Legislative constraints on executive - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Legislative constraints on executive, 2023:

The average for 2023 based on 45 countries was 0.497 index points. The highest value was in Ghana: 0.899 index points and the lowest value was in Ethiopia: 0.091 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 Legislative constraints on executive, 2023 Global rank Available data
Ghana 0.899 1 1960 - 2023
Malawi 0.876 2 1960 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.872 3 1973 - 2023
Kenya 0.869 4 1960 - 2023
South Africa 0.867 5 1960 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.842 6 1960 - 2023
Tanzania 0.803 7 1960 - 2023
Seychelles 0.793 8 1960 - 2023
Zambia 0.738 9 1960 - 2023
Somalia 0.733 10 1960 - 2023
Nigeria 0.726 11 1960 - 2023
Senegal 0.726 12 1960 - 2023
Lesotho 0.717 13 1960 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.712 14 1960 - 2023
Namibia 0.711 15 1960 - 2023
Mauritius 0.683 16 1960 - 2023
Niger 0.675 17 1960 - 2023
Gambia 0.668 18 1960 - 2023
Botswana 0.659 19 1961 - 2023
Uganda 0.659 20 1960 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.615 21 1972 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0.596 22 1960 - 2023
Liberia 0.541 23 1960 - 2023
Togo 0.421 24 1960 - 2023
Swaziland 0.391 25 1964 - 2023
Mozambique 0.375 26 1960 - 2023
Benin 0.355 27 1960 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.347 28 1960 - 2023
Rwanda 0.336 29 1961 - 2023
Mauritania 0.329 30 1960 - 2023
Madagascar 0.325 31 1960 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.306 32 1960 - 2023
DR Congo 0.252 33 1960 - 2023
Guinea 0.246 34 1960 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.239 35 1960 - 2023
Angola 0.23 36 1973 - 2023
Cameroon 0.206 37 1961 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.171 38 1960 - 2023
Gabon 0.166 39 1960 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.144 40 1960 - 2023
Burundi 0.119 41 1960 - 2023
Chad 0.112 42 1960 - 2023
Comoros 0.106 43 1960 - 2023
Mali 0.096 44 1960 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.091 45 1960 - 2023



Definition: The extent to which legislature and government agencies (for example, comptroller general, general prosecutor, or ombudsman) are capable of questioning, investigating, and exercising oversight over the executive.

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1. Ghana
2. Malawi
3. S.T.&Principe
4. Kenya
5. South Africa
6. Cape Verde
7. Tanzania
8. Seychelles
9. Zambia
10. Somalia
11. Nigeria
12. Senegal
13. Lesotho
14. Sierra Leone
15. Namibia
16. Mauritius
17. Niger
18. Gambia
19. Botswana
20. Uganda
21. G.-Bissau
22. Zimbabwe
23. Liberia
24. Togo
25. Swaziland
26. Mozambique
27. Benin
28. R. of Congo
29. Rwanda
30. Mauritania
31. Madagascar
32. Burkina Faso
33. DR Congo
34. Guinea
35. Ivory Coast
36. Angola
37. Cameroon
38. C.A. Republic
39. Gabon
40. Eq. Guinea
41. Burundi
42. Chad
43. Comoros
44. Mali
45. Ethiopia
0.899
0.876
0.872
0.869
0.867
0.842
0.803
0.793
0.738
0.733
0.726
0.726
0.717
0.712
0.711
0.683
0.675
0.668
0.659
0.659
0.615
0.596
0.541
0.421
0.391
0.375
0.355
0.347
0.336
0.329
0.325
0.306
0.252
0.246
0.239
0.230
0.206
0.171
0.166
0.144
0.119
0.112
0.106
0.096
0.091
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