Data for 2019

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2019

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2019
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2019, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2019 covers 176 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.987; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.656. Against 2018, 136 values changed (52 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2019

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
2019the year it describes
158distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: 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	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.978
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.976
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	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.965
=10	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.964
=10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.964
12	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.963
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.957
14	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.952
15	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.949
=16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.947
=16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.947
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.946
19	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.944
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.943
21	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.938
22	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.930
23	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.926
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.925
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.918
=26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.916
=26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.916
28	Chile`CHL`South America	0.913
29	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.912
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.906
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.903
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.890
33	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.887
34	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.876
35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.875
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.868
=37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.867
=37	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.867
39	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.863
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.861
=41	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.859
=41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.859
=43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.853
=43	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.853
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.851
=46	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.848
=46	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.848
48	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.847
49	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.845
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.834
51	Peru`PER`South America	0.832
52	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
53	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.823
54	Colombia`COL`South America	0.819
55	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.818
56	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.815
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.806
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.804
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.803
=60	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.780
=60	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.780
62	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.766
63	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.765
=64	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.761
=64	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.761
66	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.758
=67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.754
=67	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.754
69	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.751
70	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.744
71	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.743
=72	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.732
=72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.732
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.721
75	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.711
76	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.710
77	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.705
78	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.699
79	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.696
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.691
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.688
=82	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.680
=82	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.680
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.674
85	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.671
86	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.665
87	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.663
88	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.659
=89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.653
=89	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.653
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.650
92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.649
93	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.621
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.616
95	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.610
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.608
97	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.601
98	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.586
99	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.585
100	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.578
101	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.577
=102	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.575
=102	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.575
104	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.564
105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.561
106	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.555
107	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.551
108	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.549
109	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.543
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.523
111	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.520
112	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.516
113	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.499
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.487
115	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.484
116	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.479
117	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.478
118	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.475
119	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.471
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.438
121	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.384
123	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.380
124	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.374
125	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.334
126	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.323
127	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.313
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.294
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.292
130	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.289
131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.268
132	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.256
133	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.239
134	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.238
135	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.237
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.234
137	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.227
138	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.221
139	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.217
140	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.211
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.207
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.205
143	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.201
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.198
145	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.196
=146	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.181
=146	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.181
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.165
=149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.164
=149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.164
151	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.162
152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.154
153	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.150
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.148
155	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.133
156	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.128
157	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.125
158	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.116
=159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.107
=159	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.107
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.104
162	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.100
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.081
164	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.079
165	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.073
166	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.065
167	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.062
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.048
169	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.041
170	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.034
171	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.019
172	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.018
173	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.017
174	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.016
175	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.010
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Australiashared0.987
1Switzerlandshared0.987
3Denmark0.984
4Norway0.978
5Finland0.976

Lowest

176North Korea0.004
175Nicaragua0.010
174Venezuela0.016
173Azerbaijan0.017
172Equatorial Guinea0.018

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.656. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
136values changed, of 176 in both
52 · 84rose · fell
40unchanged

Rose most

Maldives0.200 → 0.680+0.480
Sudan0.098 → 0.238+0.140
South Sudan0.062 → 0.181+0.119
Armenia0.605 → 0.705+0.100
Lesotho0.678 → 0.761+0.083

Fell most

Comoros0.307 → 0.181−0.126
Namibia0.886 → 0.765−0.121
Madagascar0.355 → 0.237−0.118
Benin0.689 → 0.578−0.111
Qatar0.395 → 0.313−0.082

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 2019.
158 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 (2019). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2019

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