Data for 2015

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2015

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2015
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2015, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2015 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.988; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.670. Against 2014, 76 values changed (34 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2015

HighestDenmark

0.988

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

176countries
1measure
2015the 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, 2015, 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, 2015: 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	0.976
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.974
7	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.973
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.972
9	Chile`CHL`South America	0.962
10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.961
11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.960
=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
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.951
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.949
18	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.947
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.946
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.943
21	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.933
22	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.932
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.925
=24	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.922
=24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.922
26	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.921
27	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.913
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
32	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.903
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.898
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.896
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.893
36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.882
37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.872
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.871
39	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.870
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.868
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.867
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.864
43	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
44	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.859
45	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.857
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.847
=47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.846
=47	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.846
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.845
50	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.843
51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.829
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
53	Peru`PER`South America	0.823
=54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.820
=54	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.820
56	Colombia`COL`South America	0.818
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.814
58	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.812
59	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.803
60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.800
=61	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.799
=61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.799
63	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
64	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.790
65	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.787
66	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.785
67	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.784
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.778
69	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.771
=70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.756
=70	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.756
72	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.755
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	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.744
77	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.743
=78	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.737
=78	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.737
80	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.735
81	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.700
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.698
84	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.679
85	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.677
=86	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.672
=86	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.672
88	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.671
89	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.669
90	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.659
91	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.646
92	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.639
93	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.638
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.630
95	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.622
96	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.612
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.602
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.597
99	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.596
100	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.580
101	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.579
102	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.577
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.564
104	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.560
=105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.551
=105	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.551
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.531
108	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.522
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.518
110	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.491
111	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.490
112	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.478
113	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.477
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.456
115	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.453
116	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.436
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.435
118	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.413
119	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
120	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.408
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.400
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.387
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.386
124	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.373
125	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.352
126	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.343
127	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.336
128	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.314
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.293
130	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.259
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.251
132	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.246
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.243
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.240
135	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.232
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.226
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.219
139	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.217
140	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.216
141	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.211
142	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.206
143	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.205
144	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.204
145	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.203
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.200
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.184
148	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.181
149	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.177
150	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.173
151	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.171
152	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.160
153	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.150
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.149
=155	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.135
=155	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.135
=157	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.112
=157	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.112
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.107
160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.104
161	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.095
162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.094
163	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.091
164	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.082
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.058
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.046
167	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.042
168	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.039
169	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.029
170	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.028
171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.025
172	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.024
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 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.988
2Switzerland0.987
3Norway0.984
4Australia0.982
5Finland0.976

Lowest

176North Korea0.004
175Azerbaijan0.012
174Eritrea0.014
173Uzbekistan0.018
172Venezuela0.024

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.670. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
76values changed, of 176 in both
34 · 42rose · fell
100unchanged

Rose most

Sri Lanka0.659 → 0.846+0.187
Madagascar0.280 → 0.386+0.106
Guyana0.609 → 0.672+0.063
Egypt0.568 → 0.622+0.054
Nepal0.767 → 0.820+0.053

Fell most

Honduras0.619 → 0.477−0.142
Yemen0.264 → 0.135−0.129
Libya0.547 → 0.453−0.094
Poland0.952 → 0.867−0.085
Thailand0.647 → 0.602−0.045

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 2015.
164 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.953. 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 (2015). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2015

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