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Judicial Independence 2015

This indicator captures judicial independence in a country, based on responses from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Dataset

Indicator Factsheet
Theme Enforcement
Component Judicial Independence
Dataset Index of Public Integrity
NameJudicial Independence
DescriptionThis indicator captures judicial independence in a country, based on responses from the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Dataset
Methodology
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Based on the “judicial independence” indicator from the Executive Opinion Survey of the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Dataset. This indicator asks the question “To what extent is the judiciary in your country independent from influences of members of government, citizens, or firms? [1 = heavily influenced; 7 = entirely independent]. The same data is used for the 2019 and 2021 editions, as a new version has not yet been released. The indicator has been standardized and transformed to be in the range between 1 and 10, with 10 implying the highest judicial independence.
ScaleLow Judicial Independence to High Judicial Independence
Note: For this indicator, max values are better.
Methodology https://corruptionrisk.org/ipi-methodology/
Attribution World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Dataset