Data for 2004

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2004

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2004
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2004, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2004 covers 175 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.648. Against 2003, 34 values changed (22 up, 12 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2004

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

175countries
1measure
2004the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2004, 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, 2004: 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	0.963
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	0.918
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	0.894
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.890
34	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.889
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	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.874
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.873
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.872
=42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
=42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.864
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
45	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.862
46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.856
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.855
48	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.839
50	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.834
=51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.831
=51	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	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	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.784
63	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.783
=64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.768
=64	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.768
=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	0.734
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	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.707
=82	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.690
=82	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.690
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	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.648
=88	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.648
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.647
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.646
92	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.644
94	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.642
=95	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.635
=95	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.635
97	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.631
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.624
99	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.613
100	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.609
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.589
102	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.588
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.576
104	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.575
105	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.568
106	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.566
107	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.559
108	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.526
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.512
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.500
111	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.498
112	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.492
113	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.490
114	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.464
115	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.443
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.438
117	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.433
118	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.416
119	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.405
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.404
122	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.386
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.382
124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.354
125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.348
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.326
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.324
128	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.323
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.314
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.297
132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.261
133	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.255
134	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.253
135	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.252
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.237
137	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.226
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
139	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.220
140	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.213
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.212
142	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.207
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.184
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.183
=145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.173
=145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.173
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.167
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.163
149	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.159
150	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.156
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	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.103
159	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.095
160	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094
=161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
=161	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.093
163	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.091
164	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.090
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.053
166	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.052
=167	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.049
=167	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.049
169	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	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 2004

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.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
34values changed, of 175 in both
22 · 12rose · fell
141unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.215 → 0.644+0.429
Guinea-Bissau0.431 → 0.568+0.137
Malaysia0.545 → 0.646+0.101
Ukraine0.295 → 0.386+0.091
Iraq0.422 → 0.492+0.070

Fell most

Haiti0.366 → 0.173−0.193
Venezuela0.313 → 0.156−0.157
Gambia0.279 → 0.252−0.027
Armenia0.238 → 0.213−0.025
Mozambique0.712 → 0.690−0.022

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 2004.
158 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.738. 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 (2004). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2004

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