Data for 2025

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2025

Name: Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2025 covers 176 countries. Australia is highest, at 0.988; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.003. The middle country reads 0.676. Against 2024, 118 values changed (49 up, 69 down), the same countries are covered.

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Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index · Data for 2025

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
2025the year it describes
160distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: 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	0.975
5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.974
6	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.969
7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.966
8	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.962
9	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.959
10	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.957
=11	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.955
=11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.955
=13	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.954
=13	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.954
=15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.951
=15	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.951
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.950
18	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.949
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.945
20	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.942
=21	Chile`CHL`South America	0.941
=21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.941
23	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.937
24	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.934
25	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.930
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.919
27	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.916
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.912
29	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.911
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.898
31	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.895
32	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.886
33	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.881
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.880
35	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.874
36	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.872
37	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.868
38	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.867
39	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.863
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.859
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.857
=42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.850
=42	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.850
44	Colombia`COL`South America	0.846
45	United States`USA`Northern America	0.844
46	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.841
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.839
=48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.827
=48	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.827
50	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.826
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.821
=52	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.820
=52	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.820
=54	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.811
=54	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.811
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.802
57	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.795
=58	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.794
=58	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.794
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.793
61	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.788
62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.785
63	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.777
64	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.773
65	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.767
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.766
67	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.764
68	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.763
69	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.749
70	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.748
71	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.746
72	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.745
73	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.733
74	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.732
75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.725
=76	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.722
=76	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.722
78	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.719
79	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.718
80	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.715
81	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.714
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.710
=83	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.694
=83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.694
85	Peru`PER`South America	0.691
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.689
87	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.687
88	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.678
89	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.674
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.668
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.667
92	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.660
93	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.650
94	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.640
95	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.638
96	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.636
97	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.613
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.612
99	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.598
100	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.584
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.579
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.577
103	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.571
104	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.542
105	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.529
106	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.524
107	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.511
108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.499
109	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.491
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.487
111	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.461
112	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.459
113	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.435
114	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.432
115	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.429
116	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.418
117	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.415
118	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.358
119	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.356
120	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.334
121	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.315
122	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.285
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.274
124	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.268
=125	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.266
=125	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.266
127	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.265
128	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.261
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.254
130	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.237
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.235
132	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.234
133	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.226
134	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.223
135	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.220
136	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.213
137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.208
138	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.202
139	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.189
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.188
141	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.186
=142	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.182
=142	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.182
144	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.167
145	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.157
146	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.156
147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.152
148	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.150
149	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.146
=150	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.143
=150	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.143
=152	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.141
=152	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.141
154	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.123
155	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.116
156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.114
157	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.111
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.089
159	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.088
160	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.080
161	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.072
162	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.050
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.049
164	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.042
165	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.030
166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.028
167	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.025
168	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.021
169	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.018
170	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.017
171	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.012
172	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.009
173	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.008
174	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.006
=175	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.003
=175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.003

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Australia0.988
2Denmark0.984
3Switzerland0.982
4New Zealand0.975
5Finland0.974

Lowest

175North Koreashared0.003
175Nicaraguashared0.003
174Belarus0.006
173Equatorial Guinea0.008
172Chad0.009

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.676. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 176 in both
49 · 69rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Mali0.587 → 0.794+0.207
Tunisia0.377 → 0.524+0.147
Mauritius0.707 → 0.850+0.143
Bangladesh0.309 → 0.432+0.123
Somaliland0.376 → 0.461+0.085

Fell most

Guinea-Bissau0.394 → 0.182−0.212
Burkina Faso0.420 → 0.274−0.146
Armenia0.382 → 0.237−0.145
Mexico0.394 → 0.265−0.129
Peru0.782 → 0.691−0.091

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

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 2025.
160 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.955. 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 (2025). Judicial Constraints on the Executive Index, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/judicial-constraints/2025

0636 held

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