Data for 1993

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1993

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1993
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1993, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1993 covers 171 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.616. Against 1992, 41 values changed (28 up, 13 down), 1 country joined.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 1993

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

171countries
1measure
1993the year it describes
153distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1993, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1993: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.990
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.988
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.987
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.984
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.974
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.973
=7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.968
=7	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.968
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.966
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.960
11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.956
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.953
=13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.952
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.952
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.949
=16	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.944
=16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.944
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.942
19	Chile`CHL`South America	0.940
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.936
21	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.933
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.926
23	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.920
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.914
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.912
26	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.911
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.910
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.909
29	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.908
=30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.904
=30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.904
32	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.896
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.883
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.882
36	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.878
37	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.877
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.872
39	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.870
40	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.865
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
43	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.862
=44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.855
=44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.855
46	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.834
47	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.825
=49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.821
=49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.821
51	Colombia`COL`South America	0.815
52	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.814
53	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.802
54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.788
55	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.783
56	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.782
57	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.781
58	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.780
59	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.769
60	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.758
=61	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.757
=61	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.757
63	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.752
=64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.748
=64	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.748
66	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.746
67	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.732
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.730
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.729
70	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.719
=71	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.717
=71	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.717
=71	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
=74	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.707
=74	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.707
76	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.702
77	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.697
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.695
79	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.671
80	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.664
81	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.658
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.647
83	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.635
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.634
86	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.616
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.600
88	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.599
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.597
90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.595
91	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.570
92	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.558
93	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.555
94	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.548
95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.545
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.515
97	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.510
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.507
99	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.505
100	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.503
101	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.498
102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.495
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.493
104	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.489
105	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.472
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.471
=107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.468
=107	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.468
109	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.439
110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.406
111	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.401
112	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.400
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.393
114	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.382
=115	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.380
=115	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.380
=115	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.380
=115	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.380
119	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.374
120	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.355
121	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.354
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.338
123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.334
124	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.331
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.324
126	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.323
127	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.319
128	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.313
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.297
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.296
=131	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.275
=131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.275
133	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.267
134	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.239
135	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.238
136	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.226
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.218
138	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.217
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.198
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.197
141	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.195
142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.186
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.173
144	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.172
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.167
=146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.146
=146	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.146
148	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.135
149	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.129
150	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.127
151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.122
152	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.115
=153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.108
=153	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.108
155	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.105
156	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.096
157	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
158	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.090
159	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.071
160	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.065
161	Peru`PER`South America	0.057
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.055
163	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.053
164	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.052
165	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.044
166	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.043
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.037
168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.029
169	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.021
170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.019
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 1993

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Australia0.990
2Denmark0.988
3Switzerland0.987
4Norway0.984
5New Zealand0.974

Lowest

171North Korea0.004
170Uzbekistan0.019
169Sudan0.021
168Turkmenistan0.029
167Myanmar0.037

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.616. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031992 → 1993

Since 1992

What changed between 1992 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
41values changed, of 170 in both
28 · 13rose · fell
129unchanged

Rose most

Ghana0.523 → 0.748+0.225
Cambodia0.032 → 0.122+0.090
Central African Republic0.273 → 0.355+0.082
Lebanon0.259 → 0.313+0.054
Guinea-Bissau0.171 → 0.217+0.046

Fell most

Azerbaijan0.469 → 0.197−0.272
Peru0.174 → 0.057−0.117
Philippines0.777 → 0.707−0.070
Ecuador0.428 → 0.382−0.046
Paraguay0.633 → 0.600−0.033

+ Slovakia

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1993.
153 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 4 countries share 0.380. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1993). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1993 [data set], describing 1993. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/1993

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