Data for 2012

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2012

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2012
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2012, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2012 covers 176 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.991; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.675. Against 2011, 64 values changed (32 up, 32 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2012

HighestAustralia

0.991

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

176countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
162distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.991
2	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.988
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.987
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.984
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.978
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.974
=7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.968
=7	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.968
9	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.961
10	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.956
=11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.953
=11	United States`USA`Northern America	0.953
=13	Chile`CHL`South America	0.952
=13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.952
=13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.952
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.951
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.949
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.944
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.943
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.937
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.936
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.933
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.930
24	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.929
=25	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.927
=25	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.927
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.922
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.918
29	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.913
30	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.912
31	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.905
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.904
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.898
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.890
35	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.888
36	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.884
37	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.883
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.882
39	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.879
40	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
=41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.861
=41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.861
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.860
44	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.859
45	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.854
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.853
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.850
48	Colombia`COL`South America	0.848
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.847
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.843
51	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.831
=52	Peru`PER`South America	0.827
=52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.825
55	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.824
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.823
57	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.822
58	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.815
=59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.806
=59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.806
61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.800
62	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
63	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.794
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.792
65	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.788
66	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.781
67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.773
68	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.770
=69	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.769
=69	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.769
71	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.768
72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.766
73	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.764
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.759
75	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.755
76	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.752
77	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.749
78	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.748
79	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.743
80	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.739
81	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.735
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.721
83	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
84	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.696
85	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.690
86	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.686
87	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.685
88	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.678
89	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.672
90	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.663
91	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.653
92	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.651
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.647
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.642
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.641
=96	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.626
=96	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.626
98	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.624
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.615
100	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.604
101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.594
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.591
=103	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.580
=103	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.580
105	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.568
106	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.567
107	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.544
108	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.527
109	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.512
110	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.487
111	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.485
112	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.478
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.476
114	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.452
115	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.427
116	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.411
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.395
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.387
120	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.378
121	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.375
122	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.372
123	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.370
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.337
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.331
126	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.328
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.315
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.297
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.290
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.266
131	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.259
132	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.253
133	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.252
134	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.250
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.240
136	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.235
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.231
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.229
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
140	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.222
141	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.220
142	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.217
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.214
144	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.211
145	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.210
146	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.207
147	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.205
148	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.203
149	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.199
150	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.194
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.189
152	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.173
153	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.167
154	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.146
155	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.142
156	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.128
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.122
158	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.121
159	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.119
=160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.107
=160	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.107
162	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.105
163	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.095
164	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.093
165	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.058
=166	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.056
=166	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.056
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.054
169	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.047
170	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.046
=171	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.043
=171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.043
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.029
174	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.018
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.006
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Australia0.991
2Denmark0.988
3Switzerland0.987
4Norway0.984
5Sweden0.978

Lowest

176North Korea0.004
175Eritrea0.006
174Uzbekistan0.018
173Turkmenistan0.029
171Equatorial Guineashared0.043

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.675. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
64values changed, of 176 in both
32 · 32rose · fell
112unchanged

Rose most

Libya0.326 → 0.427+0.101
Niger0.563 → 0.604+0.041
Lebanon0.353 → 0.387+0.034
Myanmar0.204 → 0.235+0.031
Dominican Republic0.422 → 0.452+0.030

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau0.546 → 0.328−0.218
Maldives0.472 → 0.370−0.102
Honduras0.620 → 0.544−0.076
North Macedonia0.428 → 0.378−0.050
Hungary0.815 → 0.769−0.046

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 2012.
162 distinct values among 176
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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2012). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2012

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