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Judicial constraints on executive, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 12 countries was 0.702 index points. The highest value was in Chile: 0.958 index points and the lowest value was in Venezuela: 0.018 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
Chile 0.958 1 -
Uruguay 0.948 2 -
Brazil 0.925 3 -
Suriname 0.855 4 -
Colombia 0.828 5 -
Peru 0.827 6 -
Argentina 0.772 7 -
Paraguay 0.733 8 -
Guyana 0.713 9 -
Ecuador 0.497 10 -
Bolivia 0.346 11 -
Venezuela 0.018 12 -



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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