Data for 2001

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2001

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2001
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2001 covers 174 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.653. Against 2000, 29 values changed (13 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2001

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

174countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
160distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2001, 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, 2001: 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	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.964
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.960
11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.955
12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.953
=13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.952
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.952
15	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.950
=16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.949
=16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.949
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.944
19	Iceland`ISL`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	0.927
24	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.919
25	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.917
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.914
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.912
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.910
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.909
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.904
31	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.896
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892
33	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.889
34	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.886
35	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.883
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.882
37	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.878
38	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.877
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.873
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.872
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
43	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.862
44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.856
=45	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.855
=45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.855
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.853
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.848
49	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
50	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.834
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.831
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.829
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
54	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.825
55	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.819
56	Colombia`COL`South America	0.815
57	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.812
58	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
59	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.794
60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.783
61	Peru`PER`South America	0.776
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.774
63	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.769
=64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.768
=64	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.768
66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.761
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.757
68	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.751
69	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.748
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.746
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.740
=72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.738
=72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.738
74	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.729
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.723
76	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.719
=77	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
=77	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.717
79	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.715
80	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.707
81	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.706
=82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.685
=82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.685
84	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.671
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.669
=86	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.658
=86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.648
89	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.642
91	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.635
92	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.631
93	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.624
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.621
95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.618
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.589
97	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.588
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.584
99	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.566
100	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.545
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.543
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.522
103	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.512
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.508
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.507
106	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.503
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.500
108	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.498
109	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.477
110	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.462
111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.441
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.433
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.431
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.429
=115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.420
=115	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.420
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
118	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.404
119	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.393
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.373
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.369
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.366
123	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.355
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.348
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.337
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.334
127	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.329
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.326
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.323
130	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.318
131	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.275
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.261
134	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.253
135	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.247
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.245
=137	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.237
=137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.237
=139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.226
=139	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.226
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
142	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.217
143	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.215
144	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.207
145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.184
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.183
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.173
148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.167
149	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.163
150	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.159
151	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.153
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.148
153	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.129
154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.127
155	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.123
156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.122
157	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.108
=158	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.094
=158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094
=160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
=160	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.093
162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.090
163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.081
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.053
165	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.052
166	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.049
167	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.046
168	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.043
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.037
170	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.032
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.029
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.021
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.016
174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2001

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

174North Korea0.004
173Uzbekistan0.016
172Sudan0.021
171Turkmenistan0.029
170Eritrea0.032

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.653. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
29values changed, of 174 in both
13 · 16rose · fell
145unchanged

Rose most

Peru0.105 → 0.776+0.671
Serbia0.459 → 0.631+0.172
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.493 → 0.584+0.091
Fiji0.512 → 0.588+0.076
Uruguay0.891 → 0.919+0.028

Fell most

Russia0.224 → 0.159−0.065
Comoros0.298 → 0.237−0.061
North Macedonia0.676 → 0.618−0.058
Zimbabwe0.472 → 0.420−0.052
Nepal0.806 → 0.769−0.037

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 2001.
160 distinct values among 174
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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2001). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2001

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