Data for 2008

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2008

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2008
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2008, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2008 covers 175 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.990; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.659. Against 2007, 51 values changed (24 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2008

HighestAustralia

0.990

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

175countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: 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	0.959
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	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.941
21	Chile`CHL`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
=25	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.925
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.922
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	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.903
=33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.903
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	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.873
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.872
42	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.865
=43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
=43	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.864
45	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
46	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.862
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.860
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.851
49	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
=50	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.840
=50	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.840
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	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.821
=56	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.821
58	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.819
59	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.816
60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.815
61	Peru`PER`South America	0.810
62	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.804
63	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.793
65	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.781
66	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.779
=67	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.778
=67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.778
69	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.769
70	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.768
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.752
72	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.749
=73	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.748
=73	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.748
=73	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.748
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.746
=77	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.738
=77	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.738
=77	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.738
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.714
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.705
83	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.684
84	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.679
85	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.667
86	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.665
87	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.663
88	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.659
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.658
90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.656
91	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.653
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.647
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.646
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.645
=95	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.643
=95	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.643
97	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.641
98	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.624
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.612
100	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.609
101	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.578
102	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.567
103	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.558
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.554
105	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.552
106	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.545
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.526
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.517
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.512
110	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.485
111	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.482
112	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.464
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.463
114	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.446
115	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.429
116	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.422
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
118	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.405
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.381
120	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.366
=121	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.365
=121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.365
123	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.348
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.347
125	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.345
126	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.321
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.314
128	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.309
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.300
130	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.254
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.252
132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.249
133	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.248
134	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.241
=135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.239
=135	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.239
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.238
138	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.237
139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.234
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.231
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.218
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	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.198
147	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.188
148	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.167
149	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.163
150	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.162
151	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.155
152	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.150
153	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.128
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.123
=155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.122
=155	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.122
157	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.116
158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.114
159	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.109
160	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.108
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	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.065
166	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.062
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 2008

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.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
51values changed, of 175 in both
24 · 27rose · fell
124unchanged

Rose most

Bhutan0.761 → 0.903+0.142
Maldives0.098 → 0.239+0.141
Paraguay0.692 → 0.781+0.089
Pakistan0.395 → 0.464+0.069
Thailand0.769 → 0.816+0.047

Fell most

Ecuador0.357 → 0.241−0.116
South Korea0.889 → 0.821−0.068
Sierra Leone0.545 → 0.485−0.060
Argentina0.676 → 0.641−0.035
Ukraine0.337 → 0.309−0.028

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 2008.
156 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 (2008). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2008

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