Benin vs Congo: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Benin

0.29

in 2025

Congo

0.303

in 2025

Benin rank

129th

Congo rank

126th

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

Benin
Congo

How they compare

Congo currently reports 0.303 against 0.29 in Benin, a difference of 0.013.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1952 it was Congo ahead.

Benin ranks 129th and Congo ranks 126th of 174 countries.

Individual pages

Legislative Checks on Government Index in Benin
Legislative Checks on Government Index in Congo
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Legislative Checks on Government Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 174 places, 23,601 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which the legislature, including opposition parties, questions executive officials and oversees and investigates the executive.