Judicial constraints on executive - Country rankings

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Judicial constraints on executive, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 45 countries was 0.432 index points. The highest value was in Israel: 0.897 index points and the lowest value was in North Korea: 0.003 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Judicial constraints on executive, 2023 Global rank Available data
Israel 0.897 1 1960 - 2023
Japan 0.873 2 1960 - 2023
Taiwan 0.853 3 1960 - 2023
Bhutan 0.838 4 1960 - 2023
South Korea 0.823 5 1960 - 2023
Kuwait 0.821 6 1960 - 2023
Maldives 0.802 7 1960 - 2023
Nepal 0.78 8 1960 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.77 9 1960 - 2023
Singapore 0.764 10 1960 - 2023
Malaysia 0.749 11 1960 - 2023
Mongolia 0.726 12 1960 - 2023
India 0.711 13 1960 - 2023
Georgia 0.684 14 1990 - 2023
Pakistan 0.667 15 1960 - 2023
Jordan 0.664 16 1960 - 2023
Thailand 0.664 17 1960 - 2023
Philippines 0.632 18 1960 - 2023
Indonesia 0.56 19 1960 - 2023
Lebanon 0.481 20 1960 - 2023
Armenia 0.443 21 1990 - 2023
Oman 0.414 22 1960 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.413 23 1960 - 2023
Laos 0.411 24 1960 - 2023
Qatar 0.395 25 1960 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0.36 26 1990 - 2023
Iraq 0.295 27 1960 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.29 28 1960 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.271 29 1960 - 2023
Yemen 0.192 30 1960 - 2023
Vietnam 0.18 31 1960 - 2023
Kazakhstan 0.154 32 1990 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.141 33 1971 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.136 34 1971 - 2023
Iran 0.11 35 1960 - 2023
Cambodia 0.087 36 1960 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0.075 37 1990 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0.069 38 1990 - 2023
Syria 0.064 39 1960 - 2023
Bahrain 0.05 40 2002 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.045 41 1990 - 2023
China 0.04 42 1960 - 2023
Burma 0.029 43 1960 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.01 44 1990 - 2023
North Korea 0.003 45 1960 - 2023



Definition: The extent to which the executive branch respects the constitution and complies with court rulings and the extent to which the judiciary can act in an independent fashion.

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1. Israel
2. Japan
3. Taiwan
4. Bhutan
5. South Korea
6. Kuwait
7. Maldives
8. Nepal
9. Sri Lanka
10. Singapore
11. Malaysia
12. Mongolia
13. India
14. Georgia
15. Pakistan
16. Jordan
17. Thailand
18. Philippines
19. Indonesia
20. Lebanon
21. Armenia
22. Oman
23. Hong Kong
24. Laos
25. Qatar
26. Kyrgyzstan
27. Iraq
28. Saudi Arabia
29. Afghanistan
30. Yemen
31. Vietnam
32. Kazakhstan
33. UA Emirates
34. Bangladesh
35. Iran
36. Cambodia
37. Turkmenistan
38. Uzbekistan
39. Syria
40. Bahrain
41. Tajikistan
42. China
43. Burma
44. Azerbaijan
45. North Korea
0.897
0.873
0.853
0.838
0.823
0.821
0.802
0.780
0.770
0.764
0.749
0.726
0.711
0.684
0.667
0.664
0.664
0.632
0.560
0.481
0.443
0.414
0.413
0.411
0.395
0.360
0.295
0.290
0.271
0.192
0.180
0.154
0.141
0.136
0.110
0.087
0.075
0.069
0.064
0.050
0.045
0.040
0.029
0.010
0.003
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