Data for 2014

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2014

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2014 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.988; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.652. Against 2013, 56 values changed (22 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2014

HighestDenmark

0.988

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

176countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
164distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.988
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.987
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.984
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.982
=5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.978
=5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.978
7	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.974
8	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.973
9	Chile`CHL`South America	0.968
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.961
11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.955
=12	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.953
=12	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.953
=14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.952
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.952
=14	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.952
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.951
18	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.949
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.946
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.943
21	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.936
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.933
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.932
24	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.927
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.925
=26	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.922
=26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.922
28	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.912
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.911
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.906
=31	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.904
=31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.904
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.898
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.890
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.889
36	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.888
=37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.872
=37	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.872
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.871
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.868
41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.864
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
43	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.859
44	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.848
45	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.847
=46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.846
=46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.846
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.842
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.833
50	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.829
51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
52	Peru`PER`South America	0.823
53	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.821
=54	Colombia`COL`South America	0.818
=54	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.818
56	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.814
57	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.812
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.806
59	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.805
60	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.799
61	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
62	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.785
63	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.782
64	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.777
65	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.769
66	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.767
=67	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.760
=67	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.760
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.756
70	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.755
71	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.754
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.752
73	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.747
74	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.746
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.745
76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.743
77	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.737
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.736
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.735
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.730
81	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.713
83	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.707
84	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.686
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.677
86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.672
87	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.659
88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.653
89	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.650
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.647
91	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.646
92	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.645
93	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.642
94	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.639
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.630
96	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.619
97	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.609
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.607
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.593
100	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.589
101	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.580
102	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.579
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.578
104	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.576
105	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.568
106	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.560
107	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.556
108	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.547
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.531
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.518
111	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.497
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.496
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.490
114	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.483
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.479
116	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.436
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.435
118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.415
119	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.413
120	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.400
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.375
123	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.355
124	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.343
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.338
126	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.328
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.314
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.293
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.280
=130	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.264
=130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.264
132	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.259
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.251
134	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.246
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.231
136	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.229
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.228
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.226
139	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.219
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.216
142	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.211
143	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.206
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.205
145	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.204
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.203
147	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.200
148	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.195
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.187
150	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.177
151	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.173
152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.171
153	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.150
=154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.149
=154	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.149
156	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.135
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.114
158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.112
159	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.108
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.107
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.104
162	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.102
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.100
164	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.074
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.058
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.046
167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.043
168	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.042
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.039
170	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.029
171	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.028
172	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.025
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.018
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.014
175	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.012
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.988
2Switzerland0.987
3Norway0.984
4Australia0.982
5Finlandshared0.978

Lowest

176North Korea0.004
175Azerbaijan0.012
174Eritrea0.014
173Uzbekistan0.018
172Venezuela0.025

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.652. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
56values changed, of 176 in both
22 · 34rose · fell
120unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.306 → 0.400+0.094
Madagascar0.198 → 0.280+0.082
Burkina Faso0.574 → 0.646+0.072
Fiji0.451 → 0.497+0.046
Libya0.518 → 0.547+0.029

Fell most

Thailand0.825 → 0.647−0.178
Türkiye0.655 → 0.576−0.079
Mauritius0.849 → 0.782−0.067
Ukraine0.212 → 0.149−0.063
North Macedonia0.266 → 0.206−0.060

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 2014.
164 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 (2014). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2014

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