Which has higher judicial checks on government index, Belarus or Equatorial Guinea?

Equatorial Guinea, at 0.008 against 0.006 in Belarus as of 2025.

What is the difference in judicial checks on government index between Belarus and Equatorial Guinea?

0.002, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Equatorial Guinea?

126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Judicial Checks on Government Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belarus vs Equatorial Guinea: Judicial Checks on Government Index

Belarus

0.006

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea

0.008

in 2025

Belarus rank

174th

Equatorial Guinea rank

173rd

Judicial Checks on Government Index over time

Belarus
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 0.008 against 0.006 in Belarus, a difference of 0.002.

That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Belarus's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 126 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 174th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 173rd of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 6 and Equatorial Guinea in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Equatorial Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.1655	0.087	0.0785	Belarus
1910s	0.1423	0.087	0.0553	Belarus
1920s	0.023	0.087	0.064	Equatorial Guinea
1930s	0.023	0.087	0.064	Equatorial Guinea
1940s	0.023	0.087	0.064	Equatorial Guinea
1950s	0.0254	0.103	0.0776	Equatorial Guinea
1960s	0.027	0.1039	0.0769	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	0.027	0.0096	0.0174	Belarus
1980s	0.0331	0.031	0.0021	Belarus
1990s	0.4272	0.055	0.3722	Belarus
2000s	0.0454	0.059	0.0136	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	0.0362	0.0334	0.0028	Belarus
2020s	0.0095	0.0112	0.0017	Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher judicial checks on government index, Belarus or Equatorial Guinea?: Equatorial Guinea, at 0.008 against 0.006 in Belarus as of 2025.
What is the difference in judicial checks on government index between Belarus and Equatorial Guinea?: 0.002, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Equatorial Guinea?: 126 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Belarus and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for judicial checks on government index?: Belarus ranks 174th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 173rd of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Judicial Checks on Government Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Judicial Checks on Government Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,297 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which the executive respects the constitution, complies with the judiciary and high courts, and higher and lower courts are independent.