Data for 2002

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2002

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2002
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2002, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2002 covers 175 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.647. Against 2001, 35 values changed (19 up, 16 down), 1 country joined.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2002

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

175countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
161distinct 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, 2002, 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, 2002: 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	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.900
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892
33	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.889
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.883
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.882
36	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.878
37	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.877
38	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.873
39	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.872
40	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.870
41	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.866
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
43	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
44	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.862
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.856
=46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.855
=46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.855
=46	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.855
49	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.853
50	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
51	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.834
52	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.831
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	Peru`PER`South America	0.811
59	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
60	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.794
61	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.791
62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.783
=63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.768
=63	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.768
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.762
=66	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.761
=66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.761
68	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.757
69	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.748
70	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.746
71	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.740
=72	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.738
=72	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.738
=72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.738
75	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.731
76	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.723
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.719
=78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.717
80	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.701
81	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.700
82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.672
83	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.671
84	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.667
=85	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.658
=85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658
87	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.648
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.647
89	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.646
90	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.642
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.635
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.631
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.627
95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.624
96	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.613
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.589
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.588
99	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.566
=100	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.545
=100	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.545
102	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.543
103	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.523
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.522
105	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.520
106	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.517
107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.512
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.508
109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.500
110	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.498
111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.464
112	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.462
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.433
114	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.431
115	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.429
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.420
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.416
118	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.404
120	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.393
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.369
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.366
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.359
124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.355
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.348
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	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.299
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.297
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.295
134	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.253
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.245
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.239
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.237
138	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.226
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.220
141	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.215
142	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.212
=143	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.207
=143	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	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.106
159	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.105
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094
=161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
=161	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.093
163	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.090
164	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.081
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.053
166	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.052
167	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.049
168	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.046
169	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.043
170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.037
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.029
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.021
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.018
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.006
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2002

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

175North Korea0.004
174Eritrea0.006
173Uzbekistan0.018
172Sudan0.021
171Turkmenistan0.029

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.647. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
35values changed, of 174 in both
19 · 16rose · fell
139unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone0.420 → 0.613+0.193
Madagascar0.373 → 0.523+0.150
Comoros0.237 → 0.359+0.122
Zambia0.729 → 0.791+0.062
Bhutan0.707 → 0.761+0.054

Fell most

Angola0.337 → 0.220−0.117
Bangladesh0.477 → 0.416−0.061
Armenia0.247 → 0.207−0.040
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.584 → 0.545−0.039
Nepal0.769 → 0.731−0.038

+ Bahrain

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 2002.
161 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.855. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2002). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2002

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