Guyana vs Niger: Legislative Checks on Government Index

Guyana

0.266

in 2025

Niger

0.27

in 2025

Guyana rank

135th

Niger rank

133rd

Legislative Checks on Government Index over time

Guyana
Niger

How they compare

Niger currently reports 0.27 against 0.266 in Guyana, a difference of 0.004.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1956 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 135th and Niger ranks 133rd of 174 countries.

Individual pages

Legislative Checks on Government Index in Guyana
Legislative Checks on Government Index in Niger
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.