Which has higher judicial checks on government index, Israel or Papua New Guinea?

Papua New Guinea, at 0.863 against 0.857 in Israel as of 2025.

What is the difference in judicial checks on government index between Israel and Papua New Guinea?

0.006, with Papua New Guinea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Papua New Guinea?

98 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.

Israel vs Papua New Guinea: Judicial Checks on Government Index

Israel

0.857

in 2025

Papua New Guinea

0.863

in 2025

Israel rank

41st

Papua New Guinea rank

39th

Judicial Checks on Government Index over time

Israel
Papua New Guinea

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.863 against 0.857 in Israel, a difference of 0.006.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 98 shared years of data; in 1900 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Israel ranks 41st and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 176 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 10 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Israel	Papua New Guinea	Difference	Ahead
1900s	0.2845	0.314	0.0295	Papua New Guinea
1910s	0.3672	0.314	0.0532	Israel
1940s	0.872	0.669	0.203	Israel
1950s	0.8678	0.669	0.1988	Israel
1960s	0.872	0.669	0.203	Israel
1970s	0.9092	0.7515	0.1577	Israel
1980s	0.9095	0.834	0.0755	Israel
1990s	0.904	0.834	0.07	Israel
2000s	0.9037	0.834	0.0697	Israel
2010s	0.8894	0.8064	0.083	Israel
2020s	0.8817	0.8615	0.0202	Israel

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher judicial checks on government index, Israel or Papua New Guinea?: Papua New Guinea, at 0.863 against 0.857 in Israel as of 2025.
What is the difference in judicial checks on government index between Israel and Papua New Guinea?: 0.006, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Papua New Guinea?: 98 years are reported by both, from 1900 to 2025.
How do Israel and Papua New Guinea rank globally for judicial checks on government index?: Israel ranks 41st and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th 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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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.