Data for 2006

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2006

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2006
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2006, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2006 covers 175 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.659. Against 2005, 45 values changed (22 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2006

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

175countries
1measure
2006the 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, 2006, 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, 2006: 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	0.956
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	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.949
=15	United States`USA`Northern America	0.949
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.946
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.944
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.942
=20	Chile`CHL`South America	0.940
=20	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.940
22	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.936
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.933
24	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.927
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.925
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.917
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.914
28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.912
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.909
=30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.904
=30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.904
=30	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.904
33	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.894
34	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.890
36	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.889
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.883
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.882
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.878
40	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.877
41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.874
42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.873
43	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.872
44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
46	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.862
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.855
48	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.850
49	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.845
51	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.841
52	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.839
53	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.834
=54	Colombia`COL`South America	0.827
=54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
56	Peru`PER`South America	0.826
57	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.821
58	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.819
59	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.815
60	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.793
62	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.784
63	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.769
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.768
65	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.766
66	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.764
67	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.761
68	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.748
69	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.746
70	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.740
71	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.739
=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	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.732
76	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.727
77	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.723
=78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.717
80	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.709
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.707
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.687
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.684
84	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.667
85	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.665
=86	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.663
=86	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.663
88	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.659
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658
90	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.653
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.648
92	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.647
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.646
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
95	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.635
96	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.631
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.624
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.615
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.612
100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.611
101	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.583
102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.572
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.567
104	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.558
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.554
106	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.552
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.526
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.525
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.520
110	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.512
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.500
112	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.482
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.464
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.433
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.427
116	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.416
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
118	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.405
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.396
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.391
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.367
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.365
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.348
124	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.347
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.345
126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.332
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.321
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.314
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.284
131	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.254
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.252
133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.251
134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.245
=135	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.244
=135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.244
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.237
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.233
139	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.226
140	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.220
142	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.213
143	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.211
144	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.207
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.189
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.183
147	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.163
148	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.159
=149	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.155
=149	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.155
151	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.148
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.127
153	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.123
=154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.122
=154	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.122
156	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.120
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.114
158	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.109
159	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.108
160	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.098
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.097
162	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.095
163	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094
164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
165	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.091
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.065
167	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.056
168	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.049
169	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.044
170	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.043
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.037
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.029
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.018
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.006
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2006

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
172Turkmenistan0.029
171Myanmar0.037

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.659. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
45values changed, of 175 in both
22 · 23rose · fell
130unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania0.093 → 0.244+0.151
Haiti0.181 → 0.284+0.103
Ukraine0.283 → 0.332+0.049
Georgia0.541 → 0.583+0.042
Ecuador0.362 → 0.391+0.029

Fell most

Nicaragua0.253 → 0.120−0.133
Fiji0.588 → 0.520−0.068
Bolivia0.569 → 0.525−0.044
North Macedonia0.638 → 0.611−0.027
Thailand0.757 → 0.732−0.025

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 2006.
161 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.904. 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 (2006). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2006

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