Ecuador vs Malta: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Ecuador

0.626

in 2025

Malta

0.614

in 2025

Ecuador rank

83rd

Malta rank

86th

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

Ecuador
Malta

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 0.626 against 0.614 in Malta, a difference of 0.012.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 72 shared years of data; in 1921 it was Malta ahead.

Ecuador ranks 83rd and Malta ranks 86th of 174 countries.

Individual pages

Legislative Checks on Government Index in Ecuador
Legislative Checks on Government Index in Malta
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.