Data for 2024

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2024

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2024
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2024 covers 176 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.988; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.003. The middle country reads 0.665. Against 2023, 128 values changed (60 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2024

HighestAustralia

0.988

Lowest2 countries share it

0.003

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

176countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: 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	0.984
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.982
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.977
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.976
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.974
7	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.969
8	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.962
9	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.957
10	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.955
11	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.954
12	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.953
13	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.952
=14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.951
=14	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.951
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.950
17	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.947
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.946
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.945
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.942
21	Chile`CHL`South America	0.941
=22	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.940
=22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.940
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.938
25	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.937
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.934
27	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.930
=28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.918
=28	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.918
30	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.911
31	United States`USA`Northern America	0.902
32	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.883
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.881
=34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.880
=34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.880
36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.867
=37	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.863
=37	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.863
39	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.859
40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.857
=41	Colombia`COL`South America	0.846
=41	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.846
43	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.844
=44	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.839
=44	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.839
46	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.838
47	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.831
=48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.828
=48	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.828
=50	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.827
=50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
=52	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.826
=52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.826
54	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.816
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.815
=56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.808
=56	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.808
58	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.802
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.796
60	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.789
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.788
62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.785
63	Peru`PER`South America	0.782
=64	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.781
=64	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.781
66	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.779
67	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.777
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.776
69	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.775
=70	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.767
=70	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.767
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.766
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.765
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.755
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.749
76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.738
77	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.728
=78	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.725
=78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.725
80	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.721
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.719
82	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.710
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.707
84	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.694
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.683
=86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.674
=86	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.674
88	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.668
89	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.661
90	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.650
91	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.649
=92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.648
=92	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.648
94	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.630
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.627
96	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.605
97	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.598
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.591
99	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.590
100	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.587
101	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.586
102	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.581
103	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.572
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.567
105	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.561
106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.512
107	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.502
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.485
109	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.459
110	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.443
111	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.433
112	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.431
113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.429
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.420
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.410
=116	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.394
=116	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.394
118	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.382
119	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.377
120	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.376
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.368
122	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.358
123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.338
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.322
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.309
126	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.303
127	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.285
128	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.268
=129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.266
=129	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.266
=131	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.263
=131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.263
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.256
134	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.244
135	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.234
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.224
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.216
138	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.214
=139	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.208
=139	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.208
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.201
142	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.197
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.194
144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.186
145	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.179
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.167
147	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.162
148	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.157
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.147
150	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.142
151	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.141
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.139
153	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.134
154	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.133
155	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.122
156	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.116
157	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.095
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.090
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.088
160	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.080
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.071
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.061
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.049
164	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.046
165	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.039
166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.028
167	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.027
168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.025
169	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.021
170	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.016
171	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.013
172	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.011
173	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.009
174	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.006
=175	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.003
=175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.003

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Australia0.988
2Denmark0.984
3Switzerland0.982
4New Zealand0.977
5Sweden0.976

Lowest

175North Koreashared0.003
175Nicaraguashared0.003
174Belarus0.006
173Chad0.009
172Equatorial Guinea0.011

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

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
128values changed, of 176 in both
60 · 68rose · fell
48unchanged

Rose most

Guatemala0.756 → 0.962+0.206
Bangladesh0.138 → 0.309+0.171
Poland0.560 → 0.728+0.168
Qatar0.370 → 0.502+0.132
Haiti0.151 → 0.256+0.105

Fell most

Georgia0.643 → 0.443−0.200
Burkina Faso0.582 → 0.420−0.162
Argentina0.781 → 0.627−0.154
Zambia0.856 → 0.719−0.137
Italy0.865 → 0.767−0.098

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

Read before you use

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 2024.
155 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.951. 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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Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2024). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2024

0636 held

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How it has moved, charted by country

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