Data for 1995

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1995

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1995
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1995, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1995 covers 171 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.603. Against 1994, 32 values changed (16 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 1995

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

171countries
1measure
1995the year it describes
155distinct 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, 1995, 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, 1995: 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	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.944
=16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.944
=18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.942
=18	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.942
20	Chile`CHL`South America	0.940
21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.936
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.933
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	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.867
40	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.865
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.855
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.854
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.846
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	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.802
53	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.783
=54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.782
=54	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.782
56	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.780
57	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.768
=58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.761
=58	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.761
=60	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.757
=60	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.757
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.752
63	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.748
=64	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.746
=64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.746
66	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.738
67	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.733
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.730
69	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.729
70	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.725
71	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.719
=72	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.717
=72	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
74	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.714
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.707
76	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.702
77	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.684
78	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.671
79	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.661
80	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.658
81	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.657
82	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.642
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.635
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.634
86	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.603
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.600
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.597
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.588
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.573
91	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.569
92	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.566
93	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.555
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.545
95	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.543
96	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.538
97	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.529
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	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.495
103	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.485
104	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.474
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	0.461
110	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.451
111	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.406
112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.401
113	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.398
114	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.393
115	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.382
=116	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.380
=116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.380
118	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.370
119	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.369
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.353
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.351
122	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.340
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.337
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.334
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.331
=126	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.323
=126	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.323
128	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.319
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.313
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
131	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.297
=132	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.275
=132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.275
134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.263
135	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.239
136	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.238
137	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.232
138	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.226
139	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.207
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.198
141	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.186
142	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.173
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.171
144	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.170
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.167
146	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.166
147	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.159
148	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.146
149	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.145
150	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.135
151	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.129
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.127
153	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.108
154	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.105
155	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
156	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.090
157	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.085
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.071
159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.065
160	Peru`PER`South America	0.057
=161	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.055
=161	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 1995

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 0.603. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
32values changed, of 171 in both
16 · 16rose · fell
139unchanged

Rose most

Haiti0.110 → 0.353+0.243
South Africa0.677 → 0.846+0.169
Malawi0.598 → 0.761+0.163
Guinea-Bissau0.376 → 0.474+0.098
Uganda0.296 → 0.351+0.055

Fell most

Rwanda0.491 → 0.263−0.228
Gambia0.438 → 0.323−0.115
Madagascar0.493 → 0.401−0.092
Belarus0.600 → 0.529−0.071
Moldova0.808 → 0.746−0.062

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

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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 1995.
155 distinct values among 171
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.968. 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 (1995). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/1995

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