Factionalized elites index - Country rankings

The average for 2018 was 6.49 index points.The highest value was in Somalia: 10 index points and the lowest value was in Switzerland: 1 index points. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available for: Factionalized elites index.

Factionalized elites index, 0 (low) - 10 (high), 2018
(index points, Source: Fund for Peace, TheGlobalEconomy.com)

1. Somalia

2. Yemen

3. Zimbabwe

4. Syria

5. DR Congo

6. C.A. Republic

7. Sudan

8. Guinea

9. G.-Bissau

10. Haiti

11. Iran

12. Iraq

13. Kenya

14. Lebanon

15. Nigeria

16. Chad

17. Libya

18. Thailand

19. Bangladesh

20. Cameroon

21. Georgia

22. Ivory Coast

23. Turkey

24. Niger

25. Pakistan

26. Egypt

27. Mauritania

28. Nepal

29. North Korea

30. Sri Lanka

31. Uzbekistan

32. Bosnia & Herz.

33. Afghanistan

34. Cambodia

35. Liberia

36. Uganda

37. Saudi Arabia

38. Venezuela

39. Ethiopia

40. Tajikistan

41. Belarus

42. Burma

43. Laos

44. Maldives

45. Moldova

46. Serbia

47. Ecuador

48. Eq. Guinea

49. Solomon Isl.

50. Eritrea

51. Israel

52. Malawi

53. Russia

54. Bolivia

55. Comoros

56. Kyrgyzstan

57. Philippines

58. Rwanda

59. Ukraine

60. Azerbaijan

61. Burundi

62. Cyprus

63. Fiji

64. Gabon

65. Burkina Faso

66. Madagascar

67. Paraguay

68. Sierra Leone

69. Tunisia

70. Turkmenistan

71. Gambia

72. Bahrain

73. Colombia

74. Kazakhstan

75. Togo

76. Bhutan

77. Kuwait

78. Armenia

79. Brunei

80. Djibouti

81. India

82. Lesotho

83. Macedonia

84. Angola

85. China

86. Spain

87. Algeria

88. Guatemala

89. Nicaragua

90. Papua N.G.

91. Cuba

92. Indonesia

93. Jordan

94. Peru

95. Senegal

96. Vietnam

97. Honduras

98. Malaysia

99. Swaziland

100. Benin

101. R. of Congo

102. Morocco

103. Mozambique

104. Oman

105. South Africa

106. Albania

107. Montenegro

108. S.T.&Principe

109. Domin. Rep.

110. Seychelles

111. Estonia

112. Zambia

113. Suriname

114. USA

115. Romania

116. Tanzania

117. Grenada

118. Micronesia

119. Tr.&Tobago

120. Cape Verde

121. Mongolia

122. Mali

123. Mexico

124. Bulgaria

125. Czech Rep.

126. Hungary

127. Brazil

128. Guyana

129. Samoa

130. Qatar

131. Slovakia

132. UK

133. Ghana

134. Italy

135. Bahamas

136. Belgium

137. Croatia

138. Belize

139. El Salvador

140. Latvia

141. Barbados

142. Poland

143. Greece

144. Singapore

145. South Korea

146. Costa Rica

147. Ant.& Barb.

148. Jamaica

149. UA Emirates

150. Namibia

151. Luxembourg

152. Netherlands

153. Botswana

154. Austria

155. Mauritius

156. Lithuania

157. Argentina

158. Uruguay

159. Germany

160. Japan

161. Canada

162. Portugal

163. Chile

164. Panama

165. Malta

166. Slovenia

167. France

168. Iceland

169. Sweden

170. Australia

171. Ireland

172. Denmark

173. Finland

174. New Zealand

175. Norway

176. Switzerland

Definition: The Factionalized elites indicator considers the fragmentation of state institutions along ethnic, class, clan, racial or religious lines, as well as and brinksmanship and gridlock between ruling elites. The higher the value, the more fragmented are the institutions in the country.

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