Benin vs Rwanda: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Benin

0.29

in 2025

Rwanda

0.274

in 2025

Benin rank

129th

Rwanda rank

131st

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

Benin
Rwanda

How they compare

Benin currently reports 0.29 against 0.274 in Rwanda, a difference of 0.016.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 129th and Rwanda ranks 131st of 174 countries.

Individual pages

Legislative Checks on Government Index in Benin
Legislative Checks on Government Index in Rwanda
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.