Legislative Checks on Government Index in East Timor
East Timor: Legislative Checks on Government Index was 0.658 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Legislative Checks on Government Index in East Timor, 1973–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 0.658 for legislative checks on government index in 2025.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, legislative checks on government index in East Timor peaked at 0.671 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.244, in 1973.
East Timor ranks 76th of 174 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Legislative Checks on Government Index in East Timor, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 0.244 | — |
| 1974 | 0.255 | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 0.245 | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 0.465 | +89.8% |
| 2002 | 0.524 | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 0.524 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.524 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.495 | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.52 | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6 | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.631 | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 0.631 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.631 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.631 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.631 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.621 | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.623 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.671 | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 0.641 | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 0.668 | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.66 | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.605 | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 0.625 | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 0.637 | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.645 | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 0.658 | +2.0% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.658 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.424, 1.6× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.658 is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.653, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Legislative Checks on Government Index in East Timor changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +89.8% | 0.245 | 0.465 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.248 | 0.244 | 0.255 | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.5391 | 0.465 | 0.6 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.6379 | 0.621 | 0.671 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6383 | 0.605 | 0.66 | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More reference data data for East Timor
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0468 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0888 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1475 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1475 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1569 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.2854 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.4255 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.9426 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0652 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is legislative checks on government index in East Timor?
- Legislative checks on government index in East Timor was 0.658 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest legislative checks on government index recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.671 in 2017.
- What is the lowest legislative checks on government index recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.244 in 1973.
- How does East Timor rank for legislative checks on government index?
- East Timor ranks 76th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is legislative checks on government index rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Legislative Checks on Government Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which the legislature, including opposition parties, questions executive officials and oversees and investigates the executive.