Which has higher judicial checks on government index, Ghana or Trinidad and Tobago?

Ghana, at 0.827 against 0.827 in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2025.

How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago?

124 years are reported by both, from 1902 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.

Ghana vs Trinidad and Tobago: Judicial Checks on Government Index

Ghana

0.827

in 2025

Trinidad and Tobago

0.827

in 2025

Ghana rank

48th

Trinidad and Tobago rank

48th

Judicial Checks on Government Index over time

Ghana
Trinidad and Tobago

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 0.827 against 0.827 in Trinidad and Tobago, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 124 shared years of data; in 1902 it was Trinidad and Tobago ahead.

Ghana ranks 48th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 48th of 176 countries.

Across the 13 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Trinidad and Tobago in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ghana	Trinidad and Tobago	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.736	0.861	0.125	Trinidad and Tobago
1910s	0.736	0.861	0.125	Trinidad and Tobago
1920s	0.736	0.861	0.125	Trinidad and Tobago
1930s	0.736	0.861	0.125	Trinidad and Tobago
1940s	0.736	0.861	0.125	Trinidad and Tobago
1950s	0.739	0.861	0.122	Trinidad and Tobago
1960s	0.6294	0.831	0.2016	Trinidad and Tobago
1970s	0.5421	0.827	0.2849	Trinidad and Tobago
1980s	0.5378	0.827	0.2892	Trinidad and Tobago
1990s	0.712	0.827	0.115	Trinidad and Tobago
2000s	0.8329	0.827	0.0059	Ghana
2010s	0.8386	0.827	0.0116	Ghana
2020s	0.8253	0.827	0.0017	Trinidad and Tobago

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher judicial checks on government index, Ghana or Trinidad and Tobago?: Ghana, at 0.827 against 0.827 in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2025.
What is the difference in judicial checks on government index between Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago?: 0, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago?: 124 years are reported by both, from 1902 to 2025.
How do Ghana and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for judicial checks on government index?: Ghana ranks 48th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 48th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ghana vs Trinidad and Tobago: Judicial Checks on Government Index. Statizoid, drawing on V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 07 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/judicial-constraints-on-the-executive-index/ghana/trinidad-and-tobago/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/judicial-constraints-on-the-executive-index/ghana/trinidad-and-tobago/">Ghana vs Trinidad and Tobago: Judicial Checks on Government Index</a> — Statizoid

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: 30 October 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.