 43 Morocco -4 compare
  3. 43 Rwanda -4 compare
  4. 43 Tunisia -4 compare

See the full ranking of 51 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is revised combined polity score in Cameroon?
Revised combined polity score in Cameroon was -4 in 2011, according to Authoritarian regime"" in Western political discourse is a pejorative term for some very diverse kinds of political systems whose common properties are a lack of regularized political competition and .
What is the highest revised combined polity score recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was -4 in 1992.
What is the lowest revised combined polity score recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was -8 in 1972.
How does Cameroon rank for revised combined polity score?
Cameroon ranks 43rd out of 51 countries with data for 2011.
Is revised combined polity score rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cameroon data come from?
The figures come from Authoritarian regime"" in Western political discourse is a pejorative term for some very diverse kinds of political systems whose common properties are a lack of regularized political competition and , published as part of Revised Combined Polity Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Revised Combined Polity Score
Source
Authoritarian regime"" in Western political discourse is a pejorative term for some very diverse kinds of political systems whose common properties are a lack of regularized political competition and
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
51 places, 2,425 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

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.