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Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem)

Judicial Constraints on Executive. V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy, 2018–2025.

Source: V-Dem Institute — Varieties of Democracy Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 Unit: index 0–1 Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2025)
0.6
0.00pp vs 2024
Improving
0
of 179 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
179
±0.5pp band

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Trend over time

Group average by period, 2018–2025.

0.30.40.50.60.7 20182019202020212022202320242025
AmericasEurope & Central AsiaSub-Saharan AfricaEast Asia & PacificMiddle East & North AfricaSouth AsiaAdvanced / other

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

EntityNowChange
🇲🇱 Mali 0.8 +0.21pp
🇹🇳 Tunisia 0.5 +0.15pp
🇲🇺 Mauritius 0.9 +0.14pp
🇧🇩 Bangladesh 0.4 +0.12pp
Somaliland 0.5 +0.09pp

Top fallers

EntityNowChange
🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 -0.21pp
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 0.3 -0.15pp
🇦🇲 Armenia 0.2 -0.15pp
🇲🇽 Mexico 0.3 -0.13pp
🇵🇪 Peru 0.7 -0.09pp

By group

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Europe & Central Asia 0.00pp
Americas 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 0.00pp
South Asia 0.00pp
Advanced / other 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 0.00pp
GroupMembersAvgChange
Europe & Central Asia 49 0.7 0.00pp
Americas 27 0.6 0.00pp
East Asia & Pacific 23 0.6 0.00pp
South Asia 8 0.6 0.00pp
Advanced / other 4 0.5 0.00pp
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 0.4 0.00pp
Middle East & North Africa 20 0.4 0.00pp

Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) — full ranking

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179 entities, 2025, change vs 2024. Highest first.
#EntityJudicial Constraints on ExecutiveChange
1🇦🇺 Australia10.00pp
2🇩🇰 Denmark10.00pp
3🇨🇭 Switzerland10.00pp
4🇳🇿 New Zealand1-0.00pp
5🇫🇮 Finland10.00pp
6🇪🇪 Estonia10.00pp
7🇸🇪 Sweden1-0.01pp
8🇨🇿 Czechia1+0.01pp
9🇸🇨 Seychelles1+0.01pp
10🇮🇪 Ireland10.00pp
11🇮🇸 Iceland1+0.01pp
12🇳🇴 Norway10.00pp
13🇧🇷 Brazil10.00pp
14🇬🇹 Guatemala1-0.01pp
15🇳🇱 Netherlands10.00pp
16🇺🇾 Uruguay10.00pp
17🇨🇷 Costa Rica10.00pp
18🇱🇹 Lithuania0.9+0.01pp
19🇫🇷 France0.90.00pp
20🇱🇻 Latvia0.90.00pp
21🇨🇱 Chile0.90.00pp
22🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.9+0.00pp
23🇪🇸 Spain0.90.00pp
24🇩🇪 Germany0.90.00pp
25🇧🇧 Barbados0.90.00pp
26🇵🇹 Portugal0.9-0.03pp
27🇦🇹 Austria0.9-0.02pp
28🇱🇰 Sri Lanka0.9+0.08pp
29🇻🇺 Vanuatu0.90.00pp
30🇨🇦 Canada0.9-0.02pp
31🇿🇦 South Africa0.9-0.02pp
32🇬🇲 The Gambia0.9+0.02pp
33🇯🇵 Japan0.90.00pp
34🇯🇲 Jamaica0.90.00pp
35🇨🇻 Cape Verde0.9-0.01pp
36🇰🇷 South Korea0.9+0.06pp
37🇸🇬 Singapore0.9+0.02pp
38🇱🇺 Luxembourg0.90.00pp
39🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea0.90.00pp
40🇭🇷 Croatia0.9+0.03pp
41🇮🇱 Israel0.90.00pp
42🇨🇾 Cyprus0.9+0.02pp
43🇲🇺 Mauritius0.9+0.14pp
44🇨🇴 Colombia0.80.00pp
45🇺🇸 United States of America0.8-0.06pp
46🇲🇩 Moldova0.8-0.02pp
47🇸🇷 Suriname0.80.00pp
48🇬🇭 Ghana0.80.00pp
49🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago0.80.00pp
50🇧🇪 Belgium0.8-0.05pp
51🇭🇳 Honduras0.8+0.01pp
52🇱🇸 Lesotho0.8+0.03pp
53🇸🇧 Solomon Islands0.8-0.01pp
54🇳🇦 Namibia0.8-0.03pp
55🇸🇰 Slovakia0.8-0.03pp
56🇧🇹 Bhutan0.80.00pp
57🇫🇯 Fiji0.8-0.03pp
58🇲🇱 Mali0.8+0.21pp
59🇹🇼 Taiwan0.8-0.05pp
60🇧🇬 Bulgaria0.8-0.02pp
61🇰🇪 Kenya0.80.00pp
62🇲🇹 Malta0.80.00pp
63🇲🇾 Malaysia0.80.00pp
64🇮🇹 Italy0.8+0.01pp
65🇲🇦 Morocco0.80.00pp
66🇯🇴 Jordan0.80.00pp
67🇳🇵 Nepal0.8-0.02pp
68🇸🇮 Slovenia0.8-0.02pp
69🇩🇴 Dominican Republic0.70.00pp
70🇧🇼 Botswana0.7-0.05pp
71🇬🇷 Greece0.7-0.03pp
72🇷🇴 Romania0.7+0.08pp
73🇹🇭 Thailand0.7+0.01pp
74🇲🇼 Malawi0.7-0.04pp
75🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe0.70.00pp
76🇹🇿 Tanzania0.7-0.09pp
77🇲🇻 Maldives0.7-0.06pp
78🇰🇼 Kuwait0.7-0.02pp
79🇲🇳 Mongolia0.7-0.05pp
80🇲🇪 Montenegro0.7+0.03pp
81🇵🇱 Poland0.7-0.01pp
82🇿🇲 Zambia0.7-0.01pp
83🇸🇳 Senegal0.7+0.02pp
84🇵🇦 Panama0.70.00pp
85🇵🇪 Peru0.7-0.09pp
86🇦🇱 Albania0.7+0.04pp
87🇳🇪 Niger0.7-0.07pp
88🇭🇺 Hungary0.7+0.05pp
89🇹🇱 Timor-Leste0.70.00pp
90🇬🇾 Guyana0.70.00pp
91🇮🇳 India0.7-0.04pp
92🇵🇭 Philippines0.7+0.01pp
93🇸🇱 Sierra Leone0.70.00pp
94🇦🇷 Argentina0.6+0.01pp
95🇽🇰 Kosovo0.6-0.01pp
96🇵🇾 Paraguay0.6-0.08pp
97Zanzibar0.6+0.00pp
98🇱🇷 Liberia0.6+0.03pp
99🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina0.6+0.02pp
100🇧🇯 Benin0.60.00pp
101🇮🇩 Indonesia0.6-0.01pp
102🇭🇰 Hong Kong0.6+0.02pp
103🇲🇿 Mozambique0.6+0.01pp
104🇱🇦 Laos0.6-0.00pp
105🇪🇬 Egypt0.5-0.06pp
106🇶🇦 Qatar0.5+0.03pp
107🇹🇳 Tunisia0.5+0.15pp
108🇱🇧 Lebanon0.5-0.00pp
109🇵🇰 Pakistan0.5-0.09pp
110🇬🇪 Georgia0.5+0.05pp
111🇪🇨 Ecuador0.5+0.00pp
112🇵🇸 Palestine/West Bank0.50.00pp
113Somaliland0.5+0.09pp
114🇲🇰 North Macedonia0.50.00pp
115🇴🇲 Oman0.4+0.03pp
116🇧🇩 Bangladesh0.4+0.12pp
117🇨🇮 Ivory Coast0.4-0.00pp
118🇳🇬 Nigeria0.4-0.01pp
119🇷🇸 Serbia0.4-0.02pp
120Palestine/Gaza0.4-0.03pp
121🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan0.40.00pp
122🇮🇶 Iraq0.4+0.02pp
123🇺🇦 Ukraine0.3+0.01pp
124🇸🇿 Eswatini0.3-0.05pp
125🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia0.30.00pp
126🇧🇫 Burkina Faso0.3-0.15pp
127🇩🇯 Djibouti0.30.00pp
128🇧🇴 Bolivia0.3+0.00pp
129🇬🇦 Gabon0.30.00pp
130🇲🇽 Mexico0.3-0.13pp
131🇺🇬 Uganda0.3-0.01pp
132🇱🇾 Libya0.3-0.05pp
133🇦🇲 Armenia0.2-0.15pp
134🇬🇳 Guinea0.2-0.03pp
135🇦🇴 Angola0.20.00pp
136🇭🇹 Haiti0.2-0.03pp
137🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo0.2+0.01pp
138🇲🇬 Madagascar0.2-0.02pp
139🇪🇹 Ethiopia0.2+0.03pp
140🇸🇴 Somalia0.20.00pp
141🇹🇷 Türkiye0.2+0.01pp
142🇹🇬 Togo0.2-0.01pp
143🇨🇫 Central African Republic0.2+0.05pp
144🇰🇲 Comoros0.2-0.02pp
145🇿🇼 Zimbabwe0.2-0.03pp
146🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau0.2-0.21pp
147🇷🇼 Rwanda0.2-0.01pp
148🇸🇸 South Sudan0.2-0.05pp
149🇸🇾 Syria0.2+0.01pp
150🇻🇳 Vietnam0.2-0.01pp
151🇸🇩 Sudan0.2+0.03pp
152🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo0.1-0.08pp
153🇦🇫 Afghanistan0.1+0.05pp
154🇩🇿 Algeria0.1+0.01pp
155🇾🇪 Yemen0.1-0.02pp
156🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates0.10.00pp
157🇰🇿 Kazakhstan0.1-0.02pp
158🇮🇷 Iran0.10.00pp
159🇲🇷 Mauritania0.1-0.05pp
160🇨🇲 Cameroon0.1-0.03pp
161🇨🇺 Cuba0.1-0.00pp
162🇧🇭 Bahrain0.10.00pp
163🇺🇿 Uzbekistan0.10.00pp
164🇰🇭 Cambodia0.1+0.00pp
165🇧🇮 Burundi0.1-0.01pp
166🇹🇲 Turkmenistan00.00pp
167🇷🇺 Russia0-0.00pp
168🇨🇳 China0+0.00pp
169🇪🇷 Eritrea00.00pp
170🇲🇲 Burma/Myanmar00.00pp
171🇹🇯 Tajikistan0-0.02pp
172🇸🇻 El Salvador0-0.00pp
173🇻🇪 Venezuela0+0.00pp
174🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0-0.00pp
175🇹🇩 Chad00.00pp
176🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea0-0.00pp
177🇧🇾 Belarus00.00pp
178🇰🇵 North Korea00.00pp
179🇳🇮 Nicaragua00.00pp

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