Canada vs USSR: Constraints on the Executive Score

Canada
7
in 2018
USSR
4
in 1991
Canada rank
1st
USSR rank
1st

Constraints on the Executive Score over time

  • Canada
  • USSR
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How they compare

Canada currently reports 7 against 4 in USSR, a difference of 3.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.8 times USSR's.

Across all 70 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 1st and USSR ranks 1st of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Constraints on the Executive Score
Source
Polity 5 (2020) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
167 places, 17,813 data points, 1789–2020
Last refreshed

Indicates the extent to which the executive is constrained. It ranges from unconstrained executives (score of 1), over slight or moderate constraints (score of 3), and substantial constraints (score of 5), to an executive that is subordinated to or on par with other authorities (score of 7). The remaining categories are intermediate ones.