Data for 2007

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2007

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2007
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2007 covers 175 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.663. Against 2006, 46 values changed (21 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2007

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

175countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
157distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: 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
16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.947
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	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.922
27	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.917
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	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.892
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.890
=35	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.889
=35	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.889
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.883
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.882
39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.878
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.873
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.872
42	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.870
43	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.865
=44	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
=44	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.864
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
=47	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.862
=47	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.862
49	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
50	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.841
51	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.835
52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.834
53	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.828
=54	Colombia`COL`South America	0.827
=54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
56	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.821
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.819
58	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.815
59	Peru`PER`South America	0.810
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.806
61	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.793
63	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.786
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.784
=65	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.769
=65	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.769
67	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.768
68	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.766
69	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.765
70	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.761
71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.755
72	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.753
73	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.748
74	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.740
=75	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.738
=75	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.738
=75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.738
=78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
=78	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.717
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.714
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.707
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.692
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.684
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.679
85	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.676
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.667
87	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.665
88	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.663
89	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.659
90	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658
91	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.656
92	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.653
93	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.648
94	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.646
95	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
=96	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.643
=96	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.643
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.624
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.612
100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.601
101	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.572
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.567
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.560
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.554
105	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.552
=106	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.545
=106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.545
108	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.526
109	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.525
110	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.512
111	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.482
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.464
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.446
114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.427
115	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.422
116	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
117	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.405
118	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.395
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.380
120	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.372
121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.365
122	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.357
=123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.348
=123	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.348
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.347
126	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.345
127	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.337
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.321
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.314
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
131	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.254
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.252
133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.249
134	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.245
135	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.244
136	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.237
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.234
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.233
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
140	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.222
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	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.201
146	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.188
147	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.167
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.163
149	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.160
150	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.159
151	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.155
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.124
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	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.114
=156	Sudan`SDN`Northern 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	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.095
162	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.094
163	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
164	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.091
165	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.087
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 2007

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

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
46values changed, of 175 in both
21 · 25rose · fell
129unchanged

Rose most

Nepal0.727 → 0.806+0.079
Paraguay0.615 → 0.692+0.077
Romania0.709 → 0.784+0.075
Haiti0.284 → 0.348+0.064
Nigeria0.500 → 0.560+0.060

Fell most

Fiji0.520 → 0.446−0.074
Georgia0.583 → 0.545−0.038
Bangladesh0.416 → 0.380−0.036
Ecuador0.391 → 0.357−0.034
Nicaragua0.120 → 0.087−0.033

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

Read before you use

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 2007.
157 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 (2007). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2007

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