Judicial Checks on Government Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which the executive respects the constitution, complies with the judiciary and high courts, and higher and lower courts are independent.
Countries reporting
173
Highest
0.988
Australia
Lowest
0.003
North Korea
Median
0.668
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
29,297
What the numbers show
Judicial Checks on Government Index is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 0.988 in Australia; the lowest is 0.003 in North Korea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.668, and the mean is 0.5566.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 329.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 344.4%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 97.3%).
Judicial Checks on Government Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 0.988 | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 2 | Denmark | 0.984 | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 3 | Switzerland | 0.982 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 4 | New Zealand | 0.975 | 2025 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | Finland | 0.974 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 6 | Estonia | 0.969 | 2025 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Sweden | 0.966 | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 8 | Czechia | 0.962 | 2025 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Seychelles | 0.959 | 2025 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 11 | Iceland | 0.955 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 11 | Norway | 0.955 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 13 | Brazil | 0.954 | 2025 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 13 | Guatemala | 0.954 | 2025 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 15 | Netherlands | 0.951 | 2025 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 15 | Uruguay | 0.951 | 2025 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Costa Rica | 0.95 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 18 | Lithuania | 0.949 | 2025 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 19 | France | 0.945 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 20 | Latvia | 0.942 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Chile | 0.941 | 2025 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 0.941 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 0.937 | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 24 | Germany | 0.934 | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 25 | Barbados | 0.93 | 2025 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 0.919 | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 27 | Austria | 0.916 | 2025 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 0.912 | 2025 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 29 | Vanuatu | 0.911 | 2025 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 30 | Canada | 0.898 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 31 | South Africa | 0.895 | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 32 | Gambia | 0.886 | 2025 | up 260.2% | falling |
| 33 | Japan | 0.881 | 2025 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Jamaica | 0.88 | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 35 | Cape Verde | 0.874 | 2025 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 36 | South Korea | 0.872 | 2025 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Singapore | 0.868 | 2025 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 0.863 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 40 | Croatia | 0.859 | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 41 | Israel | 0.857 | 2025 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Cyprus | 0.85 | 2025 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 42 | Mauritius | 0.85 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | 0.846 | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | United States | 0.844 | 2025 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 46 | Moldova | 0.841 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Suriname | 0.839 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 48 | Ghana | 0.827 | 2025 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 48 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.827 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 50 | Belgium | 0.826 | 2025 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 51 | Honduras | 0.821 | 2025 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 52 | Lesotho | 0.82 | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 0.82 | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 54 | Namibia | 0.811 | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Slovakia | 0.811 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 56 | Bhutan | 0.802 | 2025 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 57 | Fiji | 0.795 | 2025 | up 52.3% | falling |
| 58 | Mali | 0.794 | 2025 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 58 | Taiwan | 0.794 | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 0.793 | 2025 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Kenya | 0.788 | 2025 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Malaysia | 0.777 | 2025 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 64 | Italy | 0.773 | 2025 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 65 | Morocco | 0.767 | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 66 | Jordan | 0.766 | 2025 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 67 | Nepal | 0.764 | 2025 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Slovenia | 0.763 | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 0.749 | 2025 | up 71.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Botswana | 0.748 | 2025 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 71 | Greece | 0.746 | 2025 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 72 | Romania | 0.745 | 2025 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Thailand | 0.733 | 2025 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 74 | Malawi | 0.732 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 75 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.725 | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 76 | Maldives | 0.722 | 2025 | up 197.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Tanzania | 0.722 | 2025 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 78 | Kuwait | 0.719 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 79 | Mongolia | 0.718 | 2025 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Montenegro | 0.715 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 81 | Poland | 0.714 | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Zambia | 0.71 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 83 | Panama | 0.694 | 2025 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 83 | Senegal | 0.694 | 2025 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 85 | Peru | 0.691 | 2025 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Albania | 0.689 | 2025 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 87 | Niger | 0.687 | 2025 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 88 | Hungary | 0.678 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 89 | East Timor | 0.674 | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 90 | Guyana | 0.668 | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 91 | India | 0.667 | 2025 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 92 | Philippines | 0.66 | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 0.65 | 2025 | up 49.4% | rising |
| 94 | Argentina | 0.64 | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 95 | Paraguay | 0.636 | 2025 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Palestine | 0.623 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Liberia | 0.613 | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 98 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.612 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 99 | Benin | 0.598 | 2025 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 100 | Indonesia | 0.584 | 2025 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Hong Kong | 0.579 | 2025 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 102 | Mozambique | 0.577 | 2025 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Laos | 0.571 | 2025 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 104 | Egypt | 0.542 | 2025 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 105 | Qatar | 0.529 | 2025 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.524 | 2025 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Lebanon | 0.511 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 108 | Pakistan | 0.499 | 2025 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 109 | Georgia | 0.491 | 2025 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Ecuador | 0.487 | 2025 | up 175.1% | volatile |
| 111 | North Macedonia | 0.459 | 2025 | up 122.8% | rising |
| 112 | Oman | 0.435 | 2025 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Bangladesh | 0.432 | 2025 | up 134.8% | falling |
| 114 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.429 | 2025 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 115 | Nigeria | 0.418 | 2025 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 116 | Serbia | 0.415 | 2025 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 117 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.358 | 2025 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Iraq | 0.356 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 119 | Ukraine | 0.334 | 2025 | up 108.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Eswatini | 0.315 | 2025 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 121 | Saudi Arabia | 0.285 | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 122 | Burkina Faso | 0.274 | 2025 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 123 | Djibouti | 0.268 | 2025 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 124 | Bolivia | 0.266 | 2025 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 124 | Gabon | 0.266 | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 126 | Mexico | 0.265 | 2025 | down 62.1% | rising |
| 127 | Uganda | 0.261 | 2025 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 128 | Libya | 0.254 | 2025 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Armenia | 0.237 | 2025 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Guinea | 0.235 | 2025 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Angola | 0.234 | 2025 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 132 | Haiti | 0.226 | 2025 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Congo | 0.223 | 2025 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Madagascar | 0.22 | 2025 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Ethiopia | 0.213 | 2025 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 136 | Somalia | 0.208 | 2025 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Turkey | 0.202 | 2025 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Togo | 0.189 | 2025 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 139 | Central African Republic | 0.188 | 2025 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 140 | Comoros | 0.186 | 2025 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.182 | 2025 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 0.182 | 2025 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 143 | Rwanda | 0.167 | 2025 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 144 | South Sudan | 0.157 | 2025 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Syria | 0.156 | 2025 | up 239.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Vietnam | 0.152 | 2025 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 147 | Sudan | 0.15 | 2025 | up 158.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Vatican | 0.148 | 1870 | unchanged | rising |
| 149 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.146 | 2025 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Afghanistan | 0.143 | 2025 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 150 | Algeria | 0.143 | 2025 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 0.141 | 2025 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 152 | Yemen | 0.141 | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 154 | Kazakhstan | 0.123 | 2025 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Iran | 0.116 | 2025 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritania | 0.114 | 2025 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 157 | Cameroon | 0.111 | 2025 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 158 | Cuba | 0.089 | 2025 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Bahrain | 0.088 | 2025 | down 17.8% | falling |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 0.08 | 2025 | up 344.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Cambodia | 0.072 | 2025 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 162 | Burundi | 0.05 | 2025 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | 0.049 | 2025 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Russia | 0.042 | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 165 | China | 0.03 | 2025 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Eritrea | 0.028 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Myanmar | 0.025 | 2025 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 0.021 | 2025 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 169 | El Salvador | 0.018 | 2025 | down 97.3% | rising |
| 170 | Venezuela | 0.017 | 2025 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Azerbaijan | 0.012 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 172 | Chad | 0.009 | 2025 | down 92.0% | rising |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.008 | 2025 | down 68.0% | falling |
| 174 | Belarus | 0.006 | 2025 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Nicaragua | 0.003 | 2025 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 175 | North Korea | 0.003 | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the executive respects the constitution, complies with the judiciary and high courts, and higher and lower courts are independent.