Polity2 (Polity IV)
Methodology
Polity2 is a revised combined POLITY Score. This variable is a modified version of the POLITY variable added in order to facilitate the use of the POLITY regime measure in time-series analyses. It modifies the combined annual POLITY score by applying a simple treatment, to convert instances of “standardized authority scores” (i.e., -66, -77, and -88) to conventional polity scores (i.e., within the range, -10 to +10).
Note that POLITY score captures political regime authority spectrum on a 21-pont scale ranging from -10 (hereditary monarchy) to +10 (consolidated democracy). The Polity scores can also be converted into regime categories in a suggested three part categorization of "autocracies" (-10 to -6), "anocracies" (-5 to +5 and three special values: -66, -77 and -88), and "democracies" (+6 to +10). Performance score from 0 to 100. The highest score reflects the best situation.
Source: Center for Systemic Peace (CSP), Polity IV dataset version 2015.
Score
- Africa61
- Sub-Saharan Africa62
- Middle East and North Africa52
- Southern Africa68
- Central Africa42
- East Africa62
- West Africa69
- North Africa48
- Brazil-India-China (BIC)65
- Least Developped Countries (LDC)60
- No LDC64
- High income non OECD21
- Upper middle income countries68
- Lower middle income57
- Low income countries63
- Outsize the Franc zone63
- Franc CFA zone55
- WAMEU69
- CEMAC37
- Algeria58
- Angola37
- Benin84
- Botswana89
- Brazil89
- Burkina Faso47
- Burundi79
- Cameroon26
- Cape Verde100
- Central African Republic47
- Chad37
- China11
- Comoros95
- Congo, Dem. Rep.74
- Congo, Rep26
- Cote d'Ivoire68
- Djibouti68
- Egypt26
- Equatorial Guinea21
- Eritrea11
- Ethiopia32
- Gabon63
- Gambia21
- Ghana89
- Guinea68
- Guinea-Bissau79
- India95
- Kenya95
- Lesotho89
- Liberia79
- Libya47
- Madagascar79
- Malawi79
- Mali74
- Mauritania37
- Mauritius100
- Morocco26
- Mozambique79
- Namibia79
- Niger79
- Nigeria68
- Rwanda32
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic-
- Sao Tome and Principe-
- Senegal84
- Seychelles-
- Sierra Leone84
- Somalia74
- South Africa95
- South Sudan47
- Sudan26
- Swaziland0
- Tanzania42
- Togo37
- Tunisia84
- Uganda-
- Zambia84
- Zimbabwe68