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GSoD: Judicial Independence

0-1 index · higher is better · 162 countries

International IDEA, Global State of Democracy Indices and Voter Turnout DatabaseInternational IDEA: non-commercial terms of use (https://www.idea.int/terms-use); GSoD Indices and Voter Turnout Databaseupdated 2020

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  1. 1Denmark1
  2. 2Switzerland0.97
  3. 3Australia0.92
  4. 4Norway0.91
  5. 5Sweden0.89
  6. 6New Zealand0.87
  7. 7Spain0.84
  8. 8Finland0.83
  9. 9Lithuania0.83
  10. 10Iceland0.82
  11. 11Latvia0.82
  12. 12Uruguay0.82
  13. 13Chile0.81
  14. 14Netherlands0.81
  15. 15Ireland0.81
  16. 16United States0.8
  17. 17Barbados0.76
  18. 18Gambia, The0.76
  19. 19Austria0.75
  20. 20Germany0.75
  21. 21Jamaica0.74
  22. 22Cabo Verde0.74
  23. 23United Kingdom0.74
  24. 24Estonia0.73
  25. 25Costa Rica0.73
  26. 26Belgium0.73
  27. 27Portugal0.72
  28. 28Slovak Republic0.72
  29. 29France0.72
  30. 30Czechia0.71
  31. 31Korea, Rep.0.7
  32. 32Tunisia0.69
  33. 33Greece0.68
  34. 34Romania0.68
  35. 35Slovenia0.68
  36. 36South Africa0.67
  37. 37Cyprus0.67
  38. 38Luxembourg0.66
  39. 39Italy0.65
  40. 40Papua New Guinea0.65
  41. 41Peru0.65
  42. 42Colombia0.65
  43. 43Taiwan0.65
  44. 44Trinidad and Tobago0.64
  45. 45Israel0.63
  46. 46Moldova0.63
  47. 47Croatia0.62
  48. 48Ghana0.62
  49. 49Canada0.62
  50. 50Namibia0.62
  51. 51Solomon Islands0.61
  52. 52Brazil0.61
  53. 53Tanzania0.6
  54. 54Botswana0.6
  55. 55Mauritius0.58
  56. 56India0.57
  57. 57Malawi0.57
  58. 58Guatemala0.57
  59. 59Argentina0.57
  60. 60Bulgaria0.57
  61. 61Japan0.57
  62. 62Lesotho0.57
  63. 63Kenya0.56
  64. 64Kuwait0.56
  65. 65Mongolia0.56
  66. 66Liberia0.55
  67. 67Lao PDR0.55
  68. 68Indonesia0.55
  69. 69Hungary0.54
  70. 70Nepal0.54
  71. 71Montenegro0.54
  72. 72Timor-Leste0.53
  73. 73Malaysia0.53
  74. 74Pakistan0.53
  75. 75Mali0.52
  76. 76Poland0.52
  77. 77Morocco0.52
  78. 78Sri Lanka0.52
  79. 79Dominican Republic0.5
  80. 80Uganda0.5
  81. 81Sierra Leone0.5
  82. 82Paraguay0.5
  83. 83Mozambique0.49
  84. 84Egypt, Arab Rep.0.49
  85. 85Armenia0.49
  86. 86Senegal0.49
  87. 87Jordan0.49
  88. 88Bosnia and Herzegovina0.49
  89. 89Mexico0.48
  90. 90Georgia0.48
  91. 91Albania0.48
  92. 92Philippines0.48
  93. 93Burkina Faso0.48
  94. 94Zambia0.47
  95. 95Panama0.47
  96. 96Angola0.47
  97. 97El Salvador0.47
  98. 98Singapore0.47
  99. 99Thailand0.47
  100. 100Honduras0.46
  101. 101Guinea-Bissau0.46
  102. 102Ecuador0.46
  103. 103Nigeria0.45
  104. 104Myanmar0.45
  105. 105Benin0.44
  106. 106Serbia0.44
  107. 107Fiji0.43
  108. 108Lebanon0.43
  109. 109Kyrgyz Republic0.43
  110. 110Cote d'Ivoire0.42
  111. 111Libya0.42
  112. 112Zimbabwe0.41
  113. 113North Macedonia0.4
  114. 114Oman0.4
  115. 115Qatar0.4
  116. 116Eswatini0.39
  117. 117Iraq0.39
  118. 118Sudan0.39
  119. 119Niger0.39
  120. 120Afghanistan0.38
  121. 121Ukraine0.37
  122. 122Congo, Dem. Rep.0.36
  123. 123Turkiye0.36
  124. 124Bolivia0.36
  125. 125Ethiopia0.35
  126. 126Rwanda0.34
  127. 127Central African Republic0.33
  128. 128Haiti0.33
  129. 129Gabon0.33
  130. 130Saudi Arabia0.32
  131. 131Guinea0.31
  132. 132Cuba0.3
  133. 133Mauritania0.3
  134. 134South Sudan0.3
  135. 135Madagascar0.28
  136. 136Chad0.28
  137. 137Bangladesh0.28
  138. 138Togo0.27
  139. 139Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.26
  140. 140Algeria0.26
  141. 141Kazakhstan0.26
  142. 142Iran, Islamic Rep.0.26
  143. 143Yemen, Rep.0.25
  144. 144United Arab Emirates0.25
  145. 145Syrian Arab Republic0.25
  146. 146Cameroon0.22
  147. 147Viet Nam0.22
  148. 148Turkmenistan0.21
  149. 149Cambodia0.21
  150. 150Uzbekistan0.2
  151. 151Burundi0.2
  152. 152Tajikistan0.19
  153. 153Bahrain0.18
  154. 154China0.17
  155. 155Eritrea0.17
  156. 156Russian Federation0.16
  157. 157Belarus0.1
  158. 158Venezuela, RB0.08
  159. 159Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0.04
  160. 160Azerbaijan0.04
  161. 161Nicaragua0.04
  162. 162Equatorial Guinea0.02

GSoD: Judicial Independence