Legislative Checks on Government Index by country
Central estimate of the extent to which the legislature, including opposition parties, questions executive officials and oversees and investigates the executive.
Countries reporting
171
Highest
0.989
Sweden
Lowest
0.026
Nicaragua
Median
0.599
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
23,601
What the numbers show
Legislative Checks on Government Index is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 0.989 in Sweden; the lowest is 0.026 in Nicaragua.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.599, and the mean is 0.5467.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 38.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 1,452.5%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 92.6%).
Legislative Checks on Government Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | 0.989 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 2 | Norway | 0.984 | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 3 | Germany | 0.981 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 4 | Denmark | 0.977 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 5 | Chile | 0.976 | 2025 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 6 | Finland | 0.965 | 2025 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Switzerland | 0.956 | 2025 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 0.956 | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 0.956 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 0.95 | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | France | 0.946 | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 12 | South Korea | 0.942 | 2025 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia | 0.94 | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 14 | Brazil | 0.933 | 2025 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 15 | Estonia | 0.932 | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Czechia | 0.929 | 2025 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Mauritius | 0.929 | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 18 | Taiwan | 0.923 | 2025 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Malawi | 0.922 | 2025 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Lithuania | 0.919 | 2025 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Portugal | 0.919 | 2025 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Poland | 0.917 | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Uruguay | 0.917 | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 24 | Thailand | 0.916 | 2025 | up 1,452.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Italy | 0.905 | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 26 | Austria | 0.904 | 2025 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 0.901 | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 0.9 | 2025 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Colombia | 0.9 | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 30 | Belgium | 0.889 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 32 | Guatemala | 0.885 | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 33 | New Zealand | 0.884 | 2025 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 34 | Ghana | 0.878 | 2025 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Israel | 0.876 | 2025 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Croatia | 0.871 | 2025 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Slovenia | 0.871 | 2025 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 39 | Kenya | 0.85 | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.849 | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 41 | Canada | 0.845 | 2025 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 42 | South Africa | 0.843 | 2025 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 43 | Spain | 0.839 | 2025 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Mongolia | 0.838 | 2025 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Bhutan | 0.833 | 2025 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.824 | 2025 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 47 | Latvia | 0.822 | 2025 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Seychelles | 0.818 | 2025 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 49 | Cyprus | 0.817 | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 50 | Panama | 0.808 | 2025 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Cape Verde | 0.807 | 2025 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 52 | Argentina | 0.8 | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 53 | Iceland | 0.792 | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 53 | Vanuatu | 0.792 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 55 | Papua New Guinea | 0.79 | 2025 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 56 | Nepal | 0.789 | 2025 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 57 | Kuwait | 0.788 | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 58 | Peru | 0.786 | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Jamaica | 0.783 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 60 | Namibia | 0.757 | 2025 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Zambia | 0.757 | 2025 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Montenegro | 0.742 | 2025 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Jordan | 0.732 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 64 | Barbados | 0.727 | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 65 | Philippines | 0.726 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 66 | Senegal | 0.722 | 2025 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 67 | Maldives | 0.721 | 2025 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Morocco | 0.711 | 2025 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 69 | Fiji | 0.71 | 2025 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 70 | Botswana | 0.706 | 2025 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 71 | Moldova | 0.703 | 2025 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Tanzania | 0.681 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Uganda | 0.67 | 2025 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 74 | Romania | 0.663 | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Suriname | 0.66 | 2025 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 76 | East Timor | 0.658 | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 77 | Ukraine | 0.655 | 2025 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Albania | 0.653 | 2025 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Gambia | 0.653 | 2025 | up 271.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Lesotho | 0.65 | 2025 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Solomon Islands | 0.648 | 2025 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0.638 | 2025 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Ecuador | 0.626 | 2025 | up 340.8% | rising |
| 84 | Sierra Leone | 0.622 | 2025 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Slovakia | 0.622 | 2025 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 87 | United States | 0.61 | 2025 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 88 | Somalia | 0.609 | 2025 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 89 | Iraq | 0.599 | 2025 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 0.599 | 2025 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 91 | Greece | 0.594 | 2025 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Liberia | 0.584 | 2025 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 93 | Georgia | 0.577 | 2025 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Singapore | 0.561 | 2025 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 95 | Bolivia | 0.56 | 2025 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Lebanon | 0.543 | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 97 | Iran | 0.523 | 2025 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 98 | Indonesia | 0.517 | 2025 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Nigeria | 0.514 | 2025 | down 38.5% | rising |
| 100 | Armenia | 0.513 | 2025 | up 54.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Hungary | 0.497 | 2025 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Honduras | 0.495 | 2025 | up 64.5% | rising |
| 103 | India | 0.483 | 2025 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 0.479 | 2025 | down 19.5% | flat |
| 105 | Malaysia | 0.466 | 2025 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 106 | Tunisia | 0.456 | 2025 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Libya | 0.453 | 2025 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Madagascar | 0.452 | 2025 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Paraguay | 0.447 | 2025 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.446 | 2025 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Pakistan | 0.424 | 2025 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 0.4 | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Vietnam | 0.388 | 2025 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 114 | Eswatini | 0.38 | 2025 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.361 | 2025 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Sudan | 0.343 | 2022 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Serbia | 0.339 | 2025 | down 55.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Guinea | 0.337 | 2025 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 119 | Mozambique | 0.336 | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Mauritania | 0.327 | 2025 | up 90.1% | rising |
| 121 | Comoros | 0.318 | 2025 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 122 | Oman | 0.316 | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.311 | 2025 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 124 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.306 | 2025 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 0.305 | 2025 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Congo | 0.303 | 2025 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Laos | 0.3 | 2025 | up 93.5% | falling |
| 128 | Myanmar | 0.292 | 2022 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Benin | 0.29 | 2025 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.278 | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 131 | Rwanda | 0.274 | 2025 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 132 | Algeria | 0.273 | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 133 | Niger | 0.27 | 2025 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Mexico | 0.268 | 2025 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Guyana | 0.266 | 2025 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 136 | Haiti | 0.246 | 2025 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 137 | South Sudan | 0.236 | 2025 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Togo | 0.193 | 2025 | down 61.9% | rising |
| 139 | Cameroon | 0.186 | 2025 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 140 | Burkina Faso | 0.176 | 2025 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Afghanistan | 0.174 | 2024 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Egypt | 0.167 | 2025 | down 51.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Syria | 0.166 | 2024 | up 286.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Angola | 0.164 | 2025 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 0.161 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 146 | Central African Republic | 0.158 | 2025 | down 77.6% | rising |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 0.148 | 2025 | up 196.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Gabon | 0.145 | 2025 | down 46.5% | rising |
| 149 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.144 | 2025 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 150 | Djibouti | 0.141 | 2025 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 0.136 | 2023 | down 18.1% | flat |
| 152 | Turkey | 0.133 | 2025 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Burundi | 0.129 | 2025 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 154 | Chad | 0.127 | 2025 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 155 | China | 0.124 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 156 | Yemen | 0.118 | 2025 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Bahrain | 0.113 | 2025 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Hong Kong | 0.107 | 2025 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 0.099 | 2025 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Mali | 0.096 | 2025 | down 75.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Cuba | 0.095 | 2025 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Eritrea | 0.092 | 2025 | up 162.9% | volatile |
| 163 | North Korea | 0.087 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 164 | Uzbekistan | 0.079 | 2025 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Russia | 0.073 | 2025 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Qatar | 0.071 | 2025 | up 47.9% | flat |
| 167 | Turkmenistan | 0.061 | 2025 | up 205.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | 0.06 | 2025 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Cambodia | 0.054 | 2025 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 170 | El Salvador | 0.049 | 2025 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Saudi Arabia | 0.045 | 2025 | down 42.3% | rising |
| 172 | Venezuela | 0.04 | 2025 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Belarus | 0.029 | 2025 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Nicaragua | 0.026 | 2025 | down 48.0% | volatile |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the legislature, including opposition parties, questions executive officials and oversees and investigates the executive.