Merit

QoG code: qs20_proff2

Country-level estimate for Merit, constructed with an IRT model that accounts for DIF and variation in expert reliability. Higher values stand for more merit-based appointment.

Dataset
QoG Expert Survey (2020 wave)
Type of variable
Continuous
Downloaded by QoG on
2025-10-02
Last updated by source
2021-03-15

Categories

Political System Quality of Government Bureaucratic Structure

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Standard Cross-section - 2026 Original dataset
Details of this variable in our compilation datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Standard cross-section 85

Country coverage

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  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Bulgaria
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Chile
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Ecuador
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia (1993-)
  • Finland
  • France (1963-)
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Greece
  • Guyana
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Korea, South
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Mexico
  • Montenegro
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • North Macedonia
  • Norway
  • Pakistan (1971-)
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Serbia
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan
  • Tanzania
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Zambia

Year coverage

This variable has information from 2020 to 2020.