Data for 2016

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2016

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2016
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2016, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2016 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.988; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.652. Against 2015, 91 values changed (41 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2016

HighestDenmark

0.988

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

176countries
1measure
2016the 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.988
=2	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.987
=2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.987
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.984
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
=9	United States`USA`Northern America	0.962
=11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.953
=11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.953
=11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.953
=14	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.952
=14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.952
=14	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.952
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	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.942
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.928
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.925
=24	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.922
=24	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.922
=24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.922
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.912
28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.911
29	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.906
30	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.904
31	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.903
32	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.893
33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.891
34	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.888
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.885
36	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.874
=37	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.872
=37	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.872
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.871
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.868
=41	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.864
=41	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.864
43	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.860
45	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.855
=46	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.846
=46	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.846
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.842
49	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.835
50	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.830
51	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.828
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.825
=54	Colombia`COL`South America	0.823
=54	Peru`PER`South America	0.823
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.820
57	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.814
58	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.808
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.807
=60	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.800
=60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.800
62	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.799
63	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.797
64	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.776
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.771
66	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.765
67	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.757
68	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.756
69	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.755
70	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.751
71	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.749
=72	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.747
=72	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	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.728
78	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.726
79	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.723
80	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
81	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.704
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.700
=83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.698
=83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.698
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.693
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.691
87	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.677
88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.665
89	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.639
90	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.638
=91	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.632
=91	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.632
93	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.631
94	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.630
95	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.622
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.607
97	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.606
98	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.602
99	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.593
100	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.580
101	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.575
=102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.567
=102	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.567
104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.564
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.560
106	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.551
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.539
108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.524
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.518
110	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.490
111	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.484
112	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.480
113	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.457
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.455
115	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.451
116	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.446
=117	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.413
=117	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.413
119	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
120	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.405
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.400
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.387
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.386
124	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.351
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.337
126	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.315
127	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.314
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.293
129	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.288
130	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.262
131	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.252
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.251
133	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.238
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.235
135	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.234
136	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.224
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	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.205
143	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.203
144	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.200
145	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.197
146	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.190
147	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.177
148	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.173
149	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.167
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.164
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.163
152	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.160
153	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.149
154	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.141
155	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.135
156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.125
157	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.117
=158	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.112
=158	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.112
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.107
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.104
162	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.091
163	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.077
164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.063
165	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.062
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.046
167	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.043
168	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.040
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.039
170	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.030
171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.025
172	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.023
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.021
174	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.013
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.008
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.988
2Australiashared0.987
2Switzerlandshared0.987
4Norway0.984
5Finland0.976

Lowest

176North Korea0.004
175Eritrea0.008
174Azerbaijan0.013
173Uzbekistan0.021
172Venezuela0.023

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

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
91values changed, of 176 in both
41 · 50rose · fell
85unchanged

Rose most

Myanmar0.373 → 0.480+0.107
Argentina0.646 → 0.751+0.105
Honduras0.477 → 0.551+0.074
Jordan0.531 → 0.593+0.062
Taiwan0.812 → 0.874+0.062

Fell most

Türkiye0.551 → 0.315−0.236
Somalia0.343 → 0.164−0.179
Poland0.867 → 0.765−0.102
Philippines0.778 → 0.691−0.087
Moldova0.803 → 0.749−0.054

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 2016.
157 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 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 (2016). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2016

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