Congo vs Madagascar: Judicial Checks on Government Index

Congo

0.223

in 2025

Madagascar

0.22

in 2025

Congo rank

133rd

Madagascar rank

134th

Judicial Checks on Government Index over time

Congo
Madagascar

How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.223 against 0.22 in Madagascar, a difference of 0.003.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 123 shared years of data; in 1903 it was Madagascar ahead.

Congo ranks 133rd and Madagascar ranks 134th of 176 countries.

Individual pages

Judicial Checks on Government Index in Congo
Judicial Checks on Government Index in Madagascar
Full country ranking

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.