Data for 2003

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2003

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2003
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2003 covers 175 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.648. Against 2002, 32 values changed (18 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2003

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

175countries
1measure
2003the 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, 2003, 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, 2003: 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	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.960
10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.955
11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.953
=12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.952
=12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.952
=12	Lithuania`LTU`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	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.917
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.914
26	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.912
27	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.910
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.909
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.904
30	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.895
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.894
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	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
=40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.864
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
43	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.862
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.861
45	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.856
=46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.855
=46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.855
48	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.839
50	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.837
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	Peru`PER`South America	0.811
58	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
59	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.794
60	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.793
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	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	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	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.754
70	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.748
71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.746
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.740
=73	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.738
=73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.738
=73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.738
76	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.731
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.723
78	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.719
=79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
=79	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.717
81	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.712
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.707
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.672
84	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.671
85	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.667
=86	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.658
=86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658
88	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.648
89	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.647
90	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.646
91	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.642
93	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.635
94	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.631
95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.624
96	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.613
97	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.611
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.589
99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.588
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.577
101	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.566
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.559
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.551
104	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.550
105	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.545
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.526
107	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.512
108	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.500
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.498
110	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.490
111	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.464
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.433
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.431
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.429
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.422
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.416
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
118	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.405
119	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.404
120	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.393
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.382
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.366
123	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.357
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.348
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.327
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.326
127	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.323
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.314
129	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.313
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.297
132	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.295
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.279
134	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.253
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.251
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.239
137	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.238
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.237
139	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.226
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.220
142	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.215
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.212
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	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.127
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.123
155	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.122
156	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.108
157	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.106
158	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094
=159	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
=159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.093
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.091
162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.090
163	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.081
164	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.079
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.053
166	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.052
=167	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.049
=167	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.049
169	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.046
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 2003

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

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
32values changed, of 175 in both
18 · 14rose · fell
143unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles0.517 → 0.762+0.245
Iraq0.334 → 0.422+0.088
El Salvador0.522 → 0.559+0.037
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.545 → 0.577+0.032
Mongolia0.762 → 0.793+0.031

Fell most

Madagascar0.523 → 0.405−0.118
Zimbabwe0.420 → 0.314−0.106
Timor-Leste0.812 → 0.754−0.058
Uruguay0.919 → 0.861−0.058
Central African Republic0.369 → 0.327−0.042

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 2003.
161 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.952. 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 (2003). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2003

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