Data for 2020

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2020

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2020
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2020, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2020 covers 176 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.988; North Korea is lowest, at 0.004. The middle country reads 0.665. Against 2019, 148 values changed (84 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2020

HighestAustralia

0.988

LowestNorth Korea

0.004

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

176countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: 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	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.985
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.982
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.978
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.974
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.972
=7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.967
=7	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.967
=9	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.964
=9	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.964
11	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.963
12	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.962
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.957
14	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.952
15	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.948
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.946
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.935
18	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.934
=19	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.932
=19	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.932
21	Chile`CHL`South America	0.931
22	United States`USA`Northern America	0.928
=23	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.926
=23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.926
=23	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.926
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.922
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.918
28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.913
29	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.903
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.901
31	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.900
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.893
33	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.881
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.878
35	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.876
36	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.874
37	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.872
38	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.871
39	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.867
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.864
41	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.861
=42	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.860
=42	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.860
=44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.858
=44	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.858
=46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.856
=46	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.856
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.845
=49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.843
=49	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.843
51	Peru`PER`South America	0.842
52	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.841
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
54	Colombia`COL`South America	0.820
55	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.819
56	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.814
57	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.813
58	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.810
59	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.807
=60	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.806
=60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.806
62	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.795
=63	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.794
=63	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.794
65	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.785
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.783
67	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.772
68	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.767
69	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.761
70	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.757
71	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.753
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.746
=73	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.744
=73	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.744
75	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.743
76	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.741
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.733
78	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.731
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.721
80	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.710
81	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.707
82	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.704
83	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.688
84	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.687
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.681
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.680
87	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.672
88	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.671
89	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.658
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.657
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.637
92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.636
93	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.635
94	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.627
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.618
96	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.613
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.611
=98	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.610
=98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.610
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.597
101	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.592
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.587
103	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.583
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.573
105	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.572
106	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.565
107	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.564
108	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.562
109	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.561
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.550
111	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.531
112	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.526
113	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.506
114	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.494
115	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.482
116	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.479
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.477
118	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.445
119	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.438
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.427
121	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
122	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.351
123	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.345
124	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.334
125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.311
126	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.305
127	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.303
128	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.295
129	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.288
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.280
=131	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.268
=131	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.268
133	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.265
134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.255
135	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.250
136	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.237
137	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.236
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.225
139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.224
140	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.215
141	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.214
142	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.212
143	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.211
144	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.210
145	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.209
146	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.201
147	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.200
148	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.194
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.185
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.175
151	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.163
152	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.156
153	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.154
154	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.153
155	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.152
156	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.145
157	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.143
158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.128
159	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.123
160	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.107
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.105
162	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.104
163	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.079
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.072
165	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.061
166	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.060
167	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.059
168	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.044
169	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.042
170	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.038
171	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.025
172	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.024
173	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.018
174	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.013
175	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.006
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.004

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Australia0.988
2Denmark0.985
3Switzerland0.982
4Finland0.978
5New Zealand0.974

Lowest

176North Korea0.004
175Nicaragua0.006
174Equatorial Guinea0.013
173Belarus0.018
172Venezuela0.024

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.665. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
148values changed, of 176 in both
84 · 64rose · fell
28unchanged

Rose most

Romania0.586 → 0.858+0.272
Dominican Republic0.478 → 0.721+0.243
Sierra Leone0.487 → 0.657+0.170
Moldova0.659 → 0.795+0.136
Pakistan0.653 → 0.731+0.078

Fell most

Sri Lanka0.875 → 0.681−0.194
Hong Kong0.853 → 0.707−0.146
Armenia0.705 → 0.565−0.140
Central African Republic0.384 → 0.265−0.119
El Salvador0.575 → 0.482−0.093

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 2020.
162 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.926. 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 (2020). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2020

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