Data for 2018

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2018

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2018
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2018, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2018 covers 176 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.987; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.649. Against 2017, 135 values changed (59 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2018

Highest2 countries share it

0.987

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

176countries
1measure
2018the 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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=1	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.987
=1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.987
3	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.984
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.980
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.978
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.974
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.972
8	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.971
9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.964
10	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.963
11	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.957
12	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.954
13	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.953
14	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.952
15	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.949
16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.948
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.946
18	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.945
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.943
20	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.934
21	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.928
22	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.926
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.922
24	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.918
25	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.916
26	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.903
27	Chile`CHL`South America	0.902
=28	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.900
=28	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.900
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.894
31	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.892
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.891
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.890
34	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.887
35	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.886
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.877
37	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.876
38	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.874
39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.872
40	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.868
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.864
=42	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.863
=42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
44	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.861
45	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.859
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.858
47	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.857
48	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.856
49	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.851
50	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.847
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.836
52	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.828
=53	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.827
=53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
55	Colombia`COL`South America	0.826
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.824
57	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.823
=58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.822
=58	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.822
60	Peru`PER`South America	0.816
61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.810
62	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.785
63	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.780
64	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.777
65	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.764
66	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.761
67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.758
68	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.749
69	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.746
70	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.743
71	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.731
=72	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.720
=72	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.720
=74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.717
=74	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.717
76	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.703
77	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.697
78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.694
79	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.689
80	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.685
81	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.681
82	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.678
83	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.677
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.675
=85	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.669
=85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.669
87	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.653
88	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.649
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.648
90	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.637
91	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.634
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.628
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.620
94	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.615
95	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.612
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.606
=97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.605
=97	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.605
99	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.603
100	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.602
101	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.599
102	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.594
103	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.589
104	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.587
105	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.566
106	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.560
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.555
108	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.551
109	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.549
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.547
111	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.530
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.528
113	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.525
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.495
115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.484
116	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.469
117	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.451
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.440
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.438
120	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
=121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.395
=121	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.395
123	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.380
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.376
125	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.366
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.365
127	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.355
128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.341
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.307
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.293
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.289
132	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.262
133	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.247
134	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.238
135	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.231
136	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.227
137	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.226
=138	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.223
=138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.223
140	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.218
141	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.217
=142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.210
=142	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.210
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.206
145	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.204
146	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.200
147	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.188
148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.173
149	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.169
150	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.156
151	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.153
152	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.150
153	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.143
154	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.133
155	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.120
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.107
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.105
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.104
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.101
160	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.100
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.098
162	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.086
163	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.065
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.063
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.062
=166	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.053
=166	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.053
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.043
169	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.034
=170	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.026
=170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.026
172	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.019
173	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.018
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.011
175	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.008
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Australiashared0.987
1Switzerlandshared0.987
3Denmark0.984
4Finland0.980
5Norway0.978

Lowest

176North Korea0.004
175Azerbaijan0.008
174Eritrea0.011
173Nicaragua0.018
172Venezuela0.019

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.649. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
135values changed, of 176 in both
59 · 76rose · fell
41unchanged

Rose most

Armenia0.248 → 0.605+0.357
Ecuador0.275 → 0.528+0.253
Malaysia0.532 → 0.761+0.229
Côte d’Ivoire0.476 → 0.547+0.071
Serbia0.488 → 0.551+0.063

Fell most

Romania0.756 → 0.530−0.226
Lesotho0.779 → 0.678−0.101
Benin0.788 → 0.689−0.099
Gabon0.299 → 0.204−0.095
Poland0.678 → 0.587−0.091

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 2018.
162 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.987. 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 (2018). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2018

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