Government powers effectively limited by legislature

scale 0-1, 2012–2018

Info Edit

Download Share

    2012 Ranking
    1. Norway 0.92
    2. New Zealand 0.91
    3. Australia 0.91
    4. Denmark 0.91
    5. Hong Kong 0.89
    6. Sweden 0.89
    7. Japan 0.89
    8. Austria 0.88
    9. Finland 0.88
    10. United States 0.88
    11. Netherlands 0.87
    12. Germany 0.86
    13. Ghana 0.84
    14. Poland 0.83
    15. Belgium 0.83
    16. France 0.81
    17. United Kingdom 0.80
    18. Spain 0.80
    19. Czech Republic 0.79
    20. Canada 0.78
    21. Chile 0.78
    22. Estonia 0.77
    23. Portugal 0.76
    24. Philippines 0.76
    25. Botswana 0.76
    26. Indonesia 0.74
    27. Lebanon 0.74
    28. Brazil 0.73
    29. Liberia 0.73
    30. Italy 0.73
    31. South Africa 0.72
    32. Uruguay 0.72
    33. Mexico 0.72
    34. Peru 0.72
    35. India 0.71
    36. Slovenia 0.71
    37. Malaysia 0.69
    38. El Salvador 0.69
    39. Tunisia 0.68
    40. Croatia 0.67
    41. Morocco 0.67
    42. Jamaica 0.67
    43. Sierra Leone 0.67
    44. Thailand 0.67
    45. Tanzania 0.66
    46. Egypt 0.66
    47. Greece 0.66
    48. China 0.65
    49. Singapore 0.65
    50. Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.65
    51. Mongolia 0.62
    52. Nigeria 0.62
    53. Jordan 0.62
    54. Dominican Republic 0.61
    55. Colombia 0.61
    56. Guatemala 0.61
    57. Nepal 0.60
    58. Sri Lanka 0.60
    59. Hungary 0.59
    60. Romania 0.59
    61. Kyrgyzstan 0.58
    62. Albania 0.57
    63. Kenya 0.56
    64. Pakistan 0.55
    65. Serbia 0.55
    66. South Korea 0.54
    67. Zambia 0.53
    68. Malawi 0.53
    69. Moldova 0.53
    70. Turkey 0.52
    71. Bangladesh 0.52
    72. Bulgaria 0.51
    73. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 0.51
    74. Senegal 0.51
    75. United Arab Emirates 0.50
    76. Argentina 0.50
    77. Madagascar 0.50
    78. Iran 0.49
    79. Georgia 0.49
    80. Ivory Coast 0.46
    81. Uganda 0.46
    82. Cambodia 0.43
    83. Ukraine 0.41
    84. Ethiopia 0.41
    85. Ecuador 0.40
    86. Burkina Faso 0.40
    87. Nicaragua 0.38
    88. Panama 0.37
    89. Bolivia 0.37
    90. Kazakhstan 0.36
    91. Zimbabwe 0.36
    92. Vietnam 0.33
    93. Russia 0.32
    94. Venezuela 0.29
    95. Belarus 0.28
    96. Cameroon 0.24
    97. Uzbekistan 0.05
    2018 Ranking
    1. Norway 0.95
    2. Denmark 0.93
    3. Netherlands 0.91
    4. Finland 0.88
    5. Australia 0.85
    6. Belgium 0.84
    7. United Kingdom 0.84
    8. Portugal 0.84
    9. United States 0.83
    10. New Zealand 0.83
    11. Sweden 0.83
    12. Estonia 0.83
    13. Germany 0.82
    14. Austria 0.82
    15. Canada 0.81
    16. Ghana 0.81
    17. Costa Rica 0.81
    18. Indonesia 0.79
    19. Uruguay 0.78
    20. Peru 0.78
    21. Trinidad and Tobago 0.77
    22. Nepal 0.77
    23. Lebanon 0.76
    24. Barbados 0.76
    25. Brazil 0.75
    26. Romania 0.73
    27. Czech Republic 0.73
    28. Hong Kong 0.72
    29. Italy 0.72
    30. France 0.71
    31. Chile 0.71
    32. India 0.71
    33. Spain 0.70
    34. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.69
    35. Mongolia 0.69
    36. Nigeria 0.68
    37. Slovenia 0.68
    38. Argentina 0.67
    39. Croatia 0.66
    40. Jamaica 0.66
    41. Albania 0.66
    42. Jordan 0.66
    43. Japan 0.65
    44. Saint Lucia 0.65
    45. Tunisia 0.64
    46. Morocco 0.64
    47. Greece 0.64
    48. Bahamas 0.64
    49. Liberia 0.64
    50. South Korea 0.63
    51. Malawi 0.62
    52. Burkina Faso 0.62
    53. Guatemala 0.62
    54. Philippines 0.61
    55. Guyana 0.61
    56. Kenya 0.61
    57. Grenada 0.61
    58. Moldova 0.60
    59. Antigua and Barbuda 0.60
    60. China 0.60
    61. Georgia 0.59
    62. Bangladesh 0.58
    63. Senegal 0.58
    64. Mexico 0.58
    65. Sri Lanka 0.57
    66. Colombia 0.57
    67. Pakistan 0.57
    68. El Salvador 0.57
    69. Ukraine 0.56
    70. United Arab Emirates 0.55
    71. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 0.55
    72. Burma (Myanmar) 0.55
    73. Poland 0.55
    74. Singapore 0.54
    75. South Africa 0.54
    76. Sierra Leone 0.54
    77. Belize 0.54
    78. Thailand 0.53
    79. Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.53
    80. Panama 0.53
    81. Afghanistan 0.52
    82. Kyrgyzstan 0.52
    83. Botswana 0.52
    84. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 0.52
    85. Dominican Republic 0.51
    86. Zambia 0.49
    87. Malaysia 0.49
    88. Tanzania 0.49
    89. Madagascar 0.48
    90. Suriname 0.48
    91. Ecuador 0.48
    92. Kazakhstan 0.46
    93. Honduras 0.46
    94. Bulgaria 0.45
    95. Serbia 0.45
    96. Dominica 0.44
    97. Ivory Coast 0.43
    98. Vietnam 0.42
    99. Cambodia 0.41
    100. Uganda 0.41
    101. Ethiopia 0.40
    102. Turkey 0.40
    103. Russia 0.36
    104. Hungary 0.36
    105. Cameroon 0.36
    106. Nicaragua 0.36
    107. Iran 0.34
    108. Bolivia 0.33
    109. Zimbabwe 0.31
    110. Belarus 0.27
    111. Venezuela 0.27
    112. Egypt 0.20
    113. Uzbekistan 0.11

    Related Democracy & Autocracy Datasets

    Measures whether legislative bodies have the ability in practice to exercise effective checks on and oversight of the government. 1 signifies the highest score and 0 signifies the lowest score.

    Source: World Justice Project