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Judicial Checks on Government Index in Greece

Greece: Judicial Checks on Government Index was 0.746 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
0.746
Change on year
down 3.9%
World rank
71st
of 176 countries
All-time high
0.872
in 2014
All-time low
0.191
in 1789
Years of data
237
1789–2025

Judicial Checks on Government Index in Greece, 1789–2025

0.20.40.60.8178919072025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

Greece recorded 0.746 for judicial checks on government index in 2025.

That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, judicial checks on government index in Greece peaked at 0.872 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.191, in 1789.

That places Greece 71st out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Judicial Checks on Government Index in Greece, year by year

Year Value Change
1789 0.191 —
1790 0.191 +0.0%
1791 0.191 +0.0%
1792 0.191 +0.0%
1793 0.191 +0.0%
1794 0.191 +0.0%
1795 0.191 +0.0%
1796 0.191 +0.0%
1797 0.191 +0.0%
1798 0.191 +0.0%
1799 0.191 +0.0%
1800 0.191 +0.0%
1801 0.191 +0.0%
1802 0.191 +0.0%
1803 0.191 +0.0%
1804 0.191 +0.0%
1805 0.191 +0.0%
1806 0.191 +0.0%
1807 0.191 +0.0%
1808 0.191 +0.0%
1809 0.191 +0.0%
1810 0.191 +0.0%
1811 0.191 +0.0%
1812 0.191 +0.0%
1813 0.191 +0.0%
1814 0.191 +0.0%
1815 0.191 +0.0%
1816 0.191 +0.0%
1817 0.191 +0.0%
1818 0.191 +0.0%
1819 0.191 +0.0%
1820 0.191 +0.0%
1821 0.191 +0.0%
1822 0.497 +160.2%
1823 0.497 +0.0%
1824 0.497 +0.0%
1825 0.497 +0.0%
1826 0.497 +0.0%
1827 0.497 +0.0%
1828 0.497 +0.0%
1829 0.497 +0.0%
1830 0.497 +0.0%
1831 0.497 +0.0%
1832 0.497 +0.0%
1833 0.497 +0.0%
1834 0.497 +0.0%
1835 0.548 +10.3%
1836 0.548 +0.0%
1837 0.548 +0.0%
1838 0.548 +0.0%
1839 0.548 +0.0%
1840 0.548 +0.0%
1841 0.548 +0.0%
1842 0.548 +0.0%
1843 0.548 +0.0%
1844 0.548 +0.0%
1845 0.548 +0.0%
1846 0.548 +0.0%
1847 0.548 +0.0%
1848 0.548 +0.0%
1849 0.548 +0.0%
1850 0.548 +0.0%
1851 0.548 +0.0%
1852 0.548 +0.0%
1853 0.548 +0.0%
1854 0.548 +0.0%
1855 0.548 +0.0%
1856 0.548 +0.0%
1857 0.548 +0.0%
1858 0.548 +0.0%
1859 0.548 +0.0%
1860 0.548 +0.0%
1861 0.548 +0.0%
1862 0.548 +0.0%
1863 0.548 +0.0%
1864 0.548 +0.0%
1865 0.548 +0.0%
1866 0.548 +0.0%
1867 0.548 +0.0%
1868 0.548 +0.0%
1869 0.548 +0.0%
1870 0.548 +0.0%
1871 0.548 +0.0%
1872 0.548 +0.0%
1873 0.548 +0.0%
1874 0.548 +0.0%
1875 0.548 +0.0%
1876 0.548 +0.0%
1877 0.548 +0.0%
1878 0.548 +0.0%
1879 0.548 +0.0%
1880 0.548 +0.0%
1881 0.548 +0.0%
1882 0.548 +0.0%
1883 0.548 +0.0%
1884 0.548 +0.0%
1885 0.548 +0.0%
1886 0.548 +0.0%
1887 0.548 +0.0%
1888 0.548 +0.0%
1889 0.548 +0.0%
1890 0.548 +0.0%
1891 0.548 +0.0%
1892 0.548 +0.0%
1893 0.548 +0.0%
1894 0.548 +0.0%
1895 0.548 +0.0%
1896 0.548 +0.0%
1897 0.548 +0.0%
1898 0.548 +0.0%
1899 0.548 +0.0%
1900 0.548 +0.0%
1901 0.548 +0.0%
1902 0.548 +0.0%
1903 0.548 +0.0%
1904 0.548 +0.0%
1905 0.548 +0.0%
1906 0.548 +0.0%
1907 0.548 +0.0%
1908 0.548 +0.0%
1909 0.548 +0.0%
1910 0.548 +0.0%
1911 0.537 -2.0%
1912 0.537 +0.0%
1913 0.537 +0.0%
1914 0.537 +0.0%
1915 0.537 +0.0%
1916 0.533 -0.7%
1917 0.533 +0.0%
1918 0.533 +0.0%
1919 0.533 +0.0%
1920 0.531 -0.4%
1921 0.531 +0.0%
1922 0.531 +0.0%
1923 0.527 -0.8%
1924 0.53 +0.6%
1925 0.74 +39.6%
1926 0.74 +0.0%
1927 0.666 -10.0%
1928 0.685 +2.9%
1929 0.685 +0.0%
1930 0.685 +0.0%
1931 0.685 +0.0%
1932 0.685 +0.0%
1933 0.685 +0.0%
1934 0.685 +0.0%
1935 0.685 +0.0%
1936 0.367 -46.4%
1937 0.45 +22.6%
1938 0.45 +0.0%
1939 0.45 +0.0%
1940 0.35 -22.2%
1941 0.325 -7.1%
1942 0.35 +7.7%
1943 0.35 +0.0%
1944 0.35 +0.0%
1945 0.504 +44.0%
1946 0.513 +1.8%
1947 0.51 -0.6%
1948 0.51 +0.0%
1949 0.51 +0.0%
1950 0.558 +9.4%
1951 0.558 +0.0%
1952 0.59 +5.7%
1953 0.493 -16.4%
1954 0.639 +29.6%
1955 0.68 +6.4%
1956 0.698 +2.6%
1957 0.698 +0.0%
1958 0.698 +0.0%
1959 0.698 +0.0%
1960 0.698 +0.0%
1961 0.698 +0.0%
1962 0.698 +0.0%
1963 0.698 +0.0%
1964 0.698 +0.0%
1965 0.698 +0.0%
1966 0.7 +0.3%
1967 0.488 -30.3%
1968 0.488 +0.0%
1969 0.488 +0.0%
1970 0.488 +0.0%
1971 0.488 +0.0%
1972 0.488 +0.0%
1973 0.488 +0.0%
1974 0.488 +0.0%
1975 0.658 +34.8%
1976 0.8 +21.6%
1977 0.864 +8.0%
1978 0.864 +0.0%
1979 0.864 +0.0%
1980 0.864 +0.0%
1981 0.864 +0.0%
1982 0.864 +0.0%
1983 0.864 +0.0%
1984 0.864 +0.0%
1985 0.864 +0.0%
1986 0.864 +0.0%
1987 0.864 +0.0%
1988 0.864 +0.0%
1989 0.864 +0.0%
1990 0.864 +0.0%
1991 0.864 +0.0%
1992 0.864 +0.0%
1993 0.864 +0.0%
1994 0.864 +0.0%
1995 0.864 +0.0%
1996 0.864 +0.0%
1997 0.864 +0.0%
1998 0.864 +0.0%
1999 0.864 +0.0%
2000 0.864 +0.0%
2001 0.864 +0.0%
2002 0.864 +0.0%
2003 0.864 +0.0%
2004 0.864 +0.0%
2005 0.864 +0.0%
2006 0.864 +0.0%
2007 0.864 +0.0%
2008 0.864 +0.0%
2009 0.864 +0.0%
2010 0.843 -2.4%
2011 0.848 +0.6%
2012 0.847 -0.1%
2013 0.869 +2.6%
2014 0.872 +0.3%
2015 0.845 -3.1%
2016 0.842 -0.4%
2017 0.842 +0.0%
2018 0.864 +2.6%
2019 0.859 -0.6%
2020 0.843 -1.9%
2021 0.843 +0.0%
2022 0.784 -7.0%
2023 0.807 +2.9%
2024 0.776 -3.8%
2025 0.746 -3.9%

Greece compared with similar countries

  • Greece's 0.746 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.872, 86% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
  • Greece's 0.746 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.802, 93% of the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1780s 0.191 0.191 0.191 1
1790s 0.191 0.191 0.191 10
1800s 0.191 0.191 0.191 10
1810s 0.191 0.191 0.191 10
1820s 0.4358 0.191 0.497 10
1830s 0.5225 0.497 0.548 10
1840s 0.548 0.548 0.548 10
1850s 0.548 0.548 0.548 10
1860s 0.548 0.548 0.548 10
1870s 0.548 0.548 0.548 10
1880s 0.548 0.548 0.548 10
1890s 0.548 0.548 0.548 10
1900s 0.548 0.548 0.548 10
1910s 0.5365 0.533 0.548 10
1920s 0.6166 0.527 0.74 10
1930s 0.5827 0.367 0.685 10
1940s 0.4272 0.325 0.513 10
1950s 0.631 0.493 0.698 10
1960s 0.6352 0.488 0.7 10
1970s 0.649 0.488 0.864 10
1980s 0.864 0.864 0.864 10
1990s 0.864 0.864 0.864 10
2000s 0.864 0.864 0.864 10
2010s 0.8531 0.842 0.872 10
2020s 0.7998 0.746 0.843 6

Countries ranked near Greece

  1. 68 Slovenia 0.763 compare
  2. 69 Dominican Republic 0.749 compare
  3. 70 Botswana 0.748 compare
  4. 72 Romania 0.745 compare
  5. 73 Thailand 0.733 compare
  6. 74 Malawi 0.732 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is judicial checks on government index in Greece?
Judicial checks on government index in Greece was 0.746 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest judicial checks on government index recorded in Greece?
The highest recorded value was 0.872 in 2014.
What is the lowest judicial checks on government index recorded in Greece?
The lowest recorded value was 0.191 in 1789.
How does Greece rank for judicial checks on government index?
Greece ranks 71st out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is judicial checks on government index rising or falling in Greece?
Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Greece data come from?
The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Judicial Checks on Government Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Judicial Checks on Government Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 29,297 data points, 1789–2025
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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.