Constraints on the Executive Score by country
Indicates the extent to which the executive is constrained. It ranges from unconstrained executives (score of 1), over slight or moderate constraints (score of 3), and substantial constraints (score of 5), to an executive that is subordinated to or on par with other authorities (score of 7). The remaining...
Countries reporting
164
Highest
7
Albania
Lowest
1
Vatican
Median
6
Years covered
232
1789–2020
Data points
17,813
What the numbers show
Constraints on the Executive Score is currently reported for 164 countries. The highest value is 7 in Albania; the lowest is 1 in Vatican.
The median across all reporting countries is 6, and the mean is 5.14.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 250.0%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 66.7%).
Constraints on the Executive Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Argentina | 7 | 2018 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Australia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Belgium | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Botswana | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 7 | 2018 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Canada | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cyprus | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Czechia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Germany | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Denmark | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Spain | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Estonia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Finland | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guatemala | 7 | 2018 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 1 | Croatia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Hungary | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Indonesia | 7 | 2018 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 1 | India | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Israel | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Jamaica | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Kenya | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 2018 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Lesotho | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Lithuania | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Latvia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Moldova | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | North Macedonia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Myanmar | 7 | 2018 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Montenegro | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mongolia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Mauritius | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Norway | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | New Zealand | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Peru | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Poland | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Paraguay | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Romania | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Serbia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Slovakia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Slovenia | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Sweden | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | East Timor | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Uruguay | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | South Africa | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Taiwan | 7 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Armenia | 6 | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 64 | Burkina Faso | 6 | 2018 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Bolivia | 6 | 2018 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Brazil | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Bhutan | 6 | 2018 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Colombia | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Georgia | 6 | 2018 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Ghana | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Guyana | 6 | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 64 | Iraq | 6 | 2018 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 64 | South Korea | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Lebanon | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Liberia | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 2018 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 64 | Madagascar | 6 | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 64 | Mexico | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Malawi | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Nigeria | 6 | 2018 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 6 | 2018 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Nepal | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Pakistan | 6 | 2018 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Panama | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Philippines | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Papua New Guinea | 6 | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 64 | Sierra Leone | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | El Salvador | 6 | 2018 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 64 | Somalia | 6 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Tunisia | 6 | 2018 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Benin | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Algeria | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Ethiopia | 5 | 2018 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 94 | Fiji | 5 | 2018 | up 150.0% | falling |
| 94 | Gambia | 5 | 2018 | up 150.0% | falling |
| 94 | Honduras | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Haiti | 5 | 2018 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Mali | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Mozambique | 5 | 2018 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 94 | Malaysia | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 94 | Namibia | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 94 | Niger | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Senegal | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Suriname | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 94 | Ukraine | 5 | 2018 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 94 | Yemen | 5 | 2013 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 94 | Zambia | 5 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 94 | Zimbabwe | 5 | 2018 | up 150.0% | flat |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 4 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Burundi | 4 | 2018 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Cuba | 4 | 2018 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 113 | Djibouti | 4 | 2018 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 113 | Ecuador | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 113 | Gabon | 4 | 2018 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Guinea | 4 | 2018 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Morocco | 4 | 2018 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Russia | 4 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | Tanzania | 4 | 2018 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 113 | United States | 4 | 2020 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 124 | Angola | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 1991 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 124 | China | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 124 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3 | 2018 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Comoros | 3 | 2018 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Egypt | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 124 | Jordan | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Kuwait | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Laos | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 124 | Rwanda | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 124 | Singapore | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Eswatini | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Chad | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Togo | 3 | 2018 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 124 | Thailand | 3 | 2018 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 124 | Turkey | 3 | 2018 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Uganda | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 124 | Venezuela | 3 | 2018 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Vietnam | 3 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Bangladesh | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | Belarus | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Cameroon | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 145 | Congo | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 145 | Eritrea | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 145 | Iran | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Cambodia | 2 | 2018 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Mauritania | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 145 | Oman | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | Sudan | 2 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Bahrain | 1 | 2018 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 157 | Libya | 1 | 2010 | unchanged | volatile |
| 157 | North Korea | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | falling |
| 157 | Qatar | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Saudi Arabia | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | flat |
| 157 | Syria | 1 | 2018 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 157 | Uzbekistan | 1 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 157 | Vatican | 1 | 1870 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
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About this data
Indicates the extent to which the executive is constrained. It ranges from unconstrained executives (score of 1), over slight or moderate constraints (score of 3), and substantial constraints (score of 5), to an executive that is subordinated to or on par with other authorities (score of 7). The remaining categories are intermediate ones.