Data for 2017

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2017

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2017
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2017, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2017 covers 176 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.988; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.655. Against 2016, 130 values changed (59 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2017

HighestAustralia

0.988

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

176countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
163distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

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Every country and every column of Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.988
2	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.987
=3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.984
=3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.984
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.976
=6	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.972
=6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.972
8	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.971
9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.970
10	Chile`CHL`South America	0.962
11	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.961
12	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.957
=13	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.953
=13	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.953
15	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.952
16	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.947
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.946
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.943
19	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.941
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.932
21	United States`USA`Northern America	0.931
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.929
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.928
24	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.926
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.922
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.918
27	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.907
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.906
29	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.903
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.901
31	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.898
32	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.896
33	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.894
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.883
35	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.881
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.880
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.878
38	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.876
39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.872
40	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.869
41	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.868
=42	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.863
=42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
=44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.860
=44	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.860
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.858
47	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.856
48	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.855
49	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.844
50	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.843
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.842
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.836
53	Colombia`COL`South America	0.835
54	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.831
55	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.829
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
57	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.825
58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.818
59	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.817
=60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.812
=60	Peru`PER`South America	0.812
62	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.799
63	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.788
64	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.785
65	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.780
66	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.779
67	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.777
=68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.773
=68	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.773
70	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.765
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.764
72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.756
73	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.750
74	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.743
75	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.742
76	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.741
77	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.724
78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.723
79	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
80	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.704
81	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.701
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.700
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.698
84	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.690
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.688
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.678
87	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.677
=88	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.655
=88	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.655
90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.653
=91	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.649
=91	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.649
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.634
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.623
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.614
96	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.613
97	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.611
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.610
99	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.609
100	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.605
101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.602
102	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.594
103	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.587
104	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.581
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.555
106	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.549
107	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.532
108	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.530
109	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.524
110	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.488
111	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.480
112	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.478
113	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.476
114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.470
115	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.451
116	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.449
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.442
118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.437
119	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.412
120	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
121	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.394
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.391
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.386
124	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.379
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.370
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.319
127	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.317
128	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.310
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.300
130	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.299
131	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.275
132	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.262
133	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.261
134	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.248
135	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.234
136	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.230
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.226
138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.219
=140	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.218
=140	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.218
142	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.211
143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.210
144	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.205
145	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.202
146	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.201
147	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.198
148	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.177
149	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.158
=150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.149
=150	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.149
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.141
153	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.136
154	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.135
155	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.133
156	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.120
157	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.109
158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.107
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.106
160	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.105
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.104
162	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.102
163	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.089
164	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.065
165	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.057
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.051
167	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.048
168	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.034
169	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.032
170	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.031
=171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.025
=171	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.025
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.019
=174	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.014
=174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.014
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Australia0.988
2Switzerland0.987
3Denmarkshared0.984
3Norwayshared0.984
5Finland0.976

Lowest

176North Korea0.004
174Eritreashared0.014
174Azerbaijanshared0.014
173Uzbekistan0.019
171Venezuelashared0.025

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.655. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
130values changed, of 176 in both
59 · 71rose · fell
46unchanged

Rose most

Gambia0.252 → 0.876+0.624
North Macedonia0.200 → 0.470+0.270
South Korea0.755 → 0.929+0.174
Benin0.632 → 0.788+0.156
Somalia0.164 → 0.300+0.136

Fell most

Türkiye0.315 → 0.135−0.180
Romania0.922 → 0.756−0.166
Zambia0.723 → 0.614−0.109
Poland0.765 → 0.678−0.087
Albania0.746 → 0.690−0.056

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 2017.
163 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.984. 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 (2017). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2017

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